Experience



Merwin is a freelance, guild cameraman. Merwin enjoys filming for others such as: Emirates The International Airlines of the United Arab Emirates, Casa Valentina, Association of Defense Communities, the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Miami International Film Festival, FERNSTOCK II, III, IV & V, the American Nurses Credentialing Centers; National Magnet Conference, the 112th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, David Dermer Mayor City of Miami Beach, Manuel A. Diaz Mayor City of Miami, Michael Chertoff Secretary Of the Department of Homeland Security and Ambassador John D. Negroponte Director of National Intelligence. Merwin shoots video with IATSE Local 500 and Local 600 filming events and acts in Miami like Paul McCartney, Margaret Cho and the OJs.



Merwin has filmed industrial live presentation shows in Florida since 1980.

Merwin has filmed with the Cinematographers Guild since 1987.

Merwin produces DVDs with 5 Star Production Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Merwin worked freelance with the American Film Market Association.



When not filming for others Merwin specializes in his own documentary productions that include research, conceptualization, producing, directing, cinematography, sound, and editing of non-fiction media, which he distributes on the web. See his work at: www.double-exposures.com & www.brucemerwin.com.



In Miami Merwin works with top Florida people with live, motion picture, television and new media productions. Merwin owns a Canon XL 2 digital DVCam and edits with Final Cut Pro. Merwin outputs to DVD on DVD Studio Pro and publishes in DVD and to the Internet.







Work History



Job Title: Cinematographer - Film and Television

Employer: Merwin Films

Dates: 7/80 to Current

Duties: Works with projects to write, budget, non-fiction documentaries on DVD for self-distribution, music videos, television shows, musicals, low to no budget independent digital movies and low budget 35mm projects for broadcast, cable TV and DVD domestic and foreign markets. Work with projects to find the best marketing and distribution opportunities for screening my new media. Produce, direct, film, edit and distribute DVD Autobiographies.



Job Title: Camera Operator

Employer: International Cinematographers Guild, Hollywood, CA

Dates: 1987 to Current

Duties: cameraman for broadcast, entertainment and industrial projects. Supervise large and small production crews, prepare lighting and camera production budgets. Proficient in most TV and film camera systems: (Arri, Panavision, Sony, Panasonic, Canon). Proficient in most TV and film lighting systems and camera support systems such as: dollies, cranes and jibs.



Job Title: Freelance Producer/Cinematographer

Employer: Double Exposure

Dates: Current Part Time

Duties: Develop, Executive Produce and Producing DVD Educational Titles with FIRST LIGHT Video. In Release: "Voice Of The Camera." through First Light Video Distribution of Venice, California. Changing Faces (available through Amazon.com)


Job Title: Camera Operator/FREELANCE/Local 500 IATSE

Employer: VARIOUS Miami, Florida

Dates: 2004 to Current

Duties: Assist large industrial show producers on lighting, mounting and videoing live convention shows at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Run camera and video departments at Miami Beach Convention Center and Jackie Gleason Theatre as well as large Miami and Miami Beach show locations for large industrial trade show accounts in South Florida.



Job Title: Camera Operator/Stagehand

Employer: I.A.T.S.E. Local 647, Naples/Ft. Myers, Florida

Dates: 2003 to 5/2004

Duties: Filmed live convention shows at Naples, Ft, Myers and Marco Island. Provide camera and video department support at conventions and industrial trade shows in Floridas gold coast area. Mounted, worked and struck traveling Broadway shows, ballet, concerts and symphonic shows at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Ft. Myers and the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples.



Job Title: Director of Photography/Cameraman

Employer: City of Beverly Hills

Dates: 2002-2003

Duties: Lighting and shooting programming for the City of Beverly Hills Network (BHN-10). Cablecast on Cable Channel 10 in Beverly Hills, California.


Job Title: Producer/Director/Director of Photography

Employer: Beverly Hills Library Literacy Program

Dates: 2002-2003

Duties: Working with the City of Beverly Hills Library developing a Video Literacy Program for area business and local job seekers.





Job Title: Creative Services Producer

Employer: AOL Time Warner, Auburndale, Florida

Dates: 11/98 to 2/01

Duties: Met with small business owners, political candidates, company public relations directors and agency account executives on their TV promotional campaigns. Wrote advertising campaign copy, photographed 30 second commercials and supervised the edit for many cable and broadcast clients. Wrote photographed and supervised the edit for many Time Warner in-house promotions and special programs. Photographed high-end accounts in 35mm Panavision.



