BRIAN W. KELLY, S.O.C.
(619) 850-7137
[email protected]
briankellydp.com
Award winning freelance Director of Photography and Camera Operator with over 27 years of experience. Shoots on all formats and owns Sony FS-7 and FS-5 II camera packages. Union member of IATSE Local 600 and a member of the Society Of Camera Operators, SOC.
EXPERIENCE:
Sep. 2000 - Present, Director of Photography and Camera Operator on various worldwide television productions
Big Fish Entertainment/ Reelz/ Peacock, Shooter Producer on "On Patrol: Live", documenting the work of police departments around the country
44 Blue Productions/ NBC, Shooter Producer on "LA Fire and Rescue", documenting the work of LA County's firefighters
44 Blue Productions/ Netflix, DP/ Camera Operator on Netflix Original, "Jailbirds: Season 2", a series documenting the lives of incarcerated women inside Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans
GRB Entertainment/ A&E, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on "Intervention: California Dreaming", a series highlighting Fentanyl abuse in California
Big Fish Entertainment/ A&E, Shooter Producer on "Live Rescue", documenting the work of first responders around the country
44 Blue Productions/ NETFLIX, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on Netflix Original, “Jailbirds”, a series about incarcerated women in the Sacramento County Jail
GRB Entertainment/ A&E, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on the Emmy nominated series, “Intervention”
GRB Entertainment/ A&E, Director of Photography on, “Intervention: The Heroin Triangle”, a 9-part series about heroin/ opioid addiction in and around Atlanta, GA.
Endemol Shine/ FOX, Camera Operator on, “Master Chef”
257 Productions/ NBC, Camera Operator on, “Strong”
44 Blue Productions/ MSNBC, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on the series, “Lockup”, including, “Lockup Holman: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Corcoran: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Penitentiary of New Mexico: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Indiana State Penitentiary: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Limon State Correctional Facility: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Maricopa County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Orange County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Boston Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Wabash Valley: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Santa Rosa: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Louisville Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Cleveland Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Tulsa Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Bergen County Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Charleston County Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Cincinnati Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Suffolk County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Chatham County Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Sacramento County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Sedgwick County Jail: Extended Stay.”
Upper Ground Enterprises/ Fox, Camera Operator on the show, “Hell’s Kitchen”
44 Blue Productions / MSNBC, DP/ Camera Operator on the shows “Lockup World Tour: Eastern
Europe", ”Lockup World Tour: Western Europe” & “Life After Lockup”
Langley Productions/ Fox/ Tru TV, Camera Operator for the shows, “COPS”, “Vegas Strip” and “Road
Warriors”, a reality series about the Baja 1000 and the world of off-road racing
Nate and Lil Productions / ABC/ A&E, Camera Operator on, “Beyond Scared Straight” and “Border Security U.S.A.”
44 Blue Productions / Court TV, DP/ Camera Operator on the shows, “Inside: Iowa State Penitentiary”, “Inside: Western Tennessee State Penitentiary”
New Box Media / Court TV, Camera Operator on the series, “Bait Car”
Evolution Media/ Court TV, Camera Operator on the series, “Beach Patrol (Ocean Force)”
High Noon Productions, Food Network, Home and Garden TV, Camera Operator for the shows, “Unwrapped”, “Food Competition Specials”, “Sugar Rush”, “If Walls Could Talk”, “Offbeat America”, “My First Place”
High Noon Productions, CMT, DIY Network, Style Network, Camera Operator for the shows, “CMT Got Me In With The Band”, “Trade School”, “Skin Deep”, “Stripped”, “What You Get For The Money”
Desert Sky Digital Satellite / Court TV, Camera Operator during the live trial of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad Iraq. Part of the first camera crew contracted by the U.S. State Department to film the trial. Cameraman on other high profile trials including, Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Scott Peterson and Robert Blake
Barnstormer Productions/ PBS, DP, “Weekend Explorer”, an award winning adventure travel series
