Directed the well received short documentary films “Safety Third” and “Nobody Dies When It’s Sunny”. Completed two 5-week shoots in Africa as DP for the HOPE Artists group. Served as second unit cinematographer for the short films “Now and Nowhere” and “West of the Moon” directed by Brent Bonacorso. Edited a music video for American Idol winner David Cook. Edited and camera assisted on a commercial for Lexus. Shot and edited behind the scenes videos for Kobe Bryant. Edited a mood video piece for Coke Zero. Worked under DP Jim Matlosz in the camera department for the VH1 “Rock Honors” show intro shot at 5,000 fps on the Phantom camera.
07/04 – 01/06Managed input and output of VFX elements for feature films including “A Lot Like Love”, “The Cave”, “Into the Blue”, “Underworld Evolution”, “Silent Hill” as well as commercials for Nike
06/03 - 05/04Feature film postproduction including transfer of 35mm dailies to DVD for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, “Dodgeball”, “Hellboy”, “Ray”, “I Heart Huckabees”, “Hostage” and “First Daughter”
04/02 - 09/02Built, configured and maintained render farm machines, workstations, and file servers; created and managed user accounts; engineered a real time web based workflow management system
04/00 - 04/01Formed a web development and digital media company with a small team experienced in the combination of programming and graphics skills necessary to create a successful web presence
08/98 - 04/00Designed and implemented new web projects including: broadband live streaming video, video on demand as well as project management, ad serving, and database driven template development
06/98 - 08/98Completed postproduction work including logging, digitizing, editing, and sound design
01/98 - 05/98Maintained computer lab equipment; implemented CGI scripts to generate HTML from text entry
Creative, efficient, wide-ranging knowledge of film and video production, effective at organizing and coordinating shoots, experience using production equipment, technically savvy with a variety of camera packages, editing software, vfx software, graphics and web development tools.