Resume List

Films                              Year    Position              Director                  Format            notes
Annual Udall Dinner       2020   Showrunner
     Pima County Democratic Party
Victoria Steele for AZ.    2020   Producer/Director/Editor    
     Senate Commercials 
Mark Kelly for the US     2019   Camera               various                   Arri Mini
    Senate Commercials    
Mayor Regina Romero  2019   Showrunner.                         
    Inauguration Luncheon, Pima County Democratic Party
Saving San Xavier          2019  Producer/Director/Editor                 FCPX/DSLR   Patronato San Xavier
Annual Udall Award       2019  Director/Showrunner                        DSLR/FCPX   Pima Area Labor Federation
    Dinner    
Honoree Tribute            2019   Director/DP/Editor                            DSLR/FCPX   Pima County Democratic Party
PCDP Udall Dinner        2019   Director/Showrunner
GOTV Campaign          2018    Director/DP/Editor                            DSLR/FCPX
Campaign Spots           2018    Director/DP/Editor                            DSLR/FCPX
Freelance Camera        2017
Freelance Camera        2016
Freelance Camera        2015     Various      
Scruff's Birthday            2014    Writer/Prod.      Dick Fisher              HD         
Indian Casino                 2013    Writer/Prod.      Dick Fisher              HD          
Day of the Dead Doc     2012    Cinematographer               
Stardust & the Bandit    2011    Director/DP       Dick Fisher               HD            awarded
Trouble At Hand             2009    DP/Editor          Dick Fisher             HD            awarded
Ingenious (Snappers)    2009    DP (reshoots)   Jeff Balsmeyer        Arriflex, 35mm -  awarded
From A Place of Dark    2007    Adl. Camera     Doug Raine              Super 16
Incident At Alma             2006    Director             Dick Fisher              Varicam, HD  - awarded              
Cut Off                            2006    Director             Dick Fisher               Panavision, 35mm
Why George?                  2005    DP                    David Sonkin            Super16>35mm
Clawed                            2005    2nd Unit DP/Prod. Karl Kozak          Varicam, HD     
Day of Redemption       2003     DP, Editor         Tony  Christopher     DV         
Burial Ground                2002      DP                     Rachel Gordon         CineAlta, HD
Rum & Coke                  2000      DP, Producer     Maria Escobedo      Super16>35mm - awarded
Strong Island Boys        1999       DP, Editor          Mark Schiffer           Super16>35mm, - awarded
One Way Out                1998       DP, Editor           Kevin Lynn               Panavision, 35mm,  Arrow Entertainment
Mr. Vincent                    1997       DP/Producer      Robert Celestino     Super16>35mm.  B&W, Sundance
The Brothers                 1995       Producer,             Eddie Burns           Sundance Grand Prize Winner
McMullen                                  Director of Photography/Editor
Brandy                          1994       DP/Editor          Edward Burns          16mm - unreleased
Age of Innocence         1993     Video Camera    Martin Scorsese       Betacam, Electronic Press Kit
Carlito’s Way                1993     Video Camera    Brian De Palma        Betacam, Electronic Press Kit
It Could Happen to
You                               1994     Video Camera   Anthony Bergman      Betacam, Electronic Press Kit
Little Women               1994     Video Camera   George Armstrong     Betacam, Electronic Press Kit
A League of
Their Own                    1992     Video Camera   Penny Marshal           Betacam, Electronic Press Kit
Dracula                        1992     Video Camera   Francis Coppola         Betacam, Electronic Press Kit
Quiz Show                    1994      Video Camera   Robert Redford        Studio Camera Operator, video inserts
The Paper                    1994     Video Camera   Ron Howard               Betacam, inserts, 24 fps video
The Scout                     1995      Video Camera   Micheal Ritchie         Betacam, inserts, 24 fps video
Apollo 13                       1995      Video Camera   Ron Howard              Betacam, Electronic Press Kit

