RESUME:
Acting
& Modeling Objectives:
Movies
Films
TV Shows
Commercials
Commercial Print
Experience:
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Washington,
DC. Cameraman/Editor Jan 2000-Feb 2003. As Cameraman/Editor,
traveled extensively to film and edit hard news/news
features for Australian national network. Highlights
include: The Columbia Shuttle Tragedy, 2002/2003
United Nations Security Council debates on Iraq,
The 2002 74th annual Academy Awards, the events
of Sept.11, 2001, in New York City, 2000 US presidential
elections and the Florida post-election recount,
the 2000 New York Senate election race, Elian Gonzales,
UN AIDS conference, the execution of Timothy McVeigh,
US prisons and DNA testing, and other news features.
Also worked on medium and long format news magazine
pieces. Highlights include: Mexican presidential
race, 2000 US presidential elections, and a documentary
on the restoration project of water in the Florida
Everglades.
Feature Story News,
Washington, DC. Cameraman/Editor/Correspondent (TV
and radio) March-Sept. 1999. Compiled, filmed, and
edited stories for overseas clients including New
Zealand TV, South African Broadcasting, The NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer, and Britain's Channel 5. Contributed
radio and television pieces in native languages
to South African Broadcasting's radio and television
services. Highlights include: Tragic death of John
F Kennedy Jr. and funeral; President Clinton's impeachment
hearings; foreign dignitary/presidential visits;
and other political, cultural, and human interest
features from Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and elsewhere.
Worldwide Television
News (WTN), Johannesburg, South Africa. Cameraman/Editor
September 1997-December 1998 (As APTN); Cameraman/Producer/Sound
Technician, July 1995-September 1997. Highlights
include: Ethiopia/Eritrean border conflict; 1998
Iraq crisis; Kenyan elections, Kinshasa (solo) for
30 days before and during Mobutu's fall, Princess
Diana in Angola, Comores airline crash, and pre-election
violence in Kwa-Zulu/Natal. Also client commissioned
news pieces around Africa for BBC, SAT 1 (Germany),
ABC (Australia), MEBC (Middle East), and CTV (Taiwan).
Freelance Radio Correspondent,
Johannesburg, South Africa. 1998-March 1999. Compiled
and presented reports from abroad for public and
commercial radio stations. Reports and analysis
provided in English and Zulu, both live and pre-recorded.
Stories provided to South African Broadcasting Corporation's
(SABC) Radio Zulu, Radio Xhosa, and English News,
and Classic FM, including 1998 Iraq-UNSCOM standoff.
Freelance Sound Technician,
Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa. April 1994-June
1995. Work included news coverage for Reuters, WTN,
SABC, and various South African film and television
production houses.
Worldwide Television News, Durban, South Africa.
Sound Technician/Field Producer, March 1994-April
1994. Highlights include: First democratic elections
in South Africa.
Reuters Television,
Johannesburg, South Africa. Freelance Sound Technician,
December 1993-March 1994. Highlights include: Mandela's
presidential campaign and pre-election political
unrest.
Education and Other
Experience:
National Diploma in Video Technology. Natal Technikon,
Durban, South Africa, 1996. Three-year program of
editing, sound, lighting, production management,
camerawork, communication, scriptwriting, and directing.
Travel: Angola, Canada,
Comoros Islands, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Mexico, Namibia,
Swaziland, UAE, UK, US, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Other: External Assessor.
Natal Technikon, Video Technology Program, September
1997. Guest Lecturer. Natal Technikon, February
1995 and March 1998. Publication. "Mine treaty
may honour Diana." With Laurie Boulden. The
Star, 15 September 1997, 14.
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
