Josh Bane

Director of Photography and Drone Operator

Camera and Drone Operator

Filmed content for Rock the Block's "Behind the Block" episode for Season 4.

Shot the digital content including aerial photography for Warner Discovery's marketing and social media content promoting the new season of HGTV's "Rock the Block".

DP for this exciting new International series coming to Magnolia Network in the fall of 2022. Responsibilities included lighting and directing reality scenes at the cooking school as well as setting up textured, cinematic interviews. Directed field trips and content filmed off campus as well as all aerial and time-lapse photography for season 1.

Filmed on this hosted Food Network Special. Responsibilities include filming multi-cam reality and support scenes as needed.

Drone Operator and Ronin RS stabilized camera operator for this Proof of Concept.

Second Camera and Drone Operator

DP and lighting director for this proof of concept featuring textured interviews and testimonials as well as compelling re-enactments and support b-roll.

Filmed this POC, which turned into the pilot episode for this exciting new series for Magnolia Network. Set to air in the fall of 2022, I was responsible for lighting and directing both reality and cooking scenes as well as textured interviews and off-campus field trips.

Collaborated with producers, crew and host to film the newest season of this hit series. Provided directing and lighting services as well as aerial photography.

Responsibilities include documenting the building process, lighting/shooting interviews as well as collaborating with producers to capture the remote locations and the construction process of the homeowners/builders. Provided aerial photography and directed multiple camera ops to capture the challenges of the remote construction project.

Collaborated with producers and on-air talent to capture multiple segments for this new series airing on the Magnolia Network and Discovery+. Provided direction for crew to light and film this stylized "how its made" series.

Responsibilities include documenting the building process using many cameras and techniques. Lighting and shooting compelling interviews as well as working with producers to capture the remote locations and construction aspirations of the homeowners/builders. Worked with other camera operators to capture the compelling challenges of the remote construction project.

Contributed Aerial photography for Season 6 premiere episode.

Competition table camera operator and host/judge camera for this series Reboot. Worked with production team to ensure all elements of the cake builds were captured as well as any other segments required for producers.

Directed and blocked multi-camera kitchen and restaurant scenes as well as food beauties. Collaborated with producers to direct and shoot all segments with host, customers and restaurant owners.

Camera Op for competition table and interviews.

Directed and shot the multi-camera camping and competition special "Fully clothed and afraid" with show hosts.

Blocked, lit and shot local competitor profile and cake build for this Food Network pilot.

Responsibilities include blocking and directing In-kitchen food demos, shooting dynamic interviews as well as lighting and shooting tantalizing food beauties.

Worked directly with the host to capture and demonstrate cooking techniques. Followed action of the competition day as well as light and shot food beauties. Worked closely with production crew to efficiently film all elements of the desired shoot days.

Multi camera, hosted TV show. Responsibilities included blocking, lighting and directing action on screen. Shot food beauties, city scenics, hosted segments and on camera scenes.

DoP for this culinary exploration of culture, filmed all over the world. Responsibilities include blocking, directing and lighting kitchen demos with chefs and customer interviews. Also lighting and shooting the tantalizing "food porn" and capturing the texture and feel of the establishments and the city we are featuring.

DoP and support camera for this Emmy nominated series. Responsibilities include filming scenes with talent, establishing restaurants and cities as well as lighting and shooting food beauties.

Responsibilities include collaborating and working with producers, blocking and lighting scenes and covering the entire build of the space. Also setting up and shooting both formal and OTF interviews throughout the process. We operate many different specialty cameras to help tell the story of building these homes.

DoP for this culinary exploration of culture, filmed all over the world. Responsibilities include blocking, directing and lighting kitchen demos with chefs and customer interviews. Also lighting and shooting the tantalizing "food porn" and capturing the texture and feel of the establishments and the city we are featuring.

As DoP for episode 1 of season 2, my responsibilities included blocking and directing 2 camera building scenes as well as lighting interviews, filming the highly anticipated reveal scene and capturing beautifully lit shots of the finished homes.

Support camera for this new HGTV home build show.

DoP for this culinary exploration of culture, filmed all over the world. Responsibilities include blocking, directing and lighting kitchen demos with chefs and customer interviews. Also lighting and shooting the tantalizing "food porn" and capturing the texture and feel of the establishments and the city we are featuring.

DoP for this culinary exploration of culture, filmed all over the world. Responsibilities include blocking, directing and lighting kitchen demos with chefs and customer interviews. Also lighting and shooting the tantalizing "food porn" and capturing the texture and feel of the establishments and the city we are featuring.

DoP for this culinary exploration of culture, filmed all over the world. Responsibilities include blocking, directing and lighting kitchen demos with chefs and customer interviews. Also lighting and shooting the tantalizing "food porn" and capturing the texture and feel of the establishments and the city we are featuring.

DoP for this culinary exploration of culture, filmed all over the world. Responsibilities include blocking, directing and lighting kitchen demos with chefs. Lighting and shooting the tantalizing "food porn" and capturing the texture and feel of the establishments and the city we are featuring.

