Summary

Michael, a Camera Operator, based in Takoma Park, has 4 Camera Operator credits and 1 Set Production Assistant credit, and has been a member since 2014.

Credits

7/11 – 9/13

Camera Operator (Sony NX-5 & Canon 7D. Also produced & edited) Making Change at Walmart campaign videos

YouTube — Digital — Freelance - self Details
7/11 – 9/13

Produced, shot and edited short-form online videos for Making Change at Walmart, OUR Walmart, and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)

11/12 – 2/13

Camera Operator (Canon 5D) Immigrant voices: Life in solitary

American U - IRW — Digital — Investigative Reporting Workshop Details
11/12 – 2/13

Reporter and camera operator for web-based follow-up to “Lost in Detention,” a long-form TV documentary that first aired on PBS Frontline in October 2011. http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/investigations/the-hole/multimedia/Immigrant-voices-life-in-solitary/

11/11 – 11/11

Set Production Assistant Auction Hunters (Season 2)

Spike TV — TV — Gurney Productions Details
11/11 – 11/11

Drove vehicles, returned rented gear, tables, chairs.

11/11 – 11/11

Camera Operator (Canon 5D) Frontline, The Real CSI

PBS — TV — Yellow River Productions Details
11/11 – 11/11

Operated B-camera (Canon 5D) on three-day shoot forPBS Frontline program that aired in early 2012.

11/11 – 11/11

Camera Operator (Canon 5D) Frontline, Murdoch's Scandal

PBS — TV — Yellow River Productions Details
11/11 – 11/11

Operated B-camera (Canon 5D) on two-day shoot for PBS Frontline program that aired in early 2012.

9/09 – 12/10

Producer (JVC GY-HM700)

Staff Position — Service Employees International Union Details
9/09 – 12/10

Operated cameras, planned production, wrote scripts, directed outside video crews and talent, and interviewed subjects. Executed or supervised editing of videos and other multimedia productions. Oversaw work from conception to delivery of final product. Assisted New Media Department in updating online video portal sites such as YouTube.

Orgs

  • WIFV
  • Docs in Progress

Recos

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Education

Class of '11

American University

M.A. in Producing for Film & Video
Class of '93

University of California, Santa Cruz

B.A. in Journalism

My Gear

  • GoPro
  • Canon 7D
  • Rode VideoMic Pro
  • Canon 50mm Lens
  • Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens
  • Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS Zoom
  • Canon EFS 18-200mm IS Zoom
  • CANON TC-80N3 Timer remote controller
  • Lowel Rifa eX 55 Pro light kit
  • SONY UWP-V6 wireless lav mic set
  • Zoom H4n Digital Multitrack Recorder

Skills

  • Producing
  • Directing
  • Social Media
  • Final Cut 7
  • Camera Operation
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Web Programming