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Michael Winokur

Los Angeles, CA

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Seasoned Gaffer/ Key Grip with over 15 years experience lighting for film and television. Credits include theatrical features, shorts, documentaries, scripted television, reality tv, commercials, and promos. Professional, reliable, and knowledgeable.

Credits

8/19 – 2/20

Best Boy Electric – FOX NFL Sunday - Riggle's Picks (Season 8)

Fox — TV — Fox Sports Details

8/19 – 2/20

Set lighting for weekly NFL themed comedy short.

6/19 – 7/19

Best Boy Electric – Alone

Grindstone Entertainment Group — Film (Feature-length) — Devour LLC

6/19 – 7/19

8/18 – 1/19

Best Boy Electric – FOX NFL Sunday - Riggle's Picks (Season 7)

Fox Sports — TV — Fox Sports Details

8/18 – 1/19

Weekly lighting/grip crew member or crew lead for 2018/19 NFL season. Gaffer on 2 eps. Key Grip on 6 eps. Stage and location lighting.

6/18 – 6/18

Key Grip – Last Night

Film (Feature-length) — Last Night LLC

6/18 – 6/18

9/17 – 2/18

Best Boy Electric – FOX NFL Sunday - Riggle's Picks (Season 6)

Fox — TV — Fox Sports Details

9/17 – 2/18

Assist Chief Lighting Technician with powering, placing, and adjusting lights in a studio setting.

3/17 – 3/17

Gaffer – A Crime To Remember (Season 5)

Investigation Discovery — TV — Lincoln Square Productions Details

3/17 – 3/17

Interview lighting in studio

11/16 – 1/17

Key Grip – FOX NFL Sunday - Riggle's Picks (Season 5)

Fox — TV — Fox Sports

11/16 – 1/17

4/16 – 7/16

Gaffer – A Crime To Remember (Season 4)

Investigation Discovery — TV — Lincoln Square Productions Details

4/16 – 7/16

Chief Lighting Technician

10/14 – 4/16

Camera Operator (Canon C300) – Basketball Saints

Film (Feature-length) — J.I. Films Details

10/14 – 4/16

Light and shoot interviews and b-roll for a feature length documentary.

1/16 – 2/16

Camera Operator (Sony HDC 1500) – Winter X Games

ESPN — TV — ESPN Details

1/16 – 2/16

Operated Handheld camera on the field-of-play for numerous competition events, including men's/women's ski & snowboard halfpipe and slopestyle events.

10/15 – 11/15

Best Boy Electric (Gaffer (5 days)) – Cruise

Film (Feature-length) — Cruise Inc Details

10/15 – 11/15

Assist Gaffer with all lighting setups, manage power distribution and 1200-amp generator, hire additional electricians, maintain Electric truck & equipment, log union timecards for Electric crew.

4/15 – 10/15

Gaffer (2nd Unit) – A Crime To Remember (Season 3)

Investigation Discovery — TV — XCON Productions

4/15 – 10/15

2/15 – 2/15

Best Boy Electric – NBA All-Star Saturday Night / Cold Open

TNT — TV — Done + Dusted

2/15 – 2/15

1/15 – 1/15

Camera Operator (Sony HDC 1500) – Winter X-Games (Season 14)

ESPN — TV — ESPN Details

1/15 – 1/15

Operated hand-held camera for live coverage of men & women's ski & snowboard competitions in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big-air.

11/14 – 11/14

Gaffer – Brad Meltzer's Lost History (Season 1)

History — TV — Left/Right Inc. Details

11/14 – 11/14

Worked with DP to establish lighting for show host Brad Meltzer's "wrap arounds." Filming spanned 2 days on location in Brooklyn, NY.

