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“72
Hours:
True Crime” |
a
20 part docudrama series for telecast on CBC and
TLC. This show utilizes the Panasonic 720p HD Varicam
and features unique visual elements including altered
shutter speeds, film lenses, swing tilt focus, letterbox
widescreen, and interviews with direct eyelines.
Directors on “72 Hours” include Eric
Till, David Acomba, Harvey Crossland, Howie Wiseman,
Gail Singer, and Johnny Silver. (6 shows full credit
DOP/Operator - 10 shows shared credit) |
| “Sacred
Balance” |
special
4 hour series with David Suzuki for CBC and PBS.
Shot sequences in Boston, California, Nevada, Houston,
Vancouver, and Toronto as well as 35mm time lapse
inserts. (Cameraman - HDTV) |
| “Letters
from Karelia” |
70
minute NFB historical doc about Canadian Finns in
World War II, shot on Super 16mm in Canada, Russia
and Finland. Directed by Kelly Saxberg. (DOP - Super
16mm) |
| “My
Beat - The Life and Times of Bruce Cockburn” |
one
hour for CBC biography series. Produced by Bob Lang,
Kensington Communications. Director: Nadine Pequeneza.
(DOP - DV Cam) |
| “Watching
Movies” |
long
form documentary featuring blue screen interviews
with direct eyeline technique. CTV Special. Director:
Gail Singer. (DOP - Beta SP) |
| "Exhibit
A" |
series
for Discovery Channel - "The Secrets of Forensic
Science" on TLC.
Produced by Robert Lang and Robert Sandler. Hosted
by Graham Green.
Three seasons - 40 shows. Nominated best photography
1998 and 1999 Gemini Awards. (DOP - stylized Mini
DV) |
| “Masterminds” |
pilot
docudrama series for Court TV produced by Red Apple
Entertainment. Shot in Salt Lake City. Director:
Howie Wiseman. Nominated at the 2003 CSC Awards.
(DOP - stylized Mini DV) |
| "You
Can't Beat A Woman" |
feature
documentary about domestic violence around the world
for the National Film Board. Director: Gail Singer.
(Cameraman - Toronto and Tokyo sequences - Super
16mm) |
| "The
Man We Called Juan Carlos" |
is the story of an 'ordinary' Mayan from the highlands
of Guatemala, who in unexpected ways affected the
lives of the filmmakers for over 25 years. Winner
Columbus Film Festival. This involved revisiting
an original project by Asterisk Productions for
CBC's Man Alive - “Campo Vivo”. (Cameraman
- 16mm) |
| MULTISCREEN |
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"Canada - Another Government Movie"
A five screen 35mm production by Credo Group, Winnipeg,
for the Canadian pavilion at Expo 88 in Brisbane,
Australia. Shot for over 100 days across Canada
and the NWT. Developed a special three camera mount
for panorama shots. This show was highly rated and
was a huge success. It was also adapted for showing
at Seville's Expo 92 and the CN Tower. (DOP - 35mm)
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| Three
Arri 3 camera rigged for panarama shot |
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| Five
35mm camera set to get POV of rapids in Northern
Manitoba |
“Millennium Express”
theme attraction production for Manitoba Lotteries,
featuring historical recreations. Included multiple
5 screen, 3D, Peppers Ghost Illusion, and Animatronics.
Visual production by Credo Group for Westsun. (DOP
- 35mm)
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| Multi
screen rig for “Millennium Express” |
“Rendezvous”
a laser disc, multi screen presentation for Old
Fort William in Thunder Bay. Footage included recreations
of the fur trade using the fort as a backdrop. Produced
by Prisma Light. (DOP - 16mm)
Also, sequences for
Toronto’s Ecodec, Ontario Parks Teaching Rock
exhibit, and video displays at the ROM in Toronto.
