CV Resume | Biography

 

James Goldman started in the media business as a TV anchor, then presenter on a public service broadcaster in his teenage years, then (BA) Journalism Studies at Falmouth College of Arts in Cornwall, United Kingdom. 

 

James worked in The Independent Newspaper in London as a photojournalist. He photographed John Major, London mayor campaigns, Buckingham Palace, Mayday Riots and David Bailey, as well as contributing work to Classic Books, Practical Boat Owner and Falmouth Packet. 

 

He then became a multimedia designer, working also with video and photography for Random Media in Mayfair, London, working on projects for Tony Scott’s Spygame and Ridley Scott Associates. His image of red smoke in large format E6 was projected on the Battersea Power Station, the largest projection in Europe at the time.

 

After 9/11, then, the disappearance of Daniel Pearl, James worked between NWFP (Afagani Pakistani border) and Oxford on a documentary and as a stringer for news agencies.

 

Arriving in Hong Kong in 2003, James joined Abacus Entertainment as a multimedia officer, producing trailers and movie promotions for film studios, HMV and Blockbuster.

 

He went on to join Salon Films Group as a creative director, creating promotional videos and developing feature films. He then worked as a Senior designer at a WPP agency for digital content and a video producer for Action Asia Events.

 

James then joined director of photography Peter Sova, ASC in his camera department on PUSH, a Hollywood feature film with Chris Evans, Dokada Fanning and Djimon Hounsou after working at the production office with producer Stan Wlodkowski for pre production and then stayed at the production office after the wrap of principle photography.

 

Having been a client of video footage and learnt from the best in the business. James set his eyes on new challenges and a more active lifestyle. He became a freelance cameraman in Hong Kong in 2012. He set up Camera Crew Hong Kong (Hollywood Road Studios / formerly HongKongVideograher.com) to support his camera work. 

 

Since, James has shot, directed and produced via creative or advertising agencies, and occasionally directly for Adidas, AIG, Alexander McQueen, Alibaba, Arcadis, Apple Inc, Art Basel, AWE, AXA, BAFTA, British Airways, BBC, BlackRock, BNP, British Government, Blackberry, Boston Consulting Group, BVLGARI, Canale 5, Citibank, CHANEL, Chicago Booth University, Continental Jewellery, CNBC, CNN, Dauchel, DHL, Discovery Channel, DFS, Edelman, Elite Model Agency, Engadget, Eurosports, Evershed, Facebook, Fairmont Hotel, Formula-E, Google, Global Source, Italian Chamber of Commerce, ITN, Herbert Smith Freehills, History Channel, HSBC, Hong Kong Contemporary Art (HOCA), Hugo Boss, Johnson & Johnson, Marriott Hotel, Mitchell, LaMer, National Geographic, Netflix, Olay, P&G, Paramount Studios, PBS, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Roger Dubuis, Shell Oil Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Standard Chartered Bank, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Swarovski, Swissotel, TechCrunch, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Times, Thomson Reuters, Towel Media, Zara, 9News and more.

 

James still shoots stills and was honoured to be invited to be an official photographer for BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts). Please visit goldmanjames.com for his photography work.

 

Contact James Goldman for rates and client references: +852 63968868 +852 34891318 james@cameramanhongkong.com Hollywood Road Studios, 19/F, IFC2, 8 Financial Street, Central, Hong Kong

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Please also search Camera Crew Hong Kong James Goldman on google for five star reviews on James Goldman’s work.

 

Testimonies from clients
 

Wendy Zbinden, independent journalist, Institut Journalisme Bordeaux Aquitaine, from the Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France

It was very pleasant to work with James. He was very understanding, adapted to our requests. The images were neat, it was really great! Very professional! Thanks again James!

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Ben Londesbrough, Untold Fable, London, UK

James and his team produced a great remote shoot for us from Hong Kong. The footage looked excellent and James and his producer got great contributions from our interviewees. He worked well to brief and matched footage we had in the UK. Would recommend James to anyone looking to shoot in Hong Kong.

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Pauline Anderson, John Brown Media, UK

The Camera Crew Hong Kong did a great job for us. We were in London so couldn't be on the ground and they set up the shoot, kit, recce, timings, security etc and their work was excellent and our client very happy.
 

Russ Calkins, Hardpin, Los Angeles, USA 

This crew was fantastic to work with. High quality production, and professionalism at every step of the process. 10/10 will work with them again.

Benoît Galand, Wildvertising, Switzerland 

I've had the opportunity to collaborate on different types of productions with them and I have always been extremely satisfied with their services. Solution driven, flexible and very reactive. Definitely recommend.

