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RADIO

Hosted "Radio Free Endicott" (1998-2000) a weekend classic rock show that featured comedy bits and wacky news breaks. The show was a mixture of great music and on air tomfoolery between myself and co-host Peter Ciani.

Co-hosted and produced "Cinematic Radio" (1999-2002) an entertainment talk show that grew out of the on-air chemistry of me and my co-host from RFE (Peter). The program started out as a small local show and grew into a briefly syndicated show.

Producer / writer / actor on the "Bob and Terrence Radio Show" a music / radio theater program following the misadventures of Bob and Terrence (portrayed by Rick Paradise and Anthony Arsenio.) B & T are a pair of slackers who have their own show at a deadbeat radio station (WSUX) and each week they would do everything from get thrown out of comic cons to getting killed in a louge accident while covering the winter olympics.

Producer for the "Pat Whitley Restuarant Show" (2002-2006) screened callers, announced contest winners, and read spots. The program was heard on both AM 680 WRKO and 830 WRCN.

TV / "FILM"

2005 "Office Do's and Don'ts" a comedy film filled with office pranks that unexpectidley become popular on YouTube. My co-horts and I borrowed an access camera and spent and hour goofing off in the Restuarant Show offices after hours.

2006 "Get in the Zoo - Autozoo!" a comedy retail training short teaching the new employee everything from basic customer service to beaking OSCHA to service the customer. Of all things, this video got mentioned on the "Opie and Anthony Show" during a bit about the first annual YouTube awards. (It wasn't nominated for anything BTW!) They still reference it and on occassion use audio of one of the actors in the film to insult callers.

2005 "The Bob and Terrence TV Show" a brief tv pilot for a series we'd hoped to run on the local access channel in Gloucester. The video was revived 2 years later and I posted portions of it online. (My favorite piece "Part 2" is on this site.)

2006 "Women in Horseracing" documentary produced by American Storyboard originally planned for a PBS release. Written and directed by John Ronan, a local writer, professor at NSCC, and host of "The Writer's Block" on Cape Ann TV. This was my first real "on-set" experience. Spent a cold autumn day working as a PA while having full acces to Suffolk Down from the stalls, jockey's room, to even getting to walk out onto the track to shoot the races from up next to the starting gate. It was pretty cool!!!!

2007 Micheal Mcleod Mayoral Campeign Ads I worked as a sound mixer for a series of ads produced during a one day shoot in Gloucester. The spots for directed by a local director by the name of Ed Carfano. Mr. Carfano won an Oscar for a short he made in 1963 and he also is responsible for the classic anti-smoking ad from the 60s "Like Father, Like Son."

2007 "Real Life 4X4" a "reality series" about 4-wheeling that I'm working on as an editor with my friends that we hope to get made. My production team have already shot 2 pilots and are sending them around to producers.

NEWMARKET CHANNEL 13 (2007-PRESENT) run a small cable access station out of a closet taping government meetings and local events.

2008 "Newmarket Veterans Forum" tv series I produce with the town's veteran's memorial trust committee about the Town of Newmarket's WWII Veterans. The program includes interviews with living veterans and readiings by friends and family of deceased or those vets not able to attend our tapings in person. The show has been a labour of love and I render the entire show on my PC adding effects, "animated" pictures, and titles with Adobe Premiere.

2008 "Under the Hood" (Short film written and directed by Simon Harling)
Credited as a production assistant and boom operator. I helped set up lights, and operated the lighting board. I also helped set up the camera jib which was really cool. This was an unpaid gig but Simon did give everyone involved a nice painting based on the story.

2008 "WSUX Channel 26" life reflects art in the series of web based video I have begun producing with my friends about a group of amature filmmakers who use whatever and whoever they can find to help them make silly tv pilots in an attempt to get the guy who runs the local tv station acually broadcast them.

2008 "The Pear Man" (Entry into Providence 48hr Film Fest) worked as 2nd DP/Camera Operator on Anthony Medieros's "Tempus Fugitves" team in the 2008 Providence 48hr Film Challenge.

