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Douglas Bryan Baird
North Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
(604)
838-4048
(Mobile)
(604) 980-8378 (Residence)
dbaird@bairdtv.com www.bairdtv.com
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Douglas Baird |
EFP/PSC
camera specialist, lighting cameraman and crew provider.
Experienced in
all aspects of broadcast television production on a wide variety of
documentary and current affairs projects for CBC, CTV, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, ARD,
Nat’l Geo, Discovery and the NFB.
Own complete SONY F800 XDCamHD, F900 HDCam high def production packages and Digibeta packages for
both PAL/625 and NTSC.
Cameraman
- Recent Projects
- Future of Automobile Safety - Horizon - BBC Television, London
- 2012 Royal Tour - William and Kate - Cross-Canada coverage for the CTC/Canadian Tourism Commission
- Dr. Daniel Pauley - World Fisheries Outlook - The Curiosity Project - Discovery USA
- Massive Moves - Floating Fortress/Harbour House - F900 - Windfall Films, London
- Canadian Naval Officer Training - Bravo Zulu Productions for Department of Defense
- 2010 Olympics - NBC, ARD, Coca Cola, McDonalds and General Mills
- Aircraft Pilots/Cockpit Air Quality - Panorama - BBC Television, Manchester
- Celine Dion - Concert and backstage meeting with Solenne - Star Academy - TF1, France
- Lindsey Vonn - Olympic Wheaties box unveiling VNR - General Mills.
- Microsoft, Bill Gates Interview - Spectrum Caribiner, London
- Olympic On-air Host Promos - Foxtel Network, Australia
- MegaMoves - Campbell River and Victoria Floathomes - 2 F900 camera crews - Windfall Films, London
- Once Upon a Time - Cast interviews and EPK coverage - ABC/Disney, LA
- Algerian Terrorist Bomb Threat - ABC TV News, New York
- David's Story - Nurture vs Nature - Horizon - BBC TV, London
- Torino Debrief - Media kit - IOC International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Making of 'The 6th Day' - Columbia-Tristar
- Three Minutes to Impact - Canadian Segments - The Discovery Channel (UK), York Films
- Treasure Hunters - Host sequences - multiple seasons- Econova Productions/National Geographic TV
- Clinton - Yeltsin Summit - ABC TV News, New York
- Black Sea Environmental Symposium - David Suzuki - Vision TV, Harvey McKinnon Assoc.
- The Cold Squad - Investigative Reports - A&E, Kurtis Productions
- Janet Jackson - All For You Tour - Press Kit - Virgin Records
- Eddie Murphy - I Spy - Video inserts for boxing sequences - DOP- 5 cameras - Sony Pictures
- X-men 2 - Video insert material for CCTV video screens for the control room and Oval Office segments.
- World Figure Skating Championships - International Skating Union - judges iso-cam for the ISU
- 999 Real Life Rescues - Canadian segments with Michael Buerk, BBC
- A&E Biography - Peter O'Toole, Raymond Burr, Pamela Anderson - A&E Network
- Sikh History - Canadian Segments - BBC Birmingham
- Survivor Testimonies - (over 200 hrs) Survivors of the Shoah Foundation, Los Angeles
- Bayern Munich Soccer CD-ROM Series - DOP - 3 cameras, Munich
- MegaMoves - Mammoth Mansions - Courtney - CH5/TLC - Windfall Films, London
- The V-Chip Inventor - Prof. Tim Collings - Le Point, SRC/CBC
- Robin Williams inserts - Jerry Lewis Telethon
- Fire Fighting with Mars Bomber - World of Wonder - Pro Sieben, Germany
- Juno insert/Morning after the Oscars - Good Morning America - ABC News
- The X-Files CD Rom project - Cast interviews
- Spice Girls World Tour Begins - Breakfast Television - BBC TV, London
- Living with AIDS - Documentary - TV Asahi, Tokyo
- Eminem - Seattle concert and interviews - Charlotte in America - Viva 2, Cologne
- The Science of Stargate - Atlantic TV for Oxford Scientific Films, Sky TV, London
- Field of Dreams - William Kinsella - Author Profile, TBS, Tokyo
- Freedom Speaks - PBS Freedom Forum - WETA-TV, PBS Washington, DC
- Balancing Act - Gymnastics for Girls - documentary, Rough Cuts, CBC Newsworld
- The IMAX Story - "Wings of Courage" - Moving Pictures, BBC, London
- West Coast Forestry - Blue Peter - BBC Children's Programs
- CIA - Hidden Hands - Documentary - Fulmar/Channel 4, London
- Adbusters vs. Calvin Klein - The Girlie Show, Rapido/Channel 4, UK
- Tony Cavelti Profile - Documentary Profile - DRS Swiss Broadcasting, Zurich
- Clayoquot Logging - Documentary, The Fifth Estate, CBC
- Nicole Brown Simpson - Signature Analysis - Hard Copy, Paramount Pictures, L.A.
