RICHARD DALLETT
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FOOD/TRAVEL Director of Photography
Giada at Home. Chef Giada De Laurentiis shares her love for entertaining California-style as she puts together unique meals for gatherings with friends and family. Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Culinary Program - 2009
Five Ingredient Fix. Chef Claire Robinson proves that delicious dishes only need five ingredients or fewer to make cooking easier, faster and downright irresistible. Season 1 2008.
Ask Aida. Aida Mollenkamp prepares delicious dishes while solving Food Network viewers' culinary conundrums on this interactive cooking show. 2 seasons in 2008.
Everyday Italian. Giada De Laurentiis cooks delicious Italian food. 190 episodes on the Food Network. 2 Emmy Nominations - Single Camera Cinematography – 2006 & 2007
Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen. Barbeque, grilling and smoking. PBS/Maryland Public Television filmed in Tubac and Rio Rico, Arizona. Air: Summer 2008, 2009
Everyday Food and Everyday Baking from Everyday Food. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Studio cooking and baking shows. 2007
Giada in Paradise. (2 1hr Specials) Giada De Laurentiis visits the mythical Greek island of Santorini for a passionate discovery of the food, culture and breathtaking scenery. Giada shows you the inside secrets and tastiest hideaways of Italy’s most famous island - Capri. Air: 2007
Tour de France: The Traveler’s Guide. A Travel Channel look at hidden treasures and hot spots along the 2005 Tour de France route. Sankha Guha, host, Produced by DME Inc. Air: 7/05
Presidential Tour of Ghana. Travel Channel trip around the West African country of Ghana with Forrest Sawyer. Rainforest hike, fishing from a dugout canoe, Ashanti Adae festival, Kente cloth weaving, Mole Game Park. Air: 10/05
Giada’s Italian Holiday. A one-hour special shot in Italy that follows Ms. De Laurentiis to Venice, Parma and Rome. Airdate: 1/05
Ciao America with Mario Batali. Chef Mario Batali crosses the country in search of the families, chefs, shop keepers, and food artisans who cook up the best Italian food, and keep the Italian way of life alive. A 13-part series on The Food Network. James Beard Award Nominee – Best National Television Show 2004
Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello. Season 2. Michael’s recipes--a mix of his Italian heritage and wine country lifestyle--are perfect for easy and effortless entertaining. Shot on location in Napa Valley, CA. 2004
An Italian Christmas w/ Mario & Giada. One-hour special following Giada De Laurentiis and Mario Batali across the country as they find delicious Christmas recipes. 2004
My Country, My Kitchen. Portraits of chefs and their countries around the world for the Food Network. Rafih Benjelloun in Morocco, Raphael Lunetta in Santa Monica, Tom Douglas in Seattle, Peter Gordon in New Zealand, Roy Yamaguchi in Japan and Rick Bayless in Mexico. James Beard Award - Best National Television Journalism
DOCUMENTARY/REALITY Director of Photography
The Science of Healing. Esther M. Sternberg MD is internationally recognized for her discoveries in brain - immune interactions and the brain's stress response in diseases including arthritis: the science of the mind-body interaction. This one-hour special investigates her personal story of healing from arthritis. PBS Telethon Special December 2009
Daisy Does America. British comedienne Daisy Donovan explores America by entering a beauty pageant in Dallas, becoming a bounty hunter in Little Rock and learning about wedding planning in Knoxville. An 8-part faux documentary series for Comedy Central/Candy Corn Entertainment.
Survivor I, II, III, V & VI. Series for CBS prime time. A 13-part verité series following 16 contestants as they try to survive in the wild: on a deserted island in the South China Seas, in the Australian Outback, in the African bush, on an island near Thailand and in the Amazonian jungle. EMMY award winner/Outstanding Non-Fiction Program. 3 Emmy Nominations for Cinematography – Africa, Thailand & Brazil.
Tavern on the Green. Pilot for Bravo. Behind the scenes at the famous Central Park eatery.
The Ford Foundation. GrantTalk series. Documenting the grant-making process to groups fighting violence against women and building sustainable forestry practices in Maharashtra and West Bengal, India. Completion date: 7/2002
Johns Hopkins University. Fund raising video showing the international breadth of the university. Portraits of professors and students in Nanjing, China, Florence and Bologna, Italy and Baltimore, Maryland.
