JOHN P. KECHELE - Resume´




JOHN P. KECHELE

MOTION PICTURE & BROADCAST TELEVISION -
CAMERAMAN/DIRECTOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER
VIDEOGRAPHER

 

Summary of Qualifications: Twenty-five years experience as a motion picture and broadcast television cameraman/director and photographer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:


  • Consultant to Fire Reconstruction Consultants, Inc
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  • INDYNE INC. - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA
  • 2004 to 2007
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  • ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC CAMERAMAN,NASA, USAF
  • Engaged in the capturing Multiformat photographic images for NASA’S Space Shuttle Fleet and the USAF Unmanned spaceflight programs.
  • High speed and digital photography and videography ,Launch pad camera installation,aerial photography and Telescopic motion picture tracking.Team member for NASA on Post STS-107 disaster investigation. Johnson Controls
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  • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER,FLORIDA
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
  • 1997 to 2004
  • Motion Picture Cameraman,Videographer,Digital and Still Photographer,Director/Producer/Editor Installation and operation of High Speed Motion picture cameras documenting NASA and USAF Space launches.Digital and still photography of launches and events,Produce/Direct/Videography and edit Space related Documentaries and Training Tapes.Editing on Linear and Non-linear Edit systems.
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  • Bionetics Video Productions
  • Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL
  • Director. Responsibilities include acquiring/directing production and post-production video documentaries and training programs for NASA and the United States Air Force.
  • 1988 to 1997
  • Missile Cameraman. Duties included video documentation, tracking, launch pad camera installation, still photography and aerial photography.Prefered Video alert Cameraman for Network news release on all Government and Private Aerospace launches.
  • 1986 to 1988
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  • KECH Productions
  • Cocoa Beach, FL
  • Freelance videographer. Clients included national broadcasting networks CBS, NBC, and ABC. Commercial accounts included IBM, Ford Motor Company, and Walt Disney Productions.
  • 1983 to 1986
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  • NBC News, Inc.
  • New York, NY
  • Videographer./EDITOR/PRODUCER... On assignment for NBC Nightly News, covering breaking news and investigative reports in the Southeastern United States and Central America.


EDUCATION:


  • 1976 to 1979
  • Brooks Institute of Photography
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • B.A. (1979) Motion Picture and Television Production
  • GRADUATED WITH HONORS


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:


  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
  • National Assn. Broadcast Engineers and technicians
  • Professsional Photographers of America


AWARDS:


  • Two Regional EMMYS, Tampa Florida Region
  • CRYSTAL AWARD(GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARIES)
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  • SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE
  • ACCESS TO ALL NASA AND USAF FACILITIES
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References furnished on request.



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