Gaffer-Lighting Design Credits

These are a few representative shots of my lighting work. I was responsible for the lighting design and implemenmtation of all of these productions. I can consult, design, specify, order renatls, hire crew and direct lighting implememntation.

A sampling of gaffer credits

Great American Insurance  Carl Lindner III
Annual address to company - interior and exterior shots. Gaffer

Proctor & Gamble  "Dawn test spot"
test spot - shot with talent & plexi-glass sinks in  studio  Gaffer

TV Global-Brazil:  "Creationist museum"
Brazil's CNN exploring the mysteries of the Creationist museum.  Gaffer

NAACP "100th year documentary"
co-ordinated setup, 2nd  Cam/Gaffer-for convention series interviews  2nd Cam/Gaffer

Handstand Productions "Georgetown Toyota Plant"
Industrial shot within plant on employee relations  Gaffer

Luxottica "Encourage the Heart"
"Intervention" style corporate high def doc following a beleaguered employee  Cam/ Lighting Gaffer

Hill-Rom "Affinity IV Birthing Bed "
Large scale studio lighting new product line introductory video Lighting Gaffer

Big Shoulders Productions "Cincinnati Bud Light Party "
Gaffer for 1000 person plus event featuring LED, UV special effects lighting  Gaffer

Evolution Films - The Mansion Finale -
reality show for TBS network, served as gaffer for this  live to  tape  prime time  special.  Gaffer

The Film Company - "Tocka 'Down the Way'
35mm music video shot in Cincinnati  - Enq-article Over the Rhine.  Gaffer

Hill-Rom - "VersaCare Bed intro"
large scale video  product intro to new line of hospital beds -  DP/Gaffer

Empire Nightclub "intro spot"
created lighting to feature clubs diverse interiors   Lighting Gaffer

Metro Spots - "Wacky Wednesdays"
summer spot campaign for Cincinnati bus rider ship   Lighting Gaffer

Sara Lee - "Extreme Team"
National meeting video - campy secret agent theme Lighting Gaffer

Jimmy Gherardi- "Fresh Catch" Pilot
pilot for a Food Network cooking show  Gaffer

Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority - Metro Bus Spot
spot promoting summertime rider ship  Gaffer

WGBH-TV Boston "Grubb's Antique Road show"Assistant Lighting Director
PBS series shooting in Cincinnati on the second stop of an eight city tour. Involved two days of setup rigging an extensive truss structure housing Kinoflows and HMI instruments in the Cincinnati Convention Center. Over 7000 people arrived for the actual seven hours of taping. Lit extremely small items with microflows using a lipstick cam. Some shots required lighting & shooting inside antiques.
 Windfall Films Ltd.  "NOVA -'Escape'"  Gaffer
NOVA program on fire fighters for PBS and the BBC. Organized local crew and equipment for this 16mm production on recent advances in fire fighting rescue techniques. Involved dramatic reenactments with extensive fire and smoke. Problem solved inability to record image off infrared fire fighter's helmet camera due to low output, corrected with local rental of video correction hardware.
 Nevada Production Co.: "Grand Victoria Casino"  Gaffer
Series of 35mm spots depicting the debut of this new riverboat casino near Cincinnati. Located and managed a large crew for an out of state production company. Tied-in to marine power simultaneously on 4 floors for grand staircase shots.
 RCA/Thompson -"Torreon":  Lighting Gaffer
Documentary on a television production plant in Torreon, Mexico. Included extensive travel, customs hurdles and interactions with non-English speaking on-camera people. Detailed the city and surrounding mountains, the people and their philosophy at work.