Filmography
Lost Bird Project (2009, in progress) Director of Photography. Directed by Deborah Dickson. An independent documentary film about artist Todd McGrain and his attempt to place five, six-foot tall bronze sculptures of five extinct North American birds in the locations where they were last seen in the wild. (for theatrical release in 2011)
Obama’s War (2009) Cinematographer. Produced by Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria. A look at the Obama administration’s new counter-insurgency plan for the war in Afghanistan. (PBS FRONTLINE) watch the program
Life in Limbo (2008) Co-Producer/Director of Photography. Directed by Sakae Ishikawa. A film about the residents of the ancient town of Hasankeyf in southeastern Turkey. The town is threatened by floodwater from the last major dam to be constructed on the Tigris River in southeastern Turkey. (Theatrical release)
Witness to a Secret War (2008) Co-Producer/Director of Photography. Directed by Deborah Dickson. Edited by Sakae Ishikawa. The story of the secret war in Laos told by the Hmong soldiers and their families who were recruited by the CIA to fight America’s proxy war in the 60’s and 70’s until the Communist takeover. (Broadcast on PBS program Global Voices in 2009)
Budapest to Berlin: on the road with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (2007) Director of Photography. Directed and produced by Emily Goldberg. The film looks behind the scenes of Minnesota’s famed orchestra on its 2007 European tour. (PBS)
Greensboro: Closer to the Truth (2007) Director of Photography. Directed and produced by Adam Zucker. The documentary film chronicles the murders of five members of the Communist Workers Party by the Ku Klux Klan in 1979 and the struggle of Greensboro to reconcile after the first-ever Truth and Reconciliation Commission is convened in the United States. (Theatrical release)
Return of the Taliban (2006) Co-Producer and Director of Photography. Produced by Martin Smith. After the fall of the Taliban, experts warned of a scenario in which the movement would escape Afghanistan and set up new command centers in neighboring Pakistan. The film is a rare look inside the secret sanctuary that is off limits to U.S. troops. (PBS FRONTLINE) watch the program
Home Front (2006) Director of Photography. Directed by Richard Hankin. A feature documentary film about a U.S. soldier blinded in the Iraq war tries to adjust to his wounds after returning home. (SHOWTIME)
Private Warriors (2005) Cinematographer. Produced by Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith. A critical look at private contractors, the second largest force in Iraq, servicing U.S. military bases, protecting U.S. diplomats and providing needed logistics that historically were provided by the military. (PBS FRONTLINE)
Beyond Baghdad (2004) Director of Photography and Field Producer. Produced by Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria. During a five-week journey from the Kurdish north through the Sunni Triangle to the Shiite south, the film takes a hard look at the social and political reality beyond the political corridors of Baghdad. (PBS FRONTLINE)
Truth, War and Consequences (2003) Reporter, Field Producer and Director of Photography. The 90-minute documentary film examines what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation of Iraq and what is at stake for both the U.S. and for Iraqis. (PBS FRONTLINE)
- Silver Baton, Alfred I. duPont Award for Excellence in Journalism
Iraq War (2003) Reporter, Producer, Director of Photography and Editor. Produced a series of reports leading up to the invasion of Iraq and from the battlefield as U.S. forces advanced toward Baghdad. (PBS Lehrer Newshour / The New York Times)
In Search of Al Qaeda (2002) Field Producer, Reporter, Director of Photography and second Editor. An hour-long documentary film that follows the trail of the terrorist organization through the Middle East and South Asia. (PBS FRONTLINE)
Behind Enemy Lines (2002) Field Producer and Cinematographer. An hour-long documentary film about the most dangerous missions conducted during World War II. (BBC)
- Award of Excellence, Royal Television Society, London
Women of Courage (2002) Producer and Director of Photography. First in a series of stories about women of outstanding achievement around the world such as Jamila Mujahed, the first woman to re-appear on television after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul. (Oxygen Television)
Saudi Time Bomb? (2001) Field Producer and Cinematographer. A documentary film about the growing tensions between America and its Arabian ally after Sept. 11, 2001. (PBS FRONTLINE)
- Gold Baton, Alfred I. duPont Award for Excellence in Journalism