Fernando Puertollano, Empty, Spain

James is a high reliable partner for our filming projects in the area. High quality and positive creative interchange to accomplish the high-q of our final movie projects.
 

Michael McComb, Producer, UK

I asked the team to schedule a camera/sound crew with very little notice - I contacted them at the end of the day and needed a crew the next morning! No problem! On time, good communication, great equipment, and professional onsite. End result was terrific.

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Chris Burns, Broadcaster, Euro News, France

James went the extra mile to get what we needed for our Euronews Spotlight Hong Kong programme. Great to work with.

Filmography 2024
 

2024.08
Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Gaffer, Sound Recordist, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Project: Piece to Camera, Corporate Video Production
Client: Prosus / Borish Worldwide, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2024.07
Photographer in Hong Kong
Project: Corporate Portrait and Candid Workplace Photography
Client: PricewaterhouseCooper, London, United Kingdom

2024.07
Director of Photography / Camera Operator / Cameraman / Videographer, Director, Producer, Sound Recordist, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Project: Green screen studio filming, Autocue / Teleprompter, Piece to Camera for Corporate Video Production and online content.
Client: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, Delaware, United States

2024.07
Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Video Editor in Hong Kong
Project: Corporate Video Production
Client: Standard And Poor, Virginia, USA

2024.07
Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Project: TBN Documentary: Baby Buddha from Shark Bay Australia at Auction

Client: VAM Media, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

 

2024.07

Director of Photography, Director, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Project: Joung Gustav / VYTE Music Video

Client: Joung Gustav / VYTE, Zurich, Switzerland

 

2024.06

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Project: Broad Director Program

Client: The Financial Times, London, United Kingdom

 

2024.06

Director of Photography, Director, Still Photography in Hong Kong

Project: Alex Chinneck sculpture / installation at Hermès, Paris

Client: Alex Chinneck, United Kingdom / Hermès, Paris, France

 

2024.06

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew, Stills Photographer in Hong Kong

Project: Corporate Video and photography

Client: Rebound Electrics, London, United Kingdom

 

2024.06

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Project: PeakRe ReInsurance Corporate Video

Client: Acumen / TBD, London, United Kingdom, PeakRe, Hong Kong

 

2024.06

Fixer / line producer, Sound Recordist, Camera Crew in Shanghai

Project: Allergan Medical Aesthetic corporate video

Client: Robotic Raptor, New York, USA, Assignment Desk, California, USA

 

2024.06

Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Shanghai

Project: Euronews Three Cameras CEO Interviews and B-roll at Mobile World Congress, Shanghai 2024

Client: Euronews / GSMA, London, England, UK

 

2024.06
Director of Photography in Hong Kong
Project: Bupa online commercial

Client: Bupa, London, United Kingdom

 

2024.06

Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Project: Two Cameras Green Screen Piece to Camera Corporate Video with autocue / teleprompter and b-roll

Client: Pichtet, Geneva, Switzerland
 

2024.05
Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Project: Two Cameras Interview with APAC CIO at Manulife Tower in Hong Kong and B-roll
Client: G2 Films, London, UK / New York, USA
 

2024.05
Director of Photography, Camera Operator in Hong Kong
Project: Two Cameras Piece to camera with Partner at Gowling WLG in Guangzhou and B-roll
Client: Swim Media, Toronto, Canada

 

2024.05

Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Project: Video Interviews and B-roll at Capital Market Forum in Hong Kong 2024
Client: Capital Markets Forum in Hong Kong

 

2024.05
Director of Photography, Camera Operator in Hong Kong

Project: Interview and B-roll at ICCA, International Council for Commercial Arbitration at Grand Hyatt and Rose Wood Hotel, Hong Kong

Client: Schoenherr Attorneys at Law / My Arbitration, Vienna, Austria

 

2024.05

Teleprompter / Autocue team for HP CEO at Canon Headquarter, Tokyo

Project: Enrique Lores Keynote Speech at Canon Headquarter, Tokyo

Client: Hewlett-Packard, Califonlia / Told Right, Jacksonville, Florida / Assignment Desk, California

 

2024.05

Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Director in Hong Kong

Project: Corporate documentary 

Client: Panquake / TalkLibration, USA

 

2024.05
Director of Photography, Camera Operator in Hong Kong

Project: Qatar Economic Forum Powered by Bloomberg

Client: Red Dot Films, Doha, Qatar

 

2024.05

Event Videographer, Photographer in Hong Kong

Project: Investment Event at Eton Club

Client: PitchFlix.tv, London

 

