Kevin O’Brien, Director of Photography
3510 Scotts Lane, Apt. 3142, Philadelphia, PA 19129 Email: [email protected] / Iphone 310-428-6112
SEL ECTED CRED ITS
Turpin 13: Family DP on recreations for Oxygen network 2018 Secrets Exposed special Teaching Editor for a series of 10 Videos 2018 Channel: Renaissance Project Drug Lords- DP on Interview and recreations for Netflix eight 2017 NETFLIX episode documentary series companion to the Narcos series.
True Conviction DP, Director, and Producer on re-creations for the 2017 six episode Investigation Discovery series. Through the Interview and recreation D.P. on segments 2016 Wormhole for the Discovery show hosted by Morgan Freeman Southern Justice Electus Productions for Nat Geo. 2015-16 I was also a Supervising Producer Unusual Suspects LMNO Productions, Investigation Discovery 2014 Network-re-creations and interviews A Haunting Discovery Channel’s Destination America: 2012 recreation DP, season 5 Got Home Alive Travel Channel: recreations DP season 1, John 2011 Joseph producer Border Wars National Geographic: stories for season 5 and 6, 2010-2011 Nick Stein producer
Coming Home Lifetime: 13-hour series, DP for B unit, Patrick 2011 Higgins, director
Penn & Teller's Showtime: comedy/reality series, Star Price 2002-2010 Bullshit producer
Erasing Hate MSNBC: documentary, Bill Brummel producer 2009-2010
Python Wars National Geographic: Explorer Series, Chris 2009 Sondreal producer
Shadow of a Doubt TNT: documentary series pilot, Star Price, producer 2008
Andrew Jackson History Channel: 2-hour doc. special, Jim Lindsay 2007 producer Page 2 of 3
Additional Credits
Hunter and Hunted National Geographic: “Bull Sharks” (Brazil), Emre 2006 Izat producer Soldiers of PBS: POV and feature documentary, Gary 2005-2006 Conscience Weimberg, director
Blood Diamonds History Channel, D.P. : 2-hour documentary (Sierra 2006 Leone), Bill Brummel, prod.
Other DP Credits
MUSIC VIDEOS
Missing Arcadia: EMI London, Elizabeth Flowers, Producer This One Paul McCartney: EMI London, Elizabeth Flowers, Producer All She Wants Duran Duran: EMI London, MTV Breakthrough Video Award
FEATURES
High School Kiva Rosenthal, Director
Acid Beach Party Mark Redpath, Director The Strangeness David Hillman, Director
COMEDY
Monkey Boys ABC live action series (Disney), Karen Murphy, Producer
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTARIES
The Real Story Of the Mexican American War. History Channel: 2-hour doc. special, (Mexico) Jim Lindsay producer
Breaking Vegas History Channel: 13-hour series, Director Ted Schillinger Black
Sky: the Race for Space Discovery Channel: The X-prize Project, Gemini Productions
Greatest Show on Earth TNT Documentary Pilot, Mark Wolper, Producer
The Real Story of History Channel: 3-hour special Alexander the Great: shot in Turkey, Epypt, Lebanon and Greece, Jim Lindsay, Director
Running on the Sun Feature documentary on Badwater 135 race, Mel Stuart, Director The Road to Ubar PBS: Nova and Feature documentary in Oman uncovering “Ubar”, the lost city of “1001 Arabian Nights”, L.A., Nicholas Clapp,Director
Fathers and Sons ABC: prime time 1-hour documentary, Director Gary Weimberg, Leonard Productions
Beyond the PyramidsHistory Channel: four 1-hour documentaries in Egypt, David de Vries, Director
Hearts of Darkness: Feature Documentary: The Making of “Apocalypse Now” A Filmmaker’s present day interviews ZM Productions, Fax Bahr, Director Apocalypse Page 3 of 3
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTARIES
Unsolved Mysteries 300+ stories for NBC prime time show (1986-1997) hosted by Robert Stack, Cosgrove-Meurer prods., L.A.
Challenging ABC Sports Special: 2-hour documentary China’s Yangtze following the first expedition down China’s Yangtze from it’s Himilayan source, (2nd DP)
Awards: Emmy Award, Cinematography - Individual Achievement
RIT Outstanding Scholar Award
Education: R.I.T., Rochester, N.Y., BFA Filmmaking 1977, AAS, Photo Illustration, 1975
Equipment: Sony FS7 camera package, Interview lighting package references and more credits on request