Academy of Television Arts & Sciences -- the folks who bring you the prime-time Emmy Awards

Acme Scenery -- San Francisco-based set and prop company

American Society of Cinematographers / ASC -- the honorary association of Hollywood cameramen, publishers of 'American Cinematographer' magazine & 'American Cinematographer' Magazine Online

ASC Store -- books, periodicals, & merchandise

Blues Express -- website for this TV series pilot, with video clips. I shot the main title & a dozen interviews

Cinematography.com --professional motion picture camera people, news & resources, including Online Software for Cinematographers, such as Online Sun/Moon Rise/Set Calculator

Cinematography.net -- host of CML, the Cinematography Mailing List, a place for cinematographers and crews to exchange ideas about technical issues, such as cameras, lenses, filmstocks, special effects, etc.

David Boyll, Video/Audio Technician

David Eubank -- First Assistant Camera and Cinematography software developer of film calculators pCAM (Field-of-View, Aperture-Finder, Depth-of-Field and Hyperfocal-Distance) and pCINE (exposure, running time, shooting speed/film length, time lapse, HMI speeds, diopter/macro functions, color correction, etc.) for Palm & other platforms

Delphi Productions

Eastman Kodak -- Big Yellow's main corporate website, with Cinematography main page & extensive online data on all their film stocks at Kodak Motion Picture Films

Epson Print Academy -- photographers share their work & expertise with digital printing

Film Arts Foundation -- resource center for independent filmmakers

Film Asia Productions -- production management for foreign companies shooting all over Asia

Film People -- directory of motion industry production services

Filmtools -- motion picture professional resource for tools, equipment, supplies and information

Focal Press -- publishers of many excellent books on film and video production

The Kenwood Group

Light Break -- lighting gobo patterns printed on clear, heavy-duty sheets

Louis Block, Video/Audio Engineer -- see especially Louis' Guide to Shooting Screens, 51 common statements overheard while videotaping computer screens. Check out #51.

McDougall Creative

MGI Studios -- for scenic backdrops

Monaco Labs -- biggest film lab in San Francisco

Peabody Awards -- for excellence in television

Pedersen Media Group

Philip Perkins -- production sound mixer, postproduction sound designer

Ravin' Films -- production company specializing in music films & documentaries

The Reel Directory / Northern California -- equipment, actors, crew, everything you need for film or video production in the Bay Area

Rough House Editorial -- the only postproduction facility in a National Park (San Francisco's Presidio)

Roy Cox Productions -- with clips from 'A Critical Balance,' which I shot for Apple

Scott Compton / Director -- see Scott's virtual demo reel, especially clips of two projects, which I shot for Novellus 1 & Schwab

Show Biz Expo -- entertainment production industry shows, in NY and LA

Sun & Moon Data -- from the US Naval Observatory

Tomorrow Media -- media, online, and event production for integreated marketing and communication, including clips of projects I shot for NEC and Apple

Virgin Earth Inc -- film & TV production in Japan, American style

US Postal Service sites: Domestic Postal Rate Calculator, Postal ZIP Code Look-Up & International Rate Calculator.

What I Really Wanna Do Is... a list of people in "the Biz" and what they do. And what they really do. And what they really want to do. As originally printed in FilmCrew Magazine, by Dave Araki, Grip

ZIPInfo.com allows search by ZIP for city, county, latitude/longitude, congressional district, etc.

Aaton Cameras -- makers of the 16mm XTR-prod, the Super 16 A-minima & the 35III cameras. See especially their downloads for User Manuals

Arriflex Cameras -- makers of the 16SR camera series, the 35BL, 435 & 535 cameras, and lighting gear. Download manuals, technical info, brochures & posters for Arri cameras and lights, in English & German.

Century Optics -- lenses for all kinds of cameras

Innovision Optics -- manufacture and rental of the Probe series of close-up lenses, RadCam, motion control & other neat camera gadgets

Lee Utterbach Cameras -- premier film equipment rental house in San Francisco

Magnetic Image Video -- video equipment rentals

Panavision Cameras -- makers of the Panavision camera series & lenses

Videofax -- premier video production equipment rental house in Bay Area for Beta & HDTV

Air Shipping Film -- advice from Kodak on dealing with x-ray

Airport City Codes -- with interesting stuff about planes & Why Airlines Do the Things They Do & Time & Distance Calculator

Babel Fish Translation Service -- from Alta Vista

Carnet sites to help help ship gear for shooting abroad -- ATA Carnet Info, USCIB overview, List of Member Countries, EZCarnet, Merchandise Passport, US Customs Forms

Currency Converter & other info on trading currencies

How Far Is It? -- world flying distance calculator

International Phone Directories from AOL

Kropla's Help for World Travelers features worldwide Phone Guide, Electric Guide, as well as dialing codes, broadcast standards, etc

