Projects in Development (5 titles)	Budget
Black Wind Director (second unit), Executive Producer, Producer, Writer (story), Writer Director (second unit), Executive Producer, Producer, Writer (story), Writer See fewer
Finding My Heart (Short) - Producer Producer See fewer
Sheharazade's Sisters (Short) - Producer Producer See fewer
The Deadliest Gun Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$20MM
The Garden (Short) - Producer Producer See fewer

Films in Production (2 titles)	Budget	Status
The Jack Richard Smith Documentary: A Portrait of an Artist Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer See fewer		Filming
The Janitor (Short) - Cinematographer, Director Cinematographer, Director See fewer		Post-Prod

Past Film & Video (47 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Jade (2024) A Camera Day Player, Camera Operator, Gimbal/camera Operator A Camera Day Player, Camera Operator, Gimbal/camera Operator See fewer
End of the Road (2022) A Camera 2nd Unit/Splinter A Camera 2nd Unit/Splinter See fewer
The Dynamics of Nature - Paul Pascarella (2021) Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer See fewer	$0
The Crimson Line (2020) (Short) - Cinematographer, Editor, Producer, Very Special Thanks, Writer (co-writer) Cinematographer, Editor, Producer, Very Special Thanks, Writer (co-writer) See fewer
Cruces (2019) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$30K
Cliffs of Freedom (2019) A Camera Day Player, C Camera Operator A Camera Day Player, C Camera Operator See fewer		$16K	$72K	$301K
A Good Reason (2018) (Short) - Cinematographer, On-line Editor, Colorist, Producer (as David Jean) Cinematographer, On-line Editor, Colorist, Producer (as David Jean) See fewer	$13K
Shot Caller (2017) C Camera Operator C Camera Operator See fewer				$3.4MM
The Time That Remains (2016) (Short) - Cinematographer, Producer Cinematographer, Producer See fewer	$22K
Priceless (2016) Camera Operator ("a" camera) Camera Operator ("a" camera) See fewer		$707K	$1.5MM	$1.5MM
I Am Thy Weapon (2016) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$15K
The Ridiculous 6 (2015) A Camera Operator (second unit) A Camera Operator (second unit) See fewer	$60MM
The Dense (2015) (Short) - Director Of Photography, Writer Director Of Photography, Writer See fewer	$5K
She Sings to the Stars (2015) Additional Cinematographer (re-shoots) Additional Cinematographer (re-shoots) See fewer
Dirty Weekend (2015) Camera Operator ("a" camera) Camera Operator ("a" camera) See fewer
It's My Decision (2015) (Short) - Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer
Two Men in Town (2014) Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer				$213K
The Signal (2014) Camera Operator ("b" camera), Director Of Photography (additional action unit), Phantom Camera Operator Camera Operator ("b" camera), Director Of Photography (additional action unit), Phantom Camera Operator See fewer	$4MM	$156K	$601K	$2.6MM
Force of Execution (2013) B Camera Operator, Director Of Photography (action unit) B Camera Operator, Director Of Photography (action unit) See fewer	$8MM			$87K
Zombiewood (2013) (Short) - Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Consulting Producer Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Consulting Producer See fewer
Looking for Mr. Stieglitz (2013) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
Baking Bad (2012) (Short) - Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer	$5K
Bidder 70 (2012) Additional Director Of Photography Additional Director Of Photography See fewer		$2K	$5K	$5K
Made in New Mexico (2012) Director Of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer (co-writer) Director Of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer (co-writer) See fewer
Good Luck, Mr. Gorski (2011) (Short) - Second Unit Director, Camera Operator, Director Of Photography, Producer Second Unit Director, Camera Operator, Director Of Photography, Producer See fewer
Baby Monitor (2011) (Short) - Director Of Photography (inserts/second unit) Director Of Photography (inserts/second unit) See fewer
Lobster (2010) (Short) - Director Of Photography, Producer Director Of Photography, Producer See fewer
The Double (2010) (Short) - Director Of Photography Director Of Photography See fewer
Agnes Day (2009) (Short) - Camera Operator, Director Of Photography, Producer Camera Operator, Director Of Photography, Producer See fewer
Whiskey Flats (2009) (Short) - Director Of Photography, Executive Producer, Producer Director Of Photography, Executive Producer, Producer See fewer
You Pay for What You Pay For (2009) (Short) - Camera Operator, Director Of Photography Camera Operator, Director Of Photography See fewer
Bailout (2009) (Short) - Camera Operator, Director Of Photography Camera Operator, Director Of Photography See fewer
Milagros (2008) (Short) - Director Of Photography (second unit) Director Of Photography (second unit) See fewer	$20K
Lene Lovich: Live from New York at Studio 54 (2007) (Video) - Camera Operator, Director Of Photography Camera Operator, Director Of Photography See fewer
Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection (2003) (Video) - Camera Operator, Director Of Photography, Writer (Co-creator) (videos: You Better Run, I'm Gonna Follow You) Camera Operator, Director Of Photography, Writer (Co-creator) (videos: You Better Run, I'm Gonna Follow You) See fewer
Dweller in the Dark (1998) Special Photography Effects Special Photography Effects See fewer
Robin Goodfellow (1996) Cinematographer, Cinematographer Cinematographer, Cinematographer See fewer
Last Temptation of Cheesuz (1994) (Short) - Director Of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer Director Of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer See fewer	$1K
No More Dirty Deals (1993) Director (as a different name), Producer (as a different name) Director (as a different name), Producer (as a different name) See fewer
Thoughts on the Flag (1992) (Short) - Cinematographer, Director, Producer Cinematographer, Director, Producer See fewer	$55K
Chains of Gold (1990) Camera Operator ("a" camera), Director Of Photography (additional action unit) Camera Operator ("a" camera), Director Of Photography (additional action unit) See fewer	$10MM
Pat Benatar: The Visual Music Collection (1986) (Video) - Director Of Photography Director Of Photography See fewer
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Special Photography Effects (uncredited) Special Photography Effects (uncredited) See fewer	$15MM	$114K	$11MM	$11MM
A Night in Heaven (1983) Camera Apprentice (uncredited) Camera Apprentice (uncredited) See fewer		$1.8MM	$5.6MM	$5.6MM
Zelig (1983) Special Effects Consultant (uncredited) Special Effects Consultant (uncredited) See fewer		$60K	$12MM	$12MM
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) Special Photography Effects (uncredited) Special Photography Effects (uncredited) See fewer		$2.5MM	$9.1MM	$9.1MM
They All Laughed (1981) Camera Trainee Camera Trainee See fewer	$8.6MM