Job Title: Camera Operator/Stagehand

Employer: I.A.T.S.E. Local 631, Orlando, Florida

Dates: 5/86 to 5/2004

Duties: Assist large industrial show producers on lighting, mounting and videoing live convention shows at the Orange County Convention Center. Run camera and video departments at Walt Disney World and Universal Florida conventions for large industrial trade show accounts in Central Florida.



Job Title: Picture Editor

Employer: Motion Picture Editors Guild Local 700, Hollywood, CA

Dates: 2/87 to 10/2002

Duties: Supervised Avid digital editing on industrial, commercial and entertainment films, videos, DVD's and New Media. Worked as Video Assist on National Commercials and Television Shows. Worked as assistant Editor on In The Heat Of The Night for MGM.



Job Title: Film To Tape Transfer Technician

Employer: Hollywood Film Enterprises

Dates: 1/79 to 6/80

Duties: While in college I worked in Hollywood, California transferring Classic Hollywood films for Nostalgia Merchant of classic RKO and Republic Pictures titles.


Job Title: Lead Actor

Employer: Floridas Cross And Sword

Dates: 1977 to 1978

Duties: While in junior college I worked in St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida as an actor in the Florida State play and at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre.



Job Title: Air Launch Weapons Technician

Employer: United States Navy

Dates: 3/73 to 1/77

Duties: Worked on the flight deck of the Air Craft Carrier John F. Kennedy loading weapons and SPECIAL WEAPONS onto jet attack aircraft. I was responsible for building air launch weapons. Maintaining aircraft weapons in magazines. Transportation of aircraft weapons to magazines aboard the ship at sea underway and to attack aircraft on the flight deck, underway at sea.



Skills



Creative Services Specialist - Account Executive - Sales Of Screen Services - Director Of Photography - Executive Produce - Produce - Direct Image Capturing - Operate Film And Digital Cameras - Lighting For Stage & Screen Supervise Editing and editing Final Cut Pro, DVD Pro, Soundtrack Pro. Web publishing - Compressing For Web distribution in Flash Media - New Media Distribution - eMarketing - WebMarketing - DVD Marketing



PC and MAC Proficient - Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Excel, Photoshop, PowerPoint, MS Word and various pre-production, production, graphic support and post- production support software. Write copy for the screen and budget projects for principle photography on commercials, non-fiction documentaries, indi-feature projects, television shows and new media Internet projects.



Education



Bachelor of Arts in Cinema awarded June, 1980 - Columbia College Hollywood

AS Degree In Technical Theatre - Florida School of the Arts - 1978



Workshops: Sales & production Workshops with AOL Time Warner, Time Warner, Cinematographers Guild Lighting Workshops LA, Editing Workshops, and Photography Workshops. Sony/Panavision HDTV and Panasonic HDTV Training. Kodak Look System, Avid & FCP, digital and film workshops. Arriflex D-20, Thompson Viper, Dalsa Origin, Panavision Genesis, RED Camera & Sony 900. Cinematographers Guild workshops.











AWARDS



Screen writing Award Dionysus: Winner Houston International Film Festival for Adaptation of The Bacchae (also known as The Bacchantes) a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It premiered posthumously at the Dionysia in 403 BC, where it won first prize.



TV Commercial Awards while at Time Warner Communications.



Additional Comments:



In 1964 I started in the entertainment business as lead singer in a rock band in Miami. At seventeen I went into legitimate theatre singing chorus/doing promotions in musicals for John Kenley and the Kenley Players of Ohio in Miami Beach Summer Stock. I served with the US Navy during the Viet Nam Era aboard the Air Craft Carrier John F. Kennedy. With a strong foundation in the theatre and acting before live audiences I worked my way up in the motion picture and television business first in the lighting department, then into the camera department and then into producing my own fare. I went on to executive produce and sell advertising as an account executive on my own cable television shows, finding distribution for my motion picture projects as producer and selling my own entertainment properties. For the past 25 years I have worked in the cable TV, broadcast television, feature film and new media industries. I returned to Florida from Los Angeles with my wife of twenty-seven years Anne and our 17-year old son Louie. For six years I have been associated with the TV Series: Double Exposure with Panavision, Kodak and Technicolor. While in LA on my off hours I took extension courses at UCLA; took extensive production classes in editing at the Editors Guild and studied the new emerging HDTV technology. I worked with many Los Angeles based producers of film and television material on a part-time bases. I am active in sales, development, writing, production, post production and distribution of film, digital video and new media screen based products. I have over 27 years experience producing live, feature film, broadcast television, cable TV and new media presentations. I am active in public relations, sales, development, producing, directing, writing, media relations, production distribution and exhibition.



