CREDITS
DOCUMENTARIES:
- CNN International / UNICEF
VACCINATION CRISIS, on children’s infectious diseases, shot in Bangladesh
- PBS / UNFPA / Saybrook Productions
LIVES TOGETHER WORLDS APART, on gender equality issues, shot in Morocco and England
POPULATION: 6 BILLION, on world population issues, shot in Mexico
- Nightline / ABC / Saybrook Productions
DEADLY LEGACY, on humanitarian de-mining, shot in Kosovo and Albania
- Sugar Pictures
MOTHERS AND GUNS, on women & gun control, shot in DC and North Carolina
MR. APOLOGY, on serial killer
INVENTING COMICS, on the life and work of cartoonist Will Eisner, shot in NY and LA
LICENCE TO PLAY, on the world of clowns
- The Travel Channel
BROOKLYN, travel show hosted by Tony Danza
- Bergman Produktion (Scandinavian TV)
DEATH OF THE SLAVE BOY, on the murder of Iqbal Masih, former child laborer and activist, shot
in Pakistan
- Sakhi For South Asian Women
PSA’s and documentaries on domestic abuse on South Asian women
- Chai Break Films
OUT OF STATUS, on post 9/11 deported Arabs, shot in Egypt
- Globalvision / PBS
GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS, on human rights
- PBS
WEB DU BOIS, assistant camera; documentary film for television
- Stand Up New York
On New York stand-up comedians
- Braking the Rule of Thumb
On domestic violence
- AIM: The Road to Awakening
On the American Indian Movement, shot in Minnesota & South Dakota
NEWS MAGAZINES:
- WNET / PBS / COA
NOW with David Brancaccio, investigative reporting
THE NEWSHOUR with Jim Lehrer, investigative reporting
- HDNet / COA
DAN RATHER REPORTS, investigative reporting
SOUND-OFF, with Matt Pinfield, interviews with high profile rock musicians
- Dateline / NBC / Saybrook Productions
THE THIN MAN, Al Roker’s gastric bypass surgery
- 60 Minutes / CBS / COA
Investigative reporting
- 48 Hours / CBS / COA
Investigative reporting
- The View / ABC / COA
Daytime TV show, location production
REALITY TV:
- The Learning Channel / Powderhouse Productions
KIDS BY THE DOZEN
- DIY Network / High Noon Entertainment
STUD FINDER
FICTION:
- Universal Television
LAW AND ORDER. Assistant camera, film series for television
- Nickelodeon
CITY KIDS: TAMMY B. Assistant camera, film series for television
- Hybrid Films
INTO THE WILD, Independent film
- Kiss me Silly
Independent film. Assistant camera
- Sleight of Hand
Independent film. Key grip
- Men Under Water
Independent film. Gaffer and underwater camera
- Ready or Not
Independent film. Assistant camera, 2nd camera and sound recordist
OTHER:
- United Nations Television (UNTV)
International politics
- PETA-TV (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
PSA’s and animal rights issues
- Al Jazeera, Fuji-TV and Univision (WXTV-Channel 41)
News
- Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
Arena rock concerts
- Shar
Music video for MTV-Europe, shot in Paris
- Mediamix
Corporate and industrial video
- Cable TV of Jersey City
Camera, location engineer and technical director
- OTVS / Channel 55 (Philadelphia)
Producer, cameraman, editor
- Temple University
Film production instructor, sound mixer and equipment maintenance
EDUCATION
- Master of Fine Arts, Film and Media Arts
Temple University, PA, 1995
- Bachelor of Arts, Media Arts (Summa Cum Laude graduate)
New Jersey City University, NJ, 1992
- Associate of Arts, Audio recording and broadcasting
Brookdale Community College, NJ, 1989
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Eastman Kodak Award for Cinematography, National Finalist, 1994
- Celeste Holm Award for Achievement in the Arts, New Jersey Motion Picture and Television
Commission, 1992
- New Jersey Young Film and Video Makers Festival, a division of the Black Maria Film Festival, First Prize for "Freedom”, 1991
- Honorable Mention for “AIDS PSA” by the New Jersey Health Products Council, 1991
SPECIAL SKILLS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Fluent Spanish and English speaker
- Underwater and still photography
- Certified SCUBA diver
- Member IBEW local 1212 and NABET local 16
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