Past Television (7 titles)	Episodes
Coyo (2023) (TV Movie) - Associate Producer Associate Producer See fewer
Outer Range (2022) (TV Series) - 2nd Unit (1 episode, 2022), B Camera Operator (daily) (1 episode, 2022), C Camera (2nd unit) (1 episode, 2022), B Camera Operator (2nd unit) (1 episode, 2022) 2nd Unit (1 episode, 2022), B Camera Operator (daily) (1 episode, 2022), C Camera (2nd unit) (1 episode, 2022), B Camera Operator (2nd unit) (1 episode, 2022) See fewer The West (May 6, 2022) Season 1, Episode 8 - C Camera (2nd unit) C Camera (2nd unit) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	4
MacGruber (2021) (TV Series) - C Camera Operator (daily) (1 episode, 2021) C Camera Operator (daily) (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Havencroft (Dec 16, 2021) Season 1, Episode 8 - C Camera Operator (daily) C Camera Operator (daily) See fewer	1
Waco (2018) (TV Mini-series) - "a" Camera Operator (second unit) (6 episodes, 2018), B Camera Operator (daily) (1 episode, 2018) "a" Camera Operator (second unit) (6 episodes, 2018), B Camera Operator (daily) (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Day 51 (Feb 28, 2018) Season 1, Episode 6 - "a" Camera Operator (second unit) "a" Camera Operator (second unit) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	6
One Small Indiscretion (2017) (TV Movie) - Director Of Photography (as a different name) Director Of Photography (as a different name) See fewer
T@gged (2016–2017) (TV Series) - B Cam Operator (9 episodes, 2017), Director Of Photography (second unit) (3 episodes, 2017), B Camera Operator (2 episodes, 2017), A - Camera (1 episode, 2016), Camera Operator (1 episode, 2017), … See more B Cam Operator (9 episodes, 2017), Director Of Photography (second unit) (3 episodes, 2017), B Camera Operator (2 episodes, 2017), A - Camera (1 episode, 2016), Camera Operator (1 episode, 2017), Cinematographer 2nd Unit (1 episode, 2017), Director Of Photography Second Unit (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Snaked (Jul 11, 2017) Season 2, Episode 12 - Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer See more See fewer Loading	13
Longmire (2015) (TV Series) - C Camera Operator (1 episode, 2015) C Camera Operator (1 episode, 2015) See fewer Down by the River (Sep 10, 2015) Season 4, Episode 1 - C Camera Operator C Camera Operator See fewer	1