· Developed & monitored commercial budgets & expenditures at Time Warner.

· know how to place cable TV advertising for clients into profitable rotation.

· Worked program publicity projects with Walt Disney World.

· Comfortable communicating with all levels of technical crafts.

· Know the business of show business.

· Enjoy being a team player. I enjoy working in my craft with others.

· Have worked all aspects of the advertising and entertainment business.

· Can analyze a script, product or service for screen distribution.

· Know emerging and well-known screen and theatre people.

· Know how to draw out performance for the camera in a timely manner.

· Have attended and worked free-lance at film festivals and markets.

· Worked the American Film Market two years in Santa Monica California.

· Enjoy networking, prospecting and I am a strong closer.

· Have developed films, television shows, Internet content and DVD's.

· Have an understanding of what the audience likes.

· Have worked freelance with all the top television networks.

· Know the latest HDTV and digital technology.

· Have directed, line produced and filmed in 35mm motion picture.



FEATURE PRODUCTION

TITLE POSITION

Marley & Me EPK Cameraman

Chill Out SONY DIGITAL Director of Photography

New Walden 35mm Producer/DP

Firebirds 35mm - Gaffer



TELEVISION PRODUCTION

TITLE POSITION

Shut Up & Model One Model Place/Steadicam Operator

Changing Faces 5 Star Productions Hollywood/Director

FERNSTOCK II Director/Cinematographer

FERNSTOCK III Director/Cinematographer

FERNSTOCK IV Director/Cinematographer

FERNSTOCK V Director/Cinematographer

Double Exposure 5 Star Productions Ex. Producer/Director/DP

City Of Beverly Hills Network BHN Channel 10 Director/DP

BL Stryker Nick McClain, DP Operator 2nd. Unit

The New Leave It To Beaver Peter Smokler, DP Operator 2nd. Unit

Rhodes Raiders Alec Curtis, DP Cam Assist. 2nd Unit

The Old Man And The Sea Toni Imi, DP Cam Assist. 2nd Unit

Superboy Orson Ochoa, DP Electrician

In The Heat Of The Night Pat Ryan, Editor Assist. Editor, 7th Season



MUSIC VIDEOS IN PANAVISION LETTERBOX-REGULAR 35mm-BETA & HD

DIRECTOR CLIENT POSITION

R. Kelly Paul McCartney/Operator

Arthur Gross Stone Knife Productions Producer/DP


Brian Wilson Beach Boys/Grand Floridian Gaffer

M. Rezyra & J. Steyn Jason Bonham Camera Assistant



35MM and NATIONAL COMMERCIALS

DIRECTOR CLIENT POSITION

Derek Hewitt NET 10/ Director of Photography

Bruce Merwin Double Exposure Producer/DP

Collier Productions Carnation Director of Photography

Collier Productions White Rock Director of Photography

Chad Roark Remingtons Steak House DOP

Jill Davis Mid Florida Bank Director of Photography

Laurie Vannoy Eaglebrooke Golf & Country Club Director of Photography



BETA SP COMMERCIALS AOL TIME WARNER - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

International Market World Toms Smokehouse Bar-B-Q St. Lukes Ministries Huntington Hills Golf & Country Club Advertising Sales Promotion Howell & Thornhill Dent Smiths Gessler Clinic Bartow Ford Accent Carpet & Tile Wayne Fryer Homes Michael Holley Chevrolet Terrace Hotel Candidate for County Comm. Candidate For House Work Force 20 20 Sailwind Apartments Mrs. s Flowers Wilson Electric Island Jacks Drug Prevention Resource Center Candidate For Tax Collector Freight Sales A to Z Roofing New Olde Town Association Midas Jewelers Baskets Instead Twin Rivers Marina Papa Joes Italian Restaurant Somewhere In Time Antiques Interim Health Care Ewing Blackwelder & Duce Mitchells Jewelers Famous Tate



