Awards
| CINEMA EYE HONORS (2020) | NOMINATED: Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography | TIGERLAND | |
| PRIMETIME EMMY (2016) | WINNER: Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program | CARTEL LAND | |
| CINEMA EYE HONORS (2016) | WINNER: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | CARTEL LAND | |
| SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (2015) | WINNER: Special Jury Prize for Best Cinematography - US Documentary | CARTEL LAND |
Cinematographer
| FANDANGO AT THE WALL (in post-production) (2020) | Fandango at the Wall follows Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo O'Farrill to the remotest regions of Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams with the masters of son jarocho. Son jarocho is 300-year-old folk music rooted in the land that combines African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions. After Arturo's inspiring journey, he and his orchestra join the masters of son jarocho at the border between the United States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango Fronterizo. The festival takes place simultaneously on both sides of the United States/Mexican border transforming this object that divides to one that unites. With a poetic musical approach inspired by the son jarocho tradition, Fandango at the Wall reveals a Mexico seldom depicted, and delves into the current mass human migrations spurred by violence, poverty, and corruption. | Dir: Varda Bar-Kar Prod: Kabir Sehgal, Pedro González Kuhn Exec Prod: Quincy Jones, Andrew Young | |
| SUITE NO. 1, PERLUDE (2019) | Yo-Yo Ma re-records, for the last time, the first piece he learned — the Prelude to Bach’s first cello suite. | Dir: Nicholas Ma Prod: Graham Willoughby, Jonathan Bays 2019 Seattle International Film Festival 2019 New York Film Festival 2019 DOC NYC | |
| TIGERLAND (2019) | 50 years ago, a young forest officer in India rallied the world to save tigers from extinction. Today, the creed is carried on in Far East Russia by the guardians of the last Siberian tigers, who risk everything to save the species. | Discovery Radical Media | Dir: Ross Kauffman Prod: Fisher Stevens, Xan Parker, Zara Duffy 2019 Sundance Film Festival |
| THE TRADE (2018) | From Columbus, Ohio to Guerrero, Mexico and countless cities in between, the opioid epidemic has ravaged communities on both sides of the border. But what about the lives behind the headlines and statistics? This timely, provocative five-episode docu-series spotlights the crisis through the eyes of those most affected: the growers, addicts, cartel bosses and law enforcement hopelessly caught in its web. | Showtime Our Time Projects | Dir: Matthew Heineman Exec Prod: Pagan Harleman Co-DPs: Peter Hutchens, Max Preiss, Ross McDonnell 2018 Sundance Film Festival |
| GONE: THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF OHIO (2017) | A gripping eight-part documentary series follows Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Joe Berlinger, as he investigates a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances in the small rust-belt town of Chillicothe, Ohio. | Radical Media SPIKE TV | Dir: Joe Berlinger Series Cinematographers: Bob Richman, Luke Geissbuhler, Tony Hardmon |
| PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR ME (2017) | Exceptional children in an after school dance program show us a thing or two about determination, perseverance, joy and the satisfaction of really being seen - in a world often blind to their very existence. | Cat Tails, LLC | Dir: Catherine Tambini |
| LIGHTS CAMERA UGANDA (in post-production) (2016) | Wakaliwood is the Hollywood of Uganda’s ghettos, where “slumdog Tarantino” Isaac Nabwana has made over forty six movies in ten years with his devoted crew of working class dreamers. When New York film programmer Alan Hofmanis shows up on Isaac’s doorstep one day, things are bound to change. | Salted Media, LLC | Dir: Cathryne Czubek & Hugo Perez |
| HATE RISING (2016) | Award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos gets rare, exclusive access to the Neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan and "Alt-Right" movements, whose hateful rhetoric against innocent Americans is on the rise in part because of the extraordinary 2016 election season. | Univision Story House | Dir: Catherine Tambini Prod: Dax Tejera & Veronica Bautista |
| AT THE FORK (2016) | A filmmaker's personal journey into the farm industry, seeking to understand the humanity and morality of humane animal practices. | Emergent Order | Dir: John Papola |
| ART AND HEART, THE WORLD OF ISAIAH SHEFFER (2016) | Symphony Space co-founder and the resonant voice of Selected Shorts on public radio, Isaiah Sheffer was an actor, director, radio announcer, playwright, lyricist, singer, mentor, cultural entrepreneur, creative thinker, loyal friend, champion of those he worked with, dreamer, and impresario. The documentary film is an enduring portrait of a beloved figure in the arts community and in the hearts of many. | Cat Tails, LLC | Dir: Catherine Tambini |