Local Times Around the World

Mandy's International Film & TV Production Directory -- to find crew & services worldwide

Maps, driving directions, traffic reports for US & abroad from MapQuest & Yahoo Maps

Nerdworld Travel Planning -- cheap airfares, hotels, links to many travel resources

OAG -- online flight schedules, vast & comprehensive

Passport Services from the US State Department

Producer's Source -- guide to personnel & facilities around the world and their Online Sunrise/Sunset Calculator for major locales

Shoots.com -- international production crew resource

TeleAdapt has telephone & electrical adapters for all countries of the world

Time & Date.com -- a guide to time zones, calendars & more, including World Clock On-Line for current local times all over the world

Travelers' Tales -- San Francisco-based publishers of stories, wit & wisdom from travelers around the world

United Airlines -- a mileage whore's best friend

Weather Channel -- for worldwide forecasts

Webmovie -- the producer's guide to the Web

World Electric Power Guide from Escape Artist online magazine

World Factbook 2003 -- the ultimate reference on all countries, from your very own CIA -- maps, country profiles, geography, socioeconomic info, etc.

World TV Standards -- an excellent guide & discourse on broadcast systems, formats & conversions

Apple Computer -- computers, iPods, and amazing music, photo & video software -- for the 'rest of us'

The Book & the Computer -- exploring the future of the printed word in the digital age, in English & Japanese

Creating Killer Web Sites -- online resource for David Siegel's great book of the same name.

Interland -- hosting services for this website

Macworld Expo -- the Macintosh show, with workshops, exhibits & new product revelations, in San Francisco & Boston

Microsoft Typography -- free font resources for the Web

sunPATH -- awesome software tracks the sun's position in 15-minute increments for any day, anywhere on earth, with a database of over 39,000 locations, latitude, longitude, time zone, daylight savings time and magnetic declination. GPS equipment not required

Across Lite -- web-based crossword program for Mac & PC, from Literate Software

AZetc -- quality personal communications and solutions for small businesses

Borowitz Report -- brilliant, satirical website

Darwin Awards -- honoring those who improve our gene pool, by removing themselves from it

eBay -- a global marketplace for nearly everything legal; if you haven't discovered eBay, you haven't lived

Ellis Island Records -- fascinating, comprehensive database on immigration to America

Engrish.com -- hilarious site featuring Japanized English

Fling the Cow -- too much time on your hands? Try flinging the cow

Hoaxbusters -- check out that wild email before you forward it to everyone you know; it may be a hoax

How Stuff Works -- learn how everything works

Imitation See-Through Skirts -- fashion fad in Japan, or Internet hoax?

Japan Sumo Association -- it's more than just fat guys bumping each other out of the ring; everything for the fan -- schedules, profiles, ticket sales & history, in English & Japanese

Jim Mullen -- site of former Chicago cop paralyzed in a shooting, now working to get computers for the handicapped. I filmed him for the Windows 98 product rollout event

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut -- The Story of a Wicket Woof and a Ladle Gull, from the Anguish Languish site

My Cat Hates You -- is this weird, or what?

Oakland Athletics -- tickets, schedules, stories, video clips, store & more for the AL West champs

The Political Graveyard -- where do old politicians go to die? Find out here

San Francisco Giants -- a live webcam view of Pac Bell Park, as well as complete fan support for the NL West champs

San Francisco 49ers -- coach's notes, history, schedules, features for the 5-time Super Bowl champs

Snopes -- urban legends reference pages

Stormin' Norman Godwin, Real Estate Broker -- your stress-free real estate move in the Phoenix area

The Straight Dope -- fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than they thought)

Urban Legends & Folklore -- another hoaxbusting site

'Weird Al' Yankovic -- world class singer-songwriter, master mimic, dancer & satirist. I worked on his live concert video

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences -- the Oscars

All Movie Guide -- searchable movie database

Bravura Films' website includes pages on the comedy 'Return to Kelseyville' & the murder mystery 'Some Things Never Change', both Microsoft projects I shot for the Comdex convention.

British Film Institute -- interesting site with features on new films, criticism, & Sight and Sound magazine. Check out their Film Links Gateway for a wide reaching selection of websites relating to film and media.

'Conceiving Ada' -- director Lynn Hershman Leeson's site for her feature film, for which I was DP/Virtual Sets

Fan site for the star of 'Conceiving Ada' -- Tilda Swinton Lovers' Page

iFilm -- all kinds of film: features, short films, music videos, and lots of clips

Internet Movie Database -- the best guide to who's in what movie, who worked on it, awards, bios, pictures, and lot most. Search by title, cast/crew name, character name

Media Resource Center -- UC Berkeley Library -- media reference sources of all kinds, including searchable databases for films and television

Reel.com -- Hollywood Video's online site, with movie sales & a searchable database by title, actor or director

Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive -- at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

TV Guide -- searchable movie database