Grant Smith Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Compose and create artistic shots for the final edit during my time on set while visually telling the story of each assignment. Hayden5 shoots a wide range of projects from branded Content, live music, sporting events to Hollywood commercials. I have been a part of all of these while working here.Currently Hayden5 is doing many remote "Dropkit" jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic. This involves a tech arriving to location, building the video "Dropkit", sanitizing making the equipment safe to use for the talent and rolling over the video "Dropkit" cart while monitoring the video shoot remotely along with helping the agency and director run the shoot smoothly.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Create and compose artistic and scheduled shots and images requested by the director per job I am working on. Shooting assingments include but not limited to: Live Concerts, Live Sports, Television, Feature Documentary, Commercials, Online Social Media.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Create and compose stunning and artistic video and cover special events, contests and activations, as well as light scenes with on camera hosts for Red Bulls various sports brands.Red Bull Insider, Red Bull Social Media Team, Red Bull Rampage, Red Bull Crashed Ice.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Director of Photography for AXS.COM Ticketing agency Los Angeles Division.Job duties include lighting and composing artist interviews, filming exclusive "patio sessions" of up and coming bands and artists as well as shooting promo videos of concerts in a number of Los Angeles Venues.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Camera Utility and assistant on several of the CBS Television shows including The Price is Right as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden. Also, it is not unusual to fill in as camera operator for the show.

Los Angeles, California

As Director of Photography for the Hennegan Brothers, I have shot several projects including. "Riders Up. The worlds first sports bubble" A documentary shot during the Covid-19 lock down at the Santa Anita, California thoroughbred racetrack featuring how the sport of horse racing was taking part in creating and bringing to life the worlds first sports bubble."The 30 greatest moments in breeders cup history". A documentary about the famed horse racing event The Breeders Cup, shooting interviews with champion Jockeys and influential people in horse racing, talking about all of the greatest moments in the past 30 years.Another project: "All in Road to the Classic" is an 8 part docu-series, following Thoroughbred horsemen, owners and trainers to the Breeders Cup Classic champion race.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Director of Photography for the Karges Media film and digital video company. Compose and create shots during documentary, corporate and short form video shoots as well as doing sound for several different clients around the Los Angeles and Orange County area.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Camera operator for a show called Happy Endings on the Univision/Fusion network group. A political sketch comedy show talking about current events with satire spin on things. Green screen, live action, and scripted comedy skits.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Over the span of 8 years as Director of Photography at Digital Kitchen, I worked with directors and producers to shoot over 150, 30 minute sports documentary TV show every two weeks for the AT&T U-Verse Cable network. We work hard to constantly find the best possible shot and angle to convey every story that we are telling through the lens. During my time there we covered almost every sport imaginable including, the Iditarod sled dog race, Masters of Miniature golf, Worlds Strongest Man and the Badwater ultra marathon race, just to name a few.

As Behind the scenes Cinematographer for Bad Boy Entertainment I would personally follow around Sean "Puffy" Combs (Puff Daddy) in several situations.These would range anywhere from Shooting recording studio sessions and interviews with other celebrity song writers and artists.Doing behind the scenes on Puff Daddy music videos. Personal performances by Puff Daddy.I would also film Sean Combs at home recording sessions and attend several high end parties to filmin the event.

Greater Los Angeles Area

For FUEL TV, my role as cinematographer was to shoot and cover all types of action sports events including skateboarding contests, snowboard movie premiers to surfing events. At these events, I would interview fans and athletes as well as cover the event to create a 10 minute piece that would air on the network.

Bachelors, Cinematography, Editing

Studied Cinematography and Editing and Shot several student films as well as Major sporting events while attending School.

Highschool Diploma