http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMGWsRwRwuE
Vernal - Sharon Stone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI7o-Fe3hY0
1992 - War Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GYWhBEh4Q
Quiz Show Promo
My TV work for Japan has been a real whirlwind and until recently I did not have much time to reflect on it. Now I am going through my collection of older VHS tapes and converting them to digital media.
I probably worked on hundreds of TV shows and close to a thousand of different episodes altogether over the years as a coordinator, producer, assistant director, cameraman, line producer, art department etc .
My first position in 1987 was that I would find a story that could lead into a quiz. For a program called Sekai Marugoto How Much?
I would then travel the US with a director from Japan and a Japanese camera crew of 2. The 3 of them staying out about one month or more from Japan to shoot the stories. I would research again and then hit the road for another month.
I did work a lot on this ground breaking program that changed Japanese television as well as the program, Naruhodo the World.
I worked for about 20 years total on almost every variety of programming imaginable: game shows, news, documentaries, films, commercials, sitcoms, made for TV movies, reality shows...
Over the past years after 9-11 I worked on a cooking show with Morimoto from Iron Chef for Fuji TV and on some of their news shows (conservative- like our FOX network)
Mostly though, after 9-11 (even on 9-11) I would work on one big project a year for TV Asahi out of Japan, not the NY office.
What started off as mostly political and financial reporting for the Sunday Project program (more liberal but critical of US policies were strong) turned into science and medical documentaries for some yearly specials. These were great where I could work for 5 months on 1 project.
Example:
Immune System: Liver transplants in children by a Japanese doctor in the US. Followed him to Venezuela. Historical - Met the doctor who perfected this operation. Spent a month or so in Miami following operations.
I did a show on Parkinson's and Aids in different years.
Japanese celebrities would come and we would add them to the show to raise ratings.
The last great one I worked on was on the atomic bomb and some interesting stories about this.
So my first 20 years were spent traveling, videotaping and studying the US for Japanese television. Now I am learning the second half of video work which is editing.
I probably worked on hundreds of TV shows and close to a thousand of different episodes altogether over the years as a coordinator, producer, assistant director, cameraman, line producer, art department etc .
My first position in 1987 was that I would find a story that could lead into a quiz. For a program called Sekai Marugoto How Much?
I would then travel the US with a director from Japan and a Japanese camera crew of 2. The 3 of them staying out about one month or more from Japan to shoot the stories. I would research again and then hit the road for another month.
I did work a lot on this ground breaking program that changed Japanese television as well as the program, Naruhodo the World.
I worked for about 20 years total on almost every variety of programming imaginable: game shows, news, documentaries, films, commercials, sitcoms, made for TV movies, reality shows...
Over the past years after 9-11 I worked on a cooking show with Morimoto from Iron Chef for Fuji TV and on some of their news shows (conservative- like our FOX network)
Mostly though, after 9-11 (even on 9-11) I would work on one big project a year for TV Asahi out of Japan, not the NY office.
What started off as mostly political and financial reporting for the Sunday Project program (more liberal but critical of US policies were strong) turned into science and medical documentaries for some yearly specials. These were great where I could work for 5 months on 1 project.
Example:
Immune System: Liver transplants in children by a Japanese doctor in the US. Followed him to Venezuela. Historical - Met the doctor who perfected this operation. Spent a month or so in Miami following operations.
I did a show on Parkinson's and Aids in different years.
Japanese celebrities would come and we would add them to the show to raise ratings.
The last great one I worked on was on the atomic bomb and some interesting stories about this.
So my first 20 years were spent traveling, videotaping and studying the US for Japanese television. Now I am learning the second half of video work which is editing.