News Video for the International Herald Tribune and New York Times: Protesting the Torch in Hong Kong
While a staff editor with the International Herald Tribune in Hong Kong, I reported, shot and edited this piece about protests planned around the Olympic torch’s journey through the city-state. It accompanied an article, but the video there ceased functioning, so I uploaded the piece to YouTube. Later, I discovered the video on The Times’s website:
News Video for the International Herald Tribune and New York Times: Virtual Golf in South Korea
I edited and narrated this footage shot in conjunction with an article about South Koreans turning to the virtual world for their golf fix. Here is the video on nytimes.com.
News Video for the International Herald Tribune and New York Times: Rebirth for a Fee in Thailand
I edited narration and footage supplied by Seth Mydans, who wrote an article about a fascinating priestly business in Thailand. You can see the video on nytimes.com.
News Video for The Albuquerque Tribune: Remembering a Slain Deputy
I captured the footage and edited it for this video about Deputy James McGrane. He was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop in Albuquerque’s East Mountains. His parents were still in a bit of shock when I spoke with them.
News Video for The Albuquerque Tribune: Soldiers Prepare for Iraq Deployment
These members of the National Guard were training in advance of their deployment to Iraq. A shortage of bullets to practice with was one worry among many that faced them. I shot and edited this piece.
News Video for The Albuquerque Tribune: Johnny Tapia’s Last Fight?
I went to a Johnny Tapia press conference with a video camera expecting no more than a few sound bites, but, after a polite request, I ended up accompanying the amiable champ to a training session in a neighborhood gym. I shot and edited this project.
News Video for The Albuquerque Tribune: Elvis Presley Sighting in New Mexico
In a tiny diner along a dusty New Mexico road, Elvis Presley lives. I shot and edited this.
Short Film: A Happy Death
This project was the baby of my friend and filmmaker, Saul Rodriguez Garcia. My job was mostly to act. I tried my best, but I wish I gave the character a little more range. Then again, he was one messed-up dude, so it’s hard to imagine him skipping with a unicorn in tow.
Short Film: Drawn
This was the first-year project of Sandra O’Claire when she was a film student at the University of New Orleans. I only acted in it. My role was that of a frustrated writer who abandons an adventurous date after he discovers she’s thinking that a spontaneous road trip is more than a fling.
Short Film: My Post-Mortem Summer
Once again, I provided my acting services to a friend and filmmaker, Tyrell Cummings. This was possibly the most fun I had on a shoot. That’s what happens when you make movies about the devil’s right-hand man and bureaucratic ineptitude in hell. I really got into this character, probably because I concluded he was the type that had to snack on pistachios all day. I love pistachios.
Short Film: Dinner, My Love
A short film poem about love, dinners and odd nightly activities. I wrote and directed this. I shot a good chunk of it and edited the movie as well. I produced it, as far as that verb can be accurate when describing the making of a no-budget masterpiece. Very good friends, listed in the credits, helped with everything.