LEON SANGINITI, JR.
CAMERA ASSISTANT
LEON SANGINITI, JR.
GALLERY
ABOUT ME
For over 25 years I have worked as a professional motion picture camera assistant. With more than sixty feature films, over three hundred commercials, episodic television, music videos, and documentary work, I bring the necessary experience that is sought after by top cinematographers and producers alike.
Making sure the Camera Department is running smoothly is my specialty. I can supply expendables, camera carts, specialty rentals equipment, and enough gear to fill an entire camera truck for the next big budget block buster, or just enough for the moderate independent film.
My complete understanding of digital workflow, color management, visual effects, and post-production is a valuable asset on set. I can provide data management, transcoding, and file transfer services as well.
I work wherever the phone takes me, so call me the next time you need a Philly AC.
RESUME
PERSONAL OBJECTIVE
To utilize my skills as a professional motion picture camera assistant, and prove to be a resourceful
asset to any film or digital camera department; working in different genres such as feature films, television production, commercials, music videos, and documentary films.
ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE. Local 600 since 1992 Classification: Camera Assistant
Associate Member of the Steadicam Operators Association since 1996
Member of the Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association since 1990
WORK EXPERIENCE
More than sixty feature films as a main unit AC, over 300 commercials, episodic television, music videos, documentaries, corporate, and industrial films.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Trained and certified by every major professional film and digital motion picture camera manufacturer. Assembly, operation, maintenance, and safely caring for cameras, lenses, filters, and accessories are my specialties.
Complete understanding of digital workflow, color management, visual effects, and post-production
PUBLICATION
Contributed technical information for the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions of The Camera Assistant’s Manual
Author: David E. Elkins. Publisher: Focal Press, ’05, ’09, ‘12.
Received acknowledgment from author in book’s preface.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Digital Camera Systems
Arriflex Alexa and AMIRA
Panavision Digital
Red Epic, Scarlett, and Red One
Sony F65, F55, F5, and F3
Canon DSLRs 5D, C500, & C300
Panasonic Varicam, HPX, & AF100
Black Magic Cinema Cameras
GoPro Hero
Remote Systems
Steadicam Masters, Ultra, and Pro
Preston Remote Focus
Arri Wireless Lens Control System
Many major remote head systems
SPECIAL ABILITIES
EDUCATION
BA in Radio TV and Film from Temple University, Class of 1989. Deans List 4 years
35mm Camera Systems
Panavision Millennium and XL Panavision Platinum and G2 Arricam Studio and LT
Arriflex 435
Arriflex 235
Arriflex 535
Arriflex 35BL
Arriflex 35-3 and 2-C
Moviecam Compact and SL
Aaton 35
Mitchell MkII Mitchell Fries S35R
Eyemo Crash Camera
16mm Camera Systems
Arriflex 416
Arriflex 16SR3 and SR2
Aaton XTR Prod and Plus
Aaton Penelope and A-Minima Éclair NPR and ACL
Photosonics Actionmaster 500
IMAX 65mm Camera Systems
IMAX IWerks 15 perf camera Vistavision Vistaflex
Beaucam
Wilcam W7 and W9
FEATURE FILMS
Creed
The Visit
Franny
Paranoia
Dead Man Down
Safe
The Last Airbender
Limitless
Transformers 2: ROTF
Law Abiding Citizen
The Happening
The Lovely Bones
The Road
Happy Tears
The Answer Man
The Mighty Macs
Shooter
Cover
Rocky Balboa
Invincible
Who’s Your Caddy? Annapolis
The Manchurian Candidate Signs
The Sixth Sense
Jersey Girl
Unbreakable
Mr. Deeds
The Replacements
Beloved
Girl, Interrupted
Snake Eyes
The Woodsman
Crazy Eights
Rollerball
Shadowboxer
Shortcut to Happiness
Like Mike
Changing Lanes
Ultimate X: IMAX
The Broadway Brawler Lucky Numbers
Paid in Full
Dick
Jerry Maguire
A Gentleman’s Game
Jesus’ Son
Wide Awake
Beyond The Mat
Miracle on 34th Street Fallen
The Show
Snipes
Killing Emmett Young
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd AC ‘A” Cam/ 1st AC “B” Cam/ 2nd Unit DP
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘C’ Camera, Phila. Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
