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unusual facts about camera operator



Barak Epstein

Epstein appeared in Lloyd Kaufman's 2005 DVD set, Make Your Own Damn Movie! while on the set of Prison-A-Go-Go! The numerous crew positions that Epstein has held include: gaffer, camera operator, editor, assistant director, production manager, director of photography, and special effects assistant.

Camera stabilizer

To compensate for camera instability caused by the movement of the operator's body, a camera operator named Garrett Brown invented a body-mounted stabilization apparatus for motion picture cameras, called a Steadicam, which uses springs as shock absorbers.

Conrad W. Hall

Before becoming cinematographer, he worked with his father on several productions including A Civil Action (1998) and American Beauty (1999) as camera operator and director of photography (second unit).

Focus puller

The 1st AC reports to the director of photography, works alongside the camera operator, and oversees the 2nd assistant camera (also known as the "clapper loader") and any other members of the camera department.

John P. Fulton

In time he became a camera operator and acted as cinematographer in his first official credit in 1929 with the early sound drama She Goes to War.

Super Mario 64 DS

After entering the castle, the three disappear, and Lakitu, the game's camera operator, finds Yoshi to inform him of the disappearance.


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25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

A large B-66 analog electronic flight-crew simulator built by Curtis Wright was very useful for checkout of the flight deck crew: pilot, navigator/camera operator, and gunner.

Bráulio Mantovani

In the early 1990s, he moved to New York City where he worked as camera operator and assistant director for Zbigniew Rybczyński.

Chloë Leland

She worked as camera operator on multi-award winning feature Concert for George and produced and directed Walking with Monsters for which she won at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in the category Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) and was nominated for a BAFTA.

Climbing Great Buildings

The team consists of the architect Dr Jonathan Foyle, the climber Lucy Creamer and camera operator Ian Burton, assisted by a rigging team.

Dave Chameides

Chameides has also worked as a camera operator on a number of notable films, including From Dusk Till Dawn, The House of Yes, Donnie Darko and Jurassic Park III.

Denys Coop

He has been followed into the film industry by his son, Trevor Coop (Camera Operator), and his three grandsons, Jason Coop (focus puller), Gareth Coop (Clapper Loader), and Adam Coop (Assistant Director)

Erico Menczer

After having worked as a camera operator, Menczer made his debut as a cinematographer in 1960 with the comedy film Le pillole di Ercole directed by Luciano Salce, with whom he had a professional association that characterized his career in the following decades.

John M. Nickolaus, Jr.

Nickolaus began his career as a camera operator for MGM in the late 1940s.

John Stuart Scott

Scott began his career behind the camera working on a number of films and television series as an assistant camera operator through the early nineties up until 2009 when he made his directorial debut on the Ryan Murphy drama series Nip/Tuck.

Kathryn Ryan

In 2009 she was a camera operator on the independent film The Mother of Invention and an assistant director on the film Ashes.

KMMX

KMMX was the call sign on the side of a car driven by the camera operator of a fictional television news station in the episode "On Camera" of Emergency!.

Michael-Ryan Fletchall

During his senior year Fletchall got a part time job as a weekend news camera operator for KKTV, a local CBS affiliate.

Paul Edwards

Paul A. Edwards, American cinematographer, camera operator and television director

Phil Abraham

He worked on all six seasons of The Sopranos, initially as a camera operator, then as a cinematographer and eventually as an episodic director.

The Mother of All Demos

The camera operator in Menlo Park was Stewart Brand, a non-computer person who also advised Engelbart and the team about how to present the demo.

William Barber

William D. Barber (born 1949), American camera operator and cinematographer