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Zak Me Daces

HAL DACE

Filmmaker - Music Composer - Animator

LightWave, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Reason, Pro Tools, GoLive, DVD Studio Pro

23 years experience in TV (selected highlights)

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2006
        Manhattan Aquarium Company, pet shop TV commercial, Director, Camera, 3D Animator, Music

        Hey Baby: Baby POV, TV commercial, Camera, 3D Animator, Editor, Music
 


2005
    Aquarium, generic pet shop TV commercial, 3D Animator, Music

    Borck Brothers: TV commercial, Camera, Editor

        Fast Women Productions: Fast & Loose, Camera, Editor, documentary on Tillie Anderson

        Handmade Productions: Naked Arcadia, Producer, Director, Camera, Editor, Music, feature drama

        Reed & Elliot Jewelers: 2 TV commercials, Writer, Director, Camera, Editor
2004
Mercy Regional Health Center: 7 TV commercials, Director, Music, Camera, Editor, won Gold award at the Asters Little Apple Toyota/Honda: TV commercial, Writer, Director, Music, Camera, Editor KSU (ECC): The Great Plains Idea, Animator, Editor, produced by College of Human Ecology
1994 - 2003 BBC News: Nationals, Newsnight, Panorama, On the Record, News 24, World Television News, On-line Editor, Carried out regular stints while between major bookings over 8 year period under supervision of Tony Ellam* (senior news picture editor); colleague: Leon Ferguson* Television Centre, Shepherds Bush, London
2003
KSU (ECC): Kan-Ed Splash, Producer, Director, Editor, Produced by Mel Chastain Aegis Films: The Artificial Feast, Sound Editor, On-line Editor, Directed by Maria Giese
2002 ITN: Tonight with Trevor McDonald: The Paul Burrell Interview, Co-off-line & On-line Editor, Produced by James Goldston
2001 World of Wonder, for Channel 4: Secret Rulers of the World, Co-off & On-line Editor,
3 Progs: The Oklahoma Bombing, Ruby Ridge, David Icke The Lizards & The Jews Produced & Directed by Jon Ronson World of Wonder, for Channel 4: The History of Surveillance, Co-off & On-line Editor, Directed by Kate Williams, Produced by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato World of Wonder, for E4: Shock Video (series), Off & On-line Editor, Directed & Presented by Adam & Joe BBC: EastEnders Revealed: The Slaters, Off & On-line Editor, Produced by John Yorke
2000 BBC: Ruby Wax Gets Streetwise, Off-line Editor, Directed by Michael Waldman BBC: The Coen Brothers, Off & On-line Editor, Directed by Sarah Aspinall*
1999 World of Wonder, for Channel 4: Pornography: The Secret History of Civilization, Co-off-line Editor Prog 3, On-line Editor whole 6-prog series, Produced by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato ZCZ Films, for BBC: Mad Tracey from Margate, (for Close Up series), Off-line Editor directed by Simon Chu*, exec prod: Andrea Miller, prod: Waldemar Januzczak (imdb entry) "I enjoyed every minute of Mad Tracey. It's some of the best television I've seen in years." Time Out 15-22 Sept '99 (TXed 15/9/99) Dace Direction, for Blondie: No Exit, Starring Blondie, Concert Film, Director & Editor; colleague: Leon Ferguson*
Dace Direction, series pilot: Ward No. 6 (by Anton Chekhov),
Director & Editor, Produced by Clarissa Young
1998 Stone City Films, for BBC: JAL 123 (for DISASTER series), docu-drama, Off-line Editor Dace Direction (sell thru): Play Normally!, Starring Deborah Harry & The Jazz Passengers, Director/Editor colleague: Leon Ferguson* Bell Media, 5 BBC & Channel 4 docs: Equinox, Bookmark, Designs on Your... (Loos & Bras) Off & On-line Editor
1997 Dace Direction: Imitation of a Kiss, starring Deborah Harry & The Jazz Passengers, Director EPL Pictures (& EMI/PMI), for LWT: The Abbey Road Story, $1.5 million documentary, Off-line Editor
1994 - 1996 NBC: Talkin' Jazz/Talkin' Blues music documentary production. Directed 11 Talkin' Jazz programmes with The Jazz Passengers, Deborah Harry, Branford Marsalis, Ry Cooder, ZZ Top, Santana, Herbie Hancock, etc. Off & On Lined/Sound Mixed dozens of programmes; colleague: Leon Ferguson*
1995 Castle Communications, 5 MTV Promos: Bruce Dickinson (x2), Suede, Adrian Smith, Tansads, Editor
1990 - 1993 Aardman Animations, Passion Pictures, Pizazz Pictures, Uli Meyer Productions: dozens of commercials including Nick Park's Creature Comforts (Heat Electric) ad campaign, Film Editor 35mm
        I worked with Spike Milligan, Richard E. Grant, Adrian Edmondson, Jonathan Pryce, Bernard Cribbins,
        & Michael Nyman on various commercials & programmes during this period
1993 Dace Direction: Real Confusion, Writer, Director, Editor, short science fiction drama
1992 Inga Lisa Middleton: A Fairy Tale of Our Time, nominated for Best Short Film at Cannes 1993, Film Editor 35mm
1983 - 1989 BBC & Channel 4: Q.E.D.'s, 40 Minutes, Pride of Place, etc.; Assistant Film Editor 16mm & 35mm