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Bill Zarchy is a freelance director of photography, writer, and teacher based in San Francisco. Over the past thirty years, he has shot film, video, and HDTV projects in more than two dozen countries and three dozen states. He has filmed interviews with three former presidents for the Emmy-winning West Wing Documentary Special. Other credits include the Grammy-winning Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, the feature films Conceiving Ada and Read You Like A Book, and a great variety of commercial, corporate, and documentary productions.

His tales from the road, technical articles, and personal essays have appeared in a Travelers’ Tales humor anthology, the San Francisco Chronicle and other newspapers, and literary and trade magazines. He is working on Roving Camera, a book about his work and travels. He has a BA in Government from Dartmouth and an MA in Film from Stanford, and he teaches Advanced Cinematography at San Francisco State University.

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recent shoots

Documentary Special for The West Wing on NBC, incl. interviews with Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger & many other Washington honchos, shot in Washington, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, & Rancho Mirage. Warner Brothers TV

EMMY AWARD, OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM

“Closer to Truth,” two-camera HD shoot for new PBS science series. New River Inc.

“Phil Lesh & Friends Live at the Warfield,” six-camera concert shoot. Ravin’ Films, dist. By Image Entertainment

“Read You Like A Book,” feature film directed by Robert N. Zagone. RYLAB LLC, dist. by Echelon Studios

“Telemedicine” HD shoot on government-sponsored Internet kiosks in remote Indian villages, shot in Bangalore, Mandya, and Madurai, India. Pedersen Media Group for Intel

“Remaking American Medicine,” TV series, shot green-screen openings/closings. Crosskeys Media for PBS

“Destination Wild,” Santa Cruz episode, reality-adventure-lifestyle show. Warren Miller Entertainment for Fox Sportsnet

Corporate projects in Paris & Cannes, France; Bristol & Leeds, UK; Shanghai, Shenzhen & Hong Kong, China; Mysore & Madurai, India; Dublin, Ireland; Victoria, Canada; Boston, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Tampa, Austin, Tucson, Cleveland, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Las Vegas & Silicon Valley

Apple product announcements films for iTunes Music Store, iMac, iPod, new PowerBooks, incl. interviews with U2’s Bono, Wynton Marsalis, Alanis Morrissette, Elijah Wood, Tony Hawk, Sheryl Crow, Aaron Sorkin, Annie Leibovitz, Francis Ford Coppola, Drew Carey, Seal, Moby, Smashmouth, & Bare Naked Ladies. Jane Hall Productions

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corporate & multimedia clients

BLUE-SCREEN or GREEN-SCREEN SHOOTS**
Adobe	Hewlett-Packard	Pedersen Media Group
Addwater	Hitachi Global Storage	PG&E
Apple Computer	Horn Productions	Philips Medical Systems
Applied Materials	IBM	Princess Hotels
AT&T	Intel	Safeway
Autodesk **	Iomega	Schulberg Media
Bravura Films	Jane Hall Productions	Seagate Technologies
Caribiner Group	JVC	Sega
Charles Schwab	Kaboom Productions	Select Comfort
Chevron	Kaiser Health Plan	Siemens
Cisco Systems	The Kenwood Group	Sony Entertainment **
Clorox	Levi Strauss	South Park Media Co.
Delphi Productions	Lifescan	Squaresoft
Digital Pictures "Kids on Site" game	LucasArts Entertainment	Sun Microsystems
DirecTV	Lucent Technologies	Synopsys
Discovery Toys	McDougall Creative	Syntex
Electronics for Imaging	Microprose "Top Gun" game **	Thai Farmer's Bank
Epson	Microsoft	Timberland
Euphonic Inc, Tokyo	Mindscape "Steel Harbinger" game **	Total Video
Executive Media	NASA	Tomorrow Media
Foote, Cone & Belding	NEC of Japan	VISA
GE HealthCare	Novellus	Walt Disney World
General Motors	Oracle	Wyse Computing
Group X	Pacific Bell

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commercial clients

BLUE-SCREEN or GREEN-SCREEN SHOOTS**
A&W Creme Soda	Hunt's Ketchup	Pacific Retail Network
Atomic Productions **	Jiffy Lube	Pine Mountain Logs **
Benham Capital Management	John Crawford Films **	QVC
Cedar Point Amusement Park	Kellogg's **	SamTrans
Cheil Bozell, Seoul	KPIX News	San Francisco Chronicle
Chiat Day/Mojo	Leo Burnett Advertising	San Franciso Giants
Crown Dry Beer	Liberty Mutual Insurance **	Silicon Valley College
DDB Needham	Lucasfilm Commercial Prods.	Toyota
Dentsu Prox, Tokyo	Macy's California	Upper Deck Cards **
The Disney Institute	The Men's Wearhouse	Walmart Stores
Eagle Hardware	Nike **	Walt Disney World
Hiland Potato Chips	Northern California Toyota	Young & Rubicam
Houston Ballet	Orchard Supply Hardware

