We have filmed this show for PBS Chicago affiliate WTTW’s fundraiser for 2023. It covers multiple architectural , cultural sites around Chicago.
It can be seen at WTTW website
Love, Charlie : The Rise and Fall of Charlie Trotter is an American feature documentary film that profiles the life and work of legendary Chef Charlie Trotter and his pivotal role in revolutionizing the culinary world.
We have done remote interviews and drone beauty shots of the Chicago. It has won the Best of the Fest award at 2021 Chicago Film Festival.
Foremedia directed and produced Home Depot’s 2023 Halloween installations video. It was a collaborative effort with Pirello Digital imaging and Hartmann Studios.
In the second coming of the popular MTV show, musical artists, their careers, their highs, their lows and everything in between are profiled and interviewed. Foremedia was involved from set design to lighting to multi camera setups for the interviews. Because of Covid restrictions, with limited crew we also established multi camera remote link for the interviews to be streamed in realtime to production offices in LA and New York.
Emmy nominated original documentary is an immersive short-video series presenting intimate portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system. Produced by The Marshall Project in partnership with Kartemquin Films and Illinois Humanities, these films explore the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness.
The challenge was creating a secure and intimate environment for the interviewees so that they can tell their very personal stories without any interruption. We created a photo booth like environment with videoprompter that allowed interviewees to directly talk to camera and connect to audience. The documentary is viewable at
Streaming source Marshall Project website
The Hunt For The Chicago Strangler a three part Discovery + originals mini series highlights the work of The Murder Accountability Project (MAP), a nonprofit organization that tracks thousands of unsolved murders in the United States using their groundbreaking algorithm that signals a red alert to detect patterns and clusters of serial murders. Their findings are then turned over to law enforcement to help identify and profile unknown assailants, in hopes of delivering answers to communities demanding long-overdue justice. With systemic racism as the backdrop, the docuseries sheds light on these murders in the context of decades-long marginalization of Black women and neglect in Chicago's South and West Side communities.
Foremedia did the principal photography for the three part mini series.
Streaming source Discovery +, Amazon Prime
Filmed Mavis Staples and Nora Jones for the first episode of Women Who Rock series on Epix Channel.
DP: Shaun Lawless, Bcam: Scott Proudfoot
Streaming source, EPIX
PBS affiliate WTTW series uncovers the fascinating history, rich diversity, and breadth of human experience that shaped this great American city.
Foremedia Productions doing the principal cinematography of the recreations of the series.
The photoshoot and video produced for the bike tours company Userrides in Turkey. From original concept to editing Foremedia was involved in every step. The video was shot in Cappadocia, a World Heritage Center in central Turkey. The challenge was capturing the bike rides with multiple cameras including drones while the tours were taking place. Also ever changing weather created tough shooting situations for the crew.
Streaming source Vimeo
Chef Andrew Zimmern explores the delectable and iconic foods that define a location. Traveling the globe has never been more mouthwatering, and culinary classics have never been more comforting as he discovers the secrets and stories behind these legendary meals.
I was one of the DoP for the show, traveling around the globe for all the 4 seasons. Each location had its own logistical challenges, but as team we were able to overcome those challenges and created one of the most watched travel channel/cooking channel shows.
Streaming source, Cooking Channel
Abbott announces a new partnership with Real Madrid C.F. Foundation to help to end malnutrition among youth around the world. Jason Sudeikis , Ted Lasso fame is the spokesperson.
The Weather Channel series features high-stakes first-person accounts of deadly weather and weather-related disasters over the past decade, and celebrates how these disasters inevitably bring out the very best in people: their bravery, ingenuity and compassion for one another.
Foremedia did the principal photography for all the two season episodes.
Streaming source , AppleTV
In his mission to discover the country’s best breads and pastries, Tom Papa hits cities from coast to coast to shine a light on how local bakeries make life a little sweeter. With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country finding success in film, TV, radio and podcasts as well as on the live stage. Probably the funniest cooking shows on TV, Baked series intruduces master bakers around the county to Food Network/Cooking Channel audiences.
Foremedia did the principal photography for the series.
The Discovery + reality show is an hour-long competition series that pits neighborhood versus neighborhood, all in the name of home turf pride and extreme eats. Hosted by Chef G. Garvin.
As the DoP of the show I was responsiple for the principal photography. It was one of the most challenging shows that I have undertaken. The competing parties were followed for the entire day till Chef G delivered the winner in early hours of the next day. The large locations without pre-light day, made lighting of the parties a major challenge.
Streaming source Amazon Prime
Urban Art Festival in the heart of Chicago which is entirely organized by Columbia College Chicago students, to showcase their talent in arts.
A wide variety of Chicago Broll for any production is available for licensing. There are a lot of hard to get, unique shot of the city in different seasons.
Love, loss, and a legacy left behind. "Strange Inheritance" is a ground-breaking new reality program from the Fox Business Network. From multi-million dollar treasures, to truly bizarre collections and one-of-a- kind artifacts, this series tells the stories of how families decide what to do with their newly acquired possessions. Shocking secrets are discovered, gut-wrenching decisions are made about priceless heirlooms and fascinating histories are uncovered along the way.
Foremedia did the principal photography for all 4 seasons.
Streaming source : Fox Business
American Greed is an American documentary television series on CNBC. The series focuses on cases of Ponzi schemes, embezzlement and other white collar crimes and features interviews with police investigators, fraud victims and sometimes fraudsters. The series is produced by Bill Kurtis Productions and is entering its 15th season in 2021.
I was DoP for multiple episodes through out multiple seasons.
Streaming source, Peacock Tv, Hulu
This documentary series travels the globe to explore and delve deeper into ancient mysteries such as the Lost Ark of the Covenent, the building of the pyramids of Egypt and the long quest for the Holy Grail. The host, Josh Bernstein for the first three seasons before being replaced by Hunter Ellis in season four, asks questions of researchers and often puts himself into situations experienced by people during the time period in question before, at the end of each episode, formulating a hypothesis as to what actually happened historically regarding that episode's topic.
Principal photography for multiple episodes.
Streaming source, DirectTV
From Billions to None tells the compelling, little-known story of the rapid extinction of the once abundant passenger pigeon, and explores its lessons for today with the alarming decline of many species worldwide. The feature length documentary has received multiple awards at environmental film festivals.
Using government audiotapes, interviews and round-the-clock news coverage, this in-depth National Geographic special seeks to answer a long list of questions -- among them, why were emergency personnel so woefully unprepared for Hurricane Katrina? After tearing a path through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, Katrina was declared the most destructive and costliest natural disaster in United States history.
Embedded with the Coast Guard unit, I did principal photography of the rescue efforts.