11/14 – 11/14

Key Grip

Advertising — Ramble West Productions Details

11/14 – 11/14

Planned and executed grip & rigging duties for a one day promo/commercial shoot with Eminem at Manhattan recording studio. Worked with bbg to rig speedrail to ceiling in order to support overhead Kino-Flo soft box (2x 4ft-4bank). Set flags, hung 8x8 solids, and rigged additional points for lighting fixtures.

11/14 – 11/14

Key Grip – Avan Lava - Wanna Live

Music Video — Good Company Details

11/14 – 11/14

Handled all Grip-side responsibilities for a one-day music video shoot on a Brooklyn sound stage.

10/14 – 10/14

Best Boy Electric – Worst Cooks In America

Food Network — TV — Big Smack Details

10/14 – 10/14

performed tech scout, compiled lighting equipment order, distributed power on location and assisted gaffer with lighting setups.

6/14 – 10/14

Gaffer (2nd Unit) – A Crime To Remember (Season 2)

Investigation Discovery — TV — XCON Productions Details

6/14 – 10/14

Assist Gaffer with lighting setups and power distribution for shooting on-location and in studio settings. Manage and maintain all lighting and electric equipment for a 5-ton G&E package.

9/14 – 9/14

Gaffer – Sex Tips For Girls (Pilot)

MTV — TV — Sharp Entertainment Details

9/14 – 9/14

Chief lighting technician. Studio lighting/board op as well as on location lighting.

9/14 – 9/14

PreRig Electrician – Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat

Music Video — Iconoclast Productions Details

9/14 – 9/14

Pre-rigged lighting for several sets (based on Gaffer's instructions) during an overnight shift. Coordinated with DP in the morning to help finalize all lighting setups until Gaffer and main crew returned for shooting.

5/14 – 9/14

Camera Operator (Sony EX1) – Naked and Afraid (Season 3)

Discovery — TV — Renegade 83 Details

5/14 – 9/14

Filmed Charlie Frattini interview for Bares All Special #2

8/14 – 8/14

Best Boy Grip – SUGAR!

Film (Feature-length) — Lauren Rayner Productions

8/14 – 8/14

6/14 – 6/14

Camera Operator (World Feed) – Hbo Boxing After Dark

SKY — Live/Special Event — Belmonte Productions Details

6/14 – 6/14

Ringside HH Camera operator for live under-card boxing matches and stand-up interviews. For international broadcast feed.

6/14 – 6/14

Camera Operator – USA Mens Soccer vs Turkey

Univision — Live/Special Event — Belmonte Productions Details

6/14 – 6/14

HH camera operator for international broadcast team. Filmed sideline reporter and captured shots of players and coaches for live broadcast on Univision networks.

5/13 – 1/14

Director of Photography (DP) (Sony F5, FS-100, EX1) – Off The Rails

Film (Feature-length) — Gemini Pictures Details

5/13 – 1/14

Camera and lighting for principal photography

11/13 – 11/13

Gaffer – This Is Hot 97 (Season 1)

VH1 — TV — EASTERN (NFGTV) Details

11/13 – 11/13

Worked with DP Bianca Butti to establish and install fixed overhead lighting for studios, offices, and common areas within the Hot97 radio station. Mix of KinoFlo fluorescent fixtures, Arri and Dedolight tungsten fixtures, and china balls with household incandescent bulbs. Also gelled existing practical fixtures to balance color temperatures.

11/13 – 11/13

Key Grip (Dolly Grip) – New York Commercials, Inc

Vevo's "Certified" — Advertising — 4th Wall Entertainment Details

11/13 – 11/13

Key grip for studio testimonial shoot. Responsibilities included basic stands and rigging, and operating Fisher 10 camera dolly

4/13 – 8/13

Best Boy Electric – A Crime To Remember (Season 1)

Investigation Discovery — TV — XCON Productions Details

4/13 – 8/13

Managed G&E truck and equipment, performed on-set lighting tasks, and assisted with grip duties

4/13 – 6/13

Key Grip – Million Dollar Shoppers (Season 1)

Lifetime — TV — True Entertainment Details

4/13 – 6/13

Studio rigging for interviews

12/12 – 3/13

Gaffer – Waiting for the End of the World

Film (Feature-length) Details

12/12 – 3/13

Designed and implemented lighting setups for 20min narrative comedy.

