SOME OF MY CREDITS

(Numbers in the parenthesis correspond to the footnotes below)

TITLE JOB TITLE/ROLE FORMAT
"It's the Thought That Counts"
Dir. Mark Eakes
H & M Productions
Co-Producer
Writer
DP
Actor: Vainest Customer
Hi8
"The Shield"
The Barn Productions
Drunkard Super 16MM
"My Name Is Earl"
Dir. Chris Koch
Crab Shack Patron 35MM
"The Shield"
The Barn Productions
Spectator Super 16mm
"Light Years Away/Light Years Apart/Worlds Apart"
Dir. Bryan Michael Stoller
Camera and Sound PA
Extra: News Cameraman
Digital Video
"The Brink"
Dir. Ben Cooper
Thunderhead Entertainment
Grip
Behind the scenes photog
Actor: Bud
Mini-DV
"Treasure Bay"
Dir. William White
DP
Camera Operator
16MM
Mack Reynolds'
"Burnt Toast" (1)
Dir. Mark T. Eakes
Producer
Writer
DP
Editor
S-VHS
"The Judgement Road" (2)
  Dir. Jeffrey London
 AHC (3)
DP
Camera Operator
S-VHS
(video release)
"There Is No Such Thing
As A Vampire
"
 Dir. William C. White
 Halcyon Pictures
Writer
DP
Camera Operator
Storyboards
16mm Feature
Arri 16S (4)
Gary Leffew Bullriding School
 Promo
DP S-VHS
"Face Off" (5)
 Dir. David Holden
Grip
Video assistant
35mm short
"Midnight Ride"
 Cannon Film Group
Grip 35mm feature
 w/Mark Hamill
"Boatdreams"
  Dir. Tom Marcoux
Co-DP Super8 feature
"The Evil Laugh"
  Dir. Dominic Brascia
Grip 16mm feature
 Released on video
"Waterights"
  Dir. Mark T. Eakes
 AHC
Producer
DP
Writer
Editor
Super8 short
 Sepia tone
"Ride The Range"
 Dir. Shepherd Steveson
 CSUN
Ass't Camera
Loader
Grip
16mm short
 B&W
Sydney Carroll's
"A Note for The Milkman" (6)
  Dir. Mark T. Eakes
 AHC
Producer
DP
Writer
Storyboards
Editor
Gaffer
Super8 short
 B&W
"My Sentiments Exactly" (7)
  Dir. S. Thomas Krasner
  The Halcyon Group
DP
Co-Writer
Editor
S-VHS
"Mark T. Eakes'
  'The Wild Bunch'"
  Dir. Mark T. Eakes
 The Halcyon Group
DP
Writer
Animator
Set Design
16mm short
 Blown up to 35mm
"Rough Cut Riley"
 Dir. Mike Young
 CSUN
Key Grip 16mm TV Pilot
 Color & B&W
"Treasure Bay"
  Dir. William C. White
  The Halcyon Group
2nd Ass't Director
Editor
Make-up
Still photographer
Camera Op. (16mm & Video)
TV Pilot-Video
"Out of The Country"
 Dir. Michael Buchert
 USC (Versions 1, 2, 3 & 4)
DP
Ass't Camera (16mm)
(Version 4)
Super8 short
 B&W
 (Versions 1 & 2}
Arri 16S 16mm
 (Version 3 & 4)
"Nomad"
 Dir. Michael Buchert
 AHC-KCOY TV12 (8)
DP
Co-Writer
S-VHS
 Episodic TV
"Where's Momma?" (9)
Dir. Greg Grant
 AHC-KCOY TV12
DP S-VHS
 Episodic TV
"A Single Light"
 HBO
Grip 16mm short
"Under Locke & Key"
 Dir. William C. White
 AHC
DP Super8 short
"Das Bootie"
 Dir. William C. White
 AHC
DP
Supp. Actor
Super8 short
"Dance, Dance, Dance"
 Dir. William C. White
 AHC
DP Super8 short
"The Rave"
 Dir. Yianni Stamas
 AHC
Co-Cameraman Super8 feature
"The Silent Tiger"
 Dir. Zaena Harding
 AHC
DP
Editor
Super8 short
"Don't Juggle The Oranges"
  Dir. Yianni Stamas
 AHC
Co-DP Super8 short
"My Sentiments Exactly"
 Dir. Alfredo Pagapatin
 AHC
DP
Co-Writer
Actor
Super8 short
 (Used a stocking
over lens)
"Betrayal"
 Dir. Chris Eakes
 AHC
DP
Co-Writer
Actor
Super8 short
"Waterights" (10)
  Dir. Phillip Norwood
 AHC
Story idea
Grip
Super8 short
AHC Dance Concerts
 (Assorted)
Camera Operator S-VHS



1) Winner, 1999 Classic Telly Awards, special Gold statuette.  Adapted from the short story by the late Mack Reynolds, Originally published in Playboy, November 1955
2) Received regional recognition in 1996 College Television Awards.
3) Produced at Allan Hancock Junior College, Santa Maria, CA.  Harold "Casey" Case, Dept. head.  Casey was a Sound Recordist for Nat'l Geographic documentaries.
4) Self-taught in camera usage and film loading.  Have also taught others (going to Cal State Northridge and USC) how to use it.
5) Also written by Holden, a feature film editor -- "The Warriors", "The Long Riders"
6) Adapted from Sydney Carroll's short story.  Was shown at The Ann Arbor Super8 Film Festival, the oldest Super8 festival in the world, and having your film shown is an honor in itself.  Many don't make it that far.  It was considered by Casey to be one of the best films ever made at Hancock.
7) Krasner is the son of Oscar-winning Cinematographer Milton Krasner
8) KCOY TV12.  A local affiliate of CBS.  Showed several of AHC's projects.
9) Also written by Grant, 1991 Student Academy Award winner for Live Action Short: "Ode to G.I. Joe"
10) Directed by Phillip Norwood, a professional storyboard artist (for "Terminator 2", "The Abyss", "Domestic Violence", and "Batman, The Animated Series" among others) and comic book artist ("Aliens Vs Predators").



HOBBIES
Drawing
Painting
Lettering
Still photography
SKILLS
Plumbing (US Navy/Seabees)
Telling puns




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