LA Film and Television
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Years: 2024-2025
Project: SEEDS OF HOPE, Documentary, 40-Minutes
Partners: Santa Monica Mountains Fund and the National Park Service
Role: Filmmaker, Photographer, Writer, Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Project Details: In partnership with the National Park Service, this was my final job and capstone while working in Los Angeles. SEEDS OF HOPE was a dream project and culmination of prior films and experience, including my work on the 59th CINE Golden Eagle Award-Winning PBS Documentary, SPECTRUM: A STORY OF THE MIND, documentaries for Outward Bound, SNOW TO SAND documentary feature film with the Pacific Crest Trail Association and debuted at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, STAIRWAY TO EVEREST, and my work as an AmeriCorps member working in the Angeles National Forest and Santa Monica Mountains. It all began with my love for America’s National Parks, as well as the fantastic Ken Burns documentary series. I had met my producing partner, Jill Jones, on this project, who would become my wife and mother of our daughter Willow, in 2008 at the Telluride Film Festival Student Symposium while we were both students in film school, and where we were mentored by Ken Burns himself as he was completing the PBS series, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA. I never imagined I would one day be a part of contributing to that best idea. After completing one year of service with AmeriCorps at TreePeople, an environmental non-profit organization in LA, my supervisors Ivan Castillo and Mathieu Koontz recommended me for a position as a Biological Science Technician, Filmmaker and Documentarian working in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park under National Park Service Vegetation Branch Chief, Joseph Algiers, and Takuma Chipman at the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, the National Park Service’s Official Non-Profit Partner. Working in the field as a technician for one year provided me the opportunity to embed with National Park Service employees and workers to gain valuable access and insights to the work being done to restore and mitigate wildfire risk in these landscapes found nowhere else on earth. The 40-minute documentary film and 120-page photography book of the same name was released and presented at the Patagonia store in Santa Monica.
Years: 2016-2018
Project: SNOW TO SAND, Documentary, 60-Minutes
Partners: Pacific Crest Trail Association
Role: Filmmaker, Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
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Years: 2014-2016
Project: SPECTRUM: A Story of the Mind, Documentary, 30-Minutes
Partners: Public Broadcasting Service, PBS
Role: Filmmaker & Producer: Cinematography, Editing
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Years: 2010-2011
Project: NANUQ, Live Action Animation Short Film, 18-Minutes
Role: Filmmaker & Producer: Cinematography, Editing, VFX
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War Horn: Feature Motion Picture Screenplay, 90-Pages
Role: Screenwriter
Year: 2020
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Batman: Hush: Blu-ray Documentary
Role: Digital Producer, Videographer & Editor
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Stairway To Everest: Documentary Short Film, 30-Minutes
Role: Producer, Filmmaker and Photographer
Year: 2020
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Ada Blackjack Rising: Biographical Documentary Short Film, 6-Minutes
Role: Visual Effects, 3D Matte Painting in Maya and Nuke
Year: 2020
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The Dragon Prince: Marketing Documentaries
Role: Digital Producer, Videographer & Editor
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Pit Bulls & Parolees: Documentary TV Series Seasons 3 and 4
Client: Animal Planet & Discovery
Role: Show Open Director of Photography and Post-Production Compositing Supervision
Year: 2011-2012
Details: Led a specialized camera crew unit for two seasons of the show, driving across the country from Los Angeles to New Orleans and back to LA (over 7572 miles and 120 hours) with heavy, professional field camera equipment including 2 RED Digital Cinema Camera packages with Zeiss Prime Lenses and Canon Digital Photography packages for time lapse, 30-foot crane with supports and weights, lighting and electrical equipment, camera dolly and motion control units. Directed principal photography unit field operations of a 4-person crew under the supervision of the show runner, editors and producers, leading client relations and communication between above and below the line teams, overseeing proper equipment preparation, set up, company movements and wrapping, operated A-camera and focus while directing B and C camera units, natural and artificial lighting, blocking and staging of the show’s cast members and pit bulls, captured high-quality moving time lapse sequences around New Orleans and other post-production assets including b-roll and plate photography, and managed files, sequences and hard drive backups in the field. Worked on and supervised the project’s post-production finishings in Los Angeles by prepping clean and professional visual assets for compositing in Adobe After Effects, managing color correction and grading, and making editorial adjustments to successfully meet client’s notes and objectives.
Love Scene: Biographical Documentary Short Film, 9-Minutes
Role: Director of Photography
Year: 2012
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation PSA Campaign: 4 Nationally Broadcasted :30 Commercials
Client: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles
Role: Director of Photography, Colorist
Year: 2011
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