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Outward Bound, 2001, VOXDocs, TVOntario
Just north of Minden, Ontario, off Highway 35
Cameraman Jan Zuchlinski and myself are shooting a rock-climbing lesson.

The above photo was taken in the summer of 2001.  TVOntario's VOX was following an Outward Bound course through northern Ontario and northern Quebec for 25 of the 40 days of the course.  The course, consisting of ten 15-16 year-olds, went through various activities such as white-water canoeing down the Dumoine River, hiking through Algonquin Provincial Park, sea-kayaking in the Thirty Thousand Islands region of Georgian Bay, community service, and rock-climbing.  The resulting footage was edited down for a weekly VOXDocs feature every episode during the 2001-02 VOX season.
 

Four Weddings Canada
Proper Television, Toronto, Seasons One and Two
Reality/Lifestyle television show, Slice Network
- EFP Sound Recordist and Boom Operator

Survive This!
SMK Productions/9 Story Entertainment
In the summer of 2008, Les (Survivorman) Stroud taught wilderness survival skills to eight teenagers.  He then put those skills to the test by plunking them in Northern Ontario without food, potable water, Facebook, or energy drinks.  The results premiered on Corus' YTV in April of 2009.
- ENG/EFP Sound Recordist
 

Air India 182
Withrow Road Productions/52 Media, 2008
A feature-length docu-drama on the bombing of Air India Flight 182 over the Atlantic Ocean in June of 1985.  This documentary will air on the CBC's main network on June 22nd, 2008, but it also opened the 2008 HotDocs Festival in Toronto.
- EFP Sound Recordist, documentary interview shoots (daily)
- Boom Operator, dramatic re-enactments shoots (Toronto unit)
For a preview, please take a look at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x6fs1IpSDk&feature=email
(copy and paste this link in your browser address window.)

EFP Sound Recordist, Daily, 2000-present
Changing Your Mind, produced for The Nature Of Things by 90th Parallel Productions, Toronto
No Opportunity Wasted, produced by NOW Canada Productions/Suddenly Seemore Productions for CBC
Stephen Lewis:  The Man Who Couldn't Sleep, A special documentary for The Nature Of Things.  An interview with Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa (daily)
the fifth estate (daily)
Hockeyville 2006 (field pieces, daily)
Royal Canadian Air Farce (Farce Films field pieces, daily)
Rick Mercer Report (field pieces, daily)
Dragons' Den (field pieces, daily)
Bye Bye NWI, a behind-the-scenes documentary on Newsworld International for broadcast on NWI's last broadcast day ever, July 31, 2005.
Newsworld Live (daily)
Newsworld Today (daily)
Hot Type (daily)
>play (daily)
On The Arts With Laurie Brown (daily)
The Hour (daily)
Toronto Now (floor sound mixer for live television show, daily)
CBC Morning (SNG/remote sound mixer for live television show, daily)
2009 Easter Seals Telethon (studio audio assisstant, daily)
Moral Divide (daily)
National and local newsgathering (daily)
Health Matters (daily)
The National (daily)
The Magazine (daily)
Sports Journal (daily)
Disclosure (daily)
Marketplace (daily)
Venture (daily)
Hemispheres (daily)
Inside Media (daily)
The Docket (daily)
Foreign Assignment (host introductions, daily)
Life And Times (host introductions, daily)
Witness (host introductions, daily)
CBC News:  Sunday (field audio and in-studio audio assistant, daily)
Street Cents (daily)
Kids CBC (daily)
The X (daily)
Le Telejournal - Le Point (Societie Radio-Canada) (daily)
Le Facture (Societie Radio-Canada) (daily)
Decouverte (Societie Radio-Canada) (daily)
Ca vaut le detour (Societie Radio-Canada) (daily)
Tellement sport (Societie Radio-Canada) (daily)
The Biographer's Voice:  The Life and Times of Peter C. Newman (daily) Produced for CBC's Life And Times by 90th Parallel Productions, Toronto
Encounters with Moses:  The Life and Times of Moses Znaimer (daily) Produced for CBC's Life And Times by 90th Parallel Productions, Toronto

EFP Sound Recordist, Daily, 1999-present
Person 2 Person With Paula Todd (daily)
Gregg & Company (daily)
VOX (daily)
Studio 2 (daily)
Panorama (TFO) (daily)
Saturday Night At The Movies (daily)
Imprint (daily)
More To Life (daily)
Your Health (daily)
The Science Sisters (daily)
Big Ideas (daily)
Teen TVO (daily)
TVO Kids/The Nook (daily)
Open Your Ears (daily)
Encadrements (TFO) (host introductions, daily)
 
