"After I went to NYU Grad Film, I worked as an assistant cameraman for three really good cinematographers. Early on I assisted Pierre-Willie Glenn, who had photographed Truffaut's La Nuit Américaine (Day for Night). He taught me cinema vérite documentary - long before it became reality TV. Steven Fierberg went on to do lots of TV movies and HBO. He had this really polished approach and from him I got the importance of putting a light in exactly the right place. Richard Robertson has won two Academy Awards for his Cinematography. He showed me the importance of imagination and being bold, being willing to try something new. Of course all three demanded technical perfection".

Kent Moorhead

 
 
 
Top: Pale in Your Shadow 16mm film
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Kent Moorhead

kmoorh@aol.com
In Europe call: +468 64.47.885
In US: 662-816-7253 (mobile)

CAMERA REEL AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Above: What the Old Man Told Me   Music Video.  Super 16mm film
Below: The Eulogy   Canadian TV drama.  DVCPRO digital video
  “I work different ways - it all depends on the job and what's needed. Is it speed that matters? Or is a certain style the important thing? The first thing in any camera work is communication. I want to find out what the producer or director wants and needs. I like news and documentary cinema vérité because you have to move quickly - while figuring out what's going on so you can get the camera into the right spot. It's demanding and tough work, but it's also a lot of fun. If it's a drama and there's a special look I need to create, that's another approach, and I have a lot of experience with lighting, filters and lenses".
  "Photographing both documentary and drama makes me better as a cameraman. I've learned to work with all kinds of lights and all kinds of situations as a result. I've used cheap IKEA paper lanterns to light a scene and at other times I've worked with a complete grip truck and a full HMI light package. It all depends on what look the film needs while factoring in the available budget. I've done shoots where I had both a crane and dolly for the camera, and other times when I sat in a wheelchair with a hand-held camera to fake a dolly. It's easier to work with a real dolly, but you don't always have the money to solve a problem the easy way".  
Top: The Red Dawns  Super 16mm film
Bottom: What the Old Man Told Me   Super 16mm film
Top: Standing on my Sisters' Shoulders Documentary
Bottom: The Most Segregated Hour   Documentary



 
Dolly sequence from Pale in Your Shadow   16mm film

 
Cinema vérité filmming of World Pizza Championship in Italy for Adventures in Pizza   DVCPRO digital video

Cinema vérité filmming of Civil War Reenactment for The Battle of Brices Crossroads   DVCPRO digital video

Front & behind: Mae Bertha Carter
All interviews filmmed on DVC PRO digital video
Front: Jimmy Faulkner/Behind: Willie B. Tankersley
Mississippi Remembers WWII
Front: Morgan Freeman/Behind: Edith Kelly-Green
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CONTACT:

Kent Moorhead

kmoorh@aol.com
In Europe call: +468 64.47.885
In US: 662-513-0108    662-816-7253 (mobile)

CAMERA REEL AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Front: Kent Moorhead filmming for Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders
Behind: Kent Moorhead checking shot for Pale in Your Shadow -  Scenes from film to left


CREDITS & COPYRIGHT FOR FILMS LISTED ON THIS PAGE 

What the Old Man Told Me
Music Video - 5 minutes   Artist: Cary Hudson
Producer & Director: Thad Lee
Company: Rainy Day Pictures
Director of Photography: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Arriflex 3 - super 16mm
All images from What the Old Man Told Me
© 2005 Rainy Day Pictures
The Most Segregated Hour
Feature Documentary - 70 minutes
Producer & Director: Kent Moorhead
Company: Forever Young Productions, LLC
Cinematographer: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Panasonic DVCPRO/Nikon Hi8
© 2005 Forever Young
Productions, LLC
The Most Segregated Hour
Adventures in Pizza
 Documentary - 25 minutes
Producer & Director: Kent Moorhead
Company: Forever Young Productions, LLC
         PMQ Magazine
Cinematographer: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Panasonic DVCPRO
© 2004 Forever Young
Productions, LLC
Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders
 Documentary - 60 minutes
Producers: Bob & Joan Sadoff
Company: Sadoff Productions
Director of Photography: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Panasonic DVCPRO
These images © 2005 Forever Young
Productions, LLC

For Sisters' website see this LINK
 
The Red Dawns
Dramatic Short - 5 minutes
Producer & Director: Thad Lee
Company: Rainy Day Pictures
Director of Photography: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Arriflex 2- super 16mm
All images from What the Old Man Told Me
© 2005 Rainy Day Pictures
Mississippi Remembers World War II
 Documentary - 60 minutes
Producer & Director: Kent Moorhead
Company: Forever Young Productions, LLC
TV: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Cinematographer: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Panasonic DVCPRO
© 2004 Forever Young
Productions, LLC
Pale in Your Shadow
Drama - 30 minutes
Producer: Tiffany Patrick
Company: Little Jean Productions?
Director of Photography: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Arriflex 2
These images © 1998 Emma Jean Nine Productions, Inc.

For more info see this LINK
for synopsis see this LINK
The Eulogy
 Drama - 50 minutes
Producer & Directors: John Kozak
Company: Baby Legs Productions
Director of Photography: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Panasonic DVCPRO
These images © 1997 Baby Legs Productions
 

 

Cinematographers Kent Moorhead worked for in the early 1980's
when he was their assistant cameraman:

Robert Richardson
winner of academy awards for JFK and The Aviator
IMDB Credit List
New York Times Movie Guide Bio


Pierre William Glenn
French cameraman
IMDB Credit List

Steven Fierberg
IMDB Credit List
HBO Bio
The Battle of Brices Crossroads
 Documentary - 25 minutes
Producer & Director: Kent Moorhead
Company: Forever Young Productions, LLC
TV: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
    WKNO, Memphis
Cinematographer: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Panasonic DVCPRO
Images © 2005 Forever Young
Productions, LLC
Ole Miss Public Service Ads
 National Advertising Campaign
Talent: Morgan Freeman
Producer & Director: Kent Moorhead
Company: Forever Young Productions, LLC
For the University of Mississippi
Cinematographer: Kent Moorhead
Camera: Panasonic DVCPRO
Images © 2005 Forever Young
Productions, LLC