TOM CAMPBELL

Tom Campbell’s Film/Video Productions

238 LAS ALTURAS ROAD SANTA BARBARA CA 93103

PHONE: (805) 965-4951 FAX: (805) 965-7449

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WEBSITE: www.tomcampbell.com

Qualifications:

  • Self-taught 30 year veteran cinematographer / photographer.

  • Owner / operator of 2 High-Definition Sony F-900 24p digital cameras, 2 Amphibico Underwater Housings, Closed Circuit (CCR)/Scuba dive equipment , lighting and sound packages.

  • May 2004: Missoula Montana.   Instructor for Introduction to Underwater Filming and Camera Use, International Wildlife Film Festival.

  • April 2003, NAB consultant for Canon and Amphibico: HD underwater cinematography and equipment specialization.

  • September 2003, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival : Guest panelist on two HD panels, plus preview of HD film.

  • September 2002, Instructor, Santa Fe High-Definition workshop for SCAMP (South Coast Multimedia Education Center, Santa Barbara.

  • August 2002, Instructor, Santa Fe High-Definition underwater workshop, Los Angeles.

  • May 2001, Guest Panelist, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, High-Definition production specializing in underwater cinematography.
  • 2001, Guest Panelist on High-Definition cinematography at the Jackson Hole Film Festival.
  • 1998-2001, Guest speaker at the Antibes Film Festival, France, Lofoton Film Festival, Norway, Birmingham Dive Trade show, England, the UCSB Underwater Film Festival, CA.
  • 1998-2001, Discover Diving Trade Shows in Atlanta, Georgia; Beneath the Sea 2000, New Jersey
  • 1997, Photo instructor and consultant for Nikon and Sea & Sea products.
  • 1996, Guest speaker at Brooks Institute of Photography, Undersea Program.
  • Qualified to use Oxygen rebreather equipment, LAR-5, MK 15.5, British Inspiration Rig, Nitrox Cert, owner, CCR.
  • 1967 Certified NAUI, PADI, & C-MAS diving instructor certified to teach all levels of specialty diving courses.
  • 1964 Assigned to S.O.G. Naval Warfare, Seal Team One, covert operations in Vietnam.
  • US Navy qualified diver, graduate of US Naval School of Underwater Swimmers, Key West, Florida served with the Elite USMC 1st Force Recon Co. 1962 - 1966

High-Definition Projects:

  • Sept - Oct 2005:  Filming coastal brown bears, Katmai Wilderness, Alaska.

  • Sept 2005:  Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, WY, representing Save Our Seas Foundation
  • August – November 2005:  DP for feature film, Breathe! Filming in Florida and California.
  • June – July 2005: Cape Town, South Africa; Mozambique, Africa; England; Scotland.  DP/ Producer for Our Ocean World: Giant Mantas of Mexico & Mozambique. Also filming basking sharks in the UK for upcoming Ocean World production.
  • Feb 2005 – Crystal River, Florida. DP for WorldWild Productions Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park visitor center film.
  • May 2005: International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, MT. Representing Save Our Seas Foundation
  • July 2004   - Cape Town, South Africa.   DP, Producer for Shark World exhibition at the South African Museum in Cape Town.

  • May - June 2004 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Cape Town, South Africa.   DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World: Great White Sharks Part 2 (Save Our Seas Foundation).

  • February 2004 - Truk, Micronesia.   DP for series, Deep Sea Detectives: The Mystery of I-169 Submarine (History Channel).

  • October - November 2003 - San Benedicto, Socorro Islands, Mexico.   DP, Co-Producer for series, The Blue Realm: Giants of San Benedicto (Discovery HD Channel).

  • September 2003 - Channel Islands, California.   DP for series, Jewels of the Pacific (Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary).

  • August - September 2003 - Cocos Islands.   DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World: Cocos Islands (SOS Foundation).

  • June 2003 - South Africa. DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World: Great White Sharks (SOS Foundation).

  • May 2003 - South Africa.   DP, Co-Producer and stock footage provider for series, The Blue Realm: Shark Business (Discovery HD Channel).

  • March 2003 - Palau, Truk, Micronesia; Yanaguni, Japan.   DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World (SOS Foundation).

  • February 2003 Co-Producer and stock footage provider for series, The Blue Realm: Tentacles (Discovery HD Channel).