Audio Assistant, Studio
Reach For The Top, Ontario Reigonal Finals, 2000/01 through 2008/09 season (daily)
 

EFP Sound Recordist, Daily, 2004-present
Air Dogs (daily) Through The Eyes Productions.
The World's A Stage (daily) A Biography of Sir John Neville, for Bravo! network, through Rotating Planet Productions, November, 2006.
Inside Queen Mary 2, a documentary in HDTV on the Cunard Lines transatlantic ocean liner, through Exploration Productions Inc., for Discovery and Discovery HD, April, 2007.
Valerie Pringle Has Left The Building, (daily), the episodes shot in Whistler, BC, and Yellowknife, NT, for the 2005/06 broadcast season for CTV Travel and CTV, through 90th Parallel Productions, Toronto, Ontario, March and April, 2005.
The Making Of Daily Planet, a special behind-the-scenes documentary about Discovery Channel's daily science show, December, 2004.
Shania's Homecominga CTV prime time special on the homecoming of Shania Twain to Timmins, Ontario, November, 2004.
Daily Planet (daily)
 
Audio Assistant, Studio, Daily, 1998-99
Canada AM (daily)
House And Home (daily)
Sunday Edition (daily)
The Dini Petty Show (daily)
 

CanWest Global
EFP Sound Recordist, 2006-present
Finding The Fallen, "Secret Trench" and "Silent Witness", History Channel, through yap films (daily)
Designer Superstar Challenge, Cycle IV, HGTV Canada
Handyman Superstar Challenge, Cycle II, HGTV Canada
Superstar Hair Challenge, Cycle I, Life Network
Three Takes (field pieces, daily), Life Network
Revealed:  The Path To War, through 90th Parallel Productions, 2007 (daily)
A documentary on Canada's involvement with the war in Afghanistan, for broadcast on CanWest Global television.
Revealed:  Hip 2 B Holy, through 90th Parallel Productions, 2008 (daily)
A documentary exploring the resurgence of Christianity amongst Canada's young adults, for broadcast on CanWest Global television.
Revealed:  No Country For Animals, through 90th Parallel Productions, 2010
A documentary examining the state of animal rights and animal welfare in Canada, for broadcast on CanWest Global television.
NB:  I am also credited as an additional cameraman for this documentary.
Revealed:  Missing The Target, through 90th Parallel Productions, 2010
A documentary exploring the handgun debate in Canada, for broadcast on CanWest Global Television.
 
 

Winning At Home, Rogers Productions/K. Mac & Associates, 2005

A set of instructional DVD's to teach the basics of hockey to children.  Hosted by NHL player Vincent Lecavalier, captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

 

Twelve Tribes Productions, Toronto, Ontario, 2004-present (daily)

Various interviews for documentaries and fund-raising videos for the United Jewish Appeal and Candian Jewish Congress.

 

Bomber Crew, RDF Media, EFP Sound Recordist (daily), September, 2004
A reality television series for Channel Four in Great Britain.  For more information, please go to the Contact Information page of my site.
 
"Director's Cut", CBS News Sunday Morning, CBS Broadcasting, August, 2005
Russ Mitchell's interviews with film director Norman Jewison at his office in Toronto, Ontario, and on his farm in Caledon East, Ontario.
 
I have also worked odd days here and there for various other clients, including the British Broadcasting Corporation's Panorama, World Championship Wrestling during a live-to-pay-per-view event from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, and sundry corporate videos, infomercials, and video news releases for the public relations industry.
 

White Wine, Fondue and a Sony F-900 at 6,500 ft.
6,500 feet up the side of Blackcomb Peak.
Behind the scenes for "Valerie Pringle Has Left The Building"

More "Valerie Pringle Has Left The Building".
DOP Brian Marleau and I at the ZipTrek site over Fitzsimmons Creek, BC

CFL on CBC
Not bad for a cellular phone camera!
Behind the Blue Bombers' bench, 2006 CFL Eastern Semi-Finals

On top of The Chief, a 2,000 foot high monolith.
Overlooking Squamish, BC.
... and yes, I climbed it myself.

Survivin'...
I'm back there somewhere...
With Les "Survivorman" Stroud and field director Daniel Oron

"...because you'd expect a guy named `Mike' to know a thing or two about audio."

 
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