Director of Photography/Gaffer/Key Grip
1753 Betz Farm Dr Lancaster PA 17603
Phone 717-940-7851
Email winchell1959@gmail.com
Director of Photography/Gaffer/Key Grip
1753 Betz Farm Dr Lancaster PA 17603
Phone 717-940-7851
Email winchell1959@gmail.com
Storm King Action Filmmaking Seminar 1997
Diploma, The Rhode Island School of Photography, 1980
1982 – Present WM Productions, Lancaster, PA
Producer/Director of Photography, Gaffer, Lighting Director,
Feature Film, Commercial, and Industrial Productions
9th Street Films, New York City
Short Film “Looking Up” Gaffer
Britt Allcroft Productions
Second Camera, Feature Film “Thomas and the Magic Railroad”
1805 Productions
Short Film “1805” Gaffer
Chimera Short Film, Lisa VillaMil, Executive Producer
Short Film “Chimera” Gaffer
Cohen Productions, Reading, PA
“The Whole Truth” full-length 35mm feature film
Dadley Productions, Los Angeles CA
Short Films Calf Rope and Night Voices, Gaffer
Film Frontier Studios, Los Angeles CA
Short film “The Veil” Gaffer
Gravitywell Films, Lancaster PA
Short Film “Invasion at Dinner” Cinematographer & Gaffer
Short Film “There You Found Me”, Cinematographer and Gaffer
Short Film “The Cracked Mirror”, Cinematographer and Gaffer
Haverstick Films, Lancaster, PA
Full-length 16mm feature film “Christmas Dinner”
Gaffer/Key Grip & Still Photographer
Full-length 16mm feature film “Shades of Black”
Gaffer/Key Grip & Still Photographer
In The Wee Hours, Manhattan Beach California
Gaffer, Commercial & Corporate Video
Gaffer for film, “The Fries Rebellion”
Keith Strandberg Productions
10 minute short “Your Money or Your Life, Strasburg Railroad
Documentary, & Simon Kenton Documentary WKET Kentucky,
Director of Photography
Sports Art International Promotional Video, Director of Photography
Watch Us Die.Com Feature Film, Key Grip/Gaffer
Luminous Sound & Pictures, Lancaster PA
Camera Op and Gaffer, “Thirst’, Rest of the Money”, “Loose Ends”
NBC Television, New York, NY
Television documentary “What Happened” Gaffer
Prenominal Pictures, Philadelphia PA
Feature Film One Gun, Gaffer
Reel Nation Media, Harrisburg, PA
Short Film “Hot Fizz”, Gaffer
Documentary “Sally’s Iron Mustangs”, B Cam Operator
Screen Gems Studios Wilmington North Carolina
Feature Film “The Cutoff” Unit Photographer, Swing Electric, Grip
Small Motor Skills , New York City
Short Film “Exuvia” Gaffer
Strange Films, Philadelphia PA
Pick up scenes for the film “ Center City 2”
Gaffer and Cinematographer
Zen Productions, Lancaster, PA
Feature “Rave On” Director of Photography
4 Blue Productions, Studio City, Ca
Camera Operator, Reality TV show Split Endz, Style Nework
Able Savage Advertising, Lancaster, PA
Film television commercials for Willow Valley Restaurant.
Film television commercials for Turkey Hill
Aidem Media, Lancaster, PA
Various Commercial Projects DP, Gaffer, Camera Operator,
Alchmedia, Allentown PA
Gaffer, Robocam Webcasting
Aurora Films, Lancaster, PA
DP, Gaffer
Alumax Home Products, Lancaster, PA
20 Minute company capabilities profile.
Job Safety Practices series
AMAX Productions, Philadelphia PA
Various Commercial, Gaffer
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA
Armstrong Innovation Center Safety Awareness Video Series:
“Mill/Calendar Operation and Extraction” 12 minute safety video
“Safety & Security Guidelines for the Innovation Center”
12 minute Contractor/Vendor orientation video
Ascension Publishing Group, Media, PA
Gaffer Video Series T3
Burnham Corporation, Lancaster, PA
20 Minute training video on boiler assembly
Big Brother Productions, Boston Mass
Location Manager, Gaffer
Checkers Restaurants, Lancaster and Ephrata, PA
Film Television Commercials.
Collins Avenue Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Camera Operator, Dance Moms, Reality TV
Dance West, Rockville MD
Series of instructor training videos
Photographer
Disciple Productions, Lancaster PA
Various Commercial Projects, Gaffer
Doc Holliday’s Restaurant, Lancaster, PA
Film Television Commercials.
Excel Productions Lancaster, PA
Corporate & Industrial Video & Film
Good’s Furniture, New Holland, PA
Film and Video Television Commercials.
Godfrey Advertising, Lancaster, PA
“Racing Round-Up” television commercials for Luxaire, Inc.
