Award Winning Director of Photography
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- President at Reaktor Pictures
- Award Winning Director of Photography (Self-employed)
- Gaffer With 1.5 Ton Grip & Lighting Truck at Reaktor Pictures
- Past
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- Producer of Victor Vu's Mysterious World, and Assistant on Victor Vu's Spirits at Strange Logic
- Gaffer at DHD Media
- Software Engineer - Front Panel And Drive Electronics at VM Labs
- Programmer at Spruce Technologies
- Programmer at Metalithic Systems
- Design Engineer at AMD
- Design Engineer at Quantum
- Senior Engineer at Phoenix Technologies
- Education
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- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Kaimuki High School
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- Motion Pictures and Film
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Tim Otholt’s Summary
"I Shoot Movies"
Freelance Director / Director of Photography
Gaffer & Camera Operator with 1-Ton Grip & Lighting Truck
Website: http://timotholt.com
Phone: (408) 406-1832 (Los Angeles)
* 1 Award For Best Cinematography (as DP)
* 1 Nomination For Best Videography (as DP)
* Producer for $100,000 TV pilot with distribution
* 1 feature film as green screen DP (budget $1.5 mil)
* 9 feature films as 1st unit DP (budgets from $35k to $350k)
* DP of 26 short films
* DP 3 music videos
* DP 10 corporate / instructional videos (budgets $500 - $50k)
* Director of the TV pilot (Zing Factor)
* Director of the short film (The Lost King)
* DP / Camera operator for over 100 other projects
Website: http://timotholt.com
Equipment list at: http://timotholt.com/equipment
IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1583225/
For my old friends and collegues I've met in the computer business, this career is a big change from programming. Yes, I should have done this years ago. The events on 9/11/2001 indirectly shaped who I am today.
Tim Otholt’s Specialties:
Media production, directing, shooting, and editing. Gaffer, camera operator, grip, best boy electric. HD, SD, BetaCam, mini-DV, HDV. I own cameras, and a grip & electric truck with $50,000 of lighting equipment.
Tim Otholt’s Experience
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President
Reaktor Pictures
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
My new company, stay tuned.
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Award Winning Director of Photography
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
October 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
When I work for you!
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Gaffer With 1.5 Ton Grip & Lighting Truck
Reaktor Pictures
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
October 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
Full equipment list at www.timotholt.com/equipment
1.5-Ton Grip & Lighting Truck:
Panasonic HVX-200 w/16 gb P2 card
Panasonic DVX-100 w/16:9 adapter
Redrock M2 35mm Adapter
HMI: (6x) 1200 Arri Par, (2x) 1200 Goya, (2x) 575 Fresnel, (2x) 200 Fresnel
Kinoflos: (4x) 4' x 4 bank, (3x) 2' x 4 bank, (3x) 4' x 2 bank, (1x) 12" car kit, (1x) 2' biax
Fresnels: (2x) 5k, (4x) 2k, (6x) 1k, (4x) 650, (3x) 300, (4x) 100
Grip: (1x) 12' x 12' frame w/silk, 1/4 silk, 1/4 grid, ultrabounce, (2x) 42" x 42" shiny board, (4x) combo stands, (2x) low combo, (2x) medium roller combos, (21x) c-stands, (2x) baby c-stands, (2x) 6' menace arms, (6x) beefy baby stands, (2x) 6'x 6' silk, (1x) 6' x 6' solid, (1x) 6' x 6' griff, (1x) 6' x 6' muslin, (1x) 6' x 6' digi green, (8x) 4' x 4' frames, (1x) 4' x 4' silk, (6x) 4' x 4' floppies, 18" x 24" flag set, 24"x36" flag set, (1x) wall spreader, (3x) foam core holder, (30x) sandbags, (18x) stingers, (3x) Cartellini clips, (4x) apple box sets, etc. -
Producer of Victor Vu's Mysterious World, and Assistant on Victor Vu's Spirits
Strange Logic
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
2004 — 2007 (3 years )
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Gaffer
DHD Media
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
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Software Engineer - Front Panel And Drive Electronics
VM Labs
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
NUON - Toshiba & Samsung
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Programmer
Spruce Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
I was a very bad boy there, I'm sure you remember me. Drop me a line!
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Programmer
Metalithic Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
Programmer
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Design Engineer
AMD
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years )
AMD InterWave programmer
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Design Engineer
Quantum
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; QTM; Information Technology and Services industry)
1992 — 1993 (1 year )
Ejectible Hard Drive Programmer
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Senior Engineer
Phoenix Technologies
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; PTEC; Computer Software industry)
1988 — 1992 (4 years )
Programmer in BIOS engineering.
Tim Otholt’s Education
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
1985 — 1987
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Kaimuki High School
Diploma , Life! , 1982 — 1985
Additional Information
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Tim Otholt’s Interests:
Movies, Commercials, Video, Photography, Gaming
Tim Otholt’s Groups:
"Break" (2008), "3-Day Weekend" (2008), "A Simple Promise" (2008), "The Erogenous Zone" (2007), "The Pink Conspiracy" (2007), "Wages of Sin" (2006), "Low" (2006), "Day of Reckoning" (2006), "Firefly" (2005), "Endangered Species" (2005), "Long Term Relationship" (2006), "Addiction of Ethan Lohmeyer" (2007), "Sweet Dreams" (2006), "The Baker" (2003), "Unleashed" (2006), "Cardinal Code" (2006), "Hollywood Bootcamp" (2007), "Holy Fit" (2006), "Believe" (2006), "Well Dressed Man" (2005), Red Carpet Events, "CoffeeSlender" (2006), "High Cost of Living" (2007), "ATA - The Way" (2005), "Good Bad Karma" (2006), The Ken Hipkiss Gaming Group In San Jose, "Reality Vs. Reality", Friendster
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Film Financing Forum (3,000+) -
The Film Production Network (www.vfx-recruit.com)
Tim Otholt’s Honors:
Award For Best Cinematgraphy "Day of Reckoning", 168 Hour Film Project 2006
Tim Otholt’s Contact Settings
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