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Hawai‘i Island’s veteran crew & production service companies will help you deliver: on time, on budget & with ALOHA!

WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER

From vendors and facilities to fixers and crew, our people and production bring value to your film

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Angy Chesler


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Camera Assist, 2nd Camera, Stills, Associate Producer

Angy is a photographer based in Hawai‘i. Her work as a photographer includes Architecture Photography, Drone Photography, Real Estate Photography, Event Photography, Commercial/Product Photography and Portraits.

Email: angy@vipconcepts.com

Location: Kona

Bart Blosser


Construction/Art Department/Set Decorating/Props

Set Dec and Props

Versatile carpentry that includes boat building, tiny house, sculptures, paddles and custom furniture

Email: bartblosser@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Big Island Gigs


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Locations, Production

Big Island Gigs is a Hawai’i Island based film and video production and location services company. We provide crew, equipment, locations and local knowledge for TV and Film production on the Island of Hawai’i. BIG provides professional services to various types of film and video productions from Commercials to Reality TV, Promos, Documentaries, Photo shoots, Episodic TV, Feature Films, Special Events and more.

Email: bigislandgigs@gmail.com

Brittani Foster


Production

Office PA, Set PA, Casting PA, Driver, Hawaiian Culture Ambassador

Email: britkaiu@gmail.com

Location:  Kailua-Kona

Brooke Loree


COVID Compliance, Production

Casting Coordinator, Production Coordinator, Covid-19 Compliance Officer, Segment AP, 2nd AD

Email: brookeloree@ymail.com

Bryce Groark


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Video Camera Operator, Underwater Camera Operator

Director and DP for Living Ocean Productions

Email: bryce@livingoceanproductions.com

Connie Cappos


Construction/Art Department/Set Decorating/Props, Makeup/Hair/Wardrobe

Waredrobe stylist, Costume Designer, Makeup/Hair artist, Food Stylist

Worked with Elton John, Don Henley, Kona Brewing Company and more

Email: condrew@hotmail.com

 

Corey Dupree


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Camera, Camera Operator, 1st AC, Cinematographer, Director, PA

Email: coreypdupree@gmail.com

Location: Captain Cook

David Freedman


Locations, Post Production, Production

Film and TV Production, Location Scouting, Underwater Filming, Producer, Director, Assistant Director, Post-Production Supervisor.

  • Certified Emergency First Responder (EFR) Instructor
  • Certified Lifeguard
  • Certified PADI Scuba Instructor
  • Certified FAA Drone Pilot
  • Producer of the Critics Choice Awards
  • Member of The Producers Guild and The TV Academy

Email: dfreedman@criticschoice.com

Location:  Hilo

David Santos


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Key Best Boy Grip, Rigging Key Grip, Dolly Grip, Technocrane Grip, Crane Grip

Email: dandsprogroup@mac.com

Location: Waikoloa

Derek Williams


Post Production, Production

Art Assistant, Junior Editor, Writer, Production Assistant

Worked with Media Village, Bypass feature film (South Africa)

Email: derekwilliams2112@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Erin Stamos


Makeup/Hair/Wardrobe

Costume and Wardrobe Department

IATSE (Local 665)

Email: erinmelina@gmail.com

Farish Media, Inc.


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Post Production, Production

Hawai‘i Island full-service, concept to completion production house since 1994. Camera, grip, lighting, post-production, production

Email: regina@farishmedia.com

Location: Kailua-Kona

Franny Legge


Locations, Production

Still photography, video production, location scouting

Email: flegge@hotmail.com

Location: Hilo

Gail Pyburn


Locations

Location Scout, Location Manager

Email: rollinglillikoi@hawaii.rr.com

Location: Papaikou

GB Hajim


Production

Animation, Director, Producer

Email: hajim@hawaiiantel.net

Location: Papaikou

Guillermo Navarro


Sound

Location Sound Mixer

Worked with Discovery Channel, Speed Network, PBS, NBC, Telenova Telemundo, Animal Planet, ESPN and more.

