Bruce Manning
Digital video photography, After Effects editor,
video producer, camera
Phone 530-***-****
Career Summary
Work with smart, creative people in a high-energy setting. Share and learn new techniques in film, and video. Hiring crews,
including cameras, lighting, grips, hair, and makeup. Overseeing the completed project. Extremely creative and mechanical
Working knowledge and proven experience: RED ONE DIGITAL cinema camera and other digital cameras. Digital
Imaging technician responsible for safeguarding and backing up data Experience with digital render compressors and
various codecs for rendering completed shots to Youtube Good with Adobe Photoshop, and After Effects, Green screen compositing with RED ONE DIGITAL, Canon D7, D5 (own) Green screen camera, lighting and shooting expertise, lighting and shooting actors. Lighting and shooting cars and
background plates in or on moving objects.
Worked with the largest studios in Hollywood - Paramount studios, Universal studios universal, Warner Brothers studios.
Some Movies including - IMDB
Bruce A. Manning BIO
After college Bruce A. Manning landed an internship on the very first "Star Trek" the movie. One of the top production companies in the world, then Robert Abels. Bruce A. Manning worked on commercials like AT&T, Levis, Amtrak, Phillips Radios, 7up, to name a few. He moved up the ladder getting into the photographers union, local 600 which resulted in better pay. Bruce moved over to the Walt Disney movie "Tron" He along with many talent artist and creative directors pieced together an eye popping collection of images including the "Tron" poster, and many composite photographs use in "Life" magazine, People magazine, and the "Tron" collectors book. Advancing forward Bruce continued to climb the ladder of success in Hollywood, and landed a position as 2nd assistant cameraman on the movie "Top Gun" working closely to now famous film director Tony Scott (RIP) and Director of Photography Wayne Kimball, Bruce was flown out 300 miles west San Diego to the navy fighter ship "USS Enterprise". Loading 35mm Panavision film magazines and doing the clapper slate helped make the movie with stars including Tom Cruse, Meg Ryan, among others. Bruce landed a nice position on Terminator II, 2nd unit... Terminator II was a big movie, the biggest in Hollywood at the time, Bruce A. Manning learned valuable skills working with cars and camera cars, insert cars and odd camera mounts, attaching 35mm film cameras on assorted vehicles from motorcycles, cars, and trucks. Bruce learned a lot and sharpened his craft quick. Including remote follow focus pulling. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor: Terminator 2: Judgment Day then a cyborg from the future speeds by on his bike and sawed off, nothing could hurt him. The director, award winning James Cameron a very good director expected the best. The responsibilities were great with many crew-members coming and going keeping Bruce on his toes. Soon after he started producing his own productions and also developed a popular stock footage library of 35mm film images that brought in income from royalties for years. Highlighted images in his cache were road images shot in Joshua Tree National Park these special road and car images were shot on 35mm film cameras out the back of his 1992 silver ford mustang using a Ubangie to off-set mount in the trunk of the car putting the camera inches off the road giving a very close look to the road, these images propelled him upward. National car commercials used these images in Ford, Chevy, Toyota cars and trucks.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bruce Manning
Sales Associate
BDS marketing, Irvine California
Jan '13 - Dec '13 (11 Months)
BDS Marketing as Sales Associate ---Canon cameras and Printers- Holiday project -- 2013--2014
Sales and merchandising
Channel Partners- BDS marketing, Irvine California Jan '13 - Aug '13 (7 Months)
Channel Partners---Dr.Beats---Canon cameras, I robot vacuum- merchandising 2013--2014 Bruce Manning
Sales associate for Canon cameras
BDS marketing, Irvine California
Jan '13 - Dec '13 (11 Months)
BDS Marketing as sales associate ---Canon cameras and printers - back to school project -- 2013
BDS Marketing as sales associate
Canon Cameras Powershot
Jan '11 - Dec '12 (1 Year, 11 Months)
BDS Marketing as sales associate --- Canon Cameras Powershot -- 2011- 2012 Assistant Cameraman
Sales and Marketing
Bds marketing, Irvine California
Jan '02 - Jan '05 (3 Years)
Making the Business Grow: Dates - 2002-2018 Creating and marketing a film library of 2k and high-definition footage
clips. Sales and Marketing strategies, cold calling, networking, proposals, building relationships and maintaining
relationships. Internet QuickTime promotional movies made custom for specific sales usage. Advertising campaigns and
promotional packages. Building concepts of business including research on specific sales strategies Building the inventory
(shooting images). Maintaining, selling inventory and services (being in the office or able to be reached), contracts and
agreements Public relationships (making client happy and following up days and weeks later) Internet website
development, strategies, advertising in books, magazines and media Clients include: MTV Networks - Viacom, RoCart,
Saatchi & Saatchi, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Fox, Universal Studios, Sprint; Samsung; Ford Motor Cars and Trucks;
Toyota Cars and Trucks.