2008 "27 Down" (Indie Film Directed by John S. Depew and Produced by Wild Beagle Productions) joined several members of the site for a half day shoot at a bar and restuarant in Middleton, Ma as an extra in the celebration scene of the film. I also was a background extra in a courtroom scene.(This was my first extra gig and was quite interesting.)

2008 "The Dates" (A short film written and directed by Sophia Gilberto) DP/Editor on a short film written by one of the rising young stars of Our Film Space. Other minons from the Good-bye Joe Production team (namely Peter Ciani and Nick LoPresti) also assisted in the production of this film. Myself, Peter and Donna (Sophie's Mum) shamelessly put ourselves in the background of one of the scenes.

2009 Serena and the Rats spent several weekends working on this indie feature which stars Evelena Marie. Served as a PA shleping gear through the woods, watching my buddy get shot, eating bagels and generally having a good time working with a great production team.

2009 Indiana James and the Raiders of the Lost Shaker of Salt served as camera operator for portions of a scene of this great indie (if you pardon the pun) parody film. I set up shots, marveled at the amazing set that they built, had a few laughs with the cast and crew, and then went up some 20ft in the air on a crane with two of the actors to capture some of the films more daring overhead shots. I also met a real-life Santa Claus who plays the villain of the film and shoot at the MFA in Boston.

2009 Nine Maids All In A Row served as a Producion Assistant, Boom Operator, and Sound Person during several weekends of shooting during the course of this indie Lesbian Themed Horror flick. Enjoyed working with a really great crew and actresses as well as spending some fun times in and around Dover, NH.

FREELANCE VIDEO WORK

2007 Fitz Henry Lang Lecture Series - filmed and produced videos of a lecture series presented by the Cape Ann Historical Society and Gloucester Art Museum.

2007 "An Evening with Israel Horowitz" - films and produced a video of this event for the Gloucester Stage Company of this local playright who is also father of one of the Beastie Boys.

2008 USTATF Masters Track Meet held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury at which I operated a Canon XH-a1 HDV camera. It was a 2 day shoot covering various events including men's weight throw, men's and women's long jump, and men's triple jump. It was an amazing event and the athletes were my age and older. (There were even guys in their 70s and 80s competing.)

2008 New Hampshire Adidas Jr. Phenom Regional Showcase served as a camera operator at a youth basketball event held in Derry, NH

2008 National Prep Showcase worked as a Camera Operator / DVD Recorder Operator at this annual weekend basketball showcase held in Tilton, R.I.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF GREAT LYNN (2008 - Present) serve as the church's webmaster and I edit videos of their services which I post on the church's website.

STAGE???

2008 "Bullies" (A Short 3-Act Play) appeared as "Steve" the loving father of "Symphony" - the central character of the play. "Symphony" is a troubled young girl who is always getting picked on. After learning to chant "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo" by her parents "Symphony" finds inner strength, through her Buddhist faith and practice, to stand up for herself, while finding compassion those who persecuted her. The other actors in this play and myself wrote and later performed it at the annual SGI New England "Arts 4 Peace Festival."

IDEAS IN THE MAKING

"High School Hightimes" a short film I wrote about my time in high school and an unforgetable summer I had.

"The One That Got Away" a feature I'm revising about a daydreamer and a crush he has on a girl who works in the food court. It started out as a Clerks/Mall Rats/Chasing Amy combo but I grew into more.

"It's Different For Girls" a love story based on what might've been with a girl I met a long time ago. Unfortunately the whole story hinges on getting the rights to most of Joe Jackson's catalogue since all of the scenes are written around his songs.

"Open Mic" loosely based on the story of my high school sweetheart and myself. It is the story of a duo who perform together at various open mic nights and then "make it big." (One flaw one the girl is wanted by the music producer.) I wrote it to have a sort of Mahongany/Lady Sings the Blues element to it. The idea for this project is to write and produce original songs for the film based on the feelings of the actors in a particular scene.

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