"Tampa Maid Story" - sales promotional film for Tampa Maid Sea Products, Inc. Involved locations on board shrimp boats off Key West, in Georgia and Texas coasts. Producer/Director/Camera/Editor. Winner of 4 awards.
"Sickle Cell Anemia: Paradox of Neglect" - sixty-minute documentary produced for WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Director/Production Supervisor. Winner of Emmy.
"Lonnie" - produced for Kent Intermediate School District (Michigan), outlining services available to mentally retarded and physically handicapped. Cinematographer/Director/Editor. Winner of 1st-Place Addy.
"The B.O.S.S." - sales promotional film for Clarke-Gravely Company, demonstrating a floor scrubbing machine. Producer/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor. Winner of Addy.
"Frontier Mission--Pioneer Methods" - produced for Reformed Church in America (New York City), a documentary on missionary work in Ethiopia. Editor/Production and Writing Consultant. Winner of Certificate of Merit.
Amway Corporation - sales promotion. Winner George Washington Bronze Medal, Freedom's Foundation.
Other Major Video/Film Productions
CBS Television - sequences on the late Karl Wallenda, tight- rope daredevil artist; aired on television network special.
Car and track Productions - sequences for nationally syndicated auto race television programs and sponsored films.
Celotex, division Jim Walter Corporation - sales promotion.
Colorado Bicentennial Commission - public relations.
John Connally - presidential campaign film and video productions. Camera and production assistant.
Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg - informational film for Bishop's Pastoral Appeal. Editor.
Consumers Power Company - television news releases, public relations, employee relations. Camera, editor.
"Eckerd Wilderness Camping System" - public relations film for Eckerd Foundation's Wilderness camps for problem children. Producer/Director/Camera/Editor.
The Episcopal Church - video production and editing services for Domestic and Foreign Missionary Board, involving five-day seminar. Camera, production coordination.
Grand Rapids School System - 2 voter information films, produced for millage votes 3 years apart. School superintendent publicly credited these films with passing the millage. Camera, editor.
Home Asset Protection — POS sales promotion/marketing. Writer, Director, Editor. Script Sample.
International Harvester - sales promotion. Camera, editor.
Kent County Sheriff's Department - public relations film on effectiveness of Emergency Medical Units. Footage from this was included in a subsequent U. S. Information Agency Film. Producer, writer, director, camera, editor.
Legal films - various attorneys for courtroom exhibits.
Magnavox Company - sales promotion for point-of-purchase. Camera.
Michigan Instruments Company - sales promotion film for products involving medical resuscitation equipment. Camera, editor.
Michigan Technological University - student recruitment. 2 ěfilms. Camera, editor.
Noyes-Moran Inc. - sales promotion film produced for Professional Broadcast Productions, agency. Camera.
Optimist Clubs of Kent County - public relations film on "Special Olympics." Camera.
Planet Ocean - tourist entertainment-information, part of multi-media exhibit. Camera.
Rapistan, Inc. - several sales promotion films. Editor.
Reformed Church in America - missionary-public relations films of activities in Oman, Africa and Mexico. Editor, production and writing consultant.
Sponge-a-rama - tourist attraction film. Editor.
Steelcase, Inc. - sales promotion. Camera.
Strengthmate - sales promotion film for point-of-purchase, eaturing baseball star Pete Rose. Camera, editor.
Tubmaster Inc. - instruction films on "how-to-install" the product. Editor.
Upjohn Company - television news releases. Camera, editor, producer.
Uiterwyk Cold Storage - sales promotion. Camera, editor, producer.
-segments for feature-length documentary on "Pancho Villa's Treasure" starring noted actor Cesar Romero. Camera, production assist.
-segments for feature-drama entitled "Blowgun". Camera, production assist.
Major Television Commercials and Public Service TV Spots
Asahi Beer (for Dentsu, Ltd., Japan) American Seating Company Bank of Clearwater Bill Currie Ford Econo Auto Painting The Episcopal Church First National Bank of Florida International Service Agency Kuppenheimer Factory Stores Michigan Education Association Tubmaster U. S. Census Bureau Walt Disney World.
(principal cinematography or video camera on all but Asahi)
The following productions are a result of employment with Florida Department of Agriculture Video Production Position — responsible for writing, videography, editing, basic production and directing in virtually each case.
Wampee Bay Incident (1988) documents two forest rangers have to use fire shelters during a burnover when their bulldozer was stranded in a wildfire. Honored with a State of FloridaSafety Award in 1990.
Florida International Agriculture Trade Council (1988). A marketing video, about 6 minutes, designed to provide information about an annual trade fair aimed at Caribbean basin countries. Released in English and Spanish versions.
Florida Forestry Volunteers (1988). Recruitment video about 5 minutes long, to encourage people interested in forestry and conservation to volunteer on a regular basis.
Agricultural Museum (1988), about 8 minutes. An informational video to encourage fund-raising and donation of artifacts for the Florida Agricultural Museum.
Ag in the Classroom (1988), about 4 minutes. Informational video to showcase county fair participation as a vehicle to help educate the public about agricultural community and its contribution to the economy.
Aerial Prescribed Burning (1989), about 6 minutes. Informational video to describe reasons for utilizing prescribed burning in general and aerial techniques in particular.
Helicopter Safety, Part I, Part II (1989), about 12 minutes total. Instructional video, designed to acquaint new forest rangers with helicopters that the Division of Forestry operates and how to safely board and fly to distant fire locations.
"Bridge over Lighter Knot Creek" (1989), about 5 minutes. Informational documentation of wooden bridge construction in Blackwater River State Forest, designed to acquaint county engineers and government officials with advantages of wooden bridges in remote, low-traffic locations.
Fertilizer Inspection Training (1989), about 5 minutes. Training video for new fertilizer inspectors.
NASDA show (three versions) (1989), about 7 minutes each. Produced on location in Boston on behalf of National Association of State Departments of Agriculture promoting 1991 show in Las Vegas.
"Tree City USA" (1989), about 8 minutes. Informational video to promote the concept of encouraging municipalities to affiliate with "Tree City" organization by implementing legislation to protect trees and environment.
"Florida Fire Behavior" (1990), about 55 minutes in modules. The video is for interactional training support for a three-day course, roughly equivalent to the S-290 fire training school. The comprehensive nature and length of this production resulted in nearly full-time assignment to this project .
"Timber Marking" (1990), script only.
"Basic Prescribed Fire Training" (1990), some background material and familiarization, script only.
"Medfly - a major pest for Florida" (1991), about 12 minutes. Informational video about the impact of Mediterranean Fruit Fly infestation. Primarily designed as "stand-by" when/if an outbreak occurs. Produced in English and Spanish.
"Citrus Grades and Defects" (1991), about 6 minutes. Training video to acquaint citrus inspectors with USDA grading requirements.
"Positive Lot Identification" (1992), about 3 minutes. Informational video to encourage citrus packing houses to install PLI processing.
"Kinsey Sampler" (1992). Training video to acquaint inspectors with various Kinsey sampling machines installed in various juice processing operations.
"091B Juice Extractor" (1992). Training video to acquaint inspectors with extractor in use in various juice processing operations. "Firefighter Health & Fitness Program (1993). Informational video to provide employees with fitness standards implemented by Division of Forestry. Honored with a State of FloridaSafety Award in 1993.
"Tampa Maid Story" - sales promotional film for Tampa Maid Sea Products, Inc. Involved locations on board shrimp boats off Key West, in Georgia and Texas coasts. Producer/Director/Camera/Editor. Winner of 4 awards.
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