CAAM presented the 2010 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival in March of this year.  Over the years they’ve asked me to shoot various things for them here is a selection of videos presented on their site. Check out their Youtube page as Well.

Here are some production stills I dug up from a shoot a little while ago.  The shoot was for Nat Geo TV, for a show called WOW.  Photo Credits: Ming Louie.

Filming the Shaolin Monks at Crissy Field in San Francisco, with DP, Dan Krauss

Filming at the San Francisco Circus School with DP, Lincoln Else and producer Tobie Louie.

After a successful and extended run at Berkeley Rep, American Idiot looks Broadway bound.  Producer Director extraordinaire Doug Hamilton brought together an Academy recognized crew to document the behind the scenes action around the musical and their recording sessions.  I was just a small part of the action offering my location sound services for a number of days.

This story was a collaboration between PBS Newshour, The Center for Investigative Reporting, New York Times and University of California, School of Journalism, IRP Fellow Ryan Gabrielson.  I had the honor of serving as the Location Sound Recordist for the interviews presented in this piece.

LOST AND FOUND: LEGACY OF USS LAGARTO, was nominated in many categories at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Midwest Chapter. I served as a contributing DP on the program. Read more about the Lagarto and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.  Take a peek at the sample on you tube:

http://www.everymansjourney.com/

Touring with a rock band is everyone’s adolescent dream, the screaming fans stadiums packed full of eager faces.  What became apparent is the sacrifices that these performers and their support staff make to put these shows on.  The story of Neal Schon’s discovery of Arnel Pineda is an amazing testament to the perseverance of dreams.  I’ve been involved with this project for over a year, please check out the trailer on the site and give to the cause.

PBS, NOVA will be re-airing Ocean Animal Emergency, May 26th, check your local listings or click on the link.

Brave New Voices will start airing on HBO, the first episode was this past Sunday, click the link to see some of the young artists.  Working on this series was really a great opportunity.  Spoken word is truly a movement.

As promised, the duck egg delight of the Philippines, Balut.  Promising vitality and high protein content, Balut is probably best warm but we settled for room temp.  Tastes like an egg but the texture is always what brings us back.