T.J. (Tom) Williams
Vitae

TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1980 To Present: Lighting Director, Dp. Feature film Operator, 2nd Unit Dp. Wheels, Joystick, and squishy head Operator, Documentary Cameraperson, Steadicam Owner Operator, Experienced Small Project Dp. Cam Remote and Stanton Remote head operator, Aerial Mt. (Tyler) Operator, Tulip Crane Operator, Remote Head Camera Arm Owner Operator Specialist in Crane step-offs with Steadicam. Various Crane and Camera arm rigging, to vehicles, Scuba Qualified underwater photography, sports, nature, remote area photography, Efp and Eng style camera operator. Documentary photography. Familiar with almost every film and electronic Sd and Hd camera.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Feature films, Tv Series and spots for all the Networks including for example: Good Morning America, Dateline, Real Stories of the Highway Patrol, NBC Sports, Life Styles of the Rich and Famous, Fox's Opening The Lost Tombs of Egypt Specials, Japan TV Sports, The Hitchhiker, Mtv Real Stories, Tom Greene Other Mtv, Videos, Openings for Cuchina Amore on PBS, The Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet) cooking Show, Trading Spaces, Northern Exposure. Spots for GMC Trucks, Honda, Toyota and Budweiser.

Extensive Corporate, and Organization shooting experience, examples include: Boeing, Microsoft, Microsoft NBC, Hewlett Packard, Weyerhauser, Intermec, Squibb Medical Systems, Budweiser, Nike, General Electric, Bank of America, United Auto Workers, AFLCIO, UW Medical, Evergreen Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and many other fortune 500 and smaller companies.

SAMPLE ENTERTAINMENT FILM AND TV:

THE TOMB OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD: 35mm Feature Film, Additional Unit Dp. Steadicam Operator, Production Manager Don McLean

CROSSFIRE: 35mm Feature Film, Dp./operator, Steadicam Remote Head Operator, Director Joe Zimmerman

OPENING THE LOST TOMBS, Live From Egypt, Fox TV Special Shooting B Roll, Opens, Segments in Egypt, Producer Nancy Stern, executive producer Chuck Bond, Producer Nancy Stern

NORTHERN EXPOSURE, Television Series, Panavision Steadicam Operator, various directors. Production Mgr. J. Dan Dusek

AMERICAS MOST WANTED, Television Series, 16mm Arriflex Re-creation of the N. End Shootout, Seattle Unit, Steadicam Operator.

TAOS THE MOVIE, Digital Feature Film, Steadicam shooting in the club sequence, Dir Brandon Schmid.

THE BASKET: 35mm Feature .Film, Steadicam Crane step off at train station. 1999 Cannes Festival Producer. Rich Cowan,

ROAD BLOCK and NAVAJO BLUES: 35mm Feature Films, 2nd unit, B Camera operator, Steadicam operator, Director Joey Travolta

NORTHERN EXPOSURE: 35mm Television Series, Steadicam Operator, Crane Operator, various directors. Production Mgr. J. Daniel Dusek

EDEN: 35mm Feature Film, 1st Unit Operator, Steadicam operator, special venue Sundance film fest. Production Manager J. Dan Dusek

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III: 35mm Feature Film, Steadicam Operator, Dp. David Gurfinkel,

CRAZY IN LOVE: 35mm Feature Film, Steadicam operator, Director Martha Coolidge

EDGE OF HONOR: 35mm Feature Film, 2nd Unit, B Camera operator, Steadicam operator, Dp. Bill Dickson

TOTAL REALITY, and DARK DRIVE: 35mm Feature Films, B Camera operator, Steadicam operator, Director Phil Roth, Dp Andreas Garreton

TWIN PEAKS: Fire Walk With Me, 35mm Feature Film, Steadicam Operator, Director David Lynch

THE LAST GAME: l6mm Feature film, Steadicam, Producer Scott Haynes

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, Crane Operator on the top of the Empire State building exit sequence.

SAMPLE, DOCUMENTARY REALITY PRODUCTION:

TRADING SPACES, MAKEOVER, BIRTHDAY STORY, Reality shows for cable television 2 seasons Executive Producer Linda Calabrese

WORLE RACE , the Finish, Reality show hand held and hard camera, Heather Murphy Unit Production Coordinator

THE ALLAN HOUSER STORY: The life of the artist Allan Houser 1999 Sundance Special Venue, The Allan Houser Foundation, Phil Lucas Producer,

STORY TELLERS OF THE PACIFIC RIM: PBS Documentary Miniseries Dp. 6 segments, Dances for the new generations, Cameraperson, PBS Great Performances, (Nat. Emmy Nominee) Journey to Strength PBS/CBC, Dp/Operator, Director Phil Lucas

SMOKEJUMPERS: FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE SKY, Sponsored by the National Smoke Jumper Association, Cameraperson, Steve Smith Producer,

JOURNEY TO STRENGTH PBS/CBC, Dp/Operator, Director Phil Lucas

STURGIS, Documentary film for Fox Tv, Shooting Betacam on the Sturgis Motorcycle rally largest in the world, Exec Producer Chuck Bond.

