Rocco Michaluk New York, NY – 212-390-1007 [email protected] www.RoccoFilms.com IMDB: www.imdb.me/rocco LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/roccofilms RM
Objective
To obtain freelance opportunities in Film, TV & Digital Media Productions. Seeking to expand my love of visual arts and perfecting my craft in Film/TV Production by working on new & exciting productions with eager and talented people. I can easily work with any crew, large or small and an extreme asset to any team. I am here to make the production top quality under no-stress and no-ego. I am a local to Brooklyn, NY and Providence, RI but travel wherever is needed for production.
Experience
FILM Finding Forrestor -Second Assistant Camera – Gus Van Sant / Columbia Pictures
Moonrise Kingdom – Studio Manager / aDR Supervisor – Wes Anderson / Indian Paintbrush
I Have Heard the Sirens Sing – Assistant Camera - Indrani
Translate – Producer / Cinematographer - PBS
Vanishing Orchards (In Post-Production) – Director / Producer / Cinematographer – PBS
Sense of Place - Director / Producer / Cinematographer – Video & Vision
Island Within an Island - Director / Producer / Cinematographer - PBS
Television The Blacklist – Camera Operator - NBC
Good Morning America: 10 Most Beautiful Places in America: Newport, RI - 2nd Unit Director / Cinematographer – ABC
Good Morning America: 10 Most Beautiful Places in America: Cape Cod, MA - 2nd Unit Director / Cinematographer – ABC
'Hotel Impossible: Newport Inn, Newport, RI' - 2nd Unit Director / Cinematographer - Travel Channel
Hotel Impossible - Aerial Cinematography - Travel Channel
Montel Williams Show: Haunted Halloween Special Part 1 - 2nd Unit Director / Cinematographer – CBS
Montel Williams Show: Haunted Halloween Special Part 2 - 2nd Unit Director / Cinematographer – CBS High School Stories: Scandals, Pranks, and Controversies - 2nd Unit Director / Camera Operator
Good Morning America – Aerial Cinematography – ABC
Montel Williams Show: Sylvia Browne's Halloween Special Part 1 - 2nd Unit Director / Cinematographer – ABC
Montel Williams Show: Sylvia Browne's Halloween Special Part 2 - 2nd Unit Director / Cinematographer – ABC
Driven – Director / Director of Photography – Foglight Entertainment
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Carrot Queen - Director / Director of Photography – MEGA TV
Newport To Bermuda Race – Aerial Cinematography - Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
Commercials
Domestic Violence Campaign 2010 – Director / DP – Ad Council
Meat is Murder - Director / DP – PETA
USPS Today - Director / DP / Editor– United States Postal Service USPS
Wherever You Need To Go - Director / DP
Something For Everyone – Director / DP / Editor - Newport Grand Casino
Nobody Does It Better – United States Postal Service – USPS
Industrial
AT&T Learning Connection Episodes 1-8 – Director / DP – AT&T
LEGO's for the Future – Director / DP – LEGO
Welcome to Whole Foods Market – Director / DP – Whole Foods Market
Sheen – Director / DP – Johnson Products
Hair to Stay – Director / DP – Wella
Information Age – Director / DP – AGFA Healthcare
Accessing Information – Director / Producer / DP – AGFA Healthcare
Genuine – Director / DP – Hendrick’s Gin
Grand Banks Yachts – Director / DP / Aerial Cinematography – Grand Banks Yachts
Drive like the C.I.A – Director / DP – Wired Magazine
Education
University of Santa Cruz 1995 - 2000 Bachelor of Arts – Film & Digital Media with Production Concentration - Graduated Cum Laude with 3.7
Affiliations
Newport Film Commission
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities – Filmmaker / Digital Media
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Rhode Island State Council for the Arts – Film Artists Roster / Teaching
New England Film
Web
IMDB: www.imdb.me/rocco
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/roccofilms
Assets
Hard working, team player. Professional Attitude, Quality and Demeanor at all times. Major asset to any team. Works well with crews and budgets large or small. Willing to go above and beyond the call of duty. Friendly and outgoing. On time and under budget. Strong desire to learn and grow No stress, No Ego!
