Grant Smith

Director of Photography as we follow horse trainers and owners trying to get to the richest race in the sport. The Breeders cup classic. Profiling several "Win and you are in " races through out the summer in Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, and California. Once you have won the Breeders cup, your horse goes down in the Hall of fame in the racing world. Season 1,8 part docuseries

Camera Operator on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Frame up shots and move the camera around set as the director calls out commands. Create and compose creative shots during live music performances and special guest games as well as skits during the show.

Director of Photography and Cameraman for the digital cut during the extreme sports Redbull event, RedBull Crashed Ice. Ice skaters race down a down hill course with jumps turns and obstacles in a high speed slolam type of race to the finish in Fenway Park. Shoot and interview athletes pre and post race as well as capture high speed action during the high energy event.

Director of Photography and cameraman for digital segments during the Live extreme sports event. RedBull Rampage held in the Utah desert. Extreme Mountain bike athletes send themselves down a course cut out of a giant mountainside isolated in the Utah desert.

Director of Photography while following professional basketball player Paul George as he makes one of the most difficult decisions of his business career. Whether to re sign with his current team of Oklahoma city Thunder or to leave the team and start over with a new contract to gain financially.

Behind the scenes Director of Photography for a commercial campaign with the new sports drink Body Armor. 3 day commercial shoot featuring professional athletes in short comedic vignettes promoting the sports drink.

Camera Utility and Camera assistant to all cameras on stage as well as technical operations.

Direct utility and assistant to the Jib Camera. Color chart and back focus studio cameras at the start of the day. Assist with camera frames and shots during rehearsal with crew and the director. Prep and place production and prize monitors during live taping. Work with other camera operators to achieve the highest quality of production and movements on stage with no hiccups during live taping.

Camera Operator and assistant on a scripted news comedy program that is airing on the Fusion network. Compose shots and pull focus as well as media manage and troubleshoot camera issues.

Direct and compose shots as well as tell the story of several different horse racing handicappers as they try their luck at the Breeders cup horse races in an attempt to win up to 1million dollars.

Director of Photography for the early release of the new NBA2K18 video game. Shot a documentary style promo of the release party and several locations where social media influencers were rewarded with several items.

Director of Photography and camera operator to rebrand the AXS.com employee welcome video to attract potential employees for the company.

Director of Photography and camera operator shooting an infomercial about home title insurance. Interviews and creative B-roll to sell this product to potential customers seeking home title insurance.

Director of Photography for the Junior Lifeguard association program in NewPort Beach California. Following around the program throughout the entire season the the Junior Lifeguard training and composing a 30minute movie at the end of the summer for the families and friends of the community.

Director of Photography for exclusive live performances on a rooftop venue in Downtown Los Angeles. These performances are also brodcasted live to the internet. Duties include but not limited to: Composing creative shots for the edited video peice. Placing wireless mics on talent for perfromance and interviews. Creative on the fly shooting with the artist and fan interactions. Compose creative interview setups with available space and light. Oversee proper media downloading and successful uploading to the AXS digital server.

Documentary style coverage of the Wango Tango Music festival in Los Angeles California

Documentary style coverage of the L Fest concert and behind the scenes video and interviews with artists and fans.

Documentary style coverage of a BEBE Rexha concert and behind the scenes footage of the show in order to make a promo for AXS.COM

Director of Photography for interviews with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stone Street for a promotional ad commercial.

Camera operator on an infomercial about a new product called Clamp It.

Documentary style coverage and a behind the scenes look at a Hippie Sabotage concert edited together in anticipation to sell tickets to the 2017 tour.

Director of Photography for the Flo Volleyball outlet covering a Tournament at the Cal State Long beach campus. The tournament consisted of Cal State long beach, UCLA and Cal Berkeley women's volleyball teams. Covering and telling the story of the event as well as getting on the fly interviews with coaches and players throughout the day.

Digital and online content for the NBC World of Dance TV show. Behind the scenes coverage as well as interviews with the hosts and contestants giving viewers a special inside look at how the competition show progressed.