2/13 – 2/13

Key Grip – The Bad Guys

Film (Feature-length) — Resolute Productions Details

2/13 – 2/13

Key grip on a 3-person G&E team for independent dramatic feature film.

10/12 – 11/12

Electrician (Best Boy) – Lucky N#mber

Film (Feature-length) — 36 Films

10/12 – 11/12

9/10 – 9/12

Camera Operator (HD) – Live Boxing

Live/Special Event — Belmonte Productions

9/10 – 9/12

5/12 – 8/12

Camera Operator (Sony F800) – Brides Of Beverly Hills (Season 2)

TLC — TV — Planetworks Inc.

5/12 – 8/12

7/08 – 7/12

Camera Operator (Sony HDC-1500) – Espn X Games

ESPN — Live/Special Event — ESPN

7/08 – 7/12

8/11 – 6/12

Colorist – Stranger in Blood

Film (Feature-length) — Patrick Biggs Productions Details

8/11 – 6/12

Final conform and color grade (Apple Color) of 50 minute narrative film. Shot on Canon T2i and Canon 7D, edited in Final Cut Pro.

2/12 – 2/12

Colorist (temp) – Truck Stop (Season 1)

Travel — TV — Leftfield Entertainment

2/12 – 2/12

12/09 – 12/11

Camera Operator (Sony EX1 HD) – Survive the 25

Versus — Film (Feature-length) — Speedcast Productions LLC Details

12/09 – 12/11

5/11 – 9/11

Camera Operator (Sony EX1 HD) – Steel Panther Tv (Pilot)

Internet — Digital — Six14 Productions

5/11 – 9/11

8/11 – 8/11

Gaffer (Colorist) – Sleep Apnea 101 With Doc Sweet (Pilot)

Internet — Digital — Six14 Productions

8/11 – 8/11

4/11 – 6/11

Camera Operator (Sony EX1 HD) – Brides Of Beverly Hills (Season 1)

TLC — TV — Planetworks Inc.

4/11 – 6/11

1/08 – 2/11

Camera Operator (Sony HDC-1500) – Espn Winter X Games

ESPN — Live/Special Event — ESPN

1/08 – 2/11

4/10 – 10/10

Camera Operator (Panasonic HDX-900) – Formula Drift Racing

Versus — Live/Special Event — GPI Content

4/10 – 10/10

2/07 – 11/08

Camera Operator (Sony HDC-1000/1500) – Nascar On Espn

ESPN — Live/Special Event — ESPN

2/07 – 11/08

12/07 – 12/07

Assistant Camera (AC) – I Love New York Reunion (Season 1)

VH1 — TV — VH1

12/07 – 12/07

12/06 – 12/06

Camera Operator (Panasonic HDX-900) – American Kennel Club Agility Invitational

Animal Planet — Live/Special Event — Painless Productions

12/06 – 12/06

10/05 – 10/06

Production Assistant (Camera Assistant) – Sand Blasters Extreme Sand Sculpting (Season 2)

Travel — TV — Painless Productions

10/05 – 10/06

9/06 – 9/06

Assistant Camera (AC) – The Contender (Season 2)

ESPN — TV — ESPN

9/06 – 9/06

8/06 – 8/06

Camera Operator (Sony PD150) – Shark Hunters East Vs West (Season 2)

Versus — TV — Gurney Productions

8/06 – 8/06

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FOX - NFL SUNDAY - Riggle's Picks Week 5 'Bayou & Me'
Saved by Le'Veon Bell (Parody) | RIGGLEâS PICKS | FOX NFL

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Education

Class of '04

University of Colorado

BFA Film Production

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