Television

Entertainment Tonight               1982-89              ENG Video Camera
A Current Affair                          1982-87              ENG Video Camera/Editor/Producer
Inside Edition                              1986-87              ENG Video Camera/Producer
Lifestyles of Rich & Famous      1983-86              ENG Video Camera
Extra                                            1994-95              ENG Video Camera                                        
Hard Copy                                  1988-90              ENG Video Camera
America’s  Most Wanted           1988-92              ENG Video Camera/16mm Re-enactments
10 O’Clock News                        1980-84              Video Camera/Editor
PM Magazine                             1980-82              Video Camera/Editor/Producer
Sesame Street (Season 16)       1983                   Studio Camera Operator (Pedestal)
One Life to Life                          1990-92              Studio Camera Operator (Pedestal)
Search for Tomorrow                1984                   Studio Camera Operator (Pedestal)
Olympic Games (Lake Placid)  1980                   16mm Newsreel Cameraman
WAST-TV News (ABC)              1980                   Video Camera/Editor
WUTR-TV News (ABC)             1978-80              16mm Newsreel Cameraman/Editor

Awards and Honors

  • Sundance Film Festival - Grand Prize - THE BROTHERS McMULLEN (1995)
  •  American Spirit Award - Best First Feature (1995)
  •  Producer's Guild of America - Golden Laurel Award (1995)
  •  Deauville Festival of American Film (1995)
  • Long Island Film Festival - 1997 Filmmaker Award
  • Arizona Black Film Showcase - INCIDENT AT ALMA - Best Short Film 1996
  • California Film Awards - STARDUST & the BANDIT - Best TV Pilot 2011
  • Pima County, AZ - Citizen of the Year - for the public service film, TROUBLE AT HAND & I KNOW WHERE DAD KEEPS HIS GUN - 2008
  • Independent Film Association of Southern Arizona - Best Director of Photography 2013

Education

  • Master's Degree - Newhouse School of Communication, Syracuse University - 1978
  • Bachelor's Degree - Bensalem College, Fordham University - 1970
  • Maine Photographic Institute - 1982
  • FBI Citizens Academy - 2006
  • Pima County Attorney's Office Citizen's Academy - 2007

Other Experience & Employment

  • Broadcast Radio Announcer - WFUV, BRONX, NY - WMUA-FM, Amherst, MA -WCRX-FM - Springfiled, MA - (1970-72)
  • Firefighter/NYS Certified Emergency Medical Technician – Clinton, NY Fire Department – (1976-81) (NYS Exempt Firefighter)
  • Operating Engineer/Construction Surveyor – Various Northeast Locations – (1973-78)
  • Dairy Farmer - Kibbutz Givot Oz, Israel (1972-73)
  • WUTR-TV (ABC) - Chief Cinematographer - (1979-81)
  • WAST-TV (ABC) - News Cinematographer (1981)
  • WNYW-TV (Metromedia) - Broadcast Engineer (Cameraman) PM MAGAZINE (1981-84)
  • FOX-5, NY - Videographer, A CURRENT AFFAIR, The 10 O'Clock News. (1984-92)
  • New York University Film School, Adjunct Assistant Professor, (1981-83)
  • Art Institute of Tucson, Instructor, (2015-17)
  • Videography Productions, Inc. - owner operator - location film and video production company (1982-present)
  • Show Runner, live events, Pima County Democratic Party, Fundraising Dinners, (2018-2020)

Memberships and Accreditations 

  • International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Locals 644 & 600), Director of Photography/Camera Operator
  • Society of Camera Operators - SOC
  • National Association of Broadcast Technicians (NABET Local 15)
  • IATSE Local 794 (Broadcast Engineers)
  • National Press Photographers Association (1978-92)
  • New York City Press Club (1980-1998)
  • Federal Communication Commission, First Class Broadcast License
  • New York State Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician
  • Board of Directors, 310 West 56th Street Corporation (Co-op Board), 1997-1999
  • Board of Directors, Arizona Production Association, 2005-09.
  • Board of Directors, (Vice President) Tucson Cinema Society, (The Loft) 2006-08. 
  • Board of Directors, 88-Crime, Inc, Pima County Attorney’s Office, 2006-09.
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Panelist/Lecturer
  • New York University
  • University of Miami
  • University of Arizona
  • The New School
  • Hamilton College
  • Syracuse University
  • The Independent Feature Project
  • Arizona International Film Festival
  • Atlanta Film Festival
  • Hamptons International Film Festival
  • Avignon International Film Festival
  • San Diego Film Festival
  • Long Island Filmmakers Network
  • DuArt Film Labs
  • Eastman Kodak Motion Picture Films
  • Hollywood/East
  • Film/West
  • Old Tucson Studios.