David Pinkston
David Pinkston has been a professional cinematographer and freelance editor since 1980. He is a Graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a BFA in studio arts with concentration in Cinematography and Photography.
His film work includes features, industrials, commercials and PSAs and has worked in all film formats from 8mm, 16mm, 35mm to 70mm IMAX. Film clients and companies include Highland Myst Entertainment, Poorchild Films, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, City of Fort Worth, Baptist Radio and Television Commission, Laser Magic, and BLACKleaderFILMS.
As a videographer he has shot for clients such as Poorchild Films, Miss Texas, Brown Cow Productions, Southern Drive, RosePics, Buckboard Productions, Kaelin Productions, Texas Christian University, Baptist Radio and Television Commission.
Production locations have taken him to sites in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Chile, Argentina, Colombia.
In the early 1980's he worked with Fort Worth Productions and Univision, Inc. whose clients included Van Cliburn, KERA, Texas State Technical Institute and local clients for industrials and commercials.
Equipment available for productions and post include: (Film) Arriflex SR Super16mm with Zeiss primes (9.5, 12, 16, 25mm), Canon 8-56mm zoom. (Video) Panasonic DVX100B. (Support) O'Connor 50 fluid head, standard and baby legs, hit hat, 6 foot track dolly, body mount camera stabilizer, car mount. (Lighting/Grip) Assortment of Lowel lights and softlights, stands, stingers, 2.8K watt silent portable electric generator. (Editing) Adobe Creative Suite C3, Adobe Premiere Pro.
He enjoys assisting filmmakers at the UT-Arlington film department as an Adjunct Professor of Cinematography, helping actors to get the best use of their media on demo reels, has been a licensed private pilot, scuba driver, art instructor (and explaining the difference between lighting for film and video). |