  • January 2002 - Santa Rosa, California. DP, Producer, interview Dr. Robert Rubin for series, The Ocean World: Giant Mantas (SOS Foundation).

  • January 2002 - Crystal River, Florida.   DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World: Manatees (SOS Foundation).

  • February 2002 - San Simeon, California.   DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World: Elephant Seals (SOS Foundation).

  • February 2002 - Camp Pendleton, California.   DP, Producer for HD documentary, Inside Force Recon (Tom Campbell's Film/HD Productions).

    February 2002 - Los Angeles, California. HD Cameraman for The Grammy Music Awards .

  • August 2002 - Bahamas; North Carolina, USA; South Africa; Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World (SOS Foundation).

  • September 2002 - Rome, Italy. DP for television program on the Italian poet, Horace, The House of the Assassins (Santa Barbara Video).

  • November - December 2002 - Bahamas.   DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World (SOS Foundation).

  • November 2001 - Crystal River, Florida. DP, Producer for HD commercial shoot: Endangered West Indian Manatee.

  • October 2001 - Socorro Island, Mexico. DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World: Giant Mantas (SOS Foundation).

  • September 2001 - Papua New Guinea. DP, Co-Producer for series, The Blue Realm: Venom (National Geographic Channel).

  • August 2001 - Cocos Islands, Costa Rica; Dyer Island, South Africa; Walkers Cay, Bahamas. DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World (SOS Foundation).

  • August 2001 : Camp Pendleton, California. DP, Producer for HD documentary Inside Force Recon (Tom Campbell's Film/HD Productions).

  • June - July 2001 : The Brothers, Red Sea. DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World (SOS Foundation).

  • June - July 2001 : South Africa. DP, Producer for series, A Man In Tune With the Sea (SOS Foundation).

  • March - April 2001 : Red Sea, Saudi Arabia; Egypt.   DP, Producer for series, A Man in Tune With the Sea (SOS Foundation).

    January - June 2001 . Camp Pendleton, California.   DP, Producer for HD documentary Inside Force Recon (Tom Campbell's Film/HD Productions).

  • December 2000 : Los Angeles, California.   Underwater HD Camera Operator for feature film, Lovely and Amazing.

  • October 2000 : Saudi Arabia. DP, Producer for series, A Man in Tune with the Sea (SOS Foundation).

  • August - September 2000 : Mabul, Malaysia. DP, Co-Producer for HD Promo piece for Underwater Photo Contest (Canadian Sport Diver Television).

  • July 2000 : Yonaguni, Japan. HD Cameraman for The Lost Civilization of Yonaguni (Discovery Channel).

  • June 2000 : Cocos Islands.   DP, Producer for series, The Ocean World: Hammerheads (SOS Foundation).

  • March - July 2000 : South Africa. DP, Producer for feature, Face to Face with the Great White Shark.   Received two awards in International / National Film Festivals.

  • February - June 2000 : Saudi Arabia. DP, Producer for series, "A Man in Tune With the Sea" (SOS Foundation).

Film & Video Projects:

