Resume

Education
USC School of Cinematic Arts, LA. CA (MFA in Film and Television Production, 1995)
NCSU School of Design, Raleigh, NC (BA in Architecture, 1983)

 

Features

 
Banana Brothers
Straight Out of Compton
Prospect
Love Philosophy
Gold Bracelet
LA Godfather
Romantic Comedy (San Francisco, CA); 35mm
Drama (Los Angeles, CA); 16mm
Drama (Los Angeles, CA); HD 24p
Romantic Comedy (Los Angeles, CA); DV Cam
Drama [2nd Unit] (Santa Clarita, CA); 35mm
Drama [2nd Unit] (LA, CA); 35mm

Short Films

 
Smart Rocks
As Maltratadas
The Abused
Passing Through
Already Gone
Across the Wire
Seneca
Fortunate Son
Dazzling Spirit
Asylum
Quartet Prison
Changing of the Guard
Song of Solomon
Middle Passage
Comedic Webisodes (Greenville, NC); HD 24P
Drama (Lisbon, Portugal); HD 25P
Drama (Lisbon, Portugal); HD 24P
Drama [co-DP] (San Diego, CA); 35mm
Drama (Los Angeles, CA); Red Digital
Drama (Los Angeles, CA); HD 24P
Romantic Drama (Los Angeles, CA); Super-16
Drama (Los Angeles, CA); 35mm
Comedy (Los Angeles, CA); DV (DP Award)
Drama (Los Angeles, CA); 35mm
Drama (Los Angeles, CA); DV Cam
Trailer (Los Angeles, CA); Super-16
Trailer (Los Angeles, CA); DV
Drama [co-DP] (Pasadena, CA); 16mm

Director/Cinematographer of Documentaries

 
Mrs. Buck in Her Prime
The New Country Doctor
The Golden K Club
The Mayor Who Stood Up
The Hope of Education
The Healing Journey
Breast Cancer Awareness Project
[Producer, Director, Cinematographer]
[Producer, Director, Cinematographer]
[Producer, Director, Cinematographer]
[Producer, Director, Cinematographer]
[Producer, Director, Cinematographer]
[Producer, Director, Cinematographer]
[Producer, Director, Cinematographer]
   

Documentary and Television

 
Southern California 'Green' Building
A PBS documentary series on the evolution of Los Angeles area environmental building practices; (Beta SP; producer and Director); client: LA Municipal Water District




A Day with Conrad Hall, ASC
A documentary of a day-on-the-set with the Academy Award winning cinematographer (35mm, High 8 and VHS; producer); client: The American Society of Cinematography



American Youth and Environment
A documentary series featuring award winning save-the-world projects by high school students (DVCam; producer and director); client: The Earth Island Institute



Format Series
A Comparison of Formats (HD, 16mm, Super-8, DV) Producer & Cinematographer); client: USC Summer Prod. Workshop


Invention: Charlie Hunter
Jazz documentary on famed 8-string guitarist; (HD 1080i; cinematographer); client: Red Editorial

 
The Desert of Jesuit Gold
A documentary on ex-M.D now digging for gold in the Arizona Desert (DV; Cinematographer); client: Rich/ES Prod


Deluxe Labs
A Documentary/Educational exploration of a major motion picture film laboratory (35mm; cinematographer); client: Deluxe Labs



Music Video & Commercial

 
Double Doze Music Video (cinematographer); HD 24P
Kottonmouth Kings Music Video (cinematographer); 35mm
Hypnotek Commercial (cinematographer); HD 24P
Yoyo Ma Project Music Video (cinematographer); 35mm
Coca-Cola Spot 'Frightful Flick' (cinematographer); 35mm

Previous Experience

 
Photographer Essayist (major independent projects)
The Trap: 5 NC Counties in Economic Trouble
Damascus Gate: Life within the Walls of Crisis
In Praise of the Middle Ground: Jewish and Arab Communities in the Upper Galilee

Archaeological Photographer and Architect:
Directed student field teams in the production of architectural and photographic recordings of two large ancient Roman sites (el-Lejjun, Jordanian Desert and Sepphoria, Israeli Galilee)



Published Photographic Work
New York Times
American Magazine
People Magazine
Jordan Magazine
Aperture Magazine
Before Women Had Wings (Random House Book Cover)
 
Grants & Awards
US Federal Stimulus Grant [Washington, NC Energy Saving PSA]
ECU RDA Breast Cancer Prevention Film Grant
NC Arts Council Artist Project Grant
ECU CFAC Research and Creative Activities Grant (two time winner)
NC Arts Council At-Risk Youth Teaching Grant
NC Arts Council Folklife Teaching Grant
NC Arts Council Artist Project Grant
ECU Faculty Senate Research and Creative Acitivites Grant
Duke Center for Documentary Studies Grant
Mary Biddle Duke Semans Foundation Grant
University of South Florida Foundation Support
National Geographic Society Film Grant
 
Memberiships
International Documentary Association
Independent Feature Project - West
IATSE National 600 (previously)
 
References
Available upon request.