Commercials (9 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Right to Work is Wrong *	Director/cameraman	AFLCIO
Spike TV Promo *	Camera operator	Spike TV/Phillips
2014 Indian Motorcylce *	Techno Crane camera operator	The Factory/Adam Brummond
Sapporo Beer "Manzanaro's" *	Director of photography	Dentsu
Kirin the Beer Legends are Made Of *	Director of photography	Margeotes, Fertitta & Weiss
Various *	Director/Camera	Bond Films/Schweitzer
Various *	Director/Camera	Peter Wallach Productions/Schweitzer
Various *	Director/Camera	Film Haus Munich/Schweitzer
Various *	Director/Camera	Columbia Pictures Television/EUE Screen Gems

Industrial (10 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Meryl Lynch (Various) *	Lighting Designer	Meryl Lynch/Various
Various *	Director of Photography	General Electric/Various
Wrangler Jeans *	Director of Photography	HPG/Harrison
Turbine Fan Cultivation *	Director of Photography	United Technologies/Sanderson
Hebrew National *	Director of Photography	HPG/Harrison
Mitsubishi Motors *	Director	LPG&B/Schweitzer
The Citi Never Sleeps *	Director of photography	Citibank
Siemens Printing Technologies *	Computer Animator	NPG/Peters
Mono-cloning Cells *	Director of Photography	Johnson & Johnson/McBride
Coca Cola *	Director of Photography	Bob Ahrens Prods/Various

Film (35 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
A Good Reason *	Director of Photography	Holt Productions/August Markwardt
Cliffs of Freedom *	A & C operator	Aegean Ent/Van Ling
The Time That Remains *	Director of Photography	AFME - Radiant Imagination Media
Priceless *	A Camera Operator	Priceless Movie LLC/Ben Smallbone
I Am Thy Weapon *	Directory of Photography	Sundance-Radiant Imagination Media/Razelle Benally
Shot Caller *	2nd Unit Operator	Shot Caller Film/Scott Waugh
The Ridiculous Six *	A Operator: action unit	Jackie Productions/Scott Rogers
It's My Decision *	Camera operator	Lydia Cornell
Dirty Weekend *	A camera operator	Dirty Weekend, LLC/Neil LaBute
The Signal *	2nd unit DP-operator/B camera operator	The Signal Prods/Will Eubank
Enemy Way *	A camera operator	Artists & Co, LLC/Rachid Bouchareb
Force of Execution *	B camera operator/action unit Director of Photography	FOE/Keoni Waxman
The Jack Smith Documentary (working title) *	Director/cinematographer	Cinematografica/Schweitzer
Untitled Documentary on Russell Means *	Producer/Director of Photography/camera operator	TBD
Zombiewood *	Director of Photography/camera operator	Avocet Productions/Petzke
Looking for Mr. Stieglitz *	Director of Photography	291 Partners/Zeifman
Good Luck, Mr. Gorski! *	Producer/Director of Photography/camera operator	Instant Fires, LLC/Arron Shiver
Made In New Mexico *	Producer/Co-Director/Director of Photography/camera operator	Indie Films
For Beginners Black *	Director of Photography/camera operator	Bruce Nauman
For Beginners White *	Director of Photography/camera operator	Bruce Nauman
Lobster *	Director of Photography	BMP/Jocelyne Jansons
I Am an Emotional Creature *	Director/Cinematographer (Santa Fe segment)	Eve Ensler/Schweitzer
Whiskey Flats (renamed from Throwing the Spoon) *	Director of Photography	Throwing the Spoon Productions, LLC/Pierre Barrera
Agnes Day *	Director of Photography/camera operator	Open Channel Content/Stryder Simms
You Pay What You Pay for *	Director of Photography/camera operator	Passport Films/L.Petzke
Bailout *	Director of Photography/camera operator	Windows & Doors/Stryder Simms
Chimayo *	Director of Photography/camera operator	NMFI/Kevin Jaramillo
The Rovers *	Editor	Meta Productions/McIntosh
No More Dirty Deals *	Director	Flash Entertainment/Schweitzer
Robin Goodfellow *	Director of Photography/camera operator	Angler Films/Wagner
Dweller in the Dark *	D.P. Photo/Digital Effects	Dark Films, Ltd/Giddens
Chains of Gold *	Camera Operator/2nd Unit DP	MCEG/Rod Holcomb
Zelig *	Effects Consultant	Rollins & Joffee/Woody Allen
Purple Rose of Cairo *	Special Photo Effects	Rollins & Joffee/Woody Allen
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy *	Special Photo Effects	Rollins & Joffee/Woody Allen

