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Titanic

TitanicTitanic came at an interesting point in my life. I had heard about Titanic when we were shooting Dante’s Peak, However, I didn’t expect to work on it. When Dante’s Peak wrapped, about 5 different crew chiefs from that shoot had all told me they wanted me working on their next project. It was to be […]

Dante’s Peak

Dante’s Peak I was naïve in 1996. I had moved to Los Angeles that summer after getting my degree in Film & Video Production. I wasn’t one of those people thinking I could be the next Spielberg. Hell, I thought I had a pretty reasonable plan. The recruiters for the college I had gone to assured […]

Babylon 5: The Crusade

Babylon 5: The Crusade Babylon 5: The Crusade was an interesting project. I was working for Gene Young FX in Glendale, and Gene was a “vendor” for Babylon 5. Gene had made several pieces for the original show (guns, hand communicators, etc) and by the time I got there, most of what I did […]

Creepersin

Brides of Sodom was an interesting Creep Creepersin film to work on. It was shot mostly on sets built in a small studio in South Central Los Angeles. (and parts were shot in the junkyard out back…) This was a complete freak show to work on. It was Gorilla film making to some twisted extreme. Defiantly a unique […]

Someone’s Knocking at the Door

Someone’s Knocking At The Door Someone’s Knocking at the Door was a great experience for me. It was the 3rd film that I had Gaffed for Director Chad Ferrin. It definitely seemed like a smooth running ship at that point. All the usual suspects were there. People I had worked with time and again, and some […]

Easter Bunny Kill Kill

Easter Bunny Kill Kill! Easter Bunny Kill Kill: Here is my behind the scenes account. This is the second Feature that I worked as Gaffer on for Director Chad Ferrin. Chad had D.P.’d my Film Devil’s Moon, and we’ve been working together since. Before Easter Bunny Kill Kill, I had worked on Chad’s film The Ghouls. The Ghouls was […]