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Christopher Mann's Theatrical Demo Reel -- This reel contains Christopher performing in Film and Television. The clips included are from the following: "The Boundary", "The Wire", "Duplicity", "Law & Order(SVU)", "Michael Clayton", "Cost Of A Soul", "HEROES" and "Law & Order (CI)".

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Franklin Ojeda Smith - -- "...back in the day the 'barb wire' was more visible" and early on I chose baseball over acting; then academia and not baseball. Now,"...the kids are grown, the dog is dead and now that I may, I choose acting." Please take a look: 1)Boardwalk Empire - Deacon Cuffy 2)Murder Incorporated - Sam Christenson 3)Cayman Went - Aniston Turnkey 4)Letting Go -Therapist 5)Footsteps in the Sand - Jim. Thank You! Franklin

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Francine Locke Film Reel -- Family Law (Best Actress, Gideon), Stealing Home (Best Supporting Actress-nom.) 168 Project, True Tale Monster (Albert P. Weisman Award), The Discarded (2011 Feature Release).

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Hide HideCinematographer (61 titles)
2012 Raça (documentary) (post-production)
 
2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock (2012)
 
2011 Risk Takers (TV series documentary)
– Michael Burry (2011) (director of photography)
 
2011 I Can Be President: A Kid's-Eye View (TV documentary) (director of photography)
 
1993-2011 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
– Robert E. Lee (2011)
– Wyatt Earp (2010) (director of photography)
– We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded Knee (2009)
– We Shall Remain: Part IV - Geronimo (2009)
– Roberto Clemente (2008)
See all 34 episodes »
 
2010 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
– In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee (2010)
 
2010 The Oak Park Story (documentary short)
 
2010 In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee (documentary)
 
2010 Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock (documentary)
 
2009 Freedom Riders (TV series)
 
2009 Turin Shroud: New Evidence (TV documentary)
 
2009 Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution (TV movie)
 
2009 Wounded Knee (documentary)
 
2008 Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority (documentary)
 
1998-2008 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (2008)
– John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (2006)
– Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1998)
 
2007 Through Deaf Eyes (TV documentary)
 
2007 The Supreme Court (TV series)
– A Nation of Liberties (2007)
– The Rehnquist Revolution (2007)
– A New Kind of Justice (2007)
– One Nation Under Law (2007)
 
2007 Geronimo (video documentary)
 
2006 Read You Like a Book
 
2006 Into the Fire (TV documentary)
 
2006 California and the American Dream (TV mini-series documentary)
– Ripe for Change (2006)
 
2006 Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (documentary)
 
2006 Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (TV series documentary)
– Antietam (2006) (director of photography)
 
2004 Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq (TV documentary)
 
2004 Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (documentary)
 
2004 Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (TV series documentary)
– The Return of the Barbarian (2004)
– The Will of the Shogun (2004)
– The Way of the Samurai (2004)
 
2004 Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise (TV documentary)
 
2004 Innovation: Life, Inspired (TV series documentary)
– Brain Fingerprinting (2004)
 
2003 The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced (TV documentary)
 
2003 Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (TV series documentary)
– Between Two Worlds (2003)
– Gold Mountain Dreams (2003)
 
2003 This Far by Faith (TV series documentary)
– There Is a River (2003) (director of photography)
 
2003 The Shakespeare Sessions (documentary)
 
2003 Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (TV documentary)
 
2001 Nova (TV series documentary)
– Harvest of Fear (2001)
 
2001 Frontline (TV series documentary)
– Harvest of Fear (2001)
 
2000 Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (documentary)
 
2000 They Drew Fire (TV documentary)
 
2000 First Person Plural (documentary)
 
1999 Life Tastes Good
 
1999 The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (TV documentary)
 
1998 Great Performances (TV series)
– A Hymn for Alvin Ailey (1998)
 
1998 The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1998 The Boyhood of John Muir
 
1998 Hymn: Remembering Alvin Ailey
 
1997 Cadillac Desert (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1996 Shakespeare's Children (documentary)
 
1996 W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices (documentary)
 
1996 Taken for a Ride (documentary)
 
1995 A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (documentary)
 
1995 America's War on Poverty (TV mini-series)
 
1994 Freedom on My Mind (documentary)
 
1993 Dancing (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1993 The Great Depression (TV series documentary)
 
1992 The Kiss (short)
 
1991 In the Shadow of the Stars (documentary)
 
1990 Eyes on the Prize (TV series documentary)
– Back to the Movement: 1979-Mid 1980s (1990)
– The Keys to the Kingdom: 1974-1980 (1990)
– A Nation of Law?: 1968-1971 (1990)
– Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More: 1964-1972 (1990)
– The Promised Land: 1967-1968 (1990)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1989 Forbidden City, U.S.A. (documentary)
 