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| REALITY
TV |
| “Ex
Factor” |
doc
series for the W network by PTV Productions. People
searching for Ex lovers from their past. (DOP 2
shows - Digi Betacam) |
| Breakthrough’s |
“Family
Dance”, “Little Miracles”, “Class
Act”, and “Med Students” (Mini
DV). |
| Life’s |
“Birth
Stories”, 90th Parallel’s “At
The Post”, PTV’s “New Years Resolutions”
and “Wednesday Nights”, “Stylin
Gypsies” for W, “Working Animals”
for Discovery, and “Dogs with Jobs”
for Life and National Geographic. |
| OTHER
DOCUMENTARY TV SERIES |
“72
Hours:
True Crime” |
a
20 part docudrama series for telecast on CBC and
TLC. This show utilizes the Panasonic 720p HD Varicam
and features unique visual elements including altered
shutter speeds, film lenses, swing tilt focus, letterbox
widescreen, and interviews with direct eyelines.
Directors on “72 Hours” include Eric
Till, David Acomba, Harvey Crossland, Howie Wiseman,
Gail Singer, and Johnny Silver. (6 shows full credit
DOP/Operator - 10 shows shared credit)
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Work
for Barna Alper Productions include the “Turning
Points” series for History Channel - went
to South Africa for show on the Boer War with Steven
Silver directing as well as other “Turning
Points” dramatic recreations and inserts.
Also “Unholy Water”, a CTV special on
the Walkerton water crisis. |
| “The
Space Experience” |
a
series of six half-hour shows with host, Marc Garneau,
was co-produced by TVO and Filmcentre Productions,
directed by Rudy Buttignol, and shot on location
in Toronto, Ottawa, Washington, Boston, New York,
Alabama, and Houston. (DOP 16mm) |
| "Flightpath” |
episode
with Roberta Bondar and interview with Pierre Berton
for “Gold Fever” for The American Experience
(PBS). |
| NFB
/ CBC DOCUMENTARIES |
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- My work with The National Film Board includes
productions for the Montreal, Toronto, and Prairie
offices. Some titles: “Letters from Karelia”,
“Fiddlers of James Bay”, “The
McIntyre Block”, “Bush Pilot”,
“Celmates”, “Rice Harvest”,
and “Gunilda”.
- Recently I worked on the NFB’s Momentum
program for emerging film makers.
- For CBC's Man Alive - “Campo Vivo”,
a program featuring a small village in Guatemala
(see "The Man We Called Juan Carlos" in
credit listing), “Beech Hall”, a study
of a senior citizens' housing project, and “Sherri”
produced by Prisma-Light.
- For CBC’s The Nature Of Things - an item
on handmade papermaking in Nepal by Asterisk Productions
and “Almost Home” on a Dene tribe settlement
in Northern Manitoba.
- Other CBC credits detailed above: “72 Hours”,
“Sacred Balance”, “My Beat - The
Life and Times of Bruce Cockburn”.
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| INDEPENDENTS |
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“Tops and Bottoms”,
feature documentary on the history of S&M for
TVO. Produced by Christine Richey. (Cameraman -
Super 16mm)
“Virgin Mary”
(working title), one hour documentary on religious
paranormal phenomena shot on HDTV video. Produced
by actor Yaphet Kotto (Homicide, Alien). (DOP -
HDTV)
“DNA and Dollars”
by David Maltby about ethics and genetics for Vision
TV and regional broadcast on SCN (Sask) and Access
TV Alberta. (Cameraman - Betacam SP)
“Spirit World”,
history of Mi’kmaq indians for History Channel
by Brian Pollard. Sequences shot in France and Italy.
(Cameraman - Betacam SP)
“Memories of Jets”
by David New about the Avro Arrow jet for TVO. (Cameraman
- 16mm)
“Let Me Call You Sweetheart”
about the life of Viola McMillian by Kevin Reeves.
(DOP - 16mm)
“Ms Conceptions”
- shot sequence in this documentary directed by
Ric Bienstock shown on CBC’s Witness.
