Nelson Goforth - Motion Picture Lighting Technician

Lighting for Moving Pictures

Gaffer
Electrician
Grip

20 Years experience as film and video crew on features, commercials and more. IATSE Local 7

Nelson Goforth
Denver, Colorado
USA

phone 303.322.5042
cell 303.506.2456
e-mail ngoforth AT earthnet DOT net
website www.earthnet.net/~ngoforth/film

Red Digital Cinema Camera services

Nelson and D.P. Rich Lerner operate one of the amazing
Red Digital Cinema cameras. Rocky Mountain 4K, LLC
offers Red camera rental (Ultra High Def video) for Colorado,
New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain West.

The Computer Guy:

If you're looking for the pencil-necked computer geek
with my name (and who looks a lot like me except for
that unhealthy pallor), you can read about his work in PHP,
perl and MySQL database programming for websites and
search engine optimization

The Voice Over Guy:

And then there's this completely other Nelson Goforth out there
who's a commercial voice over actor, but we won't even talk about
him -- though he won't shut up. Listen to his voiceover demo.

Feature Film and Series Credits:

"Imagine That" (aka "NoWhere Land" - Eddie Murphy 2009 picture)(2009)
Feature. Paramount
Rigging crew and 1st Unit Grip, Colorado unit

"Juncture" (2007)
Feature. HD Indy. James Seale, dir.
Gaffer.

"Catch and Release" (2007)
Feature - Sony Pictures
Electrician (Colorado unit)

"Throttle" AKA "E5" (2005)
Feature. James Seale, dir.
Gaffer. 

"My Samurai"
Feature. Starmax Productions
Gaffer. 

"Phantoms"	
Feature. Buena Vista. 
Electrician

"The Laramie Project"
Cable movie. HBO
Electrician (days)

"Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead"	
Feature. Miramax. 
Electrician (day player); Grip (day player)

"Dumb and Dumber"	
Feature. New Line Cinema. 
Electrician (day player); Grip (second unit)

"Diagnosis: Murder"	
Series. Viacom Productions. 
Grip

"My So Called Life"	
Series pilot. ABC. 
Grip

"Slaughter of the Innocent"	
Feature. Camay Court Productions. 
Grip

"Top of the World"	
Feature. Denver Center Media 
Best Boy Electrician.

"Double Obsession" (aka "Mirror Image")
Feature. Mirror Image Productions.
Key Grip

"Perry Mason" MOWs (20+ shows)	
MOW. Viacom Productions
Grip

"Secret Life of Archie's Wife"	
NBC Movie. 
Grip

Commercial and Video Clients:

A Common Thread (production company), various commercials.
House of Usher, "Volvo", 2007 commercial, gaffer (Colorado portion)
CineDesign Films, "Gart Sports/Sportsmart", numerous commercials, gaffer
Colibri Films, "Honda Accord", gaffer
Propaganda Films, "Coors: 'Les Paul', etc", best boy electric
WAR Records, "The Samples" (1994 music video), gaffer 
Celluloid Studios, numerous national commercials, electrician and grip
Harmony Pictures, "Old Country Buffet", "Dove", electrician 
Backyard Productions, "Sparkletts Water" 
Dektor-Higgins, "1994 Nissan" 
SBK Pictures, "Hallmark Cards: Long Drugs" 
BKV Productions, "National Wildlife Federation" 
Len Aitken Productions 
Rockywood Productions
LA Productions 
Phelan Productions

Industrial Clients:

AVW Audiovisual, Inc., Alan Lucky, producer/director
Denver Center Media, Beth Harrison, producer
Len Aitken Productions, Len Aitken, producer/director
Carter Productions, Roger Carter, producer
Communi-Creations, Don Spencer, producer
Apogee Films, Art Levy, producer
Video Pioneers Corporation, Tom Khazoyan, producer

Additional Skills, etc.:

Eagle Scout, BSA
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School
Moderate skiier
Rider, experienced with horses
Computer programmer (perl, VBA, PHP, SQL) - Macintosh, PC and Unix
Experienced with Photoshop, Excel and numerous other programs
Experienced photographer, including large format
Have worked abroad
Experienced writer and proofreader

Motion Picture Sites of Interest

Other sites of Interest