Summary

I am a DP and Creative Video Producer with over 16 years experience in the production industry. I love to collaborate with artists, storytellers, and brands to create compelling visuals and captivating content.

Credits

4/24 – 4/24

Camera Operator (RED KOMODO) Thoma Bravo - Corporate (2024)

Online — Corporate — Atlantic Pictures
4/24 – 4/24
4/24 – 4/24

Producer TSMC - Technology Symposium

YouTube — Corporate — Olinda Media Details
4/24 – 4/24

- Coordinated portable lighting and lead the demo video & audio team through our coverage of demo booths - Conducted on-camera interviews and demo presentation coverage of the event and over 18+ exhibitors.

1/24 – 2/24

Director of Photography (DP) (FX3, Red Epic Dragon) UC Berkeley - CEGA

Online — Digital — Econfilms.tv
1/24 – 2/24
1/24 – 1/24

Camera Operator (Panasonic AJ-HPX3100GJ) PMWC 2024

Digital — Live/Special Event — Magicbox in association with Supersweet Motion Pictures
1/24 – 1/24
10/23 – 12/23

Director of Photography (DP) (RED Epic Dragon, Komodo) Offcentered

Digital — Film (Feature-length) — Stop the Bomb Productions Details
10/23 – 12/23

- Coordinated Virtual Production vendor, staging, and collaborated with UE5 Unreal Operator to integrate virtual backgrounds with practical VAD elements - Built shot list and collaborated with the Director, VAD team, and AD to schedule out the shots for the film - Designed lighting and operated the camera for all shots. - Supervised Post-production and In-Camera VFX workflow (ICVFX)

10/23 – 11/23

Camera Operator (RED KOMODO) Mountaintop Talking Heads

Mountaintop Games — Advertising — Snack Video Details
10/23 – 11/23

Coordinated multi-camera shots with fellow camera operators, and designed the lighting and in-camera LUTS/matching exposures for the 3 camera set up. Brought on subcontractor camera operators Coordinated technical needs for shooting on a volume with the AD and Stage Manager at Nightlight Studios.

6/23 – 6/23

Director of Photography (DP) (Black Magic Cinema 6K Pro) Sandra Brown Development Shoot (Pilot)

Investigation Discovery — TV — Crazy Legs Productions Details
6/23 – 6/23

LIi and composed interviews, Shot B-roll, and advise on framing/editing composition notes with the field Producer(s). Supervised the capture of interviews showcasing friends, peers, forensic experts, and adjacent researchers as they help private investigator (form Oakland PD Captain and Lieutenant), Sandra Brown, to unearth new evidence in the Pamela Vitale/Horowitz muder case they may suggest the young teen (currently sentenced and in prison) was wrongfully pegged as the murderer.

6/23 – 6/23

Director of Photography (DP) (RED Epic Dragon) Last Chance (Peter Khron)

USC — Digital — USC Shoah Foundation Details
6/23 – 6/23

Interview with holocaust survivor; shot, lit, and helped produce the last chance interview with the school bject