International School of Paris. Portrait of K-12 school in Paris’ 16th arrondisement.
Combat Missions. Mark Burnett Productions for the USA Network. Four teams of Special Operations veterans, Navy Seals, Delta Force, SWAT and Marine Recon compete in rigorous base contests, training exercises and combat missions. Airdate: 1/02
Eco-Challenge Sabah 2000. A ten-day, around-the-clock, extreme wilderness race on the ocean and in the jungles of Malaysian Borneo. Directed by Brady Cannell for the USA Network. Airdate: 4/01. Emmy Award nomination/Outstanding Non-Fiction Program area. Also Eco-Challenge British Columbia 1996. Directed by Mike Sears for The Discovery Channel. Airdate: 2/97. EMMY award winner.
The Sweetest Sound. An exploration of the way our names shape our identities. Directed by Alan Berliner for the PBS series POV. Airdate: 8/01 Festivals: Berlin 2001, Athens, Dallas, Helsinki, Munich, Nantucket etc.
Face to Face. The story of Lori and Reba Schappell, twins conjoined at the head. Directed by Ellen Weissbrod for A&E. Airdate: 1/00
Outward Bound. A wilderness adventure series for Discovery Kids following groups of teenagers on Outward Bound Expeditions. Canoeing, climbing, sailing and orienteering in Big Bend National Park, Texas, the Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, Puget Sound and the Cascades, Washington State, and Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. Produced by Lancit Media. 2000 Emmy Nomination for Cinematography.
Culture Shock. “Born to Trouble - The adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Shock of the Nude - Manet’s Olympia”. A PBS series from WGBH exploring the relationship between art, morality and society. Case studies of censorship. Producer/Directors Jill Janows & Dick Rogers. Airdate: 1/00
Daughters of the Troubles. The struggle of Northern Irish women to find political representation and social equality. Directed by Marcia Rock for PBS and the BBC. Airdate: Spring 1997
Mad Dog Cole. The story of the Irish gangster who terrorized New York in the 1920’s. For Irish Television. 2000 IFTA award - Best Documentary.
All-Star Moms - CBS Mother’s Day Special. Short subjects. Interviews with celebrities and their mothers. Shaquille O’Neal, Robin Williams, Jane Seymour etc. Directed by Ellen Weissbrod. Spring 1997
Living Proof - HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness. Feature documentary about people living positively with the HIV virus. Directed by Kermit Cole. Festivals: Chicago, London. Distributed by First Run Features. Theatrical release 1994. Cinemax Fall ’94
LA Is It - John Gregory Dunne's Los Angeles. Produced by the Center for New American Media/Kingfish Productions. PBS Travels series, also BBC. National release.
Crimewriters USA. Portraits of 8 contemporary mystery writers, including Mickey Spillane, Robert B. Parker, Greg MacDonald and Elmore Leonard. Directed by Ralph Quinke for NDR German television. 1991
Old House at Home. Portrait of McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC. Short film directed by Marcia Rock for WNET New York Public television. 1988 Emmy Award
Elizabeth Bishop - One Art. The poetry and life of Elizabeth Bishop. Produced by the Center for Visual History. Directed by Jill Janows for PBS Voices & Visions series. National release.
