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David Chameides

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In 2001, Dave Chameides was like everybody else. He drove to the market, recycled when he could, didn't litter too much, and generally tried to be a good guy. As a two-time Emmy Award winning cameraman and DGA director (ER, Third Watch, Studio 60) he was maintaining a nice lifestyle with a lovely wife, nice house, three cars, and no real worries to speak of.

And then everything changed.

After learning that he was to be a father, Chameides had an epiphany of sorts. He suddenly woke up to the fact that there was more, there was someone who would remain after he was gone, and he realized that he had to change his ways.

So off went the lights and out went the cars. In came the Prius and up went the solar panels. While this seemed like a good start, it wasn't enough. So Chameides kept investigating. And as he taught himself, he began to realize that things were much worse than he thought, but that he could also do something about it.

So out went the Prius and in came the veggie car. Up went the compact fluorescent bulbs and down went the number of plastic bags he used. But still there was more to be done.

Out of frustration Chameides began talking to school groups, religious institutions, and businesses about what they could do in their own lives. He figured he had something to share, so share he would. The seminar he created, Chasing Sustainability, has been heard by groups as small as 10 and as large as 2000 and the feedback from students and teachers alike continues to be overwhelming.

And then came the trash.

On January 1st 2008, Chameides, dubbed Sustainable Dave by friends and media, decided to stop taking out the trash (and the recycling too!) for an entire year. Instead of throwing it away (wherever that was) he'd start keeping it all in his basement and see what happened. And as if that wasn't enough, Chameides, who had never so much as read a blog before let alone created a website, decided that he would list all the waste he created on his own site, 365 Days of Trash , in order to share what he was learning.

Soon the radio stations started calling (check out his theme song) and TV news, internet, and print followed right on their heels. By the end of the year, Sustainable Dave's message had been carried as far away as Russia and South Africa, and his site had been visited by a quarter of a million people. He had been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and on CNN and Good Morning America, just to name a few. Disney even came calling and made him an environmental animated character in the kids show, Handy Manny.

And what happened to the 28.5 pounds of trash he created during 2008? It ended up at The Museum of Trash in Hartford, CT of course, where it stands as a permanent exhibit to inspire people to change their ways.

Today, Chameides continues to lecture to schools all over the country and speak about how everyday people can do a tremendous amount to lessen their footprint without living in a cave. His simple, humorous talks have inspired students to organize, start environmental clubs, and even consider environmental stewardship as their future vocations. He writes a weekly column for the site Care2, and his motto of "no one can do everything but everyone can do something" has been heard by millions.

While he still works in the film industry, his hope is to take his seminar on the road and travel the country, impacting students everywhere he goes.
BornApril 11, 1969
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Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, and Naomi Watts in St. Vincent (2014)
St. Vincent
7.2
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 2014
Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Stuart Stone in Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko
8.0
  • Camera and Electrical Department(as Dave Chameides)
  • 2001
George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)
ER
7.9
TV Series
  • Camera and Electrical Department
Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder
6.3
  • Camera and Electrical Department("a" camera/steadicam operator, additional photography)
  • 2022

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
    • Post-production
  • Justified: City Primeval
    • Post-production
  • Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
    Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Ozark (2017)
    Ozark
  • The Harder They Fall (2021)
    The Harder They Fall
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Kate Mara and Nick Robinson in A Teacher (2020)
    A Teacher
  • P-Valley (2020)
    P-Valley
  • Rachael Harris, Tom Ellis, Aimee Garcia, Lauren German, D.B. Woodside, Kevin Alejandro, and Lesley-Ann Brandt in Lucifer (2016)
    Lucifer
  • Oakes Fegley in The Goldfinch (2019)
    The Goldfinch
  • Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition (2019)
    Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition
  • Chambers (2019)
    Chambers
  • Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Elizabeth Debicki, and Cynthia Erivo in Widows (2018)
    Widows
  • Snowfall (2017)
    Snowfall
  • Run for Your Life
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger (2017)
    Stronger
  • Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer, and Lily Collins in The Last Tycoon (2016)
    The Last Tycoon

Director

  • Handheld Filming in Vehicles - Free Driving (2017)
    Handheld Filming in Vehicles - Free Driving
  • Amanda Peet, Matthew Perry, Steven Weber, Sarah Paulson, Timothy Busfield, D.L. Hughley, Bradley Whitford, and Nate Corddry in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)
    Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
    • (as Dave Chameides)
  • Backlash (2006)
    Backlash
  • Michael Beach, Eddie Cibrian, Kim Raver, Jason Wiles, Coby Bell, Amy Carlson, Molly Price, Anthony Ruivivar, and Skipp Sudduth in Third Watch (1999)
    Third Watch
    • (as Dave Chameides)
  • George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)
    ER
    • (as Dave Chameides)

Special Effects

  • Seedpeople (1992)
    Seedpeople
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    • (uncredited)
  • Kevin Bacon, Finn Carter, and Fred Ward in Tremors (1990)
    Tremors

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Bag It

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    • Environmental Seminar
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    • April 11, 1969
    • Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Other works
    "85 South" Music Video for Y'all So Stupid - Atlanta Georgia - Directed by Matti Leshem - Director of Photography
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    In 2008, a passionate interest in preserving the environment led him to an experiment where he saved all of his trash in his basement for the entire year. He documented this on a blog called 365DaysofTrash, sharing what he was learning and ways everyone could be more mindful of their consumption and waste. He gained worldwide acclaim as "Sustainable Dave" and appeared regularly on LA radio KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show, as well as on the front page of the New York Times, on Good Morning America, and beyond. Realizing there was a greater need for environmental education, he created a seminar entitled Chasing Sustainability that he know teaches to kids from elementary school through college, as well as to businesses and religious institutions and anyone else who shows an interest.

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