Summary

Commercial DP and Producer living in NYC. Passionate about delivering top-notch content and fostering a positive and fluid work environment. Clients include NatGeo, NYJets, and Jose Cuervo among others. I love working with dedicated and creative people!

Credits

5/19 – 5/20

Director of Photography (DP) (Sony/Canon)

Staff Position — Room3 NYC
5/19 – 5/20
11/18 – 11/19

Director of Photography (DP) (Sony/Canon)

Staff Position — Primal NY
11/18 – 11/19
11/18 – 11/19

Director of Photography (DP) (Director of Photography ) Mohegan Sun

Advertising — Primal NY
11/18 – 11/19
6/15 – 6/16

Producer (DP, Producer)

Staff Position — Red Engine Media Details
6/15 – 6/16

Founder, DP, Producer www.redenginemedia.com

5/13 – 5/16

Director of Photography (DP) (Studio Manager, Editor)

Staff Position — Grovo Learning Inc. Details
5/13 – 5/16

Built and maintained production studio and resources. Lead production on in-studio as well as field location shoots. Developed production best practices and workflows. Directed on-screen talent and regularly held auditions to expand our talent pool. Coordinated with motion graphic designers and art department from pre-production through to delivery. Worked directly with clients including Capital One, DDB, and Walmart to conceptualize, produce, and deliver custom content. Produced over 1000 high-quality workforce training videos as well as a variety of marketing and promotional material including sizzle reels, viral content, and client testimonial videos. Trained team members in order to enable numerous production units.

11/14 – 12/15

Director (Director/DP/Editor)

Staff Position — McCann-Erickson Details
11/14 – 12/15

Directed, Shot, and Edited a social media campaign for Jose Cuervo Tequila entitled 'Dropped Cocktails'. Filmed with a Phantom High speed camera, we dropped full drinks through the air and had them smash on the ground. We then played this back in super-slow motion and added the names specifics of the recipe as the drink fell, thus teaching how to make the drink. We created 14 videos total which were distributed across Jose Cuervo's Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook pages.

5/05 – 8/09

Production Assistant (Equipment Manager/Runner)

Staff Position — City Stage Film Production Center Details
5/05 – 8/09

Maintained and distributed production equipment to clients who would book our sound stages. Served as ad-hoc production assistant and runner both the studio and client productions. Clients included MTV, IFC, PBS, HBO, as well as various feature productions including 'The Good Shephard' (2006), and 'Jumper'(2008).

Media

  • REEL 2022 (Producer, DP, Editor)

  • National Geographic_Ocean Odyssey, Impact

Recos

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Education

Class of '11

Franklin University Switzerland

B.A. Visual Communication Arts
Class of '06

Canterubury School

HS

My Gear

  • Audio Kit
  • Sigma ART 50mm 1.4
  • Sigma Art 24-70mm
  • Atomos Ninja V
  • Sachtler Flowtech 75
  • Sony FX6
  • Sony A7siii
  • Sigma Art 85mm 1.4
  • Sigma Art 14-24mm
  • DJI RS3 PRO w/ Ring
  • Various Aputure Lights & Modifiers

Skills

  • Camera Operator
  • grip
  • Gaffer
  • Director of Photograhy