Wizard of the Strings. Portrait of Roy Smeck, 1920's vaudeville musician. Directed by Peter Friedman. Cine Golden Eagle, Focus Award, Festivals: Chicago, Filmex. 1986 Academy Award Nominee
DRAMA Director of Photography
Djihad. Two-part (2x90mins) mini-series. A hard-hitting French drama detailing the intersecting destinies of five characters whose lives cross during the current war in Iraq: three young French Arabs who each for a different reason joins a jihadi group to fight against the Americans; a 40-something French woman running an NGO in Baghdad at the outbreak of the war who gets kidnapped and held by the jihadi insurgents; and a mid-level French diplomat who uncovers the corruption of the UN Oil for Food program while gathering evidence to support the French effort to prevent the war. Directed by Felix Olivier for Canal Plus (French television). Airdate: Nov30th & Dec 1st 2006 Best Televised Series - nomination Les Prix de la Presse 2007
All Night Bodega. DV feature about a young Latina girl who runs away from her foster family, gets into trouble with the law, and eventually finds redemption. The film is set against the harsh urban background of Washington Heights in New York City. Starring Tammy Trull and Jaime Tirelli (Girlfight). Directed by Felix Olivier. Festivals: 2002 New York International Latino (Best Director/Best Film), 2002 Los Angeles Latino (Best Actress), 26th São Paulo International Film Festival, Havana International, Slamdance 2003, Images du Nouveau Monde Quebec 2003, New York/Avignon, Brooklyn Int’l (Best Actress). French theatrical release 2004
Wrestling with Alligators. Feature film set in a late 1950’s beach town at the end of the summer, about a 15 year-old girl searching for a family she can call her own. Starring Claire Bloom, Joely Richardson & Alexa Palladino. Directed by Laurie Weltz. Festivals: Grand Jury Prize nomination @ SUNDANCE ’98, NY/Avignon, Taipei, Denver, Houston, Brooklyn Int’l etc.
Paranoia. Feature set in small town Vermont. Woman turns the tables on the killer of her family. Starring Larry Drake & Brigitte Bako. Directed by Larry Brand. Festivals: Atlantic City (Grand Jury Prize) 1997
Sasha’s Riddle. Feature set in rural Russia. A boy confronts the loss of his mother and his new life in an orphanage. Directed by Evan Brenner. Festivals: Toronto ‘96, Palm Springs, Slamdance, Berlin/IFP, Santa Barbara, Taos, Bermuda, Tahoe, Suffolk (Best Direction), Houston (Best Narrative), New Haven (Best Dramatic Feature), Gen-Art, Hollywood for Children, Moscow, Hamptons 1997
America's Most Wanted. 80 segments since 1988. Alaska, Hawaii, California, New York. Massachusetts, Utah, Tennessee, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Florida etc.
In Plain View. Directed by Felix Olivier. Short film about loneliness and the passage of time. Festivals: Montecatini (Italy), Chicago, Clermont-Ferrand (France), Ann Arbor. Winner of CANAL PLUS award Villeurbanne Fest. (France). Broadcast: Canal Plus Europe, France 3, TV2000 (Scandinavia), Spanish TV.
Volatile Memory. Directed by Gretchen Bender and Sandy Tait. Short film with Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo and Michel Audair. Festivals: Athens (Finalist), Melbourne, Seattle Women’s Film Festival.
Mother of 3 Sons. Bill T. Jones & Dancers. Short film sequence for opera. Performed in Berlin and at the Lincoln Center, New York. 11/91 Directed by Gretchen Bender.
Before Comedy. Directed by Kermit Cole. Short film about the discovery of comedy by cavemen clowns. Film festivals: Orlando, London, Edinburgh, Wales.
MUSIC Director of Photography
Director Robert Longo:
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order Peace Sells, But Who's Buying? – Megadeth Boy Go – The Golden Palominos
Director Michael Maloy:
Righteous - Mystic Revealers Holler – Billy Bang
Director
America's Most Wanted - Director/DP 22 segments. Crime drama based on real cases of fugitives. Fox Television. 1988 - 2006
The Real World: Miami (Season 5) a 22-part documentary series based on the life of 7 young people living together in Miami Beach. Bunim-Murray Productions/MTV. Spring/Summer ‘96
Psych Files - Pilot episode for Fox Television. Follows detectives as they create psychological profiles of criminals. Spring ‘94
Trailside: Make your own Adventure - 7 segments. National PBS outdoors show produced by New Media, Inc. Hiking a rainforest in Costa Rica, Kayak Sailing Bahamas’ Exuma Keys, Snowshoeing in Glacier National Park, Montana, Rock climbing in Joshua Tree, California, Mountain biking in Canyonlands, Utah, Whitewater Kayaking the Rogue River in Oregon, Backcountry-skiing in Telluride, Colorado. 1993 – 96 Trailside is a six-time Emmy-nominated series.