2024.04
Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Singapore

Project: Interviews and b-roll of corporate video for PWC (Price Waterhouse Cooper)
Client: PwC (Price Waterhouse Cooper), London, United Kingdom, Assignment Desk, California

 

2024.04
Videographer / Cameraman
Project: Interview and B-roll at International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
Client: International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association / Black Swan Video Production, United Kingdom

 

2024.04

Director of Photography in Tokyo

Project: Documentary 

Client: Digital Renegades, Florida, USA

 

2023.03

Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Camera Crew, Editor, Production Company in Hong Kong
3 Camera Interviews

Project: Corporate Video Production
Client: Standard And Poor, Virginia, USA

 

2024.03
Event Videographer / Cameraman
Project: Hong Kong Filmart
Client: Splento, London, United Kingdom / Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA)

 

2023.03

Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Camera Crew, Editor, Production Company in Hong Kong
Project: Autocue Piece to Camera

Corporate Video Production
Client: Ant Australia

2024.02
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Project: Interview And B-Roll Of Jamie Oliver Restaurant At Airport, Corporate Video Production
Client: Jamie Oliver, London / Assignment Desk, USA

2024.02
Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Project: Dukling Junk Boat, Online Content Video Production
Client: Great Big Story / Why Now, London, United Kingdom

2024.01
Camera Crew, Lighting Cameraman in Hong Kong
Project: Three Camera Interview for Corporate Video Production
Client: Capital Club

2024.01
Director of Photography, Director, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Project: Interview and B-roll for Corporate Video Production
Client: More Slr, Italy

 

2024.01
Director of Photography,  Director, Camera Crew
Agency: WBC productions, USA
Project: Two camera interview and B-roll for York Industries Corporate Video Production
Client: York Industries, New York, USA

2024.01
Director of Photography,  Director, Camera Crew
Agency: Acumen / TBD, London
Project: Two camera interview and B-roll for Lotus Car Corporate Video Production
Client: Lotus Technology

2023.12
Director of Photography, Camera Operator in Hong Kong
Project: Two Camera Interview
Client: The Financial Times, London

2023.12
Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Production Company: ProudFoot, London
Project: UBS Fine Art Collector Series
Client: UBS, Switzerland

2023.12
Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Project: Two Camera Interview for Corporate Video
Client: IRQA

2023.12
Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Agency: GNA Films
Project: B-roll and GV for Corporate Video
Client: ICAP
 

2023.12
Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew,
Photographers Videographers in Hong Kong
Agency: Create Production, Dubai
Client: FII Institute

2023.11

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Agency: TBD, London, United Kingdom

Project: Interview with CEO and Top Executives, B-roll

Client: AXA, Paris, France 

 

2023.11

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Project: Dukling Junk Boat

Client: Great Big Story / Why Now, London, United Kingdom

 

2023.11

Director of Photography, Director, Camera Operator, Camera Crew in Hong Kong

Pearl Lam Galleries video podcast with Mr Doodle

Pearl Lam Galleries video podcast with Kim Robinson

Agency: Michael Macfarlane Associate, London, United Kingdom

Client: Pearl Lam Galleries
 

2023.11
Videographer and photographer in Hong Kong
Client: PitchFlix.TV, London, United Kingdom
 

2023.11
Director of Photography, Unit Producer, Interviewer, Director
Project: Two Camera Interview for Global Labour Market Conference
Clients: UNICEF / FWD films, New Zealand

 

2023.10
Director of Photography, Camera Crew
Client: Standex, New Hampshire, USA

2023.10

Videographer, Photographer, Director, Producer in Hong Kong

Apac Family Office Investment Submit

Client: Connect Group, London, United Kingdom

2023.09

Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Sound Recordist in Hong Kong
Jamie Richards Michael Cox Two Camera Interview And B-Roll

Online Content Video Production
Client: Entain, Australia / Ladbrokes, United Kingdom

 

2023.09

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Editor in Hong Kong
Online Content Video Production
Client: Celinni, Paris, France

2023.09

Director of Photography, Unit Producer, Director, Camera Crew, Camera Operators, Sound Recordist in Hong Kong
Jeremy Deutsch Kelvin Lee 3 Camera Interview, Piece To Camera With Jeremy Deutsch

Corporate Video Production
Client: Equinix, California / Lightswitch, Chicago USA

 

2023.09

Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Camera Crew, Editor, Production Company in Hong Kong
3 Camera Interviews

Corporate Video Production
Client: Standard And Poor, Virginia, USA

 

2023.09

Director of Photography, Camera Crew, Unit Producer, Unit Director
Unit Production Company
Online Commercial Production in Hong Kong 

Client: The Smalls / Kraken, London

 

2023.09

Director of Photography, Camera Operator in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Open

Television Production

Client: Infront Sports, Switzerland

Filmography 2023

2023.08

Producer / Director of photography in Hong Kong
Internal communication and conference video with a global bank (Confidential).