DANCES FOR THE NEW GENERATIONS, Dp. Cameraperson, (Steadicam and Crane) PBS Great Performances, (Nat. Emmy Nominee) Director Phil Lucas

A NEW YEAR FOR THE MEIN: A Story of Laotian Immigrants, winner Bronze for Documentary NY Film Fest. Lighting Cameraperson Director Guy Phillips

48HOURS CBS News Magazine, The Rave Scene, Remote Head Crane Operator, K. Kent UPM

CHAMPIONS ON ICE ABC Sports, , NTSC Switcher live crane operator, Harriet Hotchberg UPM

GOOD MORNING AMERICA, The Great Alaska Adventure NTSC Switched live (shot both the North and South Crews) Remtoe Head Camera Crane operator.

THE EYE OF NYE, Bill Nye Pilot Show, Digital Betacam Steadicam Operator PM Nolan Leyman

THE SAND COUNTY ALMANAC Documentary Film on wildlife management, shot in High Definition TV, on location in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and the American Southwest. Lighting Cameraperson, Executive producer Scott Klug Producer Editor Stevan Smith.

TRADING SPACES BIRTHDAY, MAKEOVER, WEDDING STORY, Betacam reality TV Series for Discovery Channel, by Banyan Productions unit Dp/Operator, Executive Producer Linda Calabrese.

SAMPLE, CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL TV:

ADIDAS SHOES: In store spot, Du-run Café, Steadicam Operator, Producer Brad Goldthwaite

NIKE, US WEST DEX, Cinemagic Studios, Jib Opr. Steadicam Opr. Ron Morris Producer

BUDWEISER LITE BEER, Live Party Spots. (shot 2) Big Shoulders Productions, Remote Head Camera Operator, Harriet Hotchberg PM

MICROSOFT CORP. MICROSOFT/NBC Several Shows and Producers, Lighting, Camera, Steadicam, Jib opr. Lynette Apley, Video Coordinator,

HEWLETT PACKARD, AGILENT TECHNOLOGY Serveral corporate communications and Marketing shows Dp. Operator, Dennis Wilson producer

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS, Steadicam Operator series of Basketball spots, shot on location at the arena, Producer/Director Ryan flaherty,

TRUNK MONKEY, the comic series of spots "Trunk Monkey attacks the Egg throwers" for GM Cars, Filmed in 16mm in Portland OR, Steadicam Operator, upm Tracey Wainwright.

CARRS SUPERMARKETS: several campaigns. Steadicam Operator, Remote Head Operator, Director Gary Lamarr

BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE CORP: A number of Projects, including 6 shoots in mainland China, Several New Plane Rollouts, a number of marketing and instructional shows Bob Carnahan, Doug Dawson, Otto Seiber and other Producers,

SOUTH CHINA NATIONAL AIRLINES: campaign, Camera operator, Steadicam operator, Producer/Director John Sandifer

SENATE ELECTION CAMPAIGNS: in three states, Dp./ Camera operator, Steadicam Operator, Greer Margolis Agency Jim Margolis, Frank Greer, Dirs.

CELLULAR ONE, COLLISION ONE: several others, Dop. for Agustavo Burris Agency, Ed Agustavo

STARBUCKS COFFEE: Marketing Shows, Steadicam Opr. Jib Opr. Piranha Productions, Trent Woolford,

RED ROBIN RESTRUANTS: HD Shooting for Corporate Communications, Marketing, Doug Cooper, Director.

SOLOFLEX Studio Spots, machine Camera operator., Steadicam operator, Remote head operator, Dp. Eric Daarstad, , Director for 53rd St Advertising Steve

SOLOFLEX: Ponce De' Leon, Forrest Gump, concept spots, Steadicam Operator, Director for Wieden Kennedy Advertising, Steve Sandoz

GREER MARGOLIS GRUMWALD AGENCY, Senate Election Campaigns in N Dakota, Montana, Washington, Dp./ Camera operator, Steadicam Operator, Greer Margolis Agency Jim Margolis, Frank Greer, Dirs.

CELLULAR ONE, COLLISION ONE: several others, Dop. for Agustavo Burris Agency, Ed Agustavo Director

LIVE EVENTS:

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, Annual Corporate Meeting in Vancouver Canada , 30' remote head camera crane operator on screen enlargements. 110 foot wide big screen behind the stage, over 10,000 people present

JAMES TAYLOR TOUR tour in the western US on stage remote head camera crane to enlargement screens of the performances in three states.

MICHEAL MOORE SLACKER TOUR Seattle performance at the Key arena 25 foot remote head camera crane operator to enlargement screen behind Mr. Moores speech.

EDUCATION:

Study at the UCLA Film School, MA University of Washington Film production and curriculum development, two years in a Doctoral program in Film as Curriculum

AWARDS:

Bronze New York Film Festival, Cine Golden Eagle, National Emmy Nomination, Oscar Nomination, DC Area Regional Emmy, Emerald Individual Achievement (Camera), Several Bonnies (Alaska Emmys) National Communicator Award.

FESTIVAL AWARDS INCLUDE:

National Emmy Nomination, Regional Emmy Nw and Wash DC, Cannes Film Festival, (Juried) Sundance Film Festival, (Juried and Special venue), New York Film Festival (Bronze) .Emerald City Awards(Individual Achievement Cameraperson), Chicago Film Festival (Cine Golden Eagle) Red Earth Film Festival (1st in Documentary. Several Others.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

College and High School Teacher, various subjects including Television production. Extensive Curriculum development experience. In House TV Producer for Squibb Medical Systems. Medical Photography for the University of Washington. Building Construction work experience, Steadicam Workshop Instructor, US Military Advisor SF11B2S.

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