Camera Operator Unit Director
Resume:
JAMES H. TATE
Writer-Director-Producer
CREDITS www.imdb.com/name/nm2551611 E:********@*****.***
REEL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYXofzePvDGMaMu2-XydpRg/videos
CLIENTS
HBO / *BET Network / TLC Network / Discovery Channel / NBC / M.I.T. - Technology Review / BPJ Media NASA – JPL / RLTV / Press Play Media / FUEL TV / Hyperactive Media / LATV / The Tennis Channel / KJLA TV / CCTV 9 International / KVMD TV / Lifetime / Hip Films / Ulterior Productions / Gold Street Pictures / Hollywood Arts Society / Film Time Incorporated / The Princi Paull Group / Red Bull / Sovereign Pictures / Zeitghost Media / Indieflix / Mile High Danger Films / Lockdown Records / La Vigne Productions / Morgan Creek Productions / New Films International / Electronic Arts / IFTV / Avanti Films / L.A. Times / Indieflix / Time Magazine / SNN - Director 2017-2018
FILM
Secrets of Love
Mr. Playboy
Beyond The Trophy
Dating After Divorce
My Rotten Life
Director
2nd Unit Director
2nd Unit Director
Director
2nd Unit Director
Beyond Words Publishing / Bill Wade
IF TV Documentary / Hugh Hefner / Ksenia Mintchenko
New Films International / Straw Weisman / Dan Gillin
Wild West Films / Annette Marie Westwood
Gold Street Pictures / Barry Shils
Throwaway
The Preachers Family
2nd Unit Director
Producer
Kinky Mule Films / Dennis Widmyer
Inner Circle Filmwerx / Danny Frenkel
Philippe’s Restaurant Documentary
Pay or Quit
Murder In The Woods
No Weapon Formed Against Us
Gipple
Woman Scorned
Charlie and Hope
Wesly y Sergio
Gold Diggin’
2nd Unit Director
Director
Associate Producer
2nd Unit Director
Director
2nd Unit Director
Producer
2nd Unit Director
Camera Operator
Sovereign Pictures / Don Downey
Chop-Chop Entertainment / Yelyna De Leon
Rezinate Entertainment / Luis Iga
3rd Day Productions / Tommy “Tiny” Lister
Mile High Danger Films / Monica Ford
Eriah IV Entertainment / Sam Sarpong
Fire Cracker Chicken Films / Ari Frenkel
Lockdown Records / Justin Sloggatt
Indieflix / Pamela J. Richardson
TELEVISION
SNN
Sunset Tan
Director
Camera Operator
Suncoast News Network / Josh McDowell
Avanti Films / Mark Selmi
Inventing Success (Pilot)
Director/DP
Discovery Channel / Ron Mencer
The Lowe Down (Pilot)
Director/DP
TLC, Style Network / Billy Lowe
Made In L.A. (Pilot)
Lip Stick Bail Bonds (Pilot)
Director/DP
Director/DP
Nina Davis Productions / James Pak
NBC / Jay Bienstock / Jon Hoffman
HBO-American Black Film Festival
Camera Operator
Film Life Inc. / Jeff Friday
The Goddess Within at the Grammys
Camera Operator
CCTV 9 International / Rafay Mehdi
Backstage at the Daytime Emmys
Camera Operator
LATV / Howard Bolter / Francis Wilkinson
Southern California Life
Associate Producer
KVMD TV / Ron Ulloa
Break On Through (Pilot)
Director/DP
Robby Love Foundation / Pat Robinson
EA Sports – 2008 Championship
BlizzCon – World of Warcraft
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Direct TV / Jim Downs
Red Bull / Hogan Car
LATV Live
The Florence Henderson Show
Daily Habit
Camera Operator
Teleprompter Op
Teleprompter Op
LATV / Lionel Pasamonte
RLTV / Peter Green
FUEL TV / Jennifer Goodman
SKILL SETS
Final Cut Pro X, Adobe CS Premiere Pro, Editor, Camera Operator, Teleprompter Operator
CAMERAS
Panasonic, Sony, Ikegami, Hitachi, RED Formats: HD, DVC Pro, DV Cam, All Cards
EDUCATION
Santa Monica College Major: Broadcasting
California State University Major: Communications
AWARDS
James H. Tate and his collaborations with Eriah S. Howard, have won several Film Festival Awards, and his work has been accepted and showcased all over the Country, including Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego, Dallas/Fort Worth, Las Vegas, and Miami, Florida.
The feature Film titled "No Weapon Formed Against Us" (2015), directed by Eriah S. Howard, and shot by James H. Tate, starred Sam Sarpong, alongside Actress Jossie Thacker & Tiny Lister, amidst over 20 nominations, managed to win ten Festival Awards, including Best Actress for Thacker, An Acting award for Lister, as well as wins for Best Dramatic Film & Best Supporting Actor for Sam Sarpong at a film Festival in San Diego, California.
The follow-up effort, 2016's "Woman Scorned" (2016), earned two opening night screenings in Las Vegas and New York, and again, amidst double-digit nominations, has earned multiple film awards, including Best Short film (HM), the above mentioned "Best New Urban Filmmaker" Award & The "Director's Choice" Award at the IMDB qualifying Fort Worth Indie Fest, where Woman Scorned was nominated in three
categories: Best Dramatic Short, "Every Woman", and "What's Love got to do with it", the latter two being Special Categories.
EMPLOYMENT DETAILS
Work History : Film, Music Video, Theater, Commercial, Internet, Television
Job Categories: Cinematography, Production, Writing, Directing, Producing
Are you willing to work unpaid?: No
Authorized to work in United States: Yes
Primary Citizenship: United States
Valid Passport: Yes
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