| CARTEL LAND (2015) | With unprecedented access, CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels. CARTEL LAND is a chilling, visceral meditation on the breakdown of order and the blurry line between good and evil. | A&E Indie Films The Documentary Group Our Time Projects | Dir: Matthew Heineman Prod: Tom Yellin WINNER: 2015 Sundance US Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography WINNER: 2016 Cinema Eye Honor for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography WINNER: 2016 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming NOMINATED: 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature |
| ULTIMATE FAN GIFT (2015) | Web series for Teen Vogue that follows the fans of some of the biggest celebrities. In the pilot, Five-year-old Isabella, who is battling leukemia, meets her idol Meghan Trainor for the first time. | Salted Media, LLC Conde Nast Entertainment | Dir: Cathryne Czubek |
| HUGGABLE ROBOT (2015) | Video for Wired.com about Huggable Robot—an app-controlled stuffed animal designed by the MIT Media Lab to help young patients who are fighting cancer at Boston Children’s Hospital. | Salted Media, LLC Conde Nast Entertainment | Dir: Cathryne Czubek |
| SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN - "FLY BY WIRE" (2014) | Music video for Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin from the album Fly By Wire. | Suspension Productions | Dir: Chloe Locarro |
| AFGHAN WHIGS - "MATAMOROS" (2014) | Music video for The Afghan Whigs from the album Do to the Beast. | Dir: Philip Harder | |
| SCREW YOU CANCER (2013) | Documentary web series for glamour.com following Caitlin Brodnick's decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. | Salted Media, LLC Conde Nast Entertainment | Dir: Cathryne Czubek WINNER: 2014 Academy of Television Honors WINNER: 2014 American Society of Magazine Editors "Best Video" |
| INTELLIGENCE SQUARED U.S. DEBATES (2012-2013) | From clean energy and the financial crisis, to the Middle East and the death of mainstream media, Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates brings together the world’s leading authorities on the day’s most important issues. Broadcast live on NPR and edited for PBS. | Suspension Productions | Dir: Joe Locarro |
| SESAME STREET - "RHYME TIME" (2012) | Sesame Street - A song about rhyming. It's Rhyme Time! Can you rhyme? | Aubin Pictures | Dir: Catherine Gund |
| JULIA HALTIGAN - "A GIRL AND A GUN" (2012) | Music video for Julia Haltigan. Featured track for the documentary of the same title, off the album Magento. | Salted Media, LLC | Dir: Cathryne Czubek |
| eBAY + CFDA (2011-12) | You Can't Fake Fashion Campaign 2011 & 2012. | Boatman Media | Dir: David Boatman |
| CFDA / VOGUE FASHION FUND (2010) | Seven-part web series for Vogue.com following the 10 finalists through the CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund program. | Boatman Media | Dir: David Boatman |
| BLACK ICE (2010) | Narrative short film. | Dir: Peter E. Price | |
| ADIDAS Y-3 (2010) | Fashion campaign film for the Spring/Summer 2010 and Autumn/Winter 2010-11 collections. | New Mountain Films Lloyd & Co. | Art Direction: Doug Lloyd |
| A BEAUTIFUL GAME (2010) | Feature documentary following the 2008 US Homeless World Cup soccer team. | Stoptime Productions | Dir: Michael Pickett |
| W MAGAZINE - "SUMMER CAMP" (2008) | Films for the W Magazine article Summer Camp, featuring Kate Moss, Lara Stone and Daria Werbowy. Photographed by Bruce Weber. | Little Bear New Mountain Films | Dir: Theo Stanley |
| KENNETH COLE (2008) | We All Walk in Different Shoes Ad Campaign. | Rehab | |
Additional Cinematographer
| CITY OF GHOSTS (2017) | With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of "Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently"—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today. | Our Time Projects A&E Films | Dir: Matthew Heineman Prod: Molly Thompson, Alex Gibney 2017 Sundance Film Festival |
| CRADLE OF CHAMPIONS (2017) | Heroes, dreams, heartbreak, and redemption: the three-month urban odyssey of the New York Golden Gloves, the world's largest, oldest, most important amateur boxing tournament. | Cradle of Champions, LLC | Dir: Bartle Bull 2017 DOC NYC |
| WHERE IS ROCKY II? (2016) | Oscar winner Pierre Bismuth hires a private investigator to find the L.A. master's missing rock in the Mojave Desert in 'Where's Rocky II?' Art experts, actors and screenwriters also join the hunt for the mythical piece, which hasn't been seen for nearly 40 years. | Dir: Pierre Bismuth | |
| BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB vs. GRAVITY (2014) | Feature documentary that traces the evolution of Elizabeth Streb Dance Company’s movement philosophy as Streb pushes herself and her performers from the ground to the sky. | Aubin Pictures | Dir: Catherine Gund Prod: Tanya Selvaratnam 2014 SXSW Film Festival 2014 Full Frame Film Festival 2014 Sheffield Doc/Fest |
| CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 (2013) | Short documentary that spotlights the traumas endured by America’s veterans, as seen through the work of the hotline’s trained responders, who provide immediate intervention and support in hopes of saving the lives of service members. | Perry Films, Inc HBO | Dir: Ellen Goosenberg Kent Prod: Dana Perry WINNER 2015 Academy Awards Best Documentary Short NOMINATED 2013 Emmy |
| BE HERE NOW: THE ANDY WHITFIELD STORY (2012) | Feature documentary about the overnight sensation, actor and international sex symbol, Andy Whitfield, who put the same determination and dedication that he brought to his lead role in “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” into fighting life-threatening cancer. | Asphalt Films | Dir: Lilibet Foster |
| STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION (2012) | Corporate documentary about the Starkey Hearing Foundation delivering much needed hearing testing and equipment to the people of Gulu, Uganda. | Wondros | Dir: Adam Ballachey & Jesse Dylan |
| ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE (2012) | Feature documentary that tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? ESCAPE FIRE is about finding a way out. It's about saving the health of a nation. | Our Time Projects | Dir: Mathew Heineman & Susan Froemke Prod: Doug Scott NOMINATED 2013 Emmy 2012 Sundance Film Festival WINNER 2012 Full Frame Film Festival Human Rights Award WINNER 2012 Silverdocs Film Festival Social Issue Award |
| BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA (2009) | Feature documentary about the campaign and election of Senator Barack Obama. | Class 5 Films HBO | Dir: Amy Rice & Alicia Sams
Prod: Stuart Blumberg & Edward Norton NOMINATED 2010 Emmy |
| GUNNIN' FOR THAT #1 SPOT (2008) | Feature documentary following eight of the best high school basketball players as they prepare to showcase their skills at the most legendary playground in the world, Rucker Park. The film trails these players on the fast track to the NBA, as they are being groomed to be in the spotlight of a multi-million dollar game. | Oscilloscope Pictures | Dir: Adam Yauch Prod: Jon Doran 2008 Tribeca Film Festival |
| THE RACONTEURS - "LEVEL" (2007) | Music video for the band The Raconteurs, recorded live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. | Oil Factory | Dir: Sophie Muller Prod: Jon Doran |
| BECK LIVE CONCERT (2007) | Beck, Live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia. | Oscilloscope Pictures | Prod: Jon Doran |
Camera Assistant
I have worked as a commercial & documentary camera assistant for 10 years for such cinematographers as:
Maryse Alberti / Joe Arcidiacono / Axel Baumann / Charlie Beyer / Ben Bloodwell / Craig Braden / Robert Hanna / Tony Hardmon / Wolfgang Held / Tom Hurwitz / Don Lenzer / Arlene Nelson / Lisa Rinzler / Tony Rossi / Peter Sillen / Buddy Squires / Theo Stanley
| A PATH APPEARS (2015) | A Path Appears, from the creative team that brought you the groundbreaking series Half the Sky, follows intrepid reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and celebrity activists to Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, and throughout the United States as they uncover the harshest forms of gender-based oppression and human rights violations, as well as the effective solutions being implemented to combat them. | Show of Force PBS: Independent Lens | Dir: Maro Chermayeff DP: Robert Hanna / Wolfgang Held |
| THE 50 YEAR ARGUMENT (2014) | A documentary on the history and influence of the New York Review of Books. | Magna Entertainment Sikelia Productions HBO | Dir: Martin Scorsese / David Tedeschi DP: Ellen Kuras / Lisa Rinzler 2014 Berlin International Film Festival 2014 Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 Telluride Film Festival 2014 Toronto International Film Festival 2014 New York Film Festival |
| MING OF HARLEM: TWENTY ONE STOREYS IN THE AIR (2014) | Feature documentary exploring the secret lives, behaviors and extreme levels of human-animal intimacy and communication, highlighting the "only in NY" story of Antoine Yates and his cohabitation in a Harlem hi-rise with Ming, a 500 pound tiger and Al, a 7 foot alligator. | Big Other Films Ltd Michigan Films Picture Palace Pictures | Dir: Phillip Warnell DP: David Raedeker Prod: Madeleine Molyneaux 2014 New York Film Festival WINNER 2014 Prix Georges de Beauregard, FID Marseille Film Festival |
| $ELLEBRITY (2012) | Feature documentary giving an all access pass to life behind the velvet rope and in front of the camera. | Run Rampant | Dir: Kevin Mazur DP: Craig Braden Prod: Tricia Nolan 2014 SXSW Film Festival |
| YOHJI YAMAMOTO: THIS IS MY DREAM (2012) | Notoriously private Japanese fashion design icon Yohji Yamamoto lets his guard down in an exclusive, intimate short documentary film about life and the creative process, from Tokyo to New York. | Harbor Film Company | Dir/DP: Theo Stanley Prod: Chrissa Theodore 2011 Sarasota Film Festival 2011 Film + Design Festival 2011 A Design Film Festival |
| DEREK JETER 3K (2012) | For the first time ever, Jeter wore a microphone during two games, including the one in which he reached the 3,000 career hit milestone. He also allowed MLB Productions camera crews to follow him on multiple occasions and in a variety of settings, including in his home and during rehabilitation from a calf injury. | Major League Baseball Productions HBO | Dir: David Check / David Gavant / Jeff Spaulding DP: Tom Rome / Brian Schulz / Thom Stukas |
Rental Facilities
| ABEL CINE (2005 - 2007) | Camera Equipment Rental, Sales and Service Company. Floor manager of the rental department. | New York, NY | |
| MOVING PICTURES, LTD (2002 - 2004) | Grip and Lighting Rental Company. Rental technician working with clients to create suitable equipment packages for feature films and high-end commercials. | Salt Lake City, UT |
Education
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (2001 - 2005) | Undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies | Salt Lake City, UT |