availability
from : 09/09/07
Until : 01/01/20
About me
Check out:
www.AscentImagery.com
Inexpensive Carbon Free Aerial Shots for your video/photo projects Worldwide. We operate a custom-designed Radio-Controlled Helicopter that has an HD Cam rigged on it, that can get the shots you've always wanted, at a price you can afford.
Contact: Jamie Hamlin: JHamlinJr@gmail.com and tell him Rusty sent you!
www.PowerHouseMediaEnterprises.com
Full Service Production company based in Atlanta, GA. We have several projects we are working on, but are also available to assist other filmmakers with their projects. If you need a production resource, we can find it for you. Production Resource Specialist: Rusty Hale cdogx@aol.com
www.GypsyDreamsProductions.com
Live Event Production and Resources. If you need it, I can find it for you. Production Resource Specialist: Rusty Hale cdogx@aol.com
www.GypsyDreamsProductions.com
Credits and Employment History
PowerHouse Media Enterprises:
Director of Operations/Senior Producer/Production Resource Specialist.
8/09 - Present
Ascent Imagery:
Camera Operator for Aerial Videography/Photography
5/09 - Present
www.GypsyDreamsProductions.com
Live Event Production, Production Resource Specialist.
Fluent in Spanish (Speak/Read/Write...40 Years Experience). Willing to Travel. Current Passport.
Industry Qualifications
20 years Live Event/Theatrical/Concert productions. 10 years Video/Film productions.
GYPSY DREAMS PRODUCTIONS
DACULA, GA
Producer/Camera Operator (Film/Video) Editor (Vegas/FCP)/Lighting/Special FX/Carpentry/Grip
December 2003 - Present
CREDITS:
VIDEO PRODUCTION:
(*Indicates Hand-Held Camera Operator)
COMMERCIALS/PSA:
MY METHED UP LIFE-
Producer - Mix International Media/2007
CUSTOMER FOR LIFE-
Producer - Mix International Media/2007
HEINZ KETCHUP - TASTES GOOD ON ANYTHING - Producer - Mix International Media/2007
HEINZ KETCHUP - IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED - Producer - Mix International Media/2007
KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL PSA - Talent - Vids Media/2007
CUNARD/SEABOURN CRUISE LINES: SEABOURN SUN
Producer/Director/*Cameraman/Lighting/Audio/Tape Operator/Editor/
Talent Coordinator/Program, Programming Director/PowerPoint Director/Broadcast Manager
April 23, 2001 ? November 28, 2001
NBC SEABOURN SUN: NBC SYDNEY OLYMPICS 2000
Producer/Director/*Cameraman (Same responsibilities as above)
September 13, 2000 ? October 3, 2000
CUNARD/SEABOURN CRUISE LINES: SEABOURN SUN
Producer/Director/*Cameraman (Same responsibilities as above)
March 24, 2000 ? October 17, 2000
*Success Seminar/Full Sail Productions/1999
Norwest Financial/Wells Fargo Bank Merger Event/Acme Prod Designs/1999
*Stevie Wonder ? Live at Full Sail/Full Sail Productions/1999
Back Street Boys New Year's Eve 1999/IMAG/Backstreet Productions/1998-99
*Full Sail Live Music Videos/Full Sail Productions/1998-99
Entertainment Business Seminar/Full Sail Productions/1998
*World Extreme Fighting/WEF Productions/1998
Virtual Reality Web Simulcast/Full Sail Productions/1998
FEATURE FILM:
LONE CYPRESS - PA - Ebony Egg Productions/2007
LYNCH MOB - PA - Lynch Mob Pictures/2006
THE GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI ? Electrics/Spfx ? Castle Rock Productions/1996
A LOW DOWN DIRTY SHAME ? Grip ? Low Down Productions/1994
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD ? Grip ? Fast Draw Productions/1994
TERMINAL VELOCITY ? Electrics ? Interscope Productions/1994
SHORT FILMS:
ONE WAY TICKET (MiniDV Short) - 1st AD - Team Vids Media/48HFP, Atlanta, GA/2007
JOHN Q. PUBLIC (35mm Short) - *Camera Operator ? Full Sail Productions/1999
CONNECTION (16mm Short) ? All Production Positions ? Full Sail Prod./1999
THE BRIDE (16mm Short) ?Writer, Camera Operator ? Full Sail Prod./1999
LOCAL PRODUCTION CREWS:
Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville, GA, 2006 - Present
Theatre in the Square, Marietta, GA, February 2005 - April 2006
Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA, March 2004 ? April 2005
Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA, January 2004 ? March 2004
Encore Productions ?Bounce' Stagehand, Las Vegas, NV, June 2003 ? December 2003
?The Joint? at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Stagehand, Las Vegas, NV, April 2002 ? July 2003
UNLV Stagehand, Las Vegas, NV - June 2002 ? December 2003
Freelance Stagehand, Las Vegas, NV ? April 2002 ? December 2003
FM Services, Orlando, FL ? September 1999 ? March 2000
Local Motion, Miami/Orlando, FL ? September 1999 ? March 2000
