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Live Music & Theater Reel

Freelance camera, editing and digital film production for : independent film, documentaries, music videos, ENG, training/industrial films, as well as Voice Over services, DVD authoring, casting assistance, research, scripting, music composing or procuring, directing, consulting, and event coordination.

Specialties: Live concerts (single & multi-camera); difficult shooting environments; guerrilla style street shooting (indie film, ENG, doc); blue & green screen; studio or location.

As Producer-Director-DP- Editor-DVD/Post Production: "The Mafia Principle of Global Hegemony: The Middle East, Empire and Activism" lecture by Noam Chomsky- Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA October 3, 2009, plus Larry Bensky in Conversation with Noam Chomsky at the Commonwealth Club, SF, October 8, 2009," DVD in co-production with PM Press (slated for Sept 2010 retail release); "Theory & Practice: Conversations with Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky," filmed November 2009 in Boston, MA, DVD in co-production with PM Press (March 2010 retail release.) "Pico" comedy-satire webisode series (ongoing.) "I-5: A Novel of Crime, Transport & Sex" scene film adaption for book marketing. "Potrero Post- Creating Film Sound" segment for Sidewalks TV pilot; "Courageous Conversations series: Huck Finn in the Classroom Pts 1 - 4 (Head-Royce School, co-produced with Willie Adams); "Completing The Thought" experimental film (also casting, script.) "Do You Think" (educational short); "The Mourning Tango" (art film short); "Reaching For The Root-The Healthy Babies Project Story" (educational documentary broadcast); River Breeze 30 sec ad spot; Harold Murphree Designs 30 sec ad spot; Bay Area Women Against Rape- 30 sec PSA (in English, Spanish & Arabic); Healthy Babies Project- 30 sec PSA; "Successful Sex with Dr. Sonjia Kenya" (four 4 min segments). Other PSA's: Montclair Village Jazz & Wine Festival '06. '07, 08; Laurel World Music Festival '07; 2nd Annual Montclair Pet Adopt-A-Thon;

As hired Director of Photography/First camera: "Sewere Galabe" (English title: "Invisible Rider") Feature, international release, 2 hrs, color, 2008, in Amharic with English subtitles Dir: Tesfaye Sima; "Castigo" (20 min short; Dir: skgunn); "Edgewise" 2009, Dir/Producer/Editor: Steve Shlisky, a short adaptation for book marketing from the novel "Edgewise" by Jan Stites. "White Yankees" 2010, (short, K.Dixon writer/producer); "Life From Behind" (in production, feature documentary, Producer: Samantha Hailer)

Live Music Performances as DP: Andre Nickatina live at The Catalyst-Santa Cruz March/June '07 (DP-multicam shoot plus editing & DVD authoring). The Donnas, and Hanson performimg live (for Snocap web promos.) Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin's "Oda Oak Oracle" (Dir: Aika Swai) @ Sonoma State University, live musical theater (multi-camera). Dirkfest (DP-multi-camera) June 7-8, 2007 San Franciscio @ Great American Music Hall & Slims (Avengers, Mutants, The Lewd, Pearl Harbor & The Explosions, The Contractions, Toiling Midgets, No Alternative, White Trash Debutantes, Sea Hags, Symptoms, Dana Albert, Ron Jones, Rubber City Rebels; live acts covered at various theaters and outdoor festivals: Lovemakers, Silversun Pickups, Lost Prophets, Honeycut, Plain White T's; Lyrics Born, New Found Glory, Against Me, 415-Eric Martin, Terrence Brewer, Denise Perrier, Jeffery Osbourne, Quanti Bomani, Wadi Gad, Sila & The Afro-Funk Explosion, Ray Obeda, Blame Sally, Montclair Women's Jazz Band, Native Elements, Linda Tillery, Vicki Randle, Maria Muldaur, Binky, Kalimba Band, African Hi-Life Band, Placenta, "Juana" (opera); Binky; Comcast Art & Soul Festival (Live 105, , KBLX, Latin, Blues & Jazz stages); Montclair Village Jazz & Wine Festival; Laurel World Music Festival; Nuccia Focile- soprano & Paul Charles Clarke- tenor for Cal Performances, Robert Cole, conductor. Pope Flynn West African dance exhibition St. Mary's College, Moraga.