DIGITAL MOVIES, DIGITAL MUSIC VIDEOS, BETA SP & CD ROM DIGITAL PROJECTS & DVD

DIRECTOR CLIENT POSITION

Tears To Smiles Angel Productions Director of Photography

Your New Stream Blue Palm Digital Director of Photography

Oliver Theess No Fear Director of Photography

Freddy Rhone Rhone Records Director of Photography

Rick Fleming Sigma Services Director of Photography

Bruce Merwin Brother Earl Director of Photography

Bruce Merwin Patriot Bond Director of Photography

Rick Fleming Sigma Services Special Effects



2008/2007/2006 Productions



"Marley & Me" - EPK

"Courage" - Margaux's Miracle Foundation

"Believe in Miracles" - Margaux's Miracle Foundation

49th Annual Inter-American Development Bank

Institute for Medical Education & Research

25th Miami International Film Festival - Doc

"Clothesline Art" BEAUX ART FESTIVAL - Doc

Rey Ruiz DVD Production-Carnival Center

The PODER Benefit Concert - Juan Luis Guerra

The Makeup Show Miami The Powder Group

"Elixir" Behind The Scenes Interview with Botan - EPK

Miami International Boat Show GoBoating.com

Morgan Stanley The Breakers

St. Jude Thoracic Medical Show- Don Shula

Hollub Homes

General Electric

revolutionhealth.com get to a healthier place

O YOU! The Oprah Magazine Miami Beach Convention Center

Forgotten Kids; Aging Out: The Facts

Still On Patrol; Florida Submariners

Association of Defense Communities

Gottex Swimwear

Liona Boyd Classical Guitarist & Composer

The Father Miguel O Reilly House

Emirates

Bank Of America

Beth David Gordon Schools Documentary

HITSVILLE USA

Society of Breast Imaging, Westin Diplomat

Casa Valentina

Night Tennis

The Center For Sexuality And Religion

Got Guilt? Suzy Girard-Ruttenberg

2007 Woman of Distinction Vicki Roth at La Gorce Country Club

Margauxs Miracle Foundation Second Annual Golf Classic

Miami International Film Festival 2007

Philip Morris USA

National Foundation For The Advancement In The Arts

Swearing In Ceremony Miami Dade County Commissioners

I Will Get It Done Drew Ellis Autobiography

Something Special - Childrens Bereavement Center

Gordon Foods Florida

Heart of Light - Marcie Ziv, Artist Autobiography

Fernstock IV

Redland Riot Tour

Dave Barry At the TOPA for AABB

Its Just A Dance Patricia Strauss, Choreographer Autobiography

The Journey; DER Rt. Rev. David E. Richards Bishop Autobiography

Miami Dade County Commissioners Swearing In Ceremony

8th And Ponce

George Merrick Statue

FERNSTOCK III

National MAGNET Conference, American Nurses Credentialing

BET Spring Bling

Mary Kay

Coca Cola

Miami International Film Festival 2006

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

Hairspray

Ricky Martin

Bureau Veritas

General Electric Real-estate

Hot Import Nights

Paul McCartney

MTV Video Music Awards

HONDA of North America

World Theater Festival

BUSH GARDENS Fall Promotion at University of Miami

The International Boat Builders Exhibition & Conference



PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION



International Cinematographers Guild

Business Agent John Hillsmen 305-868-9273

Central Region Director

The International Documentary Association

National Press Photographers Association

Digital Cinema Society



CAMERA LIGHTING WORKSHOPS WITH



Stephen Burum, ASC, Stephen Lighthill, ASC, Robert Primes, ASC, Gerald P. Finnerman, ASC, Michael Goi, Richard Crudo, ASC, Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, Laszlo Kovacs, ASC, Roger Deakins, ASC, James Chressanthis, Russ Alsobrook, ASC, Michael Negrin, ASC, Dante Spinotti, ASC, Allen Daviau, ASC and Victor Nelli, Jr.



INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS WITH

DALSA Digital Cinema ARRI SONY PANAVISION

KODAK Look System

Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Entertainment Industry Council, Century City Chamber of Commerce and Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce & Civic Association, Flash Forward Institute The Career & Business Coaching Center for the Entertainment Industry.

Miami-Date Small Business Development



Bruce Merwin References



Dick Halfretz

Technical Director

Miami Beach Convention Center

786-276-2627


Ed Stamm

General Manager

Camera Service Center an ARRI Group Co.

954-322-4545


Jack Gary

Camera Rental Manager

CINEVIDEOTECH

305-754-2611


Alec Colley

Operations Manager

Panavision Florida

407-363-0990


Trevor Lawrence

Owner Blue Palm Digital Studio

(818) 752-8990


Mark Lowentrout

Production Supervisor

The City Of Beverly Hills Cable TV

(310) 285-1178

Andrea Kampic

Screening Coordinator

American Film Market Association

(818) 291-0555 or AFMA main number (310) 446-1000.


Brett Cramer

Producer Shut Up & Model

One Model Place

(954) 771-9035


Libby Moyer

Production

MIG Broadcasting Group

(561) 471-0949


Rockie Ruttenberg

Vice President

Margauxs Miracle Foundation

561-558-0202