Live to tape camera operator. Duties include composing shots given to me by the director and floor manager to achieve seamless cuts in the live performance of the talent. Assist the director with suggestions regarding talent blocking and creative angles to visually tell a story and sell the product that we are demonstrating.

Hand held camera operator for the newest Beach Body fitness workout video. Work closely with the Director, Floor manager and Director of Photography to create and exciting and high energy workout video. Create and compose interesting and educational shots to tell the story of the workout routine over the period of 6 days and 12 different work outs.

Director of Photography for a shoot with the USC swim team and former swim team captain. Produced and shot a segment with the Coach, team and assistants to the USC Trojans championship swim team featuring all the star swimmers of 2016-2017 Collegiate team.

Including but not limited to, allocating and back focusing cameras, assisting floor director, director and camera operators during rehearshal and during live taping.

Director of Photography for a Modelo beer product shot ad.

Director of Photography and Cameraman composing shots, telling stories, while capturing daily lessons and competitions of the famous Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard association program that has the highest number of applicants in Southern California, year after year. We produce a documentary style movie for the program and create an end of the summer highlight reel for the kids and families involved. Link in my website.

Behind the scenes cinematography for a 3 day menswarehouse spring line commercial. Document, shoot creative angles and gather sound bites throughout the duration of the commercial on set.

Camera operator and Director of Photography for The California Showcase. A last chance camp for high-school senior football players to get noticed by college coaches and recruits for a possibility to acquire athletic scholarship for their journey through college as a hopeful athlete.

Shoot and cover lacrosse games for sizzle reels for coaches and players

Behind the scenes Director of Photography for an Under Armour Clothing commercial in Los Angeles featuring Kelly O'hara of the USA Women's world cup soccer team.

Shoot and cover lacrosse games for sizzle reels for coaches and players

Director of photography documenting the removal and installation of a prefabricated housing project in Venice California. Shooting interviews, reality, and documentary style coverage of the construction project.

Director of Photography and media manager on a documentary sports television show. This episode features the Los Angeles Derby Dolls, a women's roller derby league in Echo Park Los angeles. We provide inside access on the teams and this years season with the Roller Derby teams.

Cinematography, camera assistant and Media manager for a 30 min documentary show shot every two weeks for the AT&T Uverse cable network

Director of Photography on a Sports documentary television show. This episode features horse racing Jockey Perry Ouzts, a Jockey with one of the most wins ever in horse racing history, we provide inside access to Perrys life as well as the Beltera race track in Ohio showcasing life on and off of being a Jockey. This episode went on to win the Eclipse award, the most prestigious award in horse racing cinema.

Camera Operator and Gaffer on a commercial featuring horse racing Jockeys for the betting company "Bet America" We shot vingets with several jockeys at the race track and in the mountains with the C-300, FS-7 and The Movi seady cam rig to create a gambling commercial featured on television and played in horse racetracks throughout the country

Camera Operator and Media manager for an inside access Behind the scenes entertainment and lifestyle show featured on the AT&T U-Verse cable network. This show gives you a first person inside access view of TV shows and movie sets that is available to U-Verse subscribers. We shot documentary and reality style to give the audience a real life feel of what it would be like to be on set and meet the actors of their favorite shows and movies.

Director of Photography shooting interviews and highlights for the 2014 documentary "30 greatest moments of the Breeders cup", a horse racing documentary featuring some of the most historic moments in the Breeders cup of horse racing.

Cameraman and Cinematography duties as a crew of 4 people covered Several mushers leading up to the start and on the trail of the historic Iditarod Alaskan Dog race.

Cinematographer, camera assistant, and media manager for behind the scenes, and documentary style shooting for a twice monthly entertainment show aired exclusively on the AT&T Uverse cable network

Personal Cameraman to Mr Sean Combs. Documentary, Reality and lifestyle filming and editing for him self as well as his various artists on set in addition to behind the scenes cinematography in the studio and other situations.

Camera assistant to the cinematographer for the show Art Attack. Aired on The History Channel featuring art displays in several museums

Shot and directed live sporting events and competitions that would later be used for Action sports news pieces. Worked on a weekly basis for over a year shooting several types of sporting events, competitions and movie premiers.