44 Blue Productions / PBS/ KCET, Camera Operator on Peabody Award-winning series, “A Place of Our Own”
44 Blue Productions / Discovery Channel, DP/ Camera Operator on the series, “Survive This!”
44 Blue Productions / History Channel, Camera Operator on, “Mega Movers”
ABC/ ESPN, Academy Awards, ESPY Awards, Emmy Awards, “Good Morning America: San Diego Wildfires”, live shot cameraman
Pilgrim Films/ Travel Channel, Camera Operator on, “Dry Dock: A Cruise Ship Reborn”
Pacific Coast Video/ National Geographic Channel, Camera Operator on the show, “Navy Seals: Silent
Option”
GRB Entertainment / The Learning Channel, DP/ Camera Operator on the award winning documentary, “Lethal Swarms”
Michael Hoff Productions/ Discovery Channel, Camera Operator on, “I Detective”
Andrew Solt Productions/ The Learning Channel, DP/ Camera Operator on the documentary, “Underway”
PBS, DP, Camera Operator and Producer on, “Heroes In Training”, an independent documentary
Clubhouse Productions/ Outdoor Life Network, Camera Operator on Ivan Stewart’s Pro Truck Off-road racing series
NBC/ Trans World International, Camera Operator on, “U.S. Olympic Gold”, profiles of U.S. volleyball, rowing and water polo teams
CNN, LA Bureau, Camera Operator on various assignments for daily news, “SI”, and “Showbiz”
Oct. 1998-Sep. 2000
CoverEDGE Television News Service, Las Vegas, NV, and San Diego, CA ESPN, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC, Camera Operator on numerous shows including, “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”, “Larry King Live”, “Outside the Lines”, “Americas Most Wanted”
May 1994-Oct. 1998
U.S. Navy, San Diego, CA, Combat Cameraman
Winner 1997 “Military Photographer of the Year”, video, combat camera
Camera Operator on more than 50 worldwide productions, providing strategic and historical documentation during training and real world military operations
Cameraman on “Operation: United Shield”, the final evacuation of UN troops under hostile conditions from Somalia, Africa
Director of photography on 16mm short film, “Smashingcans’ Bane”
Jan. 1989 - May 1994
Still Photographer, U.S. Navy, Norfolk VA. and Washington D.C. Atlantic Intelligence Command, Aerial Reconnaissance Photographer, mapping to track military movements around the world
Naval Security Station, Cryptology Command Photographer, maintaining the base photo lab, working on the command Newspaper, Portraits and Award Ceremonies
EDUCATION
University Of Maryland, College Park Maryland
Naval School of Photography, Still Photography, Pensacola, Florida
Defense Photography School, Advanced Video Production, Pensacola, Florida International Film and Television Workshops, 16mm camera, Rockland, Maine Santa Fe Hi-Definition Workshop, Los Angeles, California
REDucation, Los Angeles CA.
(619) 850-7137
[email protected]
briankellydp.com
Award winning freelance Director of Photography and Camera Operator with over 27 years of experience. Shoots on all formats and owns Sony FS-7 and FS-5 II camera packages. Union member of IATSE Local 600 and a member of the Society Of Camera Operators, SOC.
EXPERIENCE:
Sep. 2000 - Present, Director of Photography and Camera Operator on various worldwide television productions
Big Fish Entertainment/ Reelz/ Peacock, Shooter Producer on "On Patrol: Live", documenting the work of police departments around the country
44 Blue Productions/ NBC, Shooter Producer on "LA Fire and Rescue", documenting the work of LA County's firefighters
44 Blue Productions/ Netflix, DP/ Camera Operator on Netflix Original, "Jailbirds: Season 2", a series documenting the lives of incarcerated women inside Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans
GRB Entertainment/ A&E, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on "Intervention: California Dreaming", a series highlighting Fentanyl abuse in California
Big Fish Entertainment/ A&E, Shooter Producer on "Live Rescue", documenting the work of first responders around the country
44 Blue Productions/ NETFLIX, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on Netflix Original, “Jailbirds”, a series about incarcerated women in the Sacramento County Jail
GRB Entertainment/ A&E, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on the Emmy nominated series, “Intervention”
GRB Entertainment/ A&E, Director of Photography on, “Intervention: The Heroin Triangle”, a 9-part series about heroin/ opioid addiction in and around Atlanta, GA.
Endemol Shine/ FOX, Camera Operator on, “Master Chef”
257 Productions/ NBC, Camera Operator on, “Strong”
44 Blue Productions/ MSNBC, Director of Photography/ Camera Operator on the series, “Lockup”, including, “Lockup Holman: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Corcoran: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Penitentiary of New Mexico: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Indiana State Penitentiary: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Limon State Correctional Facility: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Maricopa County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Orange County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Boston Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Wabash Valley: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Santa Rosa: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Louisville Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Cleveland Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Tulsa Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Bergen County Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Charleston County Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Cincinnati Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Suffolk County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Chatham County Jail: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Sacramento County Jails: Extended Stay”, “Lockup Sedgwick County Jail: Extended Stay.”
