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Ron Dexter has
been a paid cameraman since 1962 and a director/cameraman since
1968. In addition, Ron:
Owned a TV
commercial studio in Hollywood for 20 years;
Owned and/or built
most of the production equipment he used in 35mm production;
Mostly shot
high-budget network TV commercials on 35-mm film; clients included
Kodak, Ford, Chevy, United, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Colt 45, Budweiser,
Miller, and Busch;
Has shot stop motion
time lapse up to 2500 FPS;
Has worked with
thirty-man man Hollywood crews and no-man crews;
Developed a 250 page
website on equipment and production not published elsewhere see www.rondexter.com;
Has worked with
backpack dollies and cranes and Fisher dollies and Chapman cranes;
Trained many of his
crews;
Has shot in 40
states and 18 countries;
Has shot objects
from diamonds to 747's;
Has shot people from
Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra to Michael Gorbachev;
Is a director in DGA
(retired);
Has been a union
board member/negotiator and employer of union crews;
Has taught hundreds
of students and designed a film course for the Irish Government;
Has two patents for
film equipment;
Is the co-designer
of the Body Mount and the Pitching Lens;
Built and promoted
"The Dexter Dolly" system and the Dexter Hi Hat;
Built one of the first
video assists for Arri IIC, 35-3, and Arri 35 BL, a periscope lens
system, tilting front lenses and selectable focus lenses;
Has built cranes and
dollies since 1965;
Since retiring, has done
many no-budget video projects and still teaches;
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