Diamond Productions, Ft. Myers, FL - September 1999 ? March 2000
Backstage Productions, Miami, FL ? September 1999 ? March 2000
IMC, Orlando, FL ? March 1999 ? March 2000
ESP, Orlando, FL ? November 1998 ? December 1999
Local Production credits include but are not limited to:
(** Indicates Lightboard Operator, * Indicates Spotlight Operator)
THEATRE:
**Annie Get Your Gun, Disney's High School Musical, **This is Our Youth, **Bus Stop, **Charley's Aunt, **Man of La Mancha, Crazy for You, **The Leopard Tale, Cirque Eloize: Rain, *Singing in the Rain, The Exonerated, Brigadoon, The Leopard Tale, *My Fair Lady, Chicago: The Musical, Teatro Flamenco's ?Una Noche Espanola?, *The Sound of Music, *Porgy and Bess, *Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical, Mississippi Opera's ?Der Fliedermaus?, *Annie, *Phantom, Mississippi Opera's ?Madama Butterfly?, Smokey Joe's Café, Annie, *Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Russian Ballet Company's ?Nutcracker?, Mississippi Opera Company's ?Carmen', *Grease, *Cats (3 years local crew), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, *Jesus Christ Superstar, Dreamgirls, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Odd Couple, It's a Wonderful Life, *The Secret Garden, *Cabaret, Into The Woods
CONCERT:
*Hootie and The Blowfish, Tori Amos, The Rolling Stones, John Cougar Mellencamp, Disturbed, Korn, *Creed, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Pet Shop Boys, Poison, Cinderella, Winger, Faster Pussycat, Garbage, Alanis Morrisette, .38 Special, *Dixie Nationl Rodeo Concerts, Creed, *ZZ Top, *Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tina Turner, *Ricky Martin, *Santana, John Tesch, *Alabama, *Lenny Kravitz, *Pointer Sisters, *Busta Rhymes, *George Strait, *Faith Hill, Super Bowl 1999, *Back Street Boys, *Crystal Gayle, *Wynonna, Bob Dylan, *R. Kelly, *Michael W. Smith, *Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, *Motley Crue, Sawyer Brown, *Scorpions, Brooks and Dunn, Cher, Beach Boys
RESORTS/THEME PARKS/TOURS:
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA
ORLANDO, FL
Seasonal Pyro/FX Technician
September 2005 - Present
TROPICANA RESORT/CASINO
?FOLIES BERGERE?
LAS VEGAS, NV
Deck Electrician/On Call Stagehand
April 2003 ? December 2003
VEE CORPORATION: SESAME STREET LIVE
BIG BIRD'S SUNNY DAY CAMP OUT ? USA WEST COAST TOUR
Head Carpenter
October 1999 ? December 1999
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA
ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE THEME PARK
ORLANDO, FL
Pyrotechnician/Spfx Technician
May 1999 ? August 1999
THE WALT DISNEY WORLD COMPANY
DISNEY/MGM STUDIOS THEME PARK
INDIANA JONES EPIC STUNT SPECTACULAR
ORLANDO, FL
Stunt Technician/Pyrotechnician/Electrician
January 1998 ? July 1998
OPRYLAND, USA
DICK CLARK'S AMERICAN BANDSTAND CLASSICS
NASHVILLE, TN
Master Electrician/Pyrotechnician
May 1997 ? October 1997
JEAN ANN RYAN PRODUCTIONS
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
Lighting Director/Asst. Carpenter/Props/SFX
October 1996 ? April 1997
WALT DISNEY'S WORLD ON ICE
USA/MEXIO/SOUTH AMERICA
Lighting Director/Spanish Translator/Pyrotechnician/Asst. Electrician
March 1995 ? September 1996
NUMEROUS CORPORATE A/V, LIGHTING, VIDEO EVENTS: FL, AZ, MS, TN, NV, GA (15 Yrs Exp)
Industry Awards
Most Votes: Masters of the Macabre Horror short: Demonica's Reign, 2008 (Soon to be a feature film)
Producer's Award: 48 Hour Film Festival, Atlanta, GA/2007
Education
Full Sail School of the Recording Arts, 1998, AS Degree Film/Video Production
Defense Language Institute, 1983, Diploma with Honors, Spanish Language
Technical Equipment
PC, Adobe Production Premium, Panasonic HVX200A, ATR- 55 Shotgun Mic, Portable Greenscreen/Chromakey
Other Skills/Additional Information
Fluent Spanish (35 years experience.). Translator/Interpreter. Production Resource Specialist. If you need it, I can find it/get if for you. Will travel worldwide. Scuba Diver. Horseman. PC Literate. Stage Manager. Highly creative. Very conceptual, intuitive, able to create storylines for projects easily. Work well with Directors to bring their visions to life. Communicate well with crew to bring cohesion to project.
Work In
Georgia
California - Southern
California - Northern
Languages
Spanish: F
Portuguese: C
German: F
French: C
Danish: F
Licenses & Permits
PADI Diving license
Basic Driving (PLG)
Would you consider staff positions as well as freelance work?: yes
Do you have a driver's license?: yes