THE COST OF SILENCE

A feature documentary twelve years in the making that focuses on the health consequences following the BP oil disaster – called the worst human caused environmental disaster in U.S. history. The film follows the efforts of everyday citizens literally fighting for their lives as they stand up against the fourth largest corporation in the world.

Nominated Grand Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival. (Producer, Cinematographer).        Trailer

 

HELLO CUBA!

After more than 50 years of embargo and isolation, little is known of the everyday lives of Cubans living only 90 miles away from U.S. shores. This film captures the spirit of the Cuban people by visiting a group of neighbors living along a quiet street in Havana. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)          Trailer

RIVER OF GOLD (AMAZON GOLD)

The disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru’s Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle by illegal small scale gold mining. Two journalists who normally cover war and human rights issues travel along Peru’s Madre de Dios River to reveal the savage truth. 

Winner Best Documentary, Arpa International Film Festival. (Producer, Director, Cinematographer).      Trailer

STRANGERS IN TOWN

At a time when immigrants are often reduced to headlines or targets, this film looks at how the choice to embrace diversity reshapes a small town in red-state Kansas. For the students growing up there today, diversity isn’t a question — it’s simply the world they know.

Winner, People’s Choice Award, Borrego Springs Film Festival.     Trailer

SELECTED ADDITONAL WORK

LORDS OF THE GARDEN

A journey into the rainforest of Irian Jaya to film the Korowai, a semi-nomadic, virtually untouched tribe still using stone tools.

Winner, Gold Medal for Cinematography, Houston International Film Festival; Best of Festival, CINE Film Festival. (Co-Director, Cinematographer)

 

THE LAST FROG

A National Geographic film exploring the mysterious world of frogs and the global decline of amphibian populations. 

Winner, National Emmy for Cinematography. (Cinematographer)

 

INSIDE THE VATICAN

A National Geographic Special behind the scenes portrait of life inside the Vatican.   (Cinematographer)

 

THE GROUND TRUTH

A documentary following American soldiers returning home from the war in Iraq and the difficult realities that awaited them. Kenneth Turan of the LA Times called it “thoughtful, sensitive, perhaps the most emotionally wrenching of all the Iraq documentaries.”

Sundance Film Festival. Oscar short list for Best Documentary. (Cinematographer)

 

HOTEL TERMINUS

Marcel Ophuls' Academy Award-winning documentary examining the life and legacy of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie.

Winner, International Critics Prize for Best Film at the Cannes Film Festival; Winner, Academy Award for Best Documentary Film. (Cinematographer)

 

THE THIN RED LINE

Terrence Malick’s meditation on war and human nature.

Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Cinematography. (Anthropological Unit Director/Cinematographer)