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Local 600 Member – Union and Non-Union Friendly
SOC Active Member
Education:
San Francisco State University – Intercultural Communication – BA 2001
California State University, Northridge – Film Production – MA 2004
University of Miami – Cinematography – MFA 2008
Director of Photography (partial):
Features
Dance Baby Dance – Dir. Stephen Kogon
Neron – Dir. Sam Son
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival
Busted (The Cheaters Club) – Dir. Paul Hannah (2nd Unit DP)
Shorts
Courtside Teaser – Dir. Alan Beard
The Life – Dir. Sam Son
The Blind – Dir. Sam Son
When I’m Gone – Dir. Sam Son
Cash – Dir. Sam Son
Undisconnected – Dir. Carrie Certa
Nom: Action on Film Festival – Best In Film
Smiley – Dir. Carrie Certa
Action on Film Festival, Chicago Reel Film Festival, Atlanta Short Film Festival
The Florist – Dir. Justin Reichman
A Break from Reality – Dir. S. Alvarez
Won: International Student Film Festival – Special Award Cinematography and Screenwriting
Documentary
Push Out Documentary – (PBS Doc) – Dir. Coby Atlas (Co-DP)
Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival, DTLA Film Festival – Audience Favorite Award, Nominated NAACP Image Award, California Women’s Film Festival – Best Documentary, San Diego Black Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival – Jury Honorable Mention Award, Toronto Black
Film Festival
FGM Reversal – (TV Doc) – Films of Record – Dir. Giselle Portenier & Chloe White
Vanishing Borders – (feature) – Dir. Alex Hidalgo
International Film Festival for Women, Cinewomen, Glendale International Film Festival, W.I.N.D. Film Festival
La Boheme: Behind the Curtain – (short) –
Dir.S. Alvarez/Archie Bruce
TV
Grammy Special: 30years of performances –
(TV special) – Ehrlich Productions (2nd Unit)
Stay’in Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Bee
Gees – (TV special) – CBS/Ehrlich Productions (2nd Unit)
The Ring Table – (TV pilot) – Dir. Sam Son
Golovkin Uncensored – (TV miniseries) –
UCN/TV4 (2nd Unit DP)
Pop Sugar Live – (TV show) – Pop Sugar/TV Guide
Other
TechWise TV – Webseries – Cisco TV
DPTV – (online cinematography magazine) – The People’s DP
Redland Tropical Trail Promo Video – (travel
video) – The Redland Tropical Trail Foundation
Onyx Pharmaceuticals – (corporate video) –
Sullivan Video Srv
Cisco – (HD-DP/Lighting Director) – (live/taped broadcasts, Spots, product demos, corporate videos) – Cisco TV/Creative Video Services
Camera Operator (partial):
Scripted
The L Word: Generation Q Season 3 – Showtime (A-camera)
Reasonable Doubt – Hulu (B-camera)
Coercion Pilot – Showtime (B-camera)
With Love Season 1 – Big Indie Epsilon/Amazon Prime (A-camera – Ep 1, Addt’l Camera Ep 2 &3)
All Rise Season 1/2 – WBTV/CBS (C-camera)
Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine – Netflix (B-camera/Second unit DP)
The Rookie Season 1 – E-One/ABC (A-camera)
Roswell Pilot – Legacy Productions/WB (B-camera)
Walmart DC – BET (B-camera)
Word Party Season1/2/3 – Netflix/The Jim Henson Co. (motion capture camera)
Splash and Bubbles Season1 – PBS/The Jim Henson Co (motion capture camera)
Going to America (Last Supper) – Flickbag Productions feature film (C-camera)
Croquembouche – short film (additional cam)
Big Time Rush Season2 – Nickelodeon (16mm handheld)
Non-Scripted
Dancing with The Stars Season 32 – ABC (Field Camera)
History of the Black Quarterback Documentary – Peacock (B-camera)
The Light We Carry: Los Angeles – Netflix (Pedestal Camera)
Kids Say The Darnest Things Season 2 – ABC (Field Camera)
Cake Alikes – Food Network (B-camera)
Kids Say The Darnest Things 2019 – CBS (Field Camera)
The Shop – HBO – (C-camera)
Cheer – NBCUniversal/Snapchat docu series (B-camera)
The Great Christmas Light Fight Season5/6 – Triple Threat Productions/ABC (B-camera)
Soul Train Awards After Party – BET (C-camera)
Dancing with the Stars Season23/25 – BBC Productions/ABC – (BTS/Package camera)
Soul Train Life of New Edition – BET special (handheld and C-camera)
Vacation Home for Free Season2 – 39th Street Productions/HGTV (on-location handheld, timelapse, b-roll camera)
The War Room – CurrentTV/Al Jazeera (pedestal, handheld camera)
Pay It Forward – FMC Productions TV pilot (B-camera)
Soul Train Awards – Anita Baker – BET special (B-camera)
30for30: One Night In Vegas – ESPN feature doc (B-camera)
Spike Lee Interview – HBO (B-camera)
Leading Women – BET docuseries (B-camera)
Live
Chris Fleming: Hell – Peacock (Pedestal camera)
Kevin Hart: Reality Check – Peacock (handheld camera)
Encanto: Live from the Hollywood Bowl – Disney+ (robo camera)
Nom: Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Tech Direction and Camerawork for a Special
Netflix is a Joke: Standout – Netflix (handheld camera)
Jo Koy: Live from the Los Angeles Forum – Netflix (handheld camera)
CiscoLive 2011-2019 – Cisco TV/Creative Video
Srv (Pedestal and ENG hard camera)
Intel Extreme Masters – ESL Gaming (handheld camera)
Rock the Bells – Wonderbox Productions
(handheld stage camera)
LA Soul Music Festival – Butura Productions (handheld stage and hard camera)