“Traveling Alone”,
a docudrama about crime and traveling business women
shown on Global, and “What Is Insurance?”,
corporate educational video, both produced by Brad
Luft.
Other independent film makers include Gail Singer,
Christine Richey, Ann Harbron, Christa Singer, Catherine
Annau, Kelly Saxberg, Susan Fleming, Barri Cohen,
Ali Kazimi, and Richard Meech. |
| DOCUDRAMA |
| |
Richard Stringer has much experience with dramatic
re-creations - Some titles are: (for more details,
search within these resumes)
“72 Hours: True Crime”, for CBC and
TLC.
“Exhibit A”, for Discovery Channel and
TLC.
“Masterminds”, pilot for Court TV
“Letters From Karelia”, NFB historical
special.
“Working Animals”, for Discovery Channel
“Millennium Express”, theme attraction
production for Manitoba Lotteries.
“Rendezvous”, multi screen presentation
for Old Fort William in ThunderBay.
“Turning Points”, Barna Alper series
for History Channel.
“Spirit World”, history of Mi’kmaq
indians for History Channel.
“Unholy Water”, CTV Special.
“Traveling Alone”, shown on Global TV.
“Battle for Canada”, historical recreation
for TLC.
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| OUT
OF COUNTRY CLIENTS |
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I shoot many film and video items for BBC programming:
"Horizon", "On The Record",
"It'll Never Work", "Edge",
"Timewatch", "The Money Program",
"Watchdog", "Aviator", "On
The Line", and various specials (recently "Dawn
of Man"). I have worked on projects for Granada
TV, PBS, Scottish Television, Carlton TV, ABC, TLC,
America's Most Wanted, and many other producers
from USA and the UK. Shot "TV To Call Our Own",
an item on the Canadian broadcasting industry for
BBC Open University. Two National Geographic TV
specials on Norwegian resistance in World War II
and on Egyptian Mummies. See credit listing for"Killers
Coming Home", for BBC Scotland, "Nature's
Rage", for Pangolin Pictures N.Y. and"Battle
for Canada"for Transatlantic Films, UK.
- “Killers Coming Home”, BBC Scotland
Frontline episode on the Woods Brothers, criminals
to be deported from Canada to Scotland. (DOP - PAL
Betacam).
- “Nature’s Rage”, Readers Digest
video release on natural disasters featuring icebergs
on Canada’s Eastern coast. Shot on Canadian
icebreaker and U.S. Coast Guard air patrol. Pangolin
Pictures N.Y. (Cameraman - 16mm)
- Battle for Canada”, historical recreation
of the events leading to the battle of the Plains
of Abraham for The Learning Channel series, Turning
Points. Produced by Transatlantic Films, UK. (DOP
- PAL Betacam)
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| HDTV |
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HDTV PRODUCTION (Sony 1080i, 24p and Panasonic Varicam
and 480p)
Recent HDTV shoot credits include “72 Hours:
True Crime” series, “Sacred Balance”,
a special 4 hour series with David Suzuki for CBC
and PBS (see above under Recent Credits for details).
Also “Virgin Mary” (working title),
one hour documentary on religious paranormal produced
by actor Yaphet Kotto (Homicide, Alien), and “Sellafield
IIC Exhibit”, HD green screen inserts of actors
for CGI interactive presentation at UK nuclear power
plant. Second unit work on “Paradise Falls”
with the Panasonic 480p camera.
Written technical article: “HDTV: Looking
at the Future of Film and Video”.
Produced a comprehensive HDTV vs. Film test shoot
for the CSC.
Speaker: HDTV Showcase ‘99, Vancouver.
Attended Sony and Panavision Workshops to study
HDCAM image manipulation.
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| EDUCATIONAL |
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Programs include shows for Owl TV and TVO, as well
as for audio visual departments of the University
of Toronto and The ROM. I have worked with Soma
Film Producers who distribute many films to educational
markets. Recently, videotaped a U of T MBA symposium
on World Health for the World University Consortium.
