Phillip Abrams

Key Grip and Driver running 4 man grip team controlling light on location in Boulder Colorado. Also Dolly Gripped this show with Fisher 11 dolly.

Rigged car and shaped light for national commercial.

Chief Lighting Technician for documentary series profiling extraordinary kids for Disney Digital launch series.

Grip Truck Driver and Key Grip for industrial shoot on location In Breckenridge Colorado highlighting a variety of John Deere personal tractor snow plow add ons.

Car Rigging for high end local Mini Cooper dealership called “safe word” I rigged a Mini Cooper with a hood mount and door mount connected for stability and 3rd camera angle with riser. Also rigged follow car with black arm.

Grip truck driver and G&E Swing for CBS documentary for American Diabetes association lighting on location in Aurora Colorado.

Driver of 3.5 ton G&E truck and Swing G&E member 5 man team rigging and lighting vehicles and interior locations in Evergreen Colorado.

Chief Lighting Technician on music video on location in Breckenridge and Denver Colorado.

Lighting on location on the steps of capital hill in Denver Colorado for political initiative.

Driver and Best Boy Electric as lighting technician lighting interviews and B-Roll for CBS ecomedia documentary crew covering subjects surround Mercy House in Denver Colorado.

Chief Lighting Technician for national music video. Implemented, rigged, and led crew with 5 ton G&E truck lighting on location in Shoshoni Wyoming.

Chief Lighting technician on location in Wiggins Colorado lighting Pizza Hut ad.

Chief Lighting Technician with 5 ton G&E package and car rigging for a variety of set ups with Arri Skypanel S60, S30, as well as Alexa Mini and Angenieux 24-290. Shoot was on Location in Shashoni Wyoming for Warner Music Group artist.

Chief Lighting Technician responsible for implementation and design of light for feature film. Also leader of 6 person G&E team.

Chief Lighting Technician on location in downtown Denver Colorado. Bipartisan political ad to end gerrymandering in the state,

Chief Lighting Technician for Western Proof of Concept. Lighting on location in Mountains above Littleton Colorado.

Chief Lighting Technician on location in Denver Colorado with psa message about police brutality.

Chief Lighting technician for 1 million plus view music video. Designed and implemented lighting for intimate yet expansive music video on location at Mont Chalet and the Church of Cannabis in Denver Colorado.

Chief Lighting Technician for digital ads featuring training and nutrition from upcoming NFL draft players trading for the NFL combine in Centennial Colorado.

Chief Lighting Technician for Temple Night Clubs digital commercials.

Chief Lighting Technician for autodesk digital ad highlighting scholastic 3D design.

Lighting design and implementation in collaboration with the director of photography. Provided gear and led G&E on location at a Colfax ave bar: Lions Lair.

Provided Grip and lighting for on site and on lacation interviews with patients successfully undergoing kidney dialysis and transplants.

Worked with Key Grip, Gaffer, and Best Boy to light a youth football practice at night in Westminster, CO. Worked with 5 ton package, 6k Hmi, crankovators, overheads, 500 amp generator, Mole FEYs, and more.

Running 4 man G&E team and designing light for this industrial brand video for a new b2b product launch .

Responsible for grip truck, rigging of lights and flags including: Arri M18, 12x12 overhead, Sunray 1.2's, Hive plasma lights, and Kinos.

Led a 5 person Grip and Electric crew. Implemented lighting at the LSI sound stage and on Location in Paonia, Grand Junction, and Aspen. I was responsible for rental and expendable orders, crew coordination with large light sources and overheads, the design and build of various car rigs, Jib operation, and safety.

Provided grip and lighting for CPR web campaign profiling sponsors in their businesses. Shot on location in various small businesses in Denver.

Provided lighting and Grip for remodel show on location at the Colorado Outward Bound School in Leadville.

Coordinating and building lighting and grip set ups for christmas themed printer commercial on location inside of a bakery in Longmont, CO.

Location lighting for Kickstarter campaign. 1.2 HMI's, Hive plasma lights, and Kino Flo 4X banks. Medicine Werx is the first wooden rim sunglass company and was creating a brand video for use on Kickstarter.