- Amory Levins/David Suzuki Interview - Suzuki Foundation
- The Making of Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital - Sony/BBC Manchester
- @discovery.ca - Numerous mini doc segments and interviews - The Discovery Channel
- Life on the Internet - Program inserts - The Discovery Channel
- The X-Files - Behind the Scenes, Turner Broadcasting
- Dr. Who - Sylvestor McCoy - Interviews/behind the scenes - BBC/FOX
- A Day In The Life Of Jackie Chan - Canal Plus, Paris
- U.N. Conference on 'Rights of the Child' - DOP - 2 camera documentary, educational
- XV Commonwealth Games - Victoria - Cycling/Marathon - "live" motorcycle camera crew
- Canadian Open Golf - Vancouver - PGA productions
- Pacific Forest Rally - TSN – (2005 – present)
- Gretzky Returns - TSN, The Sports Network
- Hankook Ice Challenge & Hankook F-1600 Series - TSN, DOP - 5 cameras
- Vancouver Indy car racing - Live 'Pit Lane' insert camera crew - Players/RDS, Montreal
Corporate
Video
Disney, Microsoft, IBM, Xerox, SAP, Oracle Software, Electronic Arts, Adidas, Nike, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Honda, Ford, HSBC, Bank of America, Coca Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's, Pfiser, Johnson and Johnson, Dow Chemical, Chevron, Home Depot, Holt Renfrew, Nordstrom, Kawasaki, Ballard Power Systems, CN Rail, CP Rail, Boeing, Air Canada, Continental Airlines, Northern Telecom, Petro-Canada, BC Hydro, BC Transit, UBC and Simon Fraser University.
BELL/CTV
Television
Ongoing production for W-Five, E-Talk, TSN Sports and the Discovery Channel.
Sports
POV shots and custom rigging for action sequences with Sony fullsize, microcams, GoPros and 16mm.
Olympic Volleyball projects, CBC Sportsweekend, Wide World of Sports (CTV & ABC), TSN, NHL Hockey, CFL Football and NBA basketball. Skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, cycle road racing. Camera operator for the "live" helicopter/motorcycle unit which covered cycling, marathon and road races for the world feed of the Victoria Commonwealth Games. DOP for a mutli-camera instructional video shoot at the World Figure Skating Championships. Documentaries and educational projects for Sport Canada and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
Live
Video
Live remotes, satellite 'media tour' uplinks, broadcast 'double-enders', 2-way television and corporate teleconferencing. Microwave, satellite and FTP feeds from remotes.
Producer/Director
Official Olympic Film/Television projects. Segments for CTV Wide World of Sports. Educational films for Sport Canada, Sport Ontario and the National Film Board of Canada. Various documentaries and industrial films.
Aerials
Experienced
with Tyler & Wescam Helicopter mounts. Handheld shooting and
rigging for POV camera mounts.
Interests
Skiing,
cycling, scuba diving and travel. Conversational French and Japanese.
Awards
Columbus International Film & Video Festival
-Bronze Award - Medical/Physical Health ("Cutting Out the Fear" The Fifth Estate)
-Hon. Mention - Social Studies Documentary ("Violation of Trust" The Fifth Estate)
Canadian Society of Cinematographers (C.S.C.)
-Roy Tash Award - for cinematography in Television News
National Press Photographers Association (N.P.P.A.) National Spot News Award -
(Canada and U.S.A.)
Memberships
IATSE669
– Electronic DOP
GTC
– Guild of Television Cameramen – London, UK
CSC
- Canadian Society of Cinematographers - Associate
Education
Honours
BSc, Kinesiology, University of Waterloo
Richard Bennett CV
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Richard James Bennett -
Lighting Cameraman
North Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
(778) 889-7422 (Mobile)
(604) 985-0352 (Residence)
rjbennett@telus.net
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Richard
Bennett |
Award
winning lighting cameraman, after traveling the world for 18 years
based out of London, England doing documentary, News Magazine,
Corporate and multi-camera series work is now based out of Vancouver.
Director of Photography on a wide range of programs for U.S. and U.K.
based broadcasters and production companies.
