| Work History | ||
| 1997- Present | ||
| Freelance Videographer | ||
| Principal videographer for a documentary on the Maloof family (owners of the Sacramento Kings) produced by IM3 Entertainment. DP/Videographer on “Wise Guys,” a documentary exploring the lives of six people trying to make a living from gambling. Client list also includes Kawasaki(produced, directed and shot a 12 minute jetski training video), EXTRA, Fox News, Inside Edition, The Discovery Channel, Fannie Mae, World Scholar-Athlete Games, World Series of Fantasy Baseball, a Kenny Rogers music video and Gay Rosenthal Productions. | ||
| 2002-2005 | ||
Videographer Celebrity Justice |
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| A newsmagazine show produced and syndicated by AOL/Time Warner TelePictures with clearance in over 90% of the country. Responsibilities included coverage of daily assigned stories involving notable people and the legal system. Among the celebrities covered were the Michael Jackson and Robert Blake trials, Nick Nolte, Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson, Phil Spector and Tom Sizemore. | ||
| 1995-Present | ||
Director/Videographer The Legal Edge |
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A consumer news feature produced and shot primarily in Sacramento and Los Angeles, CA and syndicated nationally in as many as 60 television markets. The Legal Edge has used local locations and actors to help make complex legal issues viewer friendly and usable. The show has been nominated for 20 EMMY’s including wins in the Best Videography and Best Specialty Reporting categories; has won for RTNDA Best Specialty Reporting 4 years in a row and in the Associated Press Best Regularly Scheduled Feature Segment category and has received an honorable mention from the National Press Club. |
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| 1985-1997 | ||
News Videographer KXTV - Sacramento, CA |
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| Responsibilities included the shooting and editing of daily assigned news stories. Examples include coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, following a convicted felon to Greece, the 1994 Republican National Convention, 3 Super Bowls and other professional sporting events and breaking news events including wildfire and earthquake coverage throughout the state. Other duties involved the engineering of live shots. | ||
| Education | ||
| Bachelor of Science - TV Production, Emerson College, 1980 | ||
| Awards Received | ||
| EMMY Award - Camera News (The Legal Edge) 1998. | ||
| EMMY Award - Best Specialty Reporting (The Legal Edge) 2001. | ||
| Associated Press - Best Regularly Scheduled News Feature 2001. | ||
| Associated Press - Best Videography of Hard News 1996 | ||
| ELLY Nomination - Supporting Actor “Night Baseball” | ||
| References | ||
| Michel James Bryant - Correspondent, A Current Affair - number upon request | ||
| Joe Rocco - President, RocJo Productions - number upon request | ||
| Harvey Levin – EP, TMZ - number upon request | ||