Profession: Cinematographer
Description: 5'10" tall, 170 lb. Balding with sandy grey hair, freckles, pale complexion. Cruel, sardonic sense of humor. Bulky upper body with low center of gravity. Long narrow scar down the middle of chest cavity. Chain smokes except when drinking heavily. Short stubby hands used to punctuate rapid neurotic speech.
Background: Youngest son of a prominent New York theatrical agent. Mother was a professional acrobatic roller skating artist. Raised by his paternal grandmother after being orphaned at the age of ten months, he attended Catholic military prep school for eight years and was a counselor at the Communist Youth League summer camp. Expelled from West Point after failing a drug test, he went on to an uneventful educational experience at a number of colleges and universities.
Experience: Worked as a short order cook and ambulance driver at the Veterans Administration in Los Angeles. Played Vershinin in a high school production of The Three Sisters. Managed a rent-a-car agency on Sunset Blvd. Spent two years as a roadie with the Kirov Ballet. Crashed twice in helicopter accidents in Mexico, watched an avalanche in Switzerland, and fell on his face while walking on hot lava at Kilauea Iki. Low threshold of pain saved him.
Skills: Ambidextrous with excellent hand/eye coordination, he’s adept at playing card manipulation, marksmanship, and two move chess problems. Knows the theme songs of most television shows from the 1950s and 60s. Can play both shortstop and second base. Competent on clarinet or saxophone. Has extensive knowledge of early 20th century German analog photography equipment. Good cook and cat lover. Proud new dad.
Credits: There Will Be Blood, The Return of the Living Dead Part 2, Good Night, And Good Luck., Nightcrawler, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, The Town, Michael Clayton, Boogie Nights, and many more.
