Chris Balton has lived in NYC for 35 years . . .
. . . selected career highlights ;
VIDEO DIRECTOR
The Who’s “Tommy”
“Guys & Dolls”
Millie Jackson live - NHK Japan
George Plimpton “Mouseterpiece Theater”
Sylvia Porters Personal Finance
New Years Eve WNEW Rock & Roll Ball
Calvin Klein Women’s Wear Daily
Bill Blass Women’s Wear Daily
NBA Inside Stuff with Ahmad Rashad
Fashion In A Flash
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
"Sisters In The Name Of Rap" with;
Queen Latifah, Salt N’Pepa, MC Lyte, Ice Cube
Jackie The Jokeman Martling "Live"
Connie Francis "An American Treasure"
“When The Musics Over”
Football Flashbacks with Len Dawson
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / CAMERAMAN
Ted Nugent “No, No, No”
Donna Summer “State Of Independence”
Al Green“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Ted Nugent“Bound & Gagged
Carly Simon“Why”
Alisha “BabyTalk”
Hootie & The Blowfish
CAMERAMAN
Interior Design: The New Freedom
Barbaralee Diamonstien (host)
Sesame Street - Public Broadcasting
Pinwheel
Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert
ABC TV Late Night concert wraparounds
Watkins Glen Formula One Race
New York City Marathon
From Racquel with Love
"The Jack Gilford Special" with Anita Gillette
"Night Of 100 Stars" @ Radio City Music Hall
"Look Back In Anger" with Malcolm McDowell
Olivia Newton-John "Physical Tour"
Hall Of Fame Basketball playoffs
Begin / Sadat Peace Summit - Cairo, Egypt
Panama Canal Treaty Signing - Balboa, Panama
Son Of Sam Capture, New York City
"Live from CBGBs" NYC June 1979
“In Search Of” Series Alan Lansburg prods.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Black Sabbath / Blue Oyster Cult
“Black & Blue” 35mm feature rockumentary
Fox TV - St. James Theater NYC
Fox TV - Martin Beck Theater NYC
The Apollo Theater - NYC NHK Japan
Disney Channel
Lifetime Cable TV
Live TV show / Times Square
(WWD) KTV / John Fairchild
(WWD) KTV / John Fairchild
NBA Entertainment (wraparounds)
Man in the Moon Productions
Polygram Pay-per-view Special
Polygram Diversified Entertainment
Rascals Comedy Club
Polygram Special Projects
HBO Home Box Office Special
TVS Television Sports - Don Ellis
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Mingo Jones Advertising
Atlantic Records
WEA International
Vanguard Records
Time Warner Goodwill Games Kickoff in Rocefeller Center
A&E cable network
David Gordon - ABC Video Enterprises
PBS CTW - Walt Rauffer producer
Nickelodeon - Mike Bernhaut director
Video Performance Studio
George Harrison producer
ESPN Fred Dukes director
ABC TV
ABC / Racquel Welch
CBS Sonny Fox Prods
Radio City Music Hall Alexander Cohen
PBS Great Performances directed by Lindsay Anderson
HOME BOX OFFICE live in Ogden Utah
TVS Television network
ABC Evening News - Peter Jennings
ABC Evening News - Geraldo Rivera
ABC Evening News - Barbara Walters
Annie Golden & Shirts / Karla DeVito with Orchestra Luna
Leonard Nimoy (wraparounds)
Mitchell Kriegman “Heart to Heart”
Mitchell Kriegman “Memories of a Room”
Mitchell Kriegman “Someones Hiding in
my Apartment”
Bill Irwin The Dancing Man
“Black & Blue” Jay Dubin Productions