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- BIO
- CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- AWARDS
- CLIENTS
- TESTIMONIALS
With a strong artistic background, having studied painting at Pratt Institute School of Art & Design, Chris gained extensive experience in his early 20’s as a cameraman for ABC Evening News in the Middle East with Peter Jennings, in New York with Barbara Walters, and on assignment in Central America with Geraldo Rivera. In 1979 Chris became a director of photography, shooting hundreds of television commercials in New York City at Unitel, National Video and MTI, as well lensing several low-budget features. Always seeking a new challenge, he turned to shooting music videos for Atlantic Records with Ted Nugent, Carly Simon, Donna Summer, and Al Green to name a few.
While creating programming for the Times Square Jumbotron Chris developed a strong relationship with SONY Electronics. Always eager to try new ideas he was an early adopter of Avid non-linear editing in the nineteen-nineties on commercial and corporate video projects. Chris keeps client projects on-schedule and under budget, as a producer / editor with a keen understanding of all phases of television production, digital compositing and non-linear editing
A consummate communications professional Chris has won critical acclaim with numerous awards, including two Emmy Awards, and several Gold and Silver awards in the International Film and Television Festival of New York. Chris has built an enviable reputation by delivering an outstanding product at an exceptional value.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
30 years of experience producing and directing; conceptualization, production design and planning, conducting casting sessions, location scouting, shooting and lighting film & video for IBM, Pitney Bowes, L’Oreal, Sony Electronics, SAP, and Campbell’s Soup featured in tradeshows, in-house videos and national sales meetings. 15 years of intensive professional non-linear editing on Avid / Media 100 / Final Cut Pro Studio. Casting, rehearsing and blocking actors for multi-camera video. High definition shooting, lighting and editing at Sony Electronics for ten years.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
25 Years of design experience working with art directors and set designers, collaborating with product managers in corporations to deliver sales and training videos for business meetings and international trade show exhibits, such as NAB / CES / COMDEX / RTNDA. Complete familiarity operating Sony XD-Cam ex, Sony HDW F-900 / Arri-35BL / Arriflex 16SR / Panavision PFX 35mm film.
PRODUCTION SKILLS
35mm /16mm Film High Definition Video
Fluid Handheld / Shooting with moving camera platforms;
Chapman Cranes / Jimmy Jib Helicopter - Continental /Tyler Mount
Motorcycle - NYC Marathon / Corestate Bike Race
Sports - NFL / NBA / F1 Grand Prix
Underwater - Film &Video PADI advanced open-water diver
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY School of Art & Design, Major drawing and painting.
Minor : Filmaking / Pratt Film Festival Director of the Year Award winner
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Atlantic Records |
| CAMERAMAN Interior Design: The New Freedom Barbaralee Diamonstien (host) Sesame Street - Public Broadcasting Pinwheel Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert 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. |
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Sony "DXC1850 Applications Tape"
Bronze Medal
Client : Kalcom Media
Golden Camera Award
The Disney Channel
"Mousterpiece Theater"
Client : Shadow Projects
International Film & Television Festival of New York
Pitney Bowes "The New Contenders"
Silver Award
Client : Avion Communications
International Film & Television Festival of New York
Picker International "Climbin' To The Top"
Gold Award
Client : Goodsight / Herrmann Inc
International Film & Television Festival of New York
Sylvia Porters "Personal Finance"
Silver Medal
Client : Parker / Hodges Prods.
International Film & Television Festival of New York
PBS Documentary "Dawn Alburquerque"
Gold Medal
Client : Avion Communications
Chicago International Film Festival
American Museum Of Natural History
"Knowledge & Inspiration for the Imagination"
Client : Exploration Telefilm
Corestate U.S. Pro Cycling Championship
Monitor Award
Client : FOX
International Film & Television Festival of New York
Citibank "Bankbusters"
Silver Award
Client : Fannon & Osmond NYC
Chicago International Film Festival
The Mystery Of The S.S. Republic
Golden Reel Award
Client : Exploration Telefilm
IDEA 2000
Monsanto "Beautiful Science" Exhibit: Silver
Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2000 competition
Sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and IDSA
Client : Thinc Design
IDEA 2004
Cleveland Botanical Garden Orientation Theater: Silver
Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2004 competition
Sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and IDSA
Client : Thinc Design
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I just wanted to restate my thanks for your help in covering the Panamanian
side of the Canal treaty signing. It’s always a pleasure to work with
professionals...and the product reflected your skill and effort.