Television (9 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Waco *	Operator (main and action units)	Weinstein Co./John Erick Dowdle - Dennie Gordon - Drew Dowdle
One Small Indiscretion *	Director of Photography	Reel One Enter/Lauro Chartrand
Midnight Texas *	C Operator	NBC Universal/S. Schill
T@gged (entire season 2) *	B camera operator/2nd unit Director of Photography	AwesomenessTV/H. Macpherson
Longmire: Down by the River *	C Operator	Horizon TV/Christopher Chulack
Truth Be Told *	Director of Photography (documentary)	The Staircase Prods/ Jonathan Frakes
The Mavericks Live *	Director	Milestone Films/Schweitzer
Gloria Estafan Live on NHK *	Director	NHK
Fatal Mistakes *	Director of Photography	Vociferous Films/Laur0 "Lash" Chartrand

Video (25 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
S. Hatfield & Hot Mess - Can I Stay *	Director of Photography	Riff Raff Ent/Page
Old Mexico - The Surflords *	Director of Photography	Chisum/K. McIntosh
Abriendo Puertas - Gloria Estefan *	Director/Camera	New Papyrus Group/Forti Layne (Schweitzer/Layne)
Thoughts on the Flag - J Cash, T Cash, G Jones, T T Hall *	Director/Camera	Milestone Films
Gloria Estefan - Medley *	Director/Camera	CBS Records
Love Light - Cleve Francis *	Director/Camera	Milestone Films/Schweitzer
Gloria Estefan - Turn the Beat Around *	Lighting	CBS Records
The Mavericks - A Better Way *	Director	Milestone Films/Schweitzer
You Dropped the Bomb - The Gap Band *	Director of Photography	Segue/Nick Saxton
You Better Run - Pat Benatar *	Concept/Director of Photography	Segue/Nick Saxton
I'm Gonna Follow You - Pat Benatar *	Concept/Director of Photography	Segue/Nick Saxton
The Plastics *	Director/Camera	SOHO Pravda/Schweitzer
My Guy - Sister Sledge *	Co-director/Director of Photography	EUE Screen Gems
Elton John Live *	Director of Photography	MTV
Let Me Talk - Earth Wind & Fire *	Director of Photography	Segue/Nick Saxton
Nash the Slash *	Director of Photography	Rutt Video
Bertie Higgins - Pirates & Poets" *	Director/Camera	CBS Kat Family/Schweitzer
Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do - Huey Lewis & the News *	Director/Camera	Segue/Schweitzer
Klaus Nomi *	Director/Camera	Rutt Video
Yoko Ono *	Director/Camera	Rutt Video/Schweitzer
Take it to the Max - Xavier *	Director of Photography	CBS Records/Nick Saxton
Foreigner - Hot Blooded *	Director of Photography	WEA/Franks
Hall and Oates - 4 titles *	Director of Photography	RCA Records
Third World - Now That We Found Love *	Director of Photography	Island Records
Instant Replay - Dan Hartman *	Director of Photography	Homer/Nick Saxton

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