DoP for this culinary exploration of culture, filmed all over the world. Responsibilities include blocking, directing and lighting kitchen demos with chefs. Lighting and shooting the tantalizing "food porn" and capturing the texture and feel of the establishments we are featuring as well as city.

Camera Op for the new season and look of this live directed, BBq competition series. Shot competition table action, slow motion hero shots and interviews, as well as all other assignements given.

Responsible for shooting iconic scene setters across the world, lighting, directing and shooting food beauty scenes as well as lighting and cross shooting cooking demonstration scenes.

Documented the findings of Colorado miners. filmed, camped and hiked at high altitude over several days.

Worked with producers to tell the story of a house flipper as he transforms a small, dated home to a much larger "pop top" in a popular neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Blocked, lit and worked with our host to deliver content to prod company.

I was the only camera operator positioned at the top of Pikes Peak for the 92nd International Uphill Climb. Responsibilities included capturing race vehicles at the finishing line, producing and shooting interviews with hosts after the race and B-roll of the event.

B-Cam working directly with DoP to cross shoot activities as well as support B-roll.

Served as B-cam for two episodes in the Los Angeles area. Responsibilities included working with talent and homeowners to capture builds, follow the progress of all projects as well as filming the reveal scene of these amazing spaces.

Served as lighting DoP for highly stylized, formal sit down interviews shot on Canon's eos C300.

Served as b-cam on this new Travel Channel series in search of America's best comfort food. Worked with hosts and chefs as they built and tasted these tasty dishes. Other responsibilities included filming the texture and feel of the establishments and city and food beauties.

DP for complete series, season 1-10. Responsible for lighting, blocking and directing host and talent for demonstration segments and host wraps to carry the show to delivery. We traveled both domestically and internationally for this project.

Work directly with host and homeowners to cover the activities and builds of projects for DIY's "House Crashers".

Lighting, DP for formal sit down interview

I DP'd this action/adventure vacation show for the Travel Channel. Anticipated and followed the action of our vacationers, including setting up many cameras to capture the action from the talents’ POV. Worked closely with talent and crew to block out scenes throughout the numerous location changes.

I served as director of photography for this project. I provided the production team and equipment to shoot this travelling food show between 3 states and multiple locations. Responsible for creating the look and feel for telling the story of the restaurants, chefs and dishes they created.

Blocked, light and directed scenes for this DIY home remodel show. Worked with host and to tell the story of the homeowners who got in over their heads and needed help finishing the project. Worked on multiple seasons of this program.

Shot on this doc series for Nat Geo that explored the complicated statewide legislation changes for MMJ. Worked with small crew to show the impact on many people and communities effected by the changes.

Camera Operator on episodes of all three seasons of this DIY show. Worked with a large crew, host and disaster experts to document both natural and human home destruction and subsequent rebuild of the damages.

Shot at high altitude on both feature documentaries of the Leadville 100 mountain bike race. Worked with a large crew to follow the progress of racers on this massive internationally known event, as it takes over this small mountain town.

Shot on both of these Food Network competition special series (2009, 2011) to find the best cake artist in the nation. Each series was 6 episodes and filmed both in Denver, CO and Las Vegas, NV.

I was camera operator in all 13 seasons of this food competition series. Assignments included filming sequenced video of the building of competition pieces, working with judges as they assessed finished entries and primary host cam. This was a massive, multi-cam shoot that required working with a full production crew.

B-Cam operator for this Culinary and adventure program through 2 seasons traveling all over the globe. Responsibilities included cutaway camera for action and singles. Also captured B-roll and texture to visually tell the story of the location.

Worked with producers and talent to tell the story of this home renovation show with money on the line. Filmed the progress of homeowners as they worked through their projects and worked with host and contractors as they assessed the finished job.

Documented the build of this plush Montana hunting lodge. Blocked scenes, sequenced video of construction projects and worked with non-professional talent.

Worked on several seasons of this HGTV program that compared housing prices from market to market. Directed, lit and worked with a small production crew to feature homes and tell the story of lifestyles in different regions of the US.

Served as DP for this Emmy award winning PBS series. Visual storytelling was key for this non-narrated program that traveled across Colorado featuring the people and places of the diverse state.

BETA Cam

BETA cam

BETA Cam

DP's on this long running Food Network show. Travelled around the US featuring both boutique and large scale producers of delicious treats. Responsible for lighting creative interviews, sequencing all of the steps of creation and capturing scene setters.

DP'd on two seasons of this fun, home show. Travelled around the US featuring creative re-use from commercial spaces to beautiful homes. Responsible for lighting the scenes, directing the talent and working with producers to ensure we are telling the story efficiently under tight deadlines.

Worked as both DP and B-cam for this long running HGTV show. Responsible for shooting beautiful "home tour" shots, working with talent and host and filming re-creations of interesting home finds.

Emmy award winning Documentary about famed art nouveau sculptor Artus Van Briggle. Served as DP on this project with responsibilities including lighting formal interviews, shooting well lit beauties of sculptures and sequencing the process of creating this artwork.