Caleb Crosby, SOC
Caleb has recently returned to his native New England after
several years working as a freelance Cinematographer on
projects across the US and Canada. His work plays on the
silver screen, national television and in commercial advertising. "I
had been trying to reposition myself back to the Northeast
for sometime and joining QUEST was the perfect opening
for me. It's a challenging show and needs top end
images to go with the great research and content of each
episode."
Elected into the Society of Camera Operators
in 2000, he is recognized in the top tier of cameramen
worldwide. The
2002 Lumiere Prize at the New Orleans Film Festival was awarded
to the documentary Free School on which he served as Photographer
and Visual Consultant. In 2001 he was a leader on the team
that launched the national series Grays TV for Outdoor Life
Network. Originated on Super 16mm film, this weekly series
won an International Theodore H. Roosevelt Award (Teddy)
for Best Program. Caleb also works in commercial advertising
as a Director/Cameraman and made Rain Vodka's national
product launch for Peter A. Mayer Advertising which found
national recognition at the AIG awards in 2000. ("Rain" and
other selections of his work can be seen on the web at calebcrosby.com)
Caleb
entered motion pictures in 1984 at Marlboro College in Vermont
where he initiated the schools first ever film
production curriculum. He continued film studies at The School
of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1988. "My real
education in filmmaking came after school though" says
Crosby, "as a cameraman you are paid to get the shot
and in the real world that usually requires a bit of luck
and a whole lot of waking up very early". After creating
successful shows for Maine Maritime Museum, the NEA and Hebron
Academy, Caleb moved south to concentrate on (finding more
work) and tackling some of the finer points of the trade. "Most
successful photographers are born with a good eye, but have
to learn how to light. What helps me the most is reading
literature. A great author describes the scene and characters
so well that it's almost like they are telling you
how to set your lights with a diagram. Lighting is really
just physics and great lighting is not mastering the technology
so much as it is listening to the story."
Away from
Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Caleb is a full-time parent of 19 years. His
son Zander attends college in Massachusetts. |
