•  Just wrapped the 1st season of HULU’s ‘Paradise’ for Dan Fogelman (2025)
  • Shot the pilot episode of this year’s #1 show, ‘Tracker’ (CBS/2024) with dir. Ken Olin
  • Shot all 6 seasons of the NBC series ‘This Is Us’ (2016-2021)
  • Shot the pilot episode of ‘The Company You Keep’ (ABC/2023) ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ (CBS/2021), 'Grand Hotel' (ABC/2019), ‘Pitch’ (FOX/2016) ‘The Blacklist’ (2012) and others.
  • ICG Generation Next 5 DP’s Under 35 (2013)
  • Variety’s 10 Cinematographers to Watch (2008)
  • Independent Spirit Award- John Cassevetes Award ‘August Evening’ (2007)

Here is the trailer for ‘paradise’ premiering jan 28, 2025 on hulu.

CBS ‘Tracker’ is A take on present day 2024 a desaturated, bleak, contrasty look.

here we connect the past and present with two piano performances & similar angles.

same episode and even simpler way to blend past & present. A cowboy switch to show rebecca’s alzheimer.

We modified the lobby of the Fountainbleu hotel in miami for this pilot episode OF ‘GRAND HOTEL’.

This 360 showed the 2-story bullpen for the pilot episode of ‘NCIS Hawaii’. T-Series panavision anamorphics.

low contrast, soft edges, and noise in the shadows was the feel for ‘the long road home’

bold colors, low key, and very high contrast was the style of the noir ‘those who kill’

the warm, hard morning light WAS fitting before heading to rebecca’s funeral.

I HAD OVER A DOZEN CAMERAS FOR BASEBALL SEQUENCES. CLOSE FOCUS WIDE PRIMOS to BROADCAST FUJINONS.

Jack goes to his mom’s coffee shop to inspire her eulogy. detuned primos give a soft halo in the highlights.

crisp shadows, sharp contrast, and saturated colors was the modern look of ‘the company you keep’.

FIRST TAKE. 35MM. JACK’S DEATH LOOMS LARGE ON the SHOW, BUT WE NEVER SEE HIS DEAD BODY. ONLY A REFLECTION.

The red flare is a sign of hope when it lights the sky. When it fades, we see the daunting task ahead of them.

recent press articles

Here is a clip from the ‘This Is Us’ article for ICG Magazine.

My career relationship with Panavision and 6 years on ‘This Is Us’ with them. I talk about how we created the idea of detuning lenses. CLICK THE IMAGE TO READ.

‘24 Hours in America’ for the NY Times followed the lives of random Americans through a day in our lives.

It was fun to do an article from the country I was born in. I always love everything about Japan, especially the food, and can’t wait to film there again.

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