1st Assistant Camera, Visual Effects Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera, Phila. Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera, Phila. Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘C’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, 2nd Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera, NY Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, Atlantic City Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
1st Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera, Steadicam
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Cam, NY Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Cam, Phila. Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, 2nd Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, Harrisburg Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Cam, NY Unit
1st Assistant Camera, Washington DC VFX Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, Vistavision Unit
2nd Assistant Camera/ Additional 1st AC
1st Assistant Camera/ Dayplayer
2nd Assistant Camera/ 1st AC, 2nd Unit
1st Assistant Camera, Philadelphia Unit
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Cam, NY Unit
2nd Assistant Camera/ Loader
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
1st Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
Camera Operator, 2nd Unit
DP: Maryse Alberti
DP: Maryse Alberti
DP: Joe Anderson
DP: David Tattersall, BSC
DP: Paul Cameron, ASC
DP: Stefan Czapsky, ASC
DP: Andrew Lesnie, ACS, ASC
DP: Jo Willems
DP: Ben Seresin
DP: Jonathan Sela
DP: Tak Fujimoto, ASC
DP: Andrew Lesnie, ACS
DP: Craig Needleman
DP: Jamie Anderson, ASC
DP: Oliver Bokelberg
DP: Chuck Cohen
DP: Peter Menzies, Jr., ASC
DP: Francis Kenny, ASC
DP: Clark Mathis
DP: Ericson Core
DP: Thomas Callaway
DP: Phil Abraham
DP: Tak Fujimoto, ASC
DP: Tak Fujimoto, ASC
DP: Tak Fujimoto, ASC
DP: Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
DP: Eduardo Serra, AFC
DP: Peter Lyons Collister, ASC
DP: Tak Fujimoto, ASC
DP: Tak Fujimoto, ASC
DP: Jack N. Green, ASC
DP: Stephen H. Burum, ASC
DP: Xavier Perez Grobet
DP: Peter Lyons
DP: Steve Mason, ASC
DP: M. David Mullen, ASC
DP: Adam Holender, ASC
DP: Shawn Maurer
DP: David Dunlap
DP: Rodney Taylor, Reed Smoot
DP: William A. Fraker, ASC
DP: John Lindley, ASC
DP: Paul Sarossy, CSC
DP: Alexander Gruszynski
DP: John Fante
DP: Conrad W. Hall
DP: Adam Kimmel
DP: Adam Holender, ASC
DP: Michael Grady
DP: Julio Macat
DP: Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC
DP: Michael Negrin, ASC
DP: Alexander Buono
DP: Larwrence Sher
Dir: Ryan Coogler
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Dir: Andrew Renzie
Dir: Robert Luketic
Dir: Niels Arden Oplev
Dir: Boaz Y achin
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Dir: Neil Burger
Dir: Michael Bay
Dir: F. Gary Gray
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Dir: Peter Jackson
Dir: John Hillcoat
Dir: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Dir: John Hindman
Dir: Tim Chambers
Dir: Antoine Fuqua
Dir: Bill Duke
Dir: Sylvester Stallone
Dir: Ericson Core
Dir: Don Michael Paul
Dir: Justin Lin
Dir: Jonathan Demme
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Dir: Kevin Smith
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Dir: Steven Brill
Dir: Howard Deutch
Dir: Jonathan Demme
Dir: James Mangold
Dir: Brian DePalma
Dir: Nicole Kassell
Dir: Jim Jones
Dir: John McTiernan
Dir: Lee Daniels
Dir: Alec Baldwin
Dir: John Schultz
Dir: Roger Michell
Dir: Bruce Hendricks
Dir: Lee Grant
Dir: Nora Ephron
Dir: Charles Stone III
Dir: Andrew Fleming
Dir: Cameron Crowe
Dir: J. Mills Goodloe
Dir: Alison MacLean
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan
Dir: Barry W. Blaustein
Dir: Les Mayfield
Dir: Gregory Hoblit
Dir: Brian Robbins
Dir: Richard Murray
Dir: Keith Snyder
TELEVISION
Gotham, 1st Season
House of Cards, 2nd Season, Additional Unit
Do No Harm, Pilot and 1st Season
Hack, Pilot and 1st Season
Friday Night Lights, Philadelphia Unit
The Wire, 4 Seasons
Cold Case, 5 Seasons
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, 1st Season
The King of Queens, NY Unit, 1 Episode
Philly, 4 Episodes
The Jersey, 1 Episode
1996 Summer Olympic Games
Paleoworld, 2 Episodes
48 Hrs. With Dan Rather
The Guiding Light
The Public Eye With Bryant Gumbel
Medical Detectives
Christmas on Division Street
Fox Television
Netflix
NBC, Universal
CBS, Paramount TV
NBC, Universal
HBO Pictures
CBS Television
Fox Television
CBS Television
NBC, Steven Bochco Prods.