  • February 2002: Camp Pendleton, California. Producer, Director of Photography (DP), Inside Force Recon documentary.
  • January 2002: Crystal River, Flordia. Commercial shoot: Endangered West Indian Manatee.
  • August 2001: Camp Pendleton, California. Producer, Director of Photography (DP), Inside Force Recon documentary.
  • June - July 2001: The Brothers, Red Sea. Producer, Director of Photography (DP): First segment of two-part documentary for the Canadian Sport Diver Television feature Ocean Realms Hi-Definition Project currently in production.
  • June - July 2001: South Africa. Great White Sharks. Producer, Director of Photography (DP): First segment of one-hour documentary for television feature A Man in Tune with the Sea. Hi-Definition project currently in production.
  • March — April 2001: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Red Sea. DP for the documentary series on The Ocean World of a Sheikh.
  • January - June 2001. Producer, DP for one-hour Hi-Definition television documentary featuring First Force Recon Marines. Current production.
  • December 2000: Feature Film, Stagecoach Productions. Underwater Hi-Definition cameraman 24p.
  • October 2000: Saudi Arabia. DP for documentary series, A Man in Tune with the Sea. Current production.
  • August - September 2000: Mabul, Malaysia. Canadian Sport Diver Television. Producer, DP for Hi-Definition promotional piece of Underwater Photo Contest.
  • July 2000: Yonaguni, Japan. Discovery Channel. Hi-Definition Cameraman for Asian Enigma Ancient Underwater, Lost Civilization.
  • June 2000: Cocos Island. Producer, DP for Hammerhead project, shot on Hi-Definition: Man in Tune with the Sea. Current production.
  • March - July 2000: South Africa. Producer, DP for Face to Face with the Great White Shark. Current production. Received two awards in International / National Film Festivals.
  • February - June 2000: Saudi Arabia. Producer, DP for one-hour documentary for Sheikh. Current production.
  • January 2000: California. A&E Television. Cameraman, Beta Package, Phylis Diller Show interview with Jonathan Winters.
  • December 1999: Montecito, California. Home and Garden/ Discovery Channel. Cameraman, Beta Package, aerial work.
  • November 1999: Cocos Islands, Costa Rica. Canadian Sport Diver Television. DP, Hammerhead Shark project.
  • October 1999: Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Producer, Director for promotional video, Part Two, of the M.V. Chertan charter company. Received two awards.
  • September 1999: Mabul, Indonesia. Judge for Worldwide Photo Competition.
  • August 1999: South Africa. Great White Sharks. Canadian Sport Diver Television. DP, Great White Shark project.
  • July 1999: Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Paramount Television, WildThings Productions. Underwater cameraman for documentary on the Migration of Loggerhead Sea Turtles.
  • June 1999: Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Canadian Sport Diver Television. Underwater cameraman for documentary on the Sea of Cortez Wildlife.
  • May 1999: Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. DP for promotional video, Part One, of the M.V. Chertan charter company.
  • April 1999: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. DP for video production project for the Zeem Corporation Danah Divers.
  • February 1999: Nassau, Bahamas. DP, lead cameraman for Norika Fujiwara Project.
  • December 1998: Mammoth, California. Paramount Productions, WildThings. Cameraman, Beta package, High Sierras Black Bear project.
  • November 1998: Socorro / San Benedicto Islands, Mexico. Zeem Corporation Director of Photography on Shark Expedition for Sheikh.
  • September 1998: Equine Kinetics: Larry "Thumper" Jones: How to / Promo Videos.
  • September 1998: Cocos Islands, Costa Rica. Paramount Television, WildThings Productions. Hammerhead Shark Segment and fish bait balls.
  • August 1998: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Zeem Corporation: Video Instruction Seminar
  • 1998: California. Disney Animal Kingdom. Rafikis Planet Watch. Endangered Species Program at Disney Theme Parks.
  • 1998: Coronado, California. How’d They Do That TV DP, cameraman for Navy Seal Team Training.
  • 1998: Catalina Island, California. MGM Trilogy Entertainment. Movie of the Week mini series "Creature." Second unit Underwater Director of Photography: 35mm film project.
  • 1998: Catalina Island, California. Greystone Entertainment. Sea Creatures. Cameraman UPN: Special 35mm film project.
  • 1997 — 1998: Canadian Sport Diver Television. Undersea Explorer series. Cameraman The Kelp Forest, Manatees, Poisonous Fish, and The Great Whales.
  • 1997 — 1998: Educational Management Group. Prentice Hall. Cameraman for 1998 "Year of the Oceans" program featuring classroom interactive satellite program. Series includes 15 episodes shot around the world: Beta and DV format.
  • 1997: Cameraman for New England Aquarium Magnificent Fish and The Forgotten Giants.
  • 1997: Bahamas. GRB Productions. Sea Tek, Stressbusters. Producer, DP for documentary about Barry Boscoe, Financial Advisor, who pushes his personal limits to the edge by diving with sharks to help combat stress in the workplace.
  • 1997: Bahamas. Human Dolphin Institute. Producer, Director, and cameraman of promotional video for the Institute featuring Bottlenose Dolphins.
  • 1997: Palau, Micronesia. Discovery Channel. Jelly Fish Lake. Cameraman for Thomas Horton and Associates project.
  • 1996: Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary, California. Location Coordinator and host for Japanese wildlife photographer Koji Nakamura for book and TV project on Harbor Seals in the Channel Islands.
  • 1996: Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary, California. National Geographic. Location Coordinator and Video Cameraman for National Geographic story on the Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary with David Doubilet.
  • 1996: Nassau, Bahamas. Discovery Channel. World of Wonder Series: Shooting Sharks in the Wild Cameraman for project.
  • 1996: Bahamas. Discovery Channel. Sea Tek Series: Underwater Cover Girl. Cameraman for project.
  • 1996: Camp Pendleton, California. Discovery Channel. Sea Tek Series: Water Warriors. Cameraman for the USMC Force Recon Teams project.
  • 1996: Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary, California. Discovery Channel. Sea Tek Series: Underwater Welding. DP and lead cameraman.
  • 1996: Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary, California. KEYT News Santa Barbara. Cameraman for Humpback Whale entanglement feature.
  • 1996: Los Angeles, California. Channel 4 News. Cameraman for Giant Octopus feature.
  • 1996: Camp Pendleton, California. Brownwater Productions video. Swift, Silent and Deadly. DP, Co-Producer, and cameraman for project featuring the tactical operations of the elite USMC First Force Recon Teams.
  • 1995: PADI Dive Organization. Cameraman for Wreck Diving Specialty Course Video.
  • 1995: PADI Dive Organization. Cameraman for Snorkeling Instructional Video.
  • 1995: Palau, Micronesia. Discovery Channel. Adrenaline Productions. Jellyfish and World of Wonder series. Cameraman for documentary on jellyfish.
  • 1995: Monterey, California. Japanese television series. Idea Network. DP and lead cameraman for documentary about Sea Otters in Monterey Bay.
  • 1994 — 1993: Caribbean Dolphin Research Project. Lee Hailman Windham. Lead photographer assigned to document Bottlenose dolphins with 16mm film, video, and stills.
  • 1993: Caribbean. DP for promotional video, brochure, and greeting card line for liveaboard charter company featuring the luxury catamaran "Talaria."
  • 1993: California. Light Wings environmental organizations. Still photographer for the Blue Shark project.
  • 1992: Designer and Founder of Technical Lighting Control Corp. Strobe arm system that set the standard in the photographic industry for stills, video and film cameras. Sold to Aqua Visions in Canada, marketed by Nikon.
  • 1992: Monterey, California. Japanese television series. DP and cameraman featuring an educational series about the undersea life at Monterey Bay.
  • 1990 — 1994: Air Micronesia & Continental Airlines. Still photographer for advertising campaign and promotional pieces; including print ads, brochures, postcards, and posters.
  • 1988 — 1989: Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary, California. BBC Sea Trek Series, London, England. Producer Robin Hillier. Cameraman and Marine Location Coordinator for "Sea Trek" television series shot at the Channel Islands, CA with hosts Mike DeGruy and Martha Holmes.
  • 1985 — 1986: Santa Barbara, California. Parson Runyun Films. Co-produced and directed two highly successful educational films, The Designated Driver and Sober Graduation. Both films were a part of a statewide effort started by Tom in cooperation with the California Highway Patrol to help curb the abuse of drugs and alcohol in respect to driving. Both films were the recipients of Cindy awards. 