I videotaped Kurt Browning for "Reading The
Signs", a CBC network show on illiteracy, as
well as interstitials on learning skills for Prisma
Light.
Nature shoots include "Animal World" featuring
beavers in Algonquin Park and a TV special on wolves
for the BBC.
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| TIME
LAPSE |
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My 35mm Arri 2C has an extensive intervalometer
control system. This includes crystal speed control,
single frame, time lapse capability over a wide
range of settings, capping shutter, lighting relay
switching, exposure compensation which allows shooting
from day to night, and weather proof camera box.
I used my table top studio with grow lights for
shooting time lapse flower sequences for Q Film's
"The Secret World of Gardens" for The
Life Channel. My system has been used on time lapse
scenics in the Yukon for Sorel Boot commercials.
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| THIRD
WORLD / INTERNATIONAL |
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| Churchill
Manitoba 1976 |
My extensive travel experiences have taken me to
many third world countries. "Andean Journey",
for the BBC's World About Us is a film on the Aymaran
Indians in Bolivia."The World's Children"
is a series of educational films by Asterisk Productions
which took me to Hong Kong, The Philippines, Nepal,
and Thailand.
I have been to OXFAM projects in Guatemala; UNICEF
development work in Nepal; and Servol training schools
in Trinidad. I have filmed travelogues in Singapore,
Australia, Nassau, New Zealand, France, Austria,
and the U.K.
I followed the Famous People Players through China
and filmed the Moscow Circus performers in the Soviet
Union.
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| On
the South Arifican Veldt revisiting the Boer
War on DV Cam |
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| THE
FAR NORTH |
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| On
the street in Petroskoi, Russia (from left)
assistant Pavel Sukhov, Richard Stringer csc,
and soundman Dmitry Koniovchenkov. |
Many projects have taken me to the Canadian north,
as far as the North Magnetic Pole. I have filmed
bush pilots in Northern Manitoba for the NFB,
environmental studies on Victoria Island and The
Byam Martin Channel for Crawley Films, oil rigs
in the Mackenzie Delta for Gulf Oil, and kayak
making in Arctic Bay for Expo 88. Shot two films
in Northern Manitoba with Gail Singer - one on
native housing and one on James Bay fiddlers for
the NFB. Extensive travel through the Yukon Territories
for a tourism film as well as Sorel boot commercials
for Brandworks . Shot on Canadian icebreaker with
Pangolin Pictures for Readers Digest
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| Checking
out Santa's reindeer in the Yukon |
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| MUSIC
/ VARIETY |
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Some of my music industry projects include: "The
Joy Of Singing", a ninety minute special for
TVO and CBC, "Guitar", for Rhombus Media
(2nd camera), also films on Anne Murray, Gino Vanelli,
Peter Gabriel, Ronnie Hawkins, Roy Hargrove, and
The Canadian Brass. I've shot music videos for local
bands (Wild T and the Spirit), and recently for
Fred Penner, who specializes in childrens' music.
Recent credit on the BBC series, "Rock Cults",
with The Kinks. Have shot Unitarian Service Committee's
spokesperson, Bruce Cockburn in several PSAs for
Kensington Communications. |
| NEWS
/ PUBLIC AFFAIRS / SPORTS |
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Early in my career, I shot many news items for all
the Canadian networks, as well as ABC, UPI, BBC,
and even Soviet television. I also shot for CTV's
"W5" and "Live It Up". I covered
sports items for "Hockey Night In Canada"
and "CTV's Wide World of Sports". I shot
several news clips for the Athlete Information Bureau
in Ottawa. I worked for Japanese ABC television
shooting a womens' volleyball tournament in
Winnipeg . Also "Mobility Cup 99" sequence
for Cathleen MacDonald of Motion Picture Enterprises.
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