Jim Surette Granite Films

CAMERA OPERATOR

• RGTV Productions/Rush HD: The Adventurist. Camera operator for an adventure television series; 2007.

• Red Bull: Vertical Rush. Camera operator for a feature documentary about skiing Mt. St. Elias, Alaska; 2007.

• Sony Pictures Classics/The Documentary Group: Steep. Skiing camera operator and Cable Cam operator for the skiing feature film, Bella Coola, British Colombia; 2006.Official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, 2006.

• RGTV Productions/Rush HD: La Bas. Camera operator for a feature documentary about rock climbing in Morocco; 2006.

• Cable Cam: 2006 Asian Games. Cable Cam operator during the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar; 2006.

• ESPN/Sky Cam: Major League Baseball, Belmont Stakes horserace, pro boxing: remote operator for aerial, motion-control cameras; 2005–2006.

• FOX/Cable Cam: NASCAR race in Las Vegas, remote operator for aerial, motion-control cameras; 2006.

• No Barriers Dolomiti: Mountains Without Barriers. Erik Weihenmayer, Hugh Herr, and Andy Holzer climb a major Dolomite wall; interviews with Mark Wellman, Cortina, Italy; 2005. Winner of Most Inspiring Film, Boulder Adventure Film Festival, 2006.

• Rush HD/The North Face: Shelter from the Storm. Feature documentary about women skiing in Baffin Island, Canadian arctic; 2005.Winner of Best Action Sports Film, Vail Film Festival, 2007.

• Discovery Channel/Original Productions: The Deadliest Catch. Television series about crab fishing in the Bearing Sea, Alaska; 2004.

• CBS Sports/Outdoor Life Network/Barret Productions: Primal Quest. Adventure race in Seattle, Washington; 2004.

• Unlimited magazine: Arctic Education. Lead photographer for feature article; first ski descents in the Arctic Circle, Baffin Island, Canada; 2004.

• Outdoor Life Network: Global Extreme. Reality adventure race, South Africa, Costa Rica, & Iceland; 2003.

• National Geographic Explorer: Surviving Everest. Feature documentary about the 50th Anniversary Everest Expedition, Mount Everest, Nepal; 2002.

• UPN/Jaffe Productions: Manhunt. Reality television show, Kauai, Hawaii; 2001.

• Chance Productions: Uncommon Ground. Producer and camera, New England rock and ice climbing video; 2001.

• RSN: Ice climbing segment with George Hurley, New Hampshire; 2001.

• NBC/American Adventure Productions: Great Trango A Mile High. Feature documentary of a big-wall first ascent in Pakistan, 1999. Winner of Best Film on Mountaineering, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2000.

• Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: Luminescent Flights. High Definition, vertical dance in Yosemite National Park, California; 2000.

• Standard Films: Totally Board Nine. 16mm snowboard film, Lake Tahoe, California; 2000.

• Outdoor Life Network/American Adventure Productions: Batu Lawi. Feature documentary about rock climbing a first ascent on Batu Lawi, jungle spire in Borneo; 1999.

• Standard Films: Infinity: Totally Board Eight. 16mm snowboard film Snowbird, Utah; 1999.

• Cave Productions: The Black. Base-jumping the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado; 1999. Winner of Kids Choice Award, Telluride Mountain Film Festival, 1999.

• South Wing Films: Quiet Desperation. Solo Ascent of the East Face of Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado; 1998.

• MTV Sports: Lynn Hill free climbing the Nose route of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California; 1997.

• Eric Perlman Productions: Pure Force: Masters of Stone IV. Rock climbing video, Colorado and Utah; 1997.

Body By Jake. Workout infomercial with Bobbi Bensman, Salt Lake City, Utah; 1996.

Free Climbing the Nose. Documentary of Lynn Hill free climbing El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California; 1995.

• Eric Perlman Productions: Third Stone From the Sun: Masters of Stone III. Rock climbing video, California and Colorado; 1995.

SOUND

• Discovery Channel: The Southern Traverse. Adventure race in New Zealand; 2000.

• USA Network: Iditarod. Dogsleding race in Alaska; 2000.

• Discovery Channel: The Eco Challenge Argentina. Adventure race in Patagonia; 1999.

• Discovery Channel: The Eco Challenge Morocco. Adventure race in Morocco; 1998.

GRIP

• Aardvark Productions: Comedy Central comedy festival in Aspen, Colorado; 1999.

• Ranch Exit Films: Lincoln/Mercury commercial, Aspen, Colorado; 1997.

• Harmony Pictures: Jeep commercial, Aspen, Colorado; 1997.

• Ranch Exit Films: Mitsubishi commercial, Aspen, Colorado; 1997.

• Obermeyer Productions: Salomon Ski & Snowboard commercial, Aspen, Colorado; 1997.

• Modfilm: Stimorol Gum commercial, Leadville, Colorado; 1997.

• Nabisco in-house video, Aspen, Colorado; 1997.

• DeGeorge Homes commercial, Rifle, Colorado; 1997.

• Light Smith productions: Rorsach Test music video, Denver, Colorado; 1992.

• Hollywood Pictures: Aspen Extreme. Feature film, Aspen, Colorado; 1992.

CAMERA ASSISTANT

• IFC Films: Dust to Glory. Dana Brown feature film about the Baja 1000 off-road race, Baja, Mexico; 2003.

• Outdoor Life Network: To The Edge. Alpine climbing show with Conrad Anker, Teton National Park, Wyoming, and the Sierra Nevada, California; 2000.

• Standard Films: Totally Board Two. 16mm snowboard film, Lake Tahoe, California; 1994.

• Eric Perlman Productions: Hard Rock: Masters of Stone II. 16mm climbing film, California, Colorado, Nevada; 1993.

RIGGER

• ESPN/Sky Cam: US Figure Skating championships, St.Louis, Missouri; 2006.

• ESPN/Sky Cam: NBA game, Miami, Florida; 2005.

• ESPN/Sky Cam: Great Outdoor Games, Orlando, Florida; 2005.

• ESPN: Winter X Games, Aspen, Colorado; 2004–2005.

• ESPN: Summer X Games, Los Angeles, California; 2004.

• IMAX/MacGillivray Freeman Films: Wild California. Tree climbing in Sequoia National Park, California; 1999.

• OLN: Black Magic. Jeff Achey and Steve Levine free-climbing the Nose in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado, 1994.

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