Filming build outs of Tiny Houses on location in Colorado Springs, CO. Documented the process of measuring, cutting, and installing elements of the tiny homes. Also filmed special deliveries of materials for the homes.

Implementation of lighting set ups at various locations in and around the Denver area including the Mayan Theatre, House locations, and outdoor locations near downtown Denver.

Rigging an overhead 12X12 silk to a 36' ceiling and general lighting implementation for a company who makes OEM and aftermarket Jeep tops.

Responisble for implementing the director of photography's lighting set ups. Led a 4 man G&E team.

Implementing studio lighting for this sitcom style comedy about the medical marijuana industry in Denver, CO.

Focus pulling, Camera build, Monitoring, Lens changes, as well as transferring and backup of footage.

Building camera package, Pulling focus, Monitor and video village set up, DIT.

Promotional video for a workout machine start up. I Implemented lighting setups on location at a coffee shop and in a studio designed to look like a home basement. HMI's and daylight fixtures were our primary light sources.

Implementing lighting set ups for National Ad campaign. Running Grip and Electric crew, managing equipment order, responsible for power distribution and shaping light for DoP.

Implemented lighting set ups for commercial about how students and teachers communicate with technology.

Movi gymbal operator on stage for Sound Tribe Sector 9 concert at RedRocks amphitheatre.

Camera Builds, Focus pulling, Gymbal balancing, Lens Changes, Monitoring. Kevin Durant's induction to the Hall of Fame chronicled as the project highlight his contributions to the Oklahoma City community, humanitarian efforts, and basketball skill.

Cinematographer for branding video. Video highlighted Core X, which a healthcare supply chain system being implemented by the Global Healthcare Exchange

2nd AC. Responsible for building camera, follow focus, lens changes, wireless monitoring, Interatron, and photographing time lapses for the spot highlighting Microsoft's new Augmented reality platform, Hololens.

Produced, Directed, Shot, and Edited 12 videos for Denver University's biggest fundraising event of the year. 6 of the videos highlighted and profiled award recipients and the other 6 videos highlighted the most exciting initiatives and research going on at the University of Denver.

Filmed winter sports and National Ski Championships for video installation at the Comcast Offices in Centennial CO.

Web promo for the Denver Stock show. Filmed on a ranch in Eastern Colorado and spotlighted and celebrated the rugged independence of Coloradans and the American West against the backdrop of the National Western Stock Show.

Onstage Gymbal operator.

Video installation piece for Comcast offices in Centennial CO. Project was to incorporate Colorado nature footage being revealed by passage through tunnels. Shot on Sony A7s, Canon 5D Mark III.

Filmed on location in Colorado Springs on a ranch. Television spot for credit card processing company.

Camera operator for red rocks concert. My responsibility was to capture compression close up shots.

Part of the media coverage for Race Across America I worked on the human interest aspect of this ultra cycling event. As editor, I was charged with creating episodes from 3 media teams spread across the country. As an operator, I would interview individuals and capture necessary B-Roll for the segment.

I was tasked with an agency edit for a national web buy. A series of pictorial stills, so the entire story was built in post. Using VO and animated supers, we created a compelling spot that was very comical. Highlighting the emotions when someone becomes aware of vtirtual offices

Capturing content for Icelantic Ski's and AEG live, I was an operator with a team of operators beneath me. We were tasked with capturing footage of this sold out concert for promotional purposes. Shot with DSLR's and FS700.

I was the Behind the Scenes shooter for this narrative short film set to release in August 2013. I shot principal photography throughout December 2012 and lit and shot behind the scenes interviews in January.

As a Co-Producer I worked on pre-production with the series creator and director, JC Christofilis. This included location scouting, script changes, and overseeing the storyboard process. As editor I worked with the director to complete this ambitious 9 episode, high profile web series starring Tyler Mane (Jason) and Andrew Byrniarski (Leatherface).

As principal editor for a micro hover craft commercial I edited this direct response advertisement to a VO script and created motion graphics for this nationally aired spot.

This dance for camera film has appeared in film festivals all over the world including Cannes. Experimenting with the film capabilities of the 5D Mark II soon after it came out, I served as an operator shooting primarily on a high hat with a 600mm lens.