Equipment List 2014
Cameras Canon C100 – Camera Package / All Accessories Sony EX3 – Camera Package / SxS Media / Wide Angle Lense (.8) Zoom/ Focus Controller / All Accessories Sony HVR-Z7U – Camera Package Canon 5D Mark III – Camera Package Canon T2i – Camera Package POV Cams / Crash Cams– Canon HV20 – 1080P CMOS, Panasonic HDC-SD10 (Full HD 1080P) Sony Bloggie (720/1080P – 30P/60P, WIFI/ GPS), JVC GR-D850U, Cell Phone Samsung G4, Media, Batteries, Etc. HD Monitor 17” Available & Experienced Upon Request: RED EPIC X, ARRI Alexa, Sony PMW-F5, Canon C300, Phantom Flex, BlackMagic 4K
Lenses Zeiss Primes Lens Set w/ Hardcase – 21mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm Canon L Glass – EF 24-105mm IS USM Lens Canon – 18-55mm Fujinon 14x Optical Zoom with Image Stabilization 5.8-81.2mm, f/1.9 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* Zoom Lens, 12x (Optical)
Lighting ARRI – Softbank 4 Light Kit - Lights: 1x 300W Fresnel, 2x 650W Fresnel, 1x 1,000W Arrilite Accessories: Barn doors, Scrims, Filter Frames, Lamps for each light, Chimera Video Pro, Bank (Large),
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Chimera 7 1/4-inch Speed Ring, 4x Manfrotto AS-2 Stands. Accessory pack: leather gaffer’s gloves, clothespins, ceiling scissor clamp, 25-foot heavy-duty extension cord, carrying case for lamps, ditty bag, accessory bag. Hard Case w/ Wheels Gel Roll (Lots of Gels) Lowel Tota 4 Light Kit w/ Softbox LED Flashlights / Portable POV Lights On-Camera LED Light – (Portable with rechargeable Batteries) Digital Juice Chroma Pop – Portable Green Screen Studio 7’ x 5’ – Collapsible / Portable Green & Blue Screen Perfect for Reality TV or on-location or run-and-gun Protable Greenscreens Super 5-in-1 Reflectors X3 – super-sized 3 screen set with 4 reflective surfaces (gold, silver, gold/silver zigzag and white + super-sized diffuser 5-in-1 Portable Reflector – Gold, Gold/Silver, Silver, White and Translucent (Diffuser) Large Reflector Small Reflector
Audio (Professional Audio Engineer + Completely Mobile Full Digital Audio Package + Super High Quality Microphones Wired & Wireless Available Upon Request) Sennheiser G3 Wireless Lavalier Mic Kit (Transmitter / Receiver) Sennheiser ME/66 / K6 – Super-Cardioid Shotgun Microphone - Zeppelin / Pistol Grip / Dead Cat / Boom Pole / XLR Cables / Accesories ZOOM Z4n Mobile 4 Track Digital Recorder
Support Red Rock Shoulder Mount / Rails / Matte Box / Follow Focus - Schneider HD Film Filters 4x4 - ND .6 Solid, ND.6 Soft Edge Graduated, Linear Polarizer, Black Frost ½, Skintone Enhancer. Sachtler 0475 FSB-6 – Carbon Fiber Tripod System Manfrotto 502HD Fluid Head / 546GB Tripod 4X Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripods + Heads 4’ Slider Dolly Noga Cine Arm & 16x9 Cine Lock
Laptop DIT Station / Workstations Macbook Pro DIT Workstation Loaded with Software – AVID Media Composer 7, Final Cut Pro 7 + X, Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) Hard Drives + RAID + Accessories (Mobile Workstation) Mac Mini _ Super Portable Full Loaded Workstation w/ Accessories Mac Pro / Imac / Mac G5 Computers Primera Bravo DVD Duplicator + Printer (Robotic Duplicating and Printing) Printers – Canon Pro9000 Mark II – Color Inkjet Printer – Prints Museum Quality Images up to 11x14 + accessories Canon MP560 (Portable) + Accessories Blu-Ray Burner / Reader SxS Card Reader Canopus ADVC-100 – Analogue to Digital Converter (Portable) 4 Rocco Michaluk New York, NY – 212.390.1007 [email protected] www.RoccoFilms.com RM IMDB: www.imdb.me/rocco LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/roccofilms
HD Monitors, Cables, Etc. Canon CanoScan 9400 – Professional High Quality Scanning
ETC. HD Projector SD Projector 17” HD Monitor 4x 8’ Portable Screens Numark NuVJ – VJ Hardware / Software Controller Interface Slate Carrying Cases Hard / Soft Logitech Wireless Portable Boombox (Bluetooth, Portable) Pioneer Wireless Portable Stereo (WIFI / Bluetooth / Portable) Rechargeable Batteries Power Backups / Surge Protectors (On Location Power) 4X Fog Machines Disco Lights, Lava Lamps, LEDs
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST:
FULL FILM & MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO AVAILABLE FILM / TV Full Avid Media Symphony Suite + AVID Artist Color Surfaces Final Cut Pro 7 + X Adobe Creative Cloud Suite SOUND 32 Channel HD Digital Recording Studio Pro Tools HD Digital Audio Suite Voiceover Booth / Isolation Booth. Ability to Record up to 32 instruments live. Foley Work, Soundtrack Design, Film Composition, Sweetening. Can export in FULL SURROUND SOUND 7.1 Professional Microphones, Inputs/Outputs, Instruments, Wiring, etc. Grammy Award Winning Sound Engineer - Worked with noted Hollywood directors such as Wes Anderson
**Sound Engineer, Camera Operators, Assistants, PA’s, additional equipment & Crew etc. available upon request.
***SHORT FORM - additional information, equipment lists, credits and references available upon request
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BIO
Film Director / Cinematographer / Producer Rocco Michaluk has been creating award winning Film & TV productions for over 15 years. His remarkable ability to capture the unique moments and true essence of individuals, places and things, has earned him a very special place in the world of Film, TV & Media Production.
His personal artistic work with such noted Hollywood Directors as Gus Van Sant and Wes Anderson, unleashed his talent of Filmmaking and the Arts to the pristine vision it is today. His Film Clients include Columbia Pictures, Indian PaintBrush, PBS, American Empirical Pictures and Fountainbrush Films. His corporate, television, and commercial clients include such Fortune 500 companies as AT&T, BMW, United States Postal Service, LEGO, Whole Foods Market, Johnson Products, Oregon Scientific, E! Entertainment, MTV, Viacom, CBS, ABC, Travel Channel, Leftfield Pictures, PETA, and others.
Rocco’s work has been seen by billions on TV Networks PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, Independent Lens, National Geographic, BIO Channel, Good Morning America, MTV, Travel Channel, The History Channel, E! Entertainment, FOX News & Movie Theaters around the world.
Rocco resides in New York City and Newport, RI and calls the great Northeast US home. He enjoys long walks on the beach at sunset, fine arts, and good company. He is always traveling the globe searching for new exciting projects and discovering the next big thing.
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