The Disney Channel
NBC, AOB
The Learning Channel
CBS Television
CBS, E.U.E. Screen Gems
CBS Television
The Discovery Channel
CBS M.O.W.
2nd Assistant Camera, Second Unit
1st Assistant Camera, ‘C’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘A’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, ‘B’ Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, Phila. Unit
1st Assistant Camera, Phila. Unit
1st Assistant Camera
2nd Assistant Camera, Phila. Unit
1st Assistant Camera Phila. Unit
Go-Cam Camera Operator
1st Assistant Camera :
Steadicam Assistant
Steadicam Assistant
Steadicam Assistant
1st Assistant Camera
2nd Assistant Camera
DP: Tom Yatsko
DP: Eigil Byrld
DP: David Boyd, ASC, Feliks Parnell
DP: K. Kelsch, ASC / S. Meir
DP: Todd McMullen
DP: U. Briesewitz / E. Eggilson
DP: Tom Kruger / Patrick Cadey
DP: Peter Smokler
DP: Michael Carmine
DP: Sharon Meir
DP: Garrett Griffin
INV: Garrett Brown
DP: Dennis Beauchamp
OP: Peter Abraham
OP: Peter Abraham
OP: Peter Abraham
DP: Joe Meccariello
DP: Geoffrey Erb, ASC
Coke
Geico Insurance
Victoria’s Secret
Arby’s
PA Lottery
COMMERCIALS, MUSIC VIDEOS, DOCUMENTARIES
Campbell’s Soup Perdue
Polaner All Fruit Nintendo
Cartoon Network
The NHL
Buick
Blue Cross Under Armour
H+R Block
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Pizza Hut
Dish Network
Ford Trucks
Temple University
Bandito Brothers
Chelsea Pictures
Biscuit Films
Hungryman Films
Humble Pictures
Accordion Pictures
Shadowbox Pictures
Shooters
RSA-USA
Radical Media
US Air
Carnival Cruise Lines
Exxon
Comcast
Allstate Insurance
Dave Matthews
Will Smith
Boyz II Men
The Hooters
Floetry
KIT/RENTALS
I have an extensive kit, and supplying whatever the camera department demands is what I do best.
I can provide just enough to fit a small budget production, or I can outfit an entire camera truck for your next
major studio release. Here is a partial list of what is available. Call for rates and availability.
Also available for rent is a Cartoni Lambda Head.
The Lambda is a Nodal Swing Head ideally suited for any variety of professional film and digital cameras fully equipped with long lenses, mattebox and extra large film magazines.
Providing a high level of operational flexibility, this fluid head can be easily fitted to a wide range of supports including tripods, dollies, cranes and camera cars. The mounting can be inverted in under-slung position for low line positioning and allow the camera to be moved all the way to the ground and provide for accurate images which normally cannot be obtained with other traditional supports.
The balance system is designed so that the camera may swing on its center of gravity and rotate 360° on its vertical axis. No springs or similar counter reaction elements are required to set the head in a fixed tilt position and fluid pan and tilt movements have the same identical feel. The lens focal distance can be kept constant by presetting the fore and aft horizontal sliding plate.
If you need to operate directly from the ground, try the
Camera Rocker Swivel Plate. The Camera Rocker sits on a flat base that can be placed directly on the ground, a counter top, or on top of a ladder and still allows full function of pan and tilt, unlike resting the camera on a blanket or sandbags.
Super smooth pan and tilt operation for any size film or digital camera.
GALLERY
©2015 PhillyAC Enterprises
Leon S. Sanginiti, Jr.