JPL Productions, Harrisburg, PA
Various Commercial Projects, Gaffer, Camera Operator,
Innovision Mendia, Philadelphia PA
Camera Op Live news
Kelly Michener Advertising, Lancaster, PA
“The Real Lancaster County” 10 Minute promotional video
Willow Valley Resort and Conference Center.
“Genesis I & II” videos to introduce new dental technique.
Lamphouse Films, Lancaster, PA
Gaffer Television commercials
Lancaster Lincoln/Mercury, Lancaster, PA
Television commercials.
Lancaster Community Television, Lancaster, PA
PSA Projects, Original Programming
Lou Reda Productions, Easton PA
Director of Photography Biography & History Channel Documentaries
Lancaster General School of Nursing, Lancaster PA
Dancing for Dreams Documentary, Photographer
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, Lancaster PA
Promotional Video Email Program
Lancaster Lebanon IU 13
All Hazards Plan educational series
Workplace Harassment training video
Teaching Creativity Series
Act 126 Sexual Abuse Training Video, a 6hr comprehensive video series
to meet the requirements statewide for act 126
Live Up Studios, Manheim PA
Camera Op and Gaffer
Tell School of Music, Millersville PA
Music Video “O Come Emmanuel”
Music Video “Give to Live”
Director of Photography and Gaffer
National Small Business Administration, Washington DC
Small Business Week 2010
Onsite Event Video and Web Video of Event
Macy Advertising, Lancaster PA
Television Commercials
Music & Dance Productions, Raleigh NC
Dance instruction video
Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Director of Photography, Music video MBT Program
Park City Mall, Lancaster, PA
Television Commercials, Photographer
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, Harrisburg, PA
Promotional Video Email Program
Quest Visual Theatre, Washington DC
Educational Video for Theatre for Outreach program
Ruckus Marketing, Allentown PA & New York City
Gaffer, Corporate Video’s
Burnham Corporation, Lancaster, PA
20 Minute training video on boiler assembly
Reel Nation Media, Harrisburg, PA
Various Commercial Projects, Cinematographer & Gaffer
Rally On Media, Brooklyn, NY
Gaffer, Grub Hub Video
Skynine Cinema, Allentown PA
Gaffer, Robocam Operator
St. Joseph Hospital, Lancaster, PA
“The New Way” 30 minute program to introduce hospital
staff and employees to Total Quality Management system.
Sight and Sound Entertainment, Lancaster, PA
7 Minute 35mm Film Presentation
Steward Gazit Productions, New York
PBS Documentary on Three Mile Island, Gaffer
Strasburg Rail Road, Strasburg, PA
Documentary of History of Rail Road
TE Communications, Middletown PA
Webcam Operator
Ted Turner Productions, Atlanta, GA
Twelve live interactive television programs from the
Gettysburg Battlefield. Camera Operator
The Keys Productions, Philadelphia PA
Feature “ When The Beat Stops”
Director of Photography
Trippi Media, Washington, DC
Freelance Gaffer Political Commercials
Woodstar Productions, Lancaster, PA
Freelance Producer, Director of Photography
Developed web video programs
Weber Advertising, Lancaster PA
Director of Photography, Editor Various Television Commercial spots,
1977-1997 Actors Company: Lancaster PA
1982-1988 Waves: Jazz Dance Company Philadelphia
1990-1993 Harbor City Ballet:
1993-1996 Carlisle Project: Central PA Choreographers Group
1990-2009 Motion Mania Dance Company: Maryland
1993-Present Central PA Youth Ballet Pennsylvania
1999-2010 Artspectrum Michigan
2004-Present Dancesation Productions Florida
2004-2010 Pennsylvania Regional Ballet
2005-Present Ballet Academy East New York City
2005-Present DanceJam Productions Maryland
2008-Present Franklin & Marshall College Dance Company
2008-Present Independance Day Ball
2012- Present Pittsburgh Youth Ballet
2008 & 2022 Regional Dance America National Festival
Barry Durand, Dean & Dawn Garrish, Sam & Lisa West, Mario Robau,
Edie the Salsa Freak, Yuval Hod & Nathalie Gomes, Lee “El Gringuito”
Benji Scwimmer & Heidi Groskreuts
Toronto Film Festival
“The Whole Truth” Cohen Productions, Reading, PA
Focus Film Competition
“I Never Liked Him, Either” Winchell Productions, Lancaster, PA
Various local and regional Addy Awards for commercial Production
All Video Formats, 16mm & 35mm Film, Computer Editing, Computer Graphics Still
Photography 35mm to 4×5 and Digital
Dance & Choreography (Ballroom, Swing, Country&Western, Jazz, Hip Hop), Action
Filmmaking (Fight Choreography)
Windows, Word, Excel, Photoshop, Adobe Premier & After Effects, QuickBooks, Corel
Draw