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drama & broadcast

** BLUE-SCREEN or GREEN-SCREEN SHOOTS

"Read You Like A Book" Feature Film dir. by Robert N. Zagone

HotWire Productions "Conceiving Ada" Feature Film dir. by Lynn Hershman Leeson 89:30
(Director of Photography, Virtual Sets) **

"Remaking American Medicine" PBS Series dir. by Frank Christopher, Matthew Eisen & Marc Shaffer. narrated by John Hockenberry (Director of Photography, green screen production) **

"Destination Wild: Santa Cruz episode" Fox Sportsnet reality-adventure-lifestyle series, dir. by Marcus J. Fox

Randy Field Productions "Just Add Water" comedy dir. by Randy Field 15:00

Bravura Films "Return to Kelseyville" dir. by Randy Field 26:30

Bravura Films "Some Things Never Change" dir. by Dan Pinkham 28:00

Fragile Films "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" dir. by Rupert Wainwright 55:00
GRAMMY AWARD: BEST MUSIC VIDEO, LONG FORM

Deborah Films "Cabin Fever" 45:00 "The Voyeur" 85:00 "The Hottest Bid" 90:00 dir. by Deborah Shames

MetLife "Children & Violence" dramatic series dir. by Savage Steve Holland 90:00

ABC "In A New Light" AIDS documentary special

Cub Productions "Foozle & Freud" children's series pilot 30:00 **

CBS "The Young & the Restless" dramatic series

NBC "Candid Camera" "Connie Chung" "Today Show: Alice Walker"

TV Asahi "Bonneville Speed Week"

HBO "Super Bowl" "Inside the NFL" "Other Cafe Comedy Show"

Democratic National Convention live coverage (director)

BBC "Edward Teller" "Labelled Disabled"

League of Women Voters "Cleaning Up Toxics"

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international production

Bali	France	Italy	Mexico	Spain
Brazil	Germany	Japan	New Zealand	Switzerland
Canada	Hong Kong	Kenya	Norway	Taiwan
China	India	Macau	Philippines	Thailand
Costa Rica	Indonesia	Malaysia	Singapore	Uganda
England	Ireland

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music video

CREDIT AS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, EXCEPT AS NOTED.
MC Hammer : "Help the Children" "Pray" "Here Comes the Hammer" "Yo' Sweetness" "Dancin' Machine" dir. by Rupert Wainwright
MC Twist : "Step Off" dir. by Brett Leonard
Poncho Sanchez : "Live at Kimball's East" dir. by Robert N. Zagone (Camera Operator)
Linda Ronstadt : "Canciones de mi Padre" (Gaffer)
Yasuaki Honda : "Only You" & "Last Night" dir. by David Rathod
Marty Balin : "Camelia" (3-D video) dir. by Henry Selleck
Forbidden : "Step By Step"

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musical performance

CREDIT AS CAMERA OPERATOR, EXCEPT AS NOTED.
Phil Lesh and Friends, Live at the Warfield (Director of Photography)	The Grateful Dead
	The Jacksons
Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady "Breakdown Way" streaming guitar school (Director of Photography)	Jai Uttal (Director of Photography)
	Julian Lennon (Unit Manager)
	Kodo Drummers, interviewed by Mickey Hart
Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Golden Gate Park	Lee Ritenour
Train "Midnight Moon" Concert	The Lloyds (Director of Photography)
"Weird Al" Yankovic Live	Missing Persons
World Peace Music Awards	The Osmonds
Experience Music Project (Director of Photography)	Phillip Bailey & Deneice Wiliams live (Director)
Experience Music Project (Director of Photography)	Pride & Joy live (Director)
Blues Express series (12 artist interviews) (Director of Photography)	Rose Maddox
	San Francisco Blues Festival
Buddy Rich	SF Opera: Wagner's "Ring" cycle
Charlie Pride	Sippie Wallace
David Lindley	Soul Stirrers' Reunion
Eddie Money	Sunnyland Slim (Director of Photography)
Elton John	Tenth Planet Productions
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" tour in Japan	VH1
	Y&T

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miscellany

Lecturer in Advanced Cinematography, San Francisco State University, 2002-present.

I am currently writing a book, Roving Camera, about my work and travels.

Author of numerous published Personal Essays, Technical Articles, and Tales from the Road.

SEE Recent Articles by Bill Zarchy

Staff Director of Photography, One Pass Film & Video, 1982-88

M. A. in Film & Broadcasting, Stanford University

A. B. in Government, Dartmouth College