Our staff is available to teach because they want to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for making films. What you get is a team of experts who work in the film business for a living and are willing to show you what they've learned in the trenches. This is an invaluable learning resource. The caliber of professional creative and technical expertise among them is extraordinary. This is one of the many benefits that make DVCamps.com a unique training experience.

FOUNDING MEMBERS
GEOFF ZIMMERMAN
Director of Photography
Decline and Fall of The Western Civilization: The Metal Years, A Fare To Remember, The Return of Bruno (Bruce Willis), Over 50 Commercials, Over 100 MTV Music Videos, Very Bad Things 2nd Unit DP, In Cold Blood 2nd Unit DP, Martial Law Action Unit/Cam Op., On The Line Cam Op/2nd Unit DP.
Awards
Dennis Miller: Black and White, HBO Ace Award Nominee
Jagged Little Pill: Live 1998 Grammy Award Best Long Form Video
Mighty Times: The Children's March 2005 Academy Award Best Short Subject.

ROBERT GRASMERE
Writer-Director-Visual Effects Supervisor
Directed second unit and/or supervised visual effects on: The Mothman Prophecies (Richard Gere, Laura Linney), The Core (Hilary Swank), The Bone Collector (Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie), The Saint (Val Kilmer, Elizabeth Shue), Ed (Matt LeBlanc), Toys (Robin Williams, Robin Wright), Clear and Present Danger (Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe), Patriot Games (Harrison Ford), Predator 2 (Danny Glover), and many more.

As a writer his credits include Baby Geniuses (sequel being made now) and A Million to Juan. His latest screenplay, Cub Scout Commandos, has been optioned with Robert attached to direct.



ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF
ALAN BARKER
Sound Recordist, DV and Audio Consultant, Field Producer
Starting as a news cameraman at age 17, I later graduated from the Motion Picture Division, UCLA. After producing classroom films for a decade I freelanced as a cameraman and sound recordist, eventually landing in sound, video/audio consulting and PAL camera rentals. My primary interest is in documentaries and documentary-style production. I usually work on 30 plus documentaries a year, most of which have been for British television. I guest lecture regularly at UCLA and taught at the Cameroon Television Workshop for Johns Hopkins University and at the International School of Film and Television in Cuba. In July, Joan Churchill and I finished a 53-week stint as a producing/shooting team on a 13 part documentary series using the Sony PD150. I believe that the development of high quality small format video is facilitating a badly needed revitalization of both documentary and dramatic production. My teaching and consulting efforts have been in support of that movement.



MARCO FARGNOLI
Director of Photography
Marco began his career in Chicago's independent film community, shooting low-budget features and music videos. He relocated to Los Angeles six years ago, and enjoys being busier than he ever has in his life. His 2nd Unit Director/DP work can be seen in the recent HBO action film "A Better Way to Die". His TV and Documentary work includes projects for NBC, FOX, the History Channel, Travel Channel, Gameshow Network, and the Sundance Institute, and his features and short films have picked up awards at Houston Worldfest, BACA, Cinequest, and HBO's Short Film Award. Marco's latest projects are the indy features "Time of Fear" and "String Theory".



DALE MARKS
Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Inc.




STEVE MARTIN
Apple Certified Instructor
When Apple introduced Final Cut Pro, Steve began teaching this innovative editing application at events such as MacWorld, AFI, and NAB. He is the definitive authority on Final Cut Pro 3 and is responsible for training Apple Certified instructors. Steve also helped to produce the popular CD-ROM tutorials "Secrets of Final Cut Pro" and "PowerStart".In 2002, Steve launched his own consulting firm, Ripple Training, dedicated to providing timely, practical tutorials using Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro.



TIM SMITH
Director of Training, Canon USA
Tim directs a talented group of display specialists all technically well versed in camcorder operation. Tim consultants for some of Hollywood's top filmmakers and most recently was technical advisor on Steven Soderbergh's film Full Frontal.