 

2023.08

Camera Operator in Macau, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence in Macau

Client: California / Slideslive, New York, USA

 

2023.08

Fixer in Hong Kong and China,

Client: ProSieben TV, Galileo / Comberry, München, Germany

 

2023.08

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Assistant Camera in Hong Kong
2 Camera Interview and B-roll
Client: Remark / OOSHOT, Paris France

 

2023.08

Director, Producer, Director of Photography in Hong Kong
2 Camera Interview
Client: Borish / Naspers, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

2023.08

Director, Producer, Director of Photography in Hong Kong
Client: Jean Claude Van Damme (JCVD) / Takeoff Studio, Lyon, France

 

2023.07

Aerial Director of Photography in Hong Kong, Drone filming

Client: Facing East, Switzerland 

 

202307

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Camera Crew in Hong Kong
Corporate video production
Client: TBD Media group, London, United Kingdom

 

2023.07

Director of Photography, Director / Producer in Hong Kong
Client: FT, London, United Kingdom

 

2023.07-08

Director of Photography, Engineering Client: All Frontiers, Manchester, United Kingdom

 

2023.07

Director, Producer, Director of Photography

Client: Lemonlight / Ethicist, Washington DC, USA

 

2023.07

Director of Photography

Client: Wyzowl / StoryHunder / Ontario Teachers, New York, USA

 

2023.07

Director of Photography, Camera Crew, Client: Tait Tower, Lititz, PA, USA

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2023.06

Producer, Director, Dop / Dp / Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Sound Recordist, Camera Crew, Red V-Raptor 8k, Red Komodo 6k, Video Production Company

 

Round Table With The Board Corporate Video With 3 Red Cinema Cameras In Hong Kong

 

Client: Egon Zehnder / Image Base

 

2023.06

Camera Operator, Gaffer, Sound Recordist, Makeup Artist, Camera Rental, Video production company

 

Capital.Club Master Class

 

Client: Capital.Club

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2023.05
It was our pleasure to film for HSBC again. We wish all the best to the HSBC team in Hong Kong. We are grateful for their time and enthusiasm. We thank the Dubai team for inviting us to the project. Our Director of Photography James Goldman thanks Assistant Camera Christopher Parker for his contribution to another successful shoot.

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2023.03

It was a pleasure to work with National Geographic Mayday 24 Air Crash Investigation documentary series again. We look forward to working with Dan, Emily, Jay, Roy, Chaunren and the National Geographic team again in the near future. Our director of photography / producer James Goldman is grateful for the excellent work by Eric, our sound recordist and Chris, our remote production specialist. We thank Sing Fung studio for their sound stage.

 

2023.03

It was our honor and pleasure  to film the first ever visit and interview at M+ by architects Herzog & de Meuron, for a feature length documentary directed by Fritz Muri (Director of Licence to Film, Marc Forster, making of James Bond no. 22, A Quantum of Solace) and produced by Facing East production (Revenant, by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Leonardo DiCaprio.).

 

We thank Fritz, Lauric Barmettler for inviting James Goldman, Director of Photography to the project. and Laren from M+.

 

We look forward to working with Fritz, Lauric and M+ again.
 

2023.03

It was our pleasure to film a green screen virtual production with presenting a prestigious award to a renowned scientist for his work on creating clean drinking water in UAE and Dubai.

 

2023.03

It has been Camera Crew Hong Kong’s privilege to work with the prestigious Northeastern University in Boston. We thank Northeastern Films, Adam, Aris, Spencer and Harbourview. We look forward to filming for them again.

 

2023.03

Camera Crew Hong Kong thanks Sony, World Rugby, HSBC and HKRU for the exclusive opportunities to film heroic portraits and insightful interviews of Rugby legends. Our producer / director James Goldman is grateful to commercial dop Faith and cinematographer Quinton’s captivating footage.

 

We look forward to working with the brillant Louise, Lauren, Kerry and Jessica from London, Robbie, Jordanne from HKRU, Jerry from Hong Kong Stadium and Brandon in Hong Kong in the near future.

