A New York City-based cinematographer, with over twenty years' experience shooting everything from miniDV to Panavision and high-def.

Some directing credits in kid's TV, tabletop and second unit. Advanced skills in breakdown and storyboarding. Director-friendly.

Above all, I know how to tell a story.


some specialties

Greenscreen and digital composite, B&W film noir, fashion. Time lapse and high speed (slow motion). Photography of monitors and displays. Go to my REELS page and check it out!


selected TV credits

'Blue's Clues'
Lead DP for five seasons, plus specials, DVDs and CD-ROM games of the Nickelodeon TV series. Nickelodeon (MTV)

'Sesame Street'
More than ten evergreen shorts on 16mm and DV.

'The Galaxy Project'
14 half-hour episodes of this pre-teen soap opera, set in inner-city community center, for WGBH Boston (PBS) Director: Todd Kessler

'Elle MacPherson Special'
supermodel shoots swimsuit calendar and TV special, for Channel 4 Australia


commercials (partial) 35mm, 1080 hi-def, 16mm

KissFM, PriceChopper, Origins, MAC Cosmetics, Blueman Group, Sports Illustrated, MSNBC (the launch film with Bill Gates), Pizza Hut, Toys R Us, Rug Rats, Cat Dog, Nick Nation for Nickelodeon, FYE Stores, Gannett (Albany Times-Union), Empire Blue Cross, WebMD, TimeWarner


shorts and feature films

"Wake" Super16mm short, propduced by Pier's End Productions, Andrew Lawton, writer / director. 10-year old boy confronts his brother's death.

"The Exiles" 16mm feature pilot, (25 mins.) 2006
Cinemythic Productions, Joe Scotti, writer / director.

Five intrepid teenagers, "trapped in a world they never made" battle the forces of darkness. Check out the trailer on their site.

Show me "the Exiles" on the Cinemythic web site!

"Two by Four" 35mm Writer / Director: Jimmy DP: Declan Quinn, 2nd Unit Photography: Skip Roessel. Undocumented Irishman flees his past to NYC, finds work in construction trade.
Winner Best Cinematography at Sundance Festival, 1998.


"Vamping", 16mm (35mm blowup)
Director: Fred Keller, Director of Photography: Skip Roessel
Starring: Patrick Duffy, Kathryn Hyland… moody noir-style set in Buffalo.

My photography on this independant film noir was the subject of an article in American Cinematographer magazine.


"Fast Lane" (retitled 'Violated') 35mm Panavision
Director: Richard Cannistraro, DP: Skip Roessel. Aspiring soap actresses find trouble on wild party circuit. More fun to shoot than to watch, unfortunately.


"The Eyes of the Amaryllis" 16mm

Director: Fred Keller DP:: Skip Roessel. With Ruth Ford, Martha Byrne, Guy Boyd (Disney Channel). Photographed on location on Nantucket Island, this moody ghost story is set in the 1880s, with candle-lit interiors.


and more...


...literally hundreds of corporate, PR, medical, in-store, music videos, product launches and expo films, industrials, for scores of clients...
...and documentaries, reality TV and mockumentaries on 16mm, miniDV (domestic and PAL), and CineAlta1080 hi-def.


equipment

extensive Super-16mm Arriflex SR3 package, nine lenses, five magazines, video tap, etc. This equipment is ready to go without checkout.

see my Super16mm Camera package

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Born in Boston, raised in Rochester, in upstate New York
BA in English, Film minor at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Apprenticed as still photographer, shooting commercial tabletop, architectural and editorial (35mm, large-format). Relocated to New York City, became freelance DP in 1982.

Driver's license, current passport, security clearance okay.

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