Extensive travel filming world events including; The Gulf War, the
collapse of the Soviet Union, UN missions to Mogadishu and Darfur,
conflicts in former Yugoslavia, Albania and Macedonia, the British
handover of Hong Kong, the Pope’s visits to Bosnia and Cuba and
the much viewed interview with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
Numerous documentary projects for ABC, National Geographic and the
Discovery Channel.
DOP for single camera shoots and multi-camera events using Sony
CineAlta F900, Digital Betacam, DVcam. Expertise in location and
studio lighting using an array of fixtures, Chimeras, poly, silks,
nets, and flags to give images depth and texture. Experienced using
various dolly systems and jib arms.
Cameraman
- Recent Projects
- Evolutions - The Bear -, F-900 - Yukon segments for series for
National Geographic Television
- Beijing Olympics - BC Pavilion – interviews for High Def video
inserts promoting BC
- Charles and Camilla - Royal Wedding
- Live event special
for ABC, Windsor
- Citizen Sam - documentary on
Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, NFB/National
Film Board
- Kyle XY, Reaper, Painkiller Jane - behind the scenes features for DVD
release
- Kids Eye View - kids eye view of
Greece and history of The Olympic games, PBS, Washington
- Tonight with Trevor McDonald -
multiple segments - DOP 2 cam
- ITV, London
- British Prime Minister Tony Blair -
feature 3 camera interview - Bloomberg
Television, London
- Unrealtime - Ross Noble - live at
The Garrick Theatre - DOP 6
camera/jib, BBC, London
- Breaking Vegas - Madrid Spain
- Atlas Media Corp for
the History Channel
- The Beckhams - DOP for feature interview - ABC
Prime Time
- The 100 Million Dollar Diamond
Heist - 2 camera for ABC
Prime Time
- Star Wars - DOP F900 interviews for documentary
for Lucas Films (George Lucas)
- X-perimental - children’s science
series, DOP5 Digi Beta cam
shoots, Initial Endemol for BBC2
- Queen Mary II ocean-liner launch –
with Mary Hart - DOP 3 cam
remote, Entertainment Tonight
- History of Ballroom Dancing in
England – magazine feature - ABC
Prime Time
- Lauren Bacall feature interview
with Ted Koppel in London - ABC
Nightline
- Angelina Jolie feature interview
with Barbara Walters – ABC
20/20
- The Cresta Run Documentary –
History of sledding in San Moritz – San Moritz
- Springtime Fireworks Festival -
Valencia Spain - Discovery USA
Sport
- NHL
Hockey - CTV
- Arsenal
Soccer feature - London, Fuji
TV
- Spanish
Grand Prix F-1 - Barcelona
Spain, Fuji Television
- Wentworth
England Golf Club World Match Play - player profiles - TV Asahi
- Lord’s
Cricket Club London - England verses Australia - SBS Australia
Music
- Paul
McCartney - concert video and promo interviews for European tour - Millennium Dome, London
- U2’s
Bono - interview prior to G-8
Summit, Scotland
- Mick
Jagger and Keith Richards - Stripped - promo interviews, Virgin Records
- The
Cure - studio recording and interviews, Yahoo web-cast, London
- The
Payolas - studio recording, Global
Television, Vancouver
- Brian
Adams/Sheryl Crow - Fashion Awards - Royal Albert Hall, London
Recent
corporate experience
- Bombardier,
corporate video at a train production factory Derby England
- Ritchie
Brothers Auctioneers, Corporate video on 50th anniversary Auction -
Kelowna
- Virgin
Records, Promotional interviews with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for
DVD
- Hard
Rock Café 30th anniversary London England, APTN
Entertainment
- Shakespeare
in Love - EPK interviews with cast members and behind the scenes, Shepperton Studios
- James
Bond - Die Another Day - interview Pierce Brosnan and behind the
scenes, Pinewood Studios
- The
Muppet Christmas Movie - interview with Michael Cain and Kermit the
Frog, Pinewood Studios
- BAFTA/British
Film Awards - red carpet arrivals and interviews three years running
- Entertainment
Tonight - London Bureau freelance cameraman for over 10 years. Projects included location and
studio interviews with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Judi
Dench, Joseph Fienes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Richard Greer, Johnny Depp, Tom
Cruise, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Kate Hudson, Halle
Berry and many others.
Awards
- 2005
Emmy - ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings - Hidden War;
Genocide in Darfur
- 2004
Overseas Press Club of America - David Kaplan Award -
ABC Nightline with Ted Koppel, Spotlight on Darfur
- 2002
Peabody Award - ABC News Special with Peter Jennings for coverage
of September 11, 2001
- 1984
CanPro award - feature on Child Abuse for local CTV affiliate in Alberta
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