Media

  • My Reel

  • SHOW REEL 2015-16

Recos

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Education

Class of '10

UCSC

Film & Digital Media - Critical Studies

My Gear

  • Rode Shotgun Microphone
  • Sachtler Tripod
  • C-Stand
  • Matte Box
  • Grip kit
  • Filters
  • Dimmers
  • AC Kit
  • Camera Lens 85mm
  • (1) HMI Joker 200 with battery-powered China ball kit
  • (10) senheisser 416 shotgun microphones
  • (14) Lectrosonics R1A IFB receivers
  • (16) Lectrosonics UCR 411 Receivers
  • (16) Lectrosonics UM400 wireless transmitters
  • (18) Lectrosonics SMA wireless transmitters
  • (2) 575W Source 4 (with select gobos)
  • (2) Baby jumbo stands
  • (2) Cine Saddles
  • (2) HD Canon 22 x 7.6mm wide lens
  • (2) HMI Joker 400 (with lens package and chimera)
  • (2) Sanken CS3 shotgun microphoness
  • (2) Sound devices 552 5channel field mixers
  • (2) Sound Devices 744T digital Hard disk recorders
  • (2) Zaxcom Deva Fusion Digital Hard disk field recorders
  • (20) Anton Bauer bricks with (4) chargers
  • (20) sand bags
  • (3) 8.4” Panasonic HD monitor
  • (3) Panasonic 27H VariCam
  • (3) Sachtler Video 20 mid-level spreaders
  • (4) 1' x 1' Lite Panel wide flood with adaptor
  • (4) HD Canon 11 x 4.7mm wide lens
  • (4) m-216 comtek transmitters
  • (4) Sanken Cub PZM microphone
  • (4) Sony PDW-F800 XDCam
  • (4) Sound devices 302 3channel field mixers
  • (4) Sound devices mix pre 2 channel field mixers
  • (5) Sound devices 788t digital hard disk field recorders
  • (6) Lectrosonics mm400 waterproof wireless transmitters
  • (8) Arri light stands
  • (8) Arri peppers
  • (8) Kino Diva 400
  • (8) Lectrosonics SRA stereo wireless receivers( 16 channels)
  • (8) pr-216 comtek receivers with headphones
  • (8) Sound Devices 442 4 channel field mixers
  • (9) Zaxcom digital stereo receivers (hops) for camera send
  • (9) Zaxcom digital stereo tranceivers w/ TC audio recorder
  • (9) Zaxcom trx 900 digital wireless transmitters and receivers
  • 1x 4TB G-Raid Back-up HDD
  • 2 SDHC/Mini-SD maxed at 64 GB
  • 2x 21" ASUS Monitors (for desktop)
  • 2x 3TB HDD (for desktop)
  • 2x Avenger A5029 stands
  • 2x Lowel Tota Lamps (600W) w/ Umbrellas
  • 3' heavy duty slider
  • 4 Impact Tripod Stands (8.5 ft)
  • 5 Stingers (16ft length)
  • 5x 3TB External HDDS
  • 6x 32 GB CF Cards; 4x 16GB CF Cards
  • Azeden FMX-20 two channel field mixer
  • BDS power distribution systems
  • Canon 5D-MKii with Custom AJ Magic Lantern Firmware 2.09
  • Canon zoom and focus controls
  • CARL ZEISS CP Prime 24mm
  • CARL ZEISS CP Prime 35mm
  • CARL ZEISS CP Prime 50mm
  • Cooper CS 208 8 channel mixer (for sound cart)
  • Countrymen B-6 waterproof (lavalier) Body microphones
  • Desktop editing plugins: CycoreFX; Rolling Shutter and Kronos
  • Desktop Specs: 62 GB RAM; 2x BR/DVD/CD burner/reader
  • Desktop: Lightworks Pro
  • Desktop: MacDrive8; Virtual Clone Drive
  • Desktop: The Foundry Nuke; Katana; corrective imaging plugins
  • Dual booted Desktop (OS and Win7) with 120GB SSD
  • Editing Plugins cont.: Pluraleyes; RedGiant; REVision FX
  • Electrical: stingers
  • Flag Kit (silk/black satin/gold and silver reflector)
  • GoPro HD (960p) with Vehicular and Underwater Kit
  • Idx Lithium NP1 battery systems
  • Impero Wireless Follow Focus
  • JVC Pro 100u
  • K-pod with wheels (for Kessler Crane)
  • Kessler 5.5ft Crane w/ soft cases
  • Letus Elite Adapter and Rail System for EF mount cameras
  • Macbook: REDCine X-Pro; RED Player
  • Macbook: Toast Titanium
  • Manfrotto 501 HDV balanced system tripod head
  • Manfrotto Stills Tripod
  • ND Filter set for REDRock MicroMatte Box
  • Panasonic 170 P2
  • Polarizer)
  • RED DRAGON EPIC-X CAMERA w/ (4) 240 GB SSD
  • RED ONE "Gunner" Mount
  • RED ONE MX Kit with Marshall Monitor
  • REDMICRO Mattebox with light blockers for 19mm/15mm studio offse
  • Sanken COS 11 water resistant (lavalier) Body microphones
  • Schoeps CMit Shotgun microphon
  • Schriber Acoustic Shotgun Mic
  • Sennheisser 8040 and 8050 microphone
  • Sony DigiBeta 790WS
  • Sony PD100a with Amphibico water housing
  • Steadicam Merlin with Arm & Vest
  • Studio Slider with 8ft and 4ft rails
  • Various XLR and audio cables (inquire for details)
  • Zaxcom Mix 12(12 channel mixer for Deva on Sound Cart)
  • Zaxcom Mix 8 (8 channel mixer for Deva on Sound cart)

Skills

  • Avid
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Photography
  • Line Producing
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Fcp
  • Final Cut
  • Videography
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Color Correction
  • Lighting
  • Arri
  • RED
  • Movie Magic Budgeting
  • Canon C300
  • SONY FS7
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Media Encoder
  • Compressor
  • Transcoding
  • Wireless Video
  • Celtx
  • GoPro
  • RED dragon
  • Movie Magic Scheduling
  • screenplay writing
  • Sony F55
  • Maya
  • Sony
  • Crowd Funding
  • Typography
  • RED Weapon
  • varicam
  • FS700
  • G&E
  • Steadicam Operation
  • r3d
  • Canon C-series
  • alexa mini
  • Adobe CS software (excluding flash/DW)
  • After Effects compositing
  • Alexa SXT
  • ALEXA XT
  • Alexa XT Plus
  • Background searches
  • Bartech
  • Bartech WFF
  • Camera (de)rigging
  • Copyright Law (writing)
  • crew and casting scout
  • film packaging
  • focus-pull
  • Lighting and power management
  • NLE editing
  • RedRock Micro Follow Focus
  • Theater lighting and board control
  • True Crime research
  • Varicam LT
  • VFX compositing
  • WCU-4
  • Desktop and Mac: Davinci Resolve