Curtis Cooknell

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: 500W Portable Hologen Worklight with 50ft Cable Cord, Argus M3, Avid Pro Tools, Bell & Howell 674/XL, Bell & Howell 8315A, Bell & Howell/Canon Cine Canonet 8, DXG 534V HD, Final Draft, Globe 500W Portable Halogen Worklight, Globe 500W Portable Tripod Halogen Worklight, Hanimex loadmatic M 110, Hanimex loadmatic MP 500 TL, Hitachi 1300A, Hitachi 2300A, JVC GR-AXM250, JVC GR-D750, JVC GR-EZ1, JVC GR-SXM260U, Keystone XL 300, Kyocera Finemovie8 KD-1100, Noma 500W Portable Halogen Worklight, Noma 500W Portable Tripod Halogen Worklight, Power Director12, Samsung 8, Sankyo Movimat, Sanyo Vision 8, Sharp Hi 8 Viewcam VL-H550, Sony Handycam Video 8, Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Movie Maker

I can use: Noma 500W Portable Tripod Halogen Worklight, Keystone Xl 300, Sony Betacam Sp, Sony Nxcam Avchd Hxrnx5U, Sony Handycam Video 8, Samsung 8, Sharp Hi 8 Viewcam Vl-H550, Sankyo Movimat, Sanyo Vision 8, Altman 650L, Noma 500W Portable Halogen Worklight, Globe 500W Portable Halogen Worklight, 500W Portable Hologen Worklight With 50Ft Cable Cord, Kyocera Finemovie8 Kd-1100, Globe 500W Portable Tripod Halogen Worklight, Ross Video Switcher, Tricaster Tc350, Tricaster Tc850, Edirol V-4, Electret Condenser Microphone Ecm-77B, Screenwriter 2000, Studio Pinnacle 7, Windows Live Movie Maker, Ftp 95, Vimeo, Power Director12, Bell & Howell/Canon Cine Canonet 8, Final Cut Pro / X, Final Draft, iMovie, Avid Pro Tools, Sony Vegas Pro, ARRI SR3, ARRI SR2, Sony PD150, Windows Movie Maker, Cannon Xl1, Argus M3, Bell & Howell 8315A, Bell & Howell 674/Xl, Dxg 534V Hd, Hanimex Loadmatic M 110, Hanimex Loadmatic Mp 500 Tl, Hitachi 1300A, Hitachi 2300A, Jvc 500 Dv Cam, Jvc Gr-Ez1, Jvc Gr-Axm250, Jvc Gr-Sxm260U, Jvc Gr-D750

About me

During high school, I got my first video camera and my company, Small Crew Productions, was born. In the fall of 1998, I wrote, produced and directed my first film, a short titled A Snowy December. I spent years developing and continuing to create my own projects through Small Crew Productions, including feature films, music videos, documentaries and a television pilot.

I attended college studying Digital Film & Television Production. After graduating in July 2004, I was ready to head out into the working world and begin gaining more experience in the industry. I started volunteering at Rogers Television in Durham Region in December 2005, where I had the opportunity to work all positions including ENG Operator/News Editor, Teleprompter, Studio Camera Operator, Floor Director and Live Eye Camera Operator. I was also given the opportunity to switch and direct for both live and pre-taped TV.

After spending 2 years at Rogers Television, I left to work on different projects and expand my knowledge. Over the years, I have worked with Bee Telefilms as a Grip on a feature film, Marwood Forest Productions as a Camera Operator on a short film, Helie Film Support as a Location Production Assistant on the ABC TV series, Happy Town, and the feature film, Dream House; Digital Samurai as a Production Assistant for Auto Show TV 2010; BizClip as a Videographer shooting commercials for local businesses; Camp Green Acres as a Videographer/Editor shooting the camp video year book; ThatChannel.com as a Tricaster Technician and Corus Entertainment as a Broadcast Production Content Operator.

I also taught Television Production at Trebas Institute since April 2011, spending 5yrs at the college.

I currently work at the OLG as a Draws assistant, setting up and operating the ball machines, operating the video switcher, editing the draw videos and posting them to the OLG website.

Skills

Job Titles	Technical Director / Vision Mixer, Camera Operator
Years in industry	6+ years