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Professional Bio & Credits
Richard E. Morris
Producer
Cameraman/Editor/Prod. Manager
acvprz@r.postjobfree.com,
www.vimeo.com/user1319269
www.youtube.com/user/envirodiver13
Summary: As a producer, cameraman and editor I maximize the production budget, define the tasks necessary for success and provide comprehensive services from pre-production through post. With more than 30 years of successful production I have proven how one person can create a team environment that delivers on time and on budget as I did for National Geographic’s “Wild Chronicles” where I field produced and shot 4 episodes, solo, in locations from Australia to the Arctic
2000-present Documentary & News Producer, Editor, Cameraman.
Design and produce documentaries and promos for non-profits & NGOs. Serve in all production and post- production capacities. Final Cut Pro Editor. Specializing in underwater and nature films and sustainable subject matter. Editing on Final Cut Pro 7 & X Studio Suite with full motion graphics and animation.
May 2014-present Founder and Pilot, fly by night films, aerial imaging company for sports, drama, documentary and commercials. fly by night uses the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quad copter with a high definition camera system on a 3D gimbal. The unit captures both stills and video with first person feed to iOS and android devices
January 2013-July 2013 Instructional Vender, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program, Paterson Board of Education. Teach Film and Photography and produce films for the students, academic programs and the Full Service Community Schools Initiative. Produce projects for external organizations such as NJCDC and NJBSS
June 2011-November 2011 Lead Cameraman/Studio Technician, “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”, NEP Studio 33, NYC. on the Current TV Network
June 2008-Dec 2010 Producer, Cameraman, Editor, Census of Marine Life & Encyclopedia of Life projects, A.P. Sloan Foundation. Produce, shoot and edit documentaries covering the first comprehensive study of the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine species. EOL is cataloguing all species for the world-wide web. This includes Internet Streaming and long form Broadcast. In 2008-11, 13 packages shot for National Geographic, PBS, Discovery, BBC, CBC Canada and all major networks
2008-2011 Video Editor, DivePhotoGuide.com. The largest on-line portal for underwater imagery. Write, produce and edit articles and videos
2007 Eng Photographer/Editor, News 12 Westchester, NY Shoot and edit all aspects of ENG packages for news programs on a freelance basis. Edit all VOs, SOTs, Headlines and Teases.
1994-present Freelance Cameraman and production technician for all forms of TV production from sports to teleconferencing.
1987-present Design and build TV facilities and control rooms. 1987-91, worked for AF Associates now Ascent media. Also served as Technical Director for trade shows.
1987 Director of Operations for IPC, International Production Center, NYC. Production and Post-Production facility for Commercials, Music Videos and Infomercials.
1981-1987 Broadcast Operations Supervisor, Traffic Manager & Special Asst. to Gen. MGR for Special Projects, Production Technician news & entertainment, WWOR-TV, Ch. 9, NYC/NJ. These positions included supervision of all on air operations and live and tape sports telecasts. Management of commercial traffic department and coordinating the stations move to NJ in 1987.
1978-1981 Unit Manager, Studio Supervisor, LD, Cameraman, WGBH-TV/WGBY-TV, Boston & Springfield, MA. Supervised TV Mobile Unit Operations, Supervised studio construction and operation, designed and set lighting for studio and remote productions, served as cameraman for all studio and remote productions, worked as an ENG/EFP cameraman and studio cameraman for PBS Nightly News Programs both locally and nationally.
Recent Projects
“Sylvia’s Sea” Documentary chronicling the work of world renown oceanographer, Dr. Sylvia Earle
National Geographic Wild Chronicles Wild life adventure series
One Ocean: Canadian Broadcasting documentary series covering the worlds oceans
News from an Unknown Universe Documentary series produced for National
Geographic and German TV documenting the history of the world’s oceans
Infinite Oceans Infinite Oceans is a documentary series in 13 parts that chronicles the current and past states of the aquatic world as seen through the lenses of 8 of the world’s top underwater documentarians.
“Adventures In Inner Space”, a pro environment, underwater adventure series
shot on Location. Producer/Director, Camera & Editor.
” Hooker’s Diary”, A sustainable fisheries series focusing on traditional Hook & Line
Commercial Fisheries throughout the world: Producer, Camera, Editor.
“Secrets of the Sequence”, A 26 part genetics series produced by Ward/
Cronkite TV for PBS: Field Producer, Camera & segment originator, episode #128,
“Seeking Red”, shot on location, Lizard Island, Australia.
“Luminous Life of the Great Barrier Reef”, Field producer and Camera for future National Geographic Biography of Yale Research Neuro Biologist, Vincent
Pieribon
Camera/Producer International Fund for Animal Welfare’s current projects to save
endangered sea turtles and stray companion animals on the Caribbean Island of
Dominica.
Educational Background Graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in
1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies.
To arrange for services through r.e.m films or Rick Morris:
Richard E. Morris
r.e.m films, fly by night films
508-***-****, cell
100 Huguenot Ave, 6A
Englewood, NJ
On the web at www.vimeo.com/user1319269, www.coml.org,
www.youtube.com/user/envirodiver13
e-mail: acvprz@r.postjobfree.com
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