December News

Dear Friends & Colleagues, I want to thank all the producers and directors that have been able to hire me this fall. We made some dope and beautiful images for the screen.

I'm celebrating a bit of thing...This month marks the 30th anniversary of being in the biz. It was in 1992 that I did my first gig as a PA. I can't believe that this crazy industry has kept me around for that long! I feel truly blessed to be in the good graces of many of you for three decades. Last January, I was on a gig with Mike Welckle, Ralph Lindell, Victor Korte for Best Buy. This was many of the same crew that was on that first job, an Ali Selim commercial shot at Old Arizona Studios. On it, I made $100 a day. I remember the wafting the wind in the bedroom curtains, I was part of the illusion. I was bitten. The rest was history, Thank you for 30 years!

Below, I have new video that I was the Milwaukee decorator on, the short film, Naija Odyssey, about Giannis Antetokounmpo.
More info about all of this below.

 If you have a spot or film that you need some art dept help on, pls call or send an email to discuss your idea. If you need to see more examples of my work. Here is a link to my website. I have some availability in December and January. I work as a local out of Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago.

Above is the origin story short film,Naija Odyssey, about the MVP basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo. I got to work under, decorate & build for the veteran Milwaukee production designer Art Wilinski. Most of our work was focused on the Penthouse set that you see at 00:35 seconds. That was a huge deal, but of course there was lot more that ended up on the cutting room floor. As my old boss used to say, "Our best work is never seen!"  Amazing job by local producer Nicolaus Langholff for coraling this star studded entourage production together.

Below, is some throwback work. I've been lucky in my career to work with some talented artists. In 2014, I was the prop master on WILSON. I got to prop; Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Judy Greer and others. All incredible talents. It was an amazing experience and it def. made me a better prop master and dept. head. 

For both shoots, I was part of a great crew. As you know, It's all about team!

Quote-“There's nothing you can fuck up that I can't fix”
James R. Bakkom