Upper Ground Enterprises/ Fox, Camera Operator on the show, “Hell’s Kitchen”
44 Blue Productions / MSNBC, DP/ Camera Operator on the shows “Lockup World Tour: Eastern
Europe", ”Lockup World Tour: Western Europe” & “Life After Lockup”
Langley Productions/ Fox/ Tru TV, Camera Operator for the shows, “COPS”, “Vegas Strip” and “Road
Warriors”, a reality series about the Baja 1000 and the world of off-road racing
Nate and Lil Productions / ABC/ A&E, Camera Operator on, “Beyond Scared Straight” and “Border Security U.S.A.”
44 Blue Productions / Court TV, DP/ Camera Operator on the shows, “Inside: Iowa State Penitentiary”, “Inside: Western Tennessee State Penitentiary”
New Box Media / Court TV, Camera Operator on the series, “Bait Car”
Evolution Media/ Court TV, Camera Operator on the series, “Beach Patrol (Ocean Force)”
High Noon Productions, Food Network, Home and Garden TV, Camera Operator for the shows, “Unwrapped”, “Food Competition Specials”, “Sugar Rush”, “If Walls Could Talk”, “Offbeat America”, “My First Place”
High Noon Productions, CMT, DIY Network, Style Network, Camera Operator for the shows, “CMT Got Me In With The Band”, “Trade School”, “Skin Deep”, “Stripped”, “What You Get For The Money”
Desert Sky Digital Satellite / Court TV, Camera Operator during the live trial of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad Iraq. Part of the first camera crew contracted by the U.S. State Department to film the trial. Cameraman on other high profile trials including, Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Scott Peterson and Robert Blake
Barnstormer Productions/ PBS, DP, “Weekend Explorer”, an award winning adventure travel series
44 Blue Productions / PBS/ KCET, Camera Operator on Peabody Award-winning series, “A Place of Our Own”
44 Blue Productions / Discovery Channel, DP/ Camera Operator on the series, “Survive This!”
44 Blue Productions / History Channel, Camera Operator on, “Mega Movers”
ABC/ ESPN, Academy Awards, ESPY Awards, Emmy Awards, “Good Morning America: San Diego Wildfires”, live shot cameraman
Pilgrim Films/ Travel Channel, Camera Operator on, “Dry Dock: A Cruise Ship Reborn”
Pacific Coast Video/ National Geographic Channel, Camera Operator on the show, “Navy Seals: Silent
Option”
GRB Entertainment / The Learning Channel, DP/ Camera Operator on the award winning documentary, “Lethal Swarms”
Michael Hoff Productions/ Discovery Channel, Camera Operator on, “I Detective”
Andrew Solt Productions/ The Learning Channel, DP/ Camera Operator on the documentary, “Underway”
PBS, DP, Camera Operator and Producer on, “Heroes In Training”, an independent documentary
Clubhouse Productions/ Outdoor Life Network, Camera Operator on Ivan Stewart’s Pro Truck Off-road racing series
NBC/ Trans World International, Camera Operator on, “U.S. Olympic Gold”, profiles of U.S. volleyball, rowing and water polo teams
CNN, LA Bureau, Camera Operator on various assignments for daily news, “SI”, and “Showbiz”
Oct. 1998-Sep. 2000
CoverEDGE Television News Service, Las Vegas, NV, and San Diego, CA ESPN, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC, Camera Operator on numerous shows including, “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”, “Larry King Live”, “Outside the Lines”, “Americas Most Wanted”
May 1994-Oct. 1998
U.S. Navy, San Diego, CA, Combat Cameraman
Winner 1997 “Military Photographer of the Year”, video, combat camera
Camera Operator on more than 50 worldwide productions, providing strategic and historical documentation during training and real world military operations
Cameraman on “Operation: United Shield”, the final evacuation of UN troops under hostile conditions from Somalia, Africa
Director of photography on 16mm short film, “Smashingcans’ Bane”
Jan. 1989 - May 1994
Still Photographer, U.S. Navy, Norfolk VA. and Washington D.C. Atlantic Intelligence Command, Aerial Reconnaissance Photographer, mapping to track military movements around the world
Naval Security Station, Cryptology Command Photographer, maintaining the base photo lab, working on the command Newspaper, Portraits and Award Ceremonies
EDUCATION
University Of Maryland, College Park Maryland
Naval School of Photography, Still Photography, Pensacola, Florida
Defense Photography School, Advanced Video Production, Pensacola, Florida International Film and Television Workshops, 16mm camera, Rockland, Maine Santa Fe Hi-Definition Workshop, Los Angeles, California
REDucation, Los Angeles CA.