Stock Footage Producer
Scott Dietrich action sports, Malibu California
Jan '00 - Present (22 Years, 9 Months)
Current Job Title: Stock footage supplier/ Producer 2000-2018 Represented by ---Scott Dittrich
****@************************.*** Sales Is The Key. Without Sales, You Can't Stay In Business..! Recent! October
2018 Three-month photography and video trip to Italy - Fantastic! Three-month photography and video trip to Alaska,
incredible
First assistant cameraman technician focus puller
Sliver IMDB, Los Angeles California
Jan '93 - Jul '93 (6 Months)
Sliver IMDB credits Director: Phillip Noyce (1993) first assistant cameraman technician focus puller
Director IMDB
Alien
Jan '92 - Dec '92 (11 Months)
Alien Director IMDB credits David Fincher (1992) Top Gun 2nd ac camera Director Tony Scott
(rip)--- and many more !
Tron
Bruce Manning
Terminator to judgment day First assistant camera technician focus puller Calico, Los Angeles California
Jan '91 - Aug '91 (7 Months)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Entire 2nd unit camera --IMDB credits Director James Cameron
(1991)
first assistant cameraman technician focus puller (imdb credit) First AC cameraman technician
Turner & Hooch IMDB, Los Angeles California
Jan '89 - May '99 (10 Years, 4 Months)
Turner & Hooch IMDB credits Director: Roger Spottiswoode (1989) Campground host Grand Tetons National Park -lizard Creek Aramark Signal Mountain Lodge Forever Resorts, Moron Wyoming May '17 - Oct '17 (6 Months)
Love camping -was the host at lizard Creek lots of bears really enjoyed this job Grand Tetons National Park Lizard Creek campground Campground host Grand Tetons national park Wyoming at lizard Creek Armmark - Forever resorts Signal Mountain Lodge, Moron Wyoming Mar '20 - Oct '20 (8 Months)
Campground host in one of the most beautiful campgrounds The Grand Teton national Park Aliens III The movie cameraman camera operator technician Richard Edland’s Boss film, Marina Del Ray
Mar '01 - Dec '01 (10 Months)
The movie - Aliens III cameramen technician (imdb credit) Eve's Bayou Movie Director of photography visual effects Trimark Pictures, Los Angeles California
Jul '97 - Oct '97 (4 Months)
Eve's Bayou was the fun project shot down in the swamps of Louisiana got nice credit international movie database as a visual effects cameraman
“Tron” The Movie - Yes the first one!
Disney studios - Robert Abel studios, Burbank California Mar '90 - Mar '91 (1 Year)
At Robert Ables Visual effects studios we were the first company to use computer graphics in a movie Tron I did the
poster many magazines and photos (Life magazine)
Bruce Manning
“I Carly” Director of photography second unit
MTV, Burbank California
I Carly" - TV show by MTV. it's about a teenage girl filmed for the young teenage crowd very popular TV show
“I Carly” MTV - Director of photography second union MTV Nickelodeon, Burbank California
Mar '07 - Sep '11 (4 Years, 6 Months)
ICarly episodic TV by MTV - a show for young teenagers, was a very popular TV show Top gun the movie - second assistant cameraman
Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles California
Jan '91 - Nov '91 (10 Months)
"Top gun" - I was a second assistant cameraman on the ship USS enterprise filming f14s taking off from the flight deck -
very exciting
Education
Associate Degree '79 Photography, Art history
Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia
Mar '76 - Mar '79
Skills
Video and film Camera expert
(Expert) 8 to 9 Years
Have expertise with many popular digital cameras Have a great creative eye and good with lighting actors. Green screen
camera and lighting I have performed.
Adobe after effects expert
(Advanced) 8 to 9 Years
2d Adobe after effects compositor, good with color and image manipulation. Photoshop expert using technique called
paths to cut out images with vector lines and then exporting them back into after effects Sales expert
(Advanced) 7 to 8 Years
Several years of sales and marketing experience. Dyson, I - Robot, Dr Beats and Canon Cameras and printers. Including
work with a Fortune 555 company BDS Irvine .