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2023.03

Camera Crew Hong Kong is honored to work with Caryle again. We thank Alex, David, Edgar, Eunice, Karen, Orla, Matt, Mohammed, Rachel, Rashid, Russ from Los Angeles, California, New York and Hong Kong. We look forward to working with them again soon.

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2023.02

Camera Crew Hong Kong thanks CNBC for hiring our camera crew in Hong Kong to interview CASETiFY CEO Wes Ng with two Sony FX9 cameras at CASETiFY's headquarter in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

We thank Wes and Ruben for their time and support through out the interview.

 

We thank Christopher Parker for his excellent work. Camera Crew Hong Kong looks forward to working with CNBC and CASETiFY again.

 

2023.02

Camera Crew Hong Kong thanks our client in London for hiring our camera crew in Hong Kong to film testimonial video interviews for Microsoft at HSBC headquarter in Central Hong Kong for their global video production.

 

We thank Christopher Parker for his excellent work.

 

We look forward to working with Microsoft and HSBC again.

 

2023.02

Camera Crew Hong Kong thanks our client in London for hiring our camera crew in Hong Kong to film testimonial video interviews for Microsoft at HSBC corporate office in Kowloon for their global video production.

 

We thank Christopher Parker for his excellent work.

 

We look forward to working with Microsoft and HSBC again.

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2023.02

We thank singer song writer Noah Reyes for hiring us to create a music video in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong for his song, Palm Tree and You.

 

We thank Christopher Parker for his excellent work.

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2023.02

We thank BBC for hiring a cameraman from Camera Crew Hong Kong to film a documentary about property in Hong Kong.

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We look forward to working with BBC again.

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2023.01

It is an honor to be awarded The Best Cosmetic Ads by DesignRush.com for our Olay Bounciness Challenge Commercial. We are featured on their Best Designs Trends page in the video design category.

 

We thank the Best Design Award team at Design Rush for their considerations.

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2023.01
So begleitet die DZ BANK ihre Kunden im Auslandsgeschäft is finally released.

It was a pleasure filming with DZ bank and Uwe Walter.
We look forward to working with the cooperative bank and the change manager again in the near future.
Weil nicht nur zählt, was zählbar ist.

​2022.12

It was a pleasure to film for the FT again.

2 Cameras. Interview. GV.

We thank FT's London and Hong Kong Team for their quality journalism.

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Filmography 2022
 

Two camera Interviews with Primrose Riordan and Jonathan Slone in Hong Kong for FT films for Financial Times, London

Producer / Correspondent, Tom Rigg, London, United Kingdom, Tabby Kinder, Hong Kong

Director of Photography, James Goldman, Camera Crew Hong kong

2 x Sony FX9 (to match Sony FS5)

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Multi camera Interview with Britt Clennett, (ABC news) and HSBC top executive for John Brown Media, London / HSBC
Producer, Charlotte Kan, John Brown Media, London, United Kingdom

Director of Photography, James Goldman
Presenter, multi camera crew in Hong Kong, (4 Cameras) camera operators, gaffer, Camera Crew Hong kong

3 x Sony FX9 (to match Sony FS7) + 1 x Sony AI (to match Sony A7S3)
 

Two camera Interviews with Thomas Hale and Primrose Riordan in Hong Kong for FT films for Financial Times, London

Producer / Correspondent, Tom Rigg, London, United Kingdom, Tabby Kinder, Hong Kong

Director of Photography, James Goldman, Camera Crew Hong kong

2 x Sony FX9 (to match Sony FS5)

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Filmography 2021

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Two camera Interviews for Microsoft in Hong Kong for Ghost Atomic Pictures / Microsoft, USA
Producer Adam Rothlein, Ghost Atomic Pictures, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Director of Photography, James Goldman, Camera Crew Hong kong

Second camera operators, gaffer by Camera Crew Hong kong

2 x Sony FX9

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Auto Cue Pieces to camera with Carlyle Directors in Hong Kong for Hardpin Media, Los Angeles / Carlyle

Producer, Orla Manning, Hardpin Media, California, United States of America

Director of Photography, James Goldman by Camera Crew Hong kong
23 inch Autocue, Sony FX9,

 

Virtual Studio Production, Amazon Innovation day with Stefan Klein from Hong Kong, Imagination, Sydney, Australia 
Produce, Anna Richmond

Director of Photography, James Goldman, Camera Crew Hong kong
1st AC, 2nd AC, camera assistant, DIT, sound recordist (Eric Lau), gaffer, best boy, electrician by Camera Crew Hong kong
2 x 23 inch Autocue, RED Helium, Virtual Studio

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