As hired camera: Behind the scenes/making of "The Harimaya Bridge" (SF locations, feature, Spring 2010 release) Dir: Aaron Woolfolk, Producers: ElevenArts, Danny Glover, et al; For Chamba Mediaworks Inc/St. Clair Bourne : Bobby Seales interview, Black Panthers 40th Anniversary; "Perfectly Normal" documentary for Solutions4Community; Rebecca Kaplan for Oakland City Council ad '08. "Winta" (Feature, 2010, Director: Mesfin Sinke, international release, in Tagrinya with English subtitles) Amanda Williams documentary (in production, Roy Clovis, Dir); Laurel Merchants Assn promo; Montclair Jazz & Wine Festival promo; "Rebecca Kaplan for AC Transit Board President" ad. "Black Rainbows: The Colors of African American Girls" (also edited, Marie A. Celestin-producer); "Designing Intervention Methods For Young Children With Vision Impairment" (SFSU- educational film, also edited); California Nurses Assn staffing limits ad ("Thanks Governor...Not!") also cast and edited; L.A. Film Fest-FestTV (filmmaker interviews); for Tracy Baim: Chicago Gay History Project, Liberty Fitness Centers promo; "Wayne Spewton" (comedy); "Djugman" music video Fely Tchaco. Good Vibrations, Inc interviews with comedian Margaret Cho. Google National Sales Meeting- Goodby's presentation.

Music Videos as camera, editor, DVD and web versions: "N Yo Eyes;" "A-Yo;" "Purrfect Storm;" (Andre Nickatina); "Thornes & Crowns- Sicilian Breeze/MIA" (The Jacka); "The Murder of Otis Stone" (Willie Adams); "Girl Next Door Superstars 1-4 full length DVD's;"; ; The Kinsey Sicks TV-Land promo.

Additional Camera work:
Los Cenzontles Mexican Art Center (traditional dances; live performances); "The Gay" (short film, Dir: Ralph Dickinson); "Made in San Francisco" SF Fashion Week reality TV for broadcast and D1 Athlete for Nathan Friedkin Productions. "Film Trip" TV pilot; "A Sound Education" ad campaign (also wrote spots) and "Swami Beyondananda for President" for APG Media: Mark Spencer (historic Filoli House Tours DVD); live sports (basketball, football); For Yoga Kula: Carlos Pomeda and Douglas Brookes, lectures and DVD's, Anusara Yoga doc; Scott's spots for Plum Productions (Chicago.) 4th Annual Homohop Festival

As hired Editor only:
"Ugly Money 2: Love It and Count It" (Dir/DP: Gino Carnell, feature 2009 DVD release); "Beyond 12" and "The Struggle Not Over: Women of South Africa Fight Back" (both with dir: Dee Mosbacher, Woman Vision, Inc, in English and Zulu)

Further Production Credits:
"The Road to Change: A Film on Female Genital Mutilation" 1998, Dir/DP Harrikrisna Anenden for World Health Organization; Our Stripe In The Rainbow (Pittsburg Community Access TV); Put The Shoe On The Other Foot And Walk A Mile In It (2000, multimedia, Midtown Arts Center, St. Louis, MO.) "Winta" (feature narrative) color correction, SFX, audio clean up, editing fine tuning, DVD authoring.

Scoring/Music Supervision/Loop Mix/SFX Credits:
"Reaching For The Root: The Healthy Babies Project Story" (original score, plus synch rights procurement); "Castigo" (original scoring, plus music loops/effects mixing); "The Gay" (original music); "Ginger Snaps" (original music); "Andu in America" (original music); "Beyond 12" (music supervision/mix); "The Struggle Not Over: South African Women Fight Back)" (music supervision/mix); "Completing The Thought" (original music, SFX); "Courageous Conversations: Huck Finn in the Classroom Pt 1 & 2."