Recent Productions:
LOOKING FOR LINCOLN, The documentary, presented and written by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (African American Lives, Oprah’s Roots), addresses many of the controversies surrounding Lincoln – race, equality, religion, politics, and depression – by carefully interpreting evidence from those who knew him and those who study him today.
Uncredited as equipment assistant, production assistant and driver.
THE BET HONORS celebrates black achievement in business, entertainment, social justice and philanthropy while providing the kind of award-winning, show-stopping musical performances that make BET specials deliver huge results. During Black History Month, BET will celebrate the achievement of black Americans by honoring the brightest, the most talented, the most ambitious, the most generous and the most crusading members of the African-American community. THE BET HONORS will celebrate the best in the black community with electrifying performances by the biggest names in music.
Credited as production assistant. Uncredited jib arm tech.
America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. It is a "talent" show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of US$1 million. The show debuted in June 2006 for the summer television season. Starting in the third season, the Talent top prize included US$1 million, payable in a financial annuity over forty years (or the present cash value of such annuity), and a show as the headliner on the Las Vegas Strip.
Credited as audition camera op, assistant crowd director and production assistant.
MTV Teen Cribs features ordinary teens who have extraordinary homes they spend time in. Our cameras are spreading out around the country to bring viewers wonderfully designed homes that are customized and that have unique characteristics that were built with the family in mind. Some of our past homes have had indoor treehouses, private nightclubs, computerized libraries, full-court gymnasiums, golf courses, movie theatres, even secret rooms and passageways - everything needed to satisfy any young person's interests and obsessions.
Credited as production assistant.
Huddie Lebetter Documentary
Film House documentaries dig deeply into their subjects, creating intimate, illuminating and powerful portraits. Currently in production is a feature length documentary on the amazing and influential life of Huddie Ledbetter, produced in conjunction with the Lead Belly Foundation. Look for it in theaters in 2010.
Camera Assistant