1988 Haitian Corner
 
1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (TV documentary)
 
1985 Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
 
1982 Chan Is Missing
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (38 titles)
2013 American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (documentary) (additional camera) (completed)
 
American Masters (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 2 episodes, 2003-2007) (additional photography - 1 episode, 2012)
– Inventing David Geffen (2012) (additional photography)
– Novel Reflections: The American Dream (2007) (camera operator)
– None Without Sin (2003) (camera operator)
 
The American Experience (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 9 episodes, 1992-2009) (additional photography - 3 episodes, 2011-2012) (assistant camera - 3 episodes, 2006) (additional camera operator - 1 episode, 2011)
– Clinton, Part 2 (2012) (additional photography)
– Clinton, Part 1 (2012) (additional photography)
– The Greely Expedition (2011) (additional photography)
– Billy the Kid (2011) (additional camera operator)
– The Kennedys (2009) (camera operator)
See all 15 episodes »
 
Nova (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 2 episodes, 2003-2009) (additional photography - 1 episode, 2011) (assistant camera - 1 episode, 2002)
– The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse? (2011) (additional photography)
– The Big Energy Gamble (2009) (camera operator)
– Secret of Photo 51 (2003) (camera operator)
– Fire Wars (2002) (assistant camera)
 
2011 Addiction Incorporated (documentary) (additional camera)
 
2011 Last Call at the Oasis (documentary) (additional camera)
 
2011 Sing Your Song (documentary) (additional camera)
 
2009 Latin Music USA (TV series) (additional cinematographer - 1 episode)
– Bridges (2009) (additional cinematographer)
 
2009 Minotaur (short) (additional photography)
 
2004-2008 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 3 episodes)
– Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic' (2008) (camera operator)
– Race Is the Place (2005) (camera operator)
– Refugee (2004) (camera operator)
 
2008/I Milk (additional camera operator)
 
2008 How to Build a Better Being (TV documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2008 Locks of Love: The Kindest Cut (video documentary short) (additional photography)
 
2007 Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (documentary) (additional photography)
 
2006 The New Los Angeles (TV documentary) (additional camera)
 
2005 California and the American Dream (TV mini-series documentary) (additional camera operator - 1 episode)
– California's 'Lost' Tribes (2005) (additional camera operator)
 
2005 Nova ScienceNow (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode)
– Artificial Life/Lightning/Profile: Erich Jarvis/Fish Surgery/Don't Ask the Expert: Neil deGrasse Tyson/Hurricane Katrina (2005) (camera operator)
 
2004 Great Performances (TV series) (camera operator - 1 episode)
– Bill Irwin: Clown Prince (2004) (camera operator)
 
2004 Stand Up for Justice (short) (cinematographer: train scene)
 
2003 Day of Independence (short) (director of photography: second unit)
 
2003 Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady (TV documentary) (camera operator)
 
2003 Lost Boys of Sudan (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2002 Justice and the Generals (TV documentary) (camera operator)
 
1998 Frontline (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode)
– Fooling with Nature (1998) (camera operator)
 
1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (camera operator: second unit)
 
1997 Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life (documentary) (additional cinematography)
 
1994 Crumb (documentary) (camera operator)
 
1994 Real Sex (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode)
– Real Sex 8 (1994) (camera operator)
 
1993 The Joy Luck Club (camera operator: "b" camera)
 
1989 Eat a Bowl of Tea (director of photography: second unit)
 
1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
1988 The Telephone (camera operator)
 
1987 Slam Dance (additional camera operator)
 
1987 Eyes on the Prize (TV series documentary) (assistant camera - 4 episodes, 1987) (camera operator - 2 episodes, 1987)
– Bridge to Freedom: 1965 (1987) (assistant camera)
– Mississippi: Is This America?: 1962-1964 (1987) (camera operator)
– No Easy Walk: 1961-1963 (1987) (assistant camera)
– Ain't Scared of Your Jails: 1960-1961 (1987) (assistant camera)
– Fighting Back: 1957-1962 (1987) (camera operator)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1985 Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (camera operator: additional shooting)
 
1984 Merton (assistant camera: California)
 
1981 The Day After Trinity (documentary) (assistant camera)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
2003-2006 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
– The Great Fever (2006)
– Transcontinental Railroad (2003)
 
2003 Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (TV series documentary)
– Between Two Worlds (2003)
– Gold Mountain Dreams (2003)
 
2003 Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2009 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded Knee (2009) (producer)
 

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The American Experience: Season 21: Episode 8 -- As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance. Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution -- Survivor Post Rescue Interview - Christi talks about arriving at the hospital after the attack The American Experience: Season 21: Episode 9 -- In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the country forged a new path into the future.
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