{"id":39,"date":"2010-10-05T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T16:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blacktruckpictures.com\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2024-01-25T09:28:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:28:22","slug":"bio-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.blacktruckpictures.com\/?page_id=39","title":{"rendered":"BIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DP\/Director\/Producer  Black Truck Pictures  St. Louis  July 2010 to present<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of Photography  Technisonic Studios  St. Louis   April 1993 to 2010<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DP\/Editor\/Producer  KMOV-TV  (CBS)   St. Louis   October 1985 to 1993<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

News Camera  WLS-TV   (ABC)  Chicago  October 1983 t0 1985<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camera\/Editor\/Producer KPRC-TV   (NBC)  Houston  July 1981 to 1983<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporter\/Camera\/Editor  KTVY-TV   (NBC)  Oklahoma City   August 1978 to 81<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

40 Midwest nominations & awards for cinematography and producing including the 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007  individual achievement for non-news cinematography Emmy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addy award, St. Louis Chapter for Cinematography 2004, 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silver Medal 1992, Bronze Medal 1991 New York International Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ITVA Special Achievement for Cinematography 1995<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dupont-Columbia Award nomination for investigative reporting 1983<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leaving the University of Missouri Columbia School of Journalism in 1978 I began my career at the NBC affliate KTVY in Oklahoma City. For 3 years I covered the news of the city and state. Politics, tornados, college football, house fires, the Karen Silkwood trial and my own crash in the station helicopter. In 1980 I found myself at the White House covering the return of the hostages from Iran.  I received several NPPA (National Press Photographer Association) awards for my work in Oklahoma and Texas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the NBC affliate in Houston I shot and edited projects that include hurricanes, manhunts, murders and investigative stories. I was part of the team that received a Columbia Dupont citation for investigative reporting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In ’83 I was lucky enough to go on assignment to El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras for the ABC owned and operated station in Chicago WLS.  Returning I accepted a full time position at the station. My work included covering Chicago politics, mass murders and the red carpet at the Academy Awards with Roger Ebert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the CBS owned and operated station KMOX (later KMOV) in St. Louis, I worked as the shooter\/editor\/producer of the special projects unit. During the next 8 years I received over a dozen Midwest Regional Emmy awards for my work as a cinematographer\/producer including a documentary for the St. Louis Symphony about their tour of South Korea and Japan, “Symphonic Voyage.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1993 I was recruited by Technisonic Studios \u00a0and began a 13 year journey of discovery working on “Missouri Outdoors.” \u00a0The 13 1\/2 hour episodic show required traveling up to 25,000 miles a year around the state. Over the years the quality of the show improved dramatically as we grew from 2-man Beta-SP crews to shoots with 20ft. jib arms, helicopter mounts, underwater housings and…above all…shooting with the Sony F-900. \u00c2\u00a0That work was awarded 10 Midwest Regional Emmy awards for individual achievement in cinematography.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the years at Technisonic, I shot 16mm, 35mm film, all formats of standard def video and HD formats including  XDCAM, HDCAM, Phantom and the Red\/EPIC cameras. In 2009 I shot a short film for the US Army that including shooting for special effects including explosions and gunfire. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was fortunate to work with award winning editors and designers at Technisonic and those relationships helped me understand the needs of post-production. Work for clients has sent me around the country and the world. The list of clients includes Anheuser Busch, Bass Pro, Saint Louis Zoo, CBS NEWS, \u00a0Monsanto, Ford, Ralston-Purina, The United States Army, The Nevada Wilderness Project, DIY Network, Knology, Audubon Society, Missouri Department of Conservation and United States Fish and Wildlife.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The variety of assignments has allowed me to learn and use the best technology and techniques to tell the story in the most arresting and compelling way.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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