Ralph Pitre
Producer / Lighting
Cameraman / Editor
ralphpitre@gmail.com / 914
557 0870
CV
Currently living in The
East Bay on staff with NASDAQ in San Francisco as
Multimedia Project Manager...Producing and managing all aspects of
multimedia production and post-production, webcast production and
technical event management, involving camera, lighting, staging,
sound, streaming, presentation services and software, projection,
rigging, for Nasdaq's Corporate Solutions clients.
Prior to Nasdaq I was with
Thomson/Reuters in New York as a Technical Director, directing,
recording and transmitting the production of live & prerecorded
news coverage of global economic events, presented on Thomson Reuters
web based platform, Insider as well as ReutersTV. Contracted with
Talkpoint as a Field Streaming Producer & Production Manager
handling a variety of audio & video webcasts and production
coordination.
Before Thomson/Reuters &
Talkpoint, I spent over a decade contracted as Director of
Photography for three facilities in NYC designing, producing and
shooting live action and table top for broadcast, cable, webcast &
corporate documentaries, specials, news and commercials. I was also
Director of Photography, Producer & Editor for Moe Greene, a
subsidiary of The Creative Group, developing specials & series
content created in the development of FangoriaTV, a startup cable
television horror channel & content provider. In addition, I was
Director of Photography on various live action projects for
Broadcast, DVD and the Internet, which included a Professional Boxing
pilot for boxing promoter Main Event Boxing, a PBS documentary on the
life of jazz photographer Bill Gottlieb, and small market
documentaries for St. Johns University & Showtime.
There I Go Again...
Yeah,
you're going to look at the details, I want you to invite me over for
a chat. I've been at this a long time and that's
because I push myself to learn more and ride that wave cause I'm not
done. I see myself forever digging deep, you might say I'm an
anthropologist of the human psyche... a student of the arts &
sciences... always looking forward to learn the newest and the
latest, applying it to all that I already know and realizing
there's always a new more efficient way to get the project done...
always more and different ways to entertain and tell a tale...
I'm a shooter @heart, I see the world through a virtual lens... I've
been writing since I was a kid, dabble in guitar and midi music
production...
I
love film, music, writing, reading, sci-fi and gaming... I love
getting my hands on the latest software like, Blender 3D, AFX,
Photoshop, Lightroom, Motion, Avid, Final Cut... Love the cloud...
I have a lot of my work on You Tube
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7E7D221CDAD21677 )
and on my I love sci in-progress website (http://rpitre.com)
so go check it out....
The Resume
Experience
Multimedia Producer @
NASDAQ
Responsible for West Coast
Special Webcast & Multimedia Events, Video Production, Post
Production and Technical Production Management... Producing and
managing all aspects of multimedia production and post-production,
webcast production and technical event management, including camera,
lighting, staging, sound, streaming, presentation services and
software, projection, rigging, for Nasdaq's Corporate Solutions
clients.
Camera, Producer,
Editor @ RPitre
Shooting, producing &
editing a variety of live action commercial & corporate projects
for Broadcast, Webcast, DVD & the Internet. / Consulting,
Planning and Producing Webcast events for major corporations&
media groups. / Photoshop & After Effects photo-animation &
graphic design for broadcast & corporate clients.
Technical Director/Media Manager/Lighting Cameraman @ Thomson Reuters
Directing pre-production
and production elements for live & prerecorded financial news
segments on Thomson Reuters proprietary streaming financial platform
and website. / Along with a small team of technical directors,
extensive expertise is applied in all areas of Tele Production IT
technologies, broadcast engineering, studio and field production,
post-production and asset management, providing hands-on operational
support to ensure that the operation centre runs smoothly. /
Execution of multiple video production tasks, including camera
operation, lighting, floor directing, control room operation, and
field production, fiber optic lines and feeds, vision mixing, and
graphics production with specific knowledge of the following
equipment: Grass Valley Kayak Switcher, Slate Broadcast Pix
Production System, Evertz EQX Router, Mackie Audio Mixer,
RTS/Telos Intercom System Manage ISP network and switches. Working
knowledge of Server based production, editing and playout systems,
computer based graphics production systems, automation systems and
MOS based newsroom systems. Broad background in WAN and LAN
networking , TCP/IP, DNS, Cisco routers, Network architecture and
topologies Solid working knowledge of Internet security and
firewalls, Intranet and server environments, wireless technologies. /
Implementation of Change Management process according to global
corporate best practices.
Webcast & Video
Production Field Producer @ TalkPoint
Producing and managing all
aspects of multimedia production, post-production and webcast
production including camera, lighting, staging, sound, streaming,
presentation services.
Live Action &
Animated Visual Effects Design, Director of Photography @ NVI,
Broadway Video & The Creative Group
Leading provider of 2D/3D
aerial motion control and table top visual effects design &
photo-animation for documentary, news, commercial and corporate
clients such as VH1, MTV, CNN, CBS, ABC, A&E, Lifetime, American
Experience, American Masters, Nova, Frontline, Scientific American,
Ken Burns, Showtime & Jonathan Demme. / Director of Photography
shooting Station ID’s, & live action projects for commercial
and corporate clients such as Showtime, AMC, IFC & Sundance. /
Major Projects: A Great Day In Harlem, Behind The Music, VH1 Legends,
Year of The Horse, Deep Sea Detectives, Page to Screen. Shooting,
producing & editing a variety of live action broadcast &
industrial multimedia projects for FangoriaTV & Moe Greene; Main
Event Boxing pilot, St Johns University biography series, Showtime
content, a major documentary on jazz photographer Bill Gottlieb and
technical director on a major nationally distributed pharmaceutical
documentary.
Education
Art & Design High
School,
School of Visual Arts /
BFA, Film Production
Specialties
Lighting Design for film &
video live action and table top
Studio & Field
Video/Film/Webcast Production Management
Adobe Creative Suite
Sony, Panasonic, Arriflex,
Canon
Linear & non-linear
editing workstations
Sony Linear, Avid, FCP
Media Management
Image Editing & 3D
Website Creation
Facility Management
iNews, Scheduall, MS
Office / OpenOffice