Still Photography and Assignments:

  • February 1999: Discovery shark documentary, Nassau Bahamas.
  • May 1998: Amoco Commercial print campaign BBDS Chicago, on location in Nassau, Bahamas.
  • November 1998: Discovery shark documentary, Soccorro, Mexico.
  • 1998: Professional photographic seminars for Nikon, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 1997: Photographic assignment for Unlimited Magazine Hachett Publishing article on free divers and giant fish.
  • 1993: Assignment, still photographer: LA Times Abalone Planting in southern California.
  • 1990: Multi media photographic marketing project for the government of Dominica, W.I. Department of Tourism.
  • 1975 — 1985: California Highway Patrol. Responsible for the documentation of major chemical spills, multiple fatality collisions and accident investigation photography. CHP photo instructor for statewide public affairs officers in Sacramento.
  • 1983: David Weiss Productions San Diego, California. Still photographer for Howard Hall’s documentary Incidental Kill focusing on species that become incidental kill in the use of driftnets, such as pinnipeds and other pelagic marine animals.

High-Definition Workshops:

  • May 2004: Missoula Montana.   Instructor for Introduction to Underwater Filming and Camera Use, International Wildlife Film Festival.

  • September 2003, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival : Guest panelist on two HD panels, plus preview of HD film.

