About

For thirty-three years I was a cameraman in film and television. I was good at it, and I'm proud of it.

Live work does not forgive much. The clock keeps moving, the show has to happen, and the only thing between a smooth day and a hard one is whether the work underneath was done right.

The real show was often underneath the picture: where the files lived, how work passed from one person to the next, and what broke when nobody was watching. I was the one tracing the missing tape at three in the morning, straightening out the handoff and writing down systems that had lived only in someone's head. I liked making that work clear, dependable and easy for the next person to pick up.

I put the camera down to start my own production company. Covid took that from me. I no longer shoot for hire. This is the work I do now, and I take it on the way I once took on a live day: prepared, finished, and honest when something is outside my reach.

I will not invent work to keep a job. If you are already in good shape, I will say so. The work has to be able to survive an honest no.

I'm a Brooklyn native and a father of two girls. They are the reason I care that the work is honest, and that your time goes home with you.

One person, standing behind a simple promise: do the work right, write it down, and leave you able to carry on without me.