Justin M Friedland
Executive Producer
ABC News
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
We hope the enclosed award brings you remembrance of a fun time
working together and the satisfaction of a job well done. The direct
response ad has resulted in doubling the number of replies the Museum
receives for Magazine subscriptions.
Anne Shahmoon
Creative Director
Exploration Telefilm
CARIBINER INC.
Chris, as together we look forward to yet another busy season,
quite simply, we couldn't have reached our present position within
the industry without your help.
Leslie H. Buckland
President
Caribiner
CHASE BANK
We thank you for your patience, understanding and honesty ñ rare to
find these days. We’ll be in touch soon re: the new proposal.
Rea Rosno
Lilygild LTD.
HOME BOX OFFICE
The offline edit is looking GREAT! Thanks so much for doing such an
excellent job on the Elvis Presley segment it really is super! And the show
looks terrific overall.
George Salovich
Executive Producer
HBO When The Music’s Over
HOLIDAY INN
...We just finished viewing your work for Holiday Inn. You are a genius. All
the little touches that make a potentially good piece of work great are evident
in your videos, thanks for an outstanding effort.
James J. Bradley
President
Mediawave Inc.
MITA COPIERS
Thank you for another great job! Your efforts, talent and creativity are always
respected and appreciated. However, your patience, understanding and
professionalism during this grueling project was valued by all of us.
Joan Maurice
President
Avion Communications
NABISCO FOODS GROUP
It’s always an exciting experience to work with someone as talented as you,
to see old things in a new and creatively fascinating way! But you also made
it great fun! Add to this the fact that you’ve achieved some of the highest
quality work I’ve ever had the good fortune to receive and I guess this is what
they mean when they say "unqualified success!
Joseph J. Sireno
Director, Sales Communications & Merchandising
Nabisco Foods Group
NEW YORK TELEPHONE
Thanks, for being so helpful in making our program a complete success.
Many people expressed interest in your project and I appreciated the diligence
and effort you gave to create an extremely interesting exhibit for our Community.
Eileen Kelsch
Consumer Relations Supervisor
New York Telephone
ORTHO DELCAP Launch Meeting
... Thank-you very much for making it possible for me to share my moments
of glory at the DELCAP Launch Meeting, in spite of all the endless hours
you worked, you still took the time out to dub the Vice Presidents Award,
and I really do appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Carol A. Haestreit
Director, Strategic Projects
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
PFIZER PHARMACEUTICAL
Just a quick word of thanks for all your hard work filming the Pfizer Minipress
commercial the helicopter shots look great! Keith and I look forward to many
more projects with you and your team!
Larry Goodsight
President
Goodsight Herrman Advertising
PITNEY BOWES
"Extremely well done..."Absolutely the best video Pitney Bowes has ever
done” A true example of striving for excellence". These are just a few
samples of the comments made by the home office executives who have
seen the April Video Connection. Special congratulations and appreciation
is due to truly professional and first class director Chris Balton.
Gary C. Battaglia
Manager Communications
Pitney Bowes
Don "the coach" Smith
Thanks... Thanks... Thanks...
For such a fun filled day. It brought some excitement to the ranch and to
this old coach in particular. I look forward to seeing the finished product.
Don "the coach" Smith5
Thanks for visiting my website, I've been producing & directing since attending Pratt Institute School of Art & Design in Brooklyn NY. Experience has taught me that there's more to creating effective communications content than directing the talent, assembling talented crews and finding great locations. The secret to producing successful projects that deliver the desired message is hearing what clients have to say, doing what they ask, while remaining flexible and accountable – from start to finish.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE;
• GENERAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT:
Broadcast Television / Corporate Communications complete end-to-end production
Project development, design, budgeting, production scheduling, cost control
• MULTIMEDIA & INTERACTIVE KIOSKS
Supervision of development from Prototype including:
Information design / Interactive / Presentation design
• POST PRODUCTION & EFFECTS
High Definition Non-Linear editing - Media 100 / Avid / Final Cut Pro Studio
Motion Graphics effects - 3D animation - Particle Effects
Digital Compositing and Design - After Effects / Motion / DVD Studio Pro
• 2D & 3D DESIGN & CREATIVE
Pen & Ink / Pencil & Paper / Oil on Canvas / Acrylic on Canvas
Photoshop / Illustrator / Electric Image Animation System Universe / Poser / Bryce