  • December 2002: St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Instructor for The Reel Workshop intensive underwater HD cinematography workshop.
  • September 2002: Santa Barbara. SCAMP High-Definition Workshop.
  • August 2002 - Current: Bahamas; North Carolina, USA; South Africa; Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Producer, DP for series on "The Ocean World."
  • August 2002: Los Angeles. UCLA Santa Fe High-Definition Workshop.

Current or Pending Projects:

  • Currently a group leader, photographer, & videography instructor for worldwide wildlife expeditions
  • Currently leading periodic photographic and video seminars in the California Channel Islands, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea, the Bahamas, and South Africa and Mabul, Malaysia.

Publication Credits:

  • Magazine Covers: 68 covers, including USA, European, South American, and Asian magazines. Numerous diver travel and natural history articles & photographs published in hundreds of magazines and natural history books.
  • Exhibits: New England Aquarium, John Shed Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Santa Barbara Sea Center, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
  • Calendars: Daydream, World Wildlife Fund, Turtle Press, Landmark, Western Lithographics-Tri monthly calendar, The Great Whales, The World of Sharks, and many others.
  • Published Portfolios:

2002 In-Flight Magazine Korean Air
2002 Rodale's Scuba Diving: Photo of the Decade
2000 Santa Barbara Magazine
1999 Rodale’s Scuba Diving
1998 Featured photographer of Nikon Pro Club Portfolio
1998 Ocean’s Journey Magazine
1997 Asian Sport Divers Journal Magazine
1989 Santa Barbara Sports Health and Fitness Magazine
1985 California Highway Patrol Magazine

  • Other Products: Tudor Graphics mousepads, T-shirts, CD ROM, twelve posters and sixteen notecards in various product lines including It’s Our World Too! series of endangered wildlife sold internationally through numerous aquariums.

Awards & Environmental Contributions:

  • JAPAN WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL FINALIST (one of 10 out of 132 countries): Giant Mantas of Mexico: 2005
  • TELLY AWARD (out of 12,500 entries): 2005
    • WINNER, NATURE & WILDLIFE: White Shark: South Africa
    • WINNER, CINEMATOGRAPHY: White Shark: South Africa
    • FINALIST, NATURE & WILDLIFE: Giant Mantas of Mexico
  • CINE GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD  Giant Mantas of Mexico: 2005
  • AURORA AWARD  Platinum Best of Show, Nature & Environment, Giant Mantas of Mexico: 2005
  • 2004 AURORA AWARD: 2004
    • Platinum Best of Show, Nature & Environment White Shark: South Africa
    • Platinum Best of Show, Cinematography White Shark: South Africa
  • Videography Award of Distinction for Cinematography and Short Production: 2002.
  • Outdoor Writers Association of America Award for Best Cinematography: 2001.
  • Videography Award of Distinction for Cinematography and Short Production: 2001.
  • Two awards of distinction for Creativity in Cinematography and Excellence in a TV Promotional Production and an Honorable Mention for video production in the 2000 International Videographer Awards Competition for Face to Face with the Great White Shark and Papua New Guinea: the Last Frontier.
  • Two honorable mentions for images entered in the 1999 International Mexico Nature Photography Contest United for Conservation.
  • Television program host for 1998 Year of the Oceans Education Management.
  • Group/Prentice Hall. Live interactive video broadcast program for classroom worldwide.
  • 1997/1998 "Week of the Whale" video presenter and speaker for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
  • Printing Industries of America Certificate of Merit for International Graphic Arts. Recognition of the Sea Otter Poster from It’s Our World Too! series.
  • Guilfoyle Wildlife Photographer Contest. First Place for most beautiful notecard series.
  • 1998 Epic Year of the Oceans award for Photojournalism.
  • Diawa The Summit Award for Outstanding photojournalism. Received in 1992 in support of our ocean environment.
  • BBC Environmental recognition in the prestigious book entitled Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1996, 1997, and 2000 worldwide competitions
  • Two environmental projects to generate financial support and public awareness for the endangered West Indian Manatee and the California Sea Otter.
  • Worked with Assemblywoman Doris Allen and The Committee to Help Ban Gill Nets. A selected still photograph was used as the poster shot of a gill-netted Sea Lion, earning Tom the prestigious Diawa Award for Photographic Journalism.
  • Selected by the US Department of Fish and Wildlife Service for film documentation in the Sea otter relocation project. Received special training by US Fish and Wildlife in the use of LAR-5 oxygen rebreather equipment for this assignment.

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