Email: HawaiiSoundMIxer@gmail.com

 

ʻIkena Hoʻoulu Productions


Location Scout, Locations, Post Production, Production

I have been involved in the film industry in the state since 1994 and able to assist with Producer, Location Manager, Location Scout, Fixer, and Production Assistant.

Ian Grove


Production

Production Assistant

Email: ian.m.grove@gmail.com

James Fazio


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Construction/Art Department/Set Decorating/Props, Production

Camera Op, Camera operators (underwater/surf), Camera Assistant, Video assist operators, Videographer, Production coordinator, Set construction coordinators/set builders, Set decorators/dressers

Worked with Hawaii 5-0, Jurassic World, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, REI, MTV, NBC, Animal Planet

Email: faziobound@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Jamie Perrington


Locations, Production

Location scouting, production services, videography, photography. Owner, Big island Gigs.

Big Island Gigs is a Hawai’i Island based film and video production and location services company. We provide crew, equipment, locations and local knowledge for TV and Film production on the Island of Hawai’i. BIG provides professional services to various types of film and video productions from Commercials to Reality TV, Promos, Documentaries, Photo shoots, Episodic TV, Feature Films, Special Events and more.

Email: bigislandgigs@gmail.com

Jason Lamport


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Electric, Grip, Power Distribution, State Lighting Spotlight

Worked on Kong Skull Island, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wheel of Fortune

Member: IATSE (Local 665)

Email: scrapiesparts@yahoo.com

Location: Keaau

Jeff Claire


Production

Director, Camera , Content Design, Production Services

Email: jeffclaire50@mac.com

IMDb

Jeremy Pyhala


Post Production, Production

Media Manager / Data Wrangler, Production Assistant

Email: send2jeremy@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Jeremy Zambeck


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

FAA Certified UAV Pilot with own equipment. Worked with Vice Media and Nickelodeon’s Paradise Run 3

Email: zambeckj@yahoo.com

Jerry Lum


Production

Medic, Fire Prevention Specialist

Worked with Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Wheel of Fortune, Hawaii 5-0, Predators and MTV

Email: jclum1@hawaiiantel.net

Location: Kurtistown

Jesse Palen


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Video production, photography.

Email: jesselivnflow@gmail.com

Location: Hilo

Jonathan Mayer


Production

Producer, Production Assistant

Email: jonmayer@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Jonathan Mayer


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Camera Assist, Grip/Electric, Production Coordinator, Gaffer

Worked on Duck Dynasty, Building Hawai‘i, So Into

Email: jonmmayer@gmail.com

Location:  Kailua-Kona

Jonathan Stimac


Production

Director, Producer, AD, Writer

Email: jstimac@bigislandstudios.com

Location: Kona

Joseph Trisolini


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Grip, Best Boy, 2nd AC, Photographer, Strobes, HMI.

10 years of experience in New York working on commercial film and photo sets.

Location: Hilo

Email: studio@joeytrisolini.com

Josh Martin


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Camera Op, Production Assistant

Location: Kona

Josh Harmsworth


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Grip/Electric, DP, Camera Operator

Email: joshharmsworth@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Judith Cunningham


Makeup/Hair/Wardrobe

Make Up and Hair

Judith Cunningham’s make up and hair clients include Diet Coke, Pizza Hut, Neutrogena, MTV, Self Magazine and Dick Clark Productions. Judith was mentored by FX Makeup and Hollywood legend Jack Petty (“Outsider” with Tom Cruise, “The Odd Couple” with Walter Matthau, and “The Getaway” with Steve McQueen). Judith is married to director David L. Cunningham (“To End All Wars”, “Path to 9/11”, “The Seeker”) who was raised on the Big Island.

Email: judith@hmhawaii.com

Location: Kona

Justine Post


Construction/Art Department/Set Decorating/Props, Production

Production Assistant, Production Coordinator, Production Secretary, Props Department Coordinator

Passed experience includes Marvel’s Inhumans, Jumanji, Kong: Skull Island, Wheel of Fortune, MTV, HGTV, numerous local and national commercials.

Email: justine.post@yahoo.com

Location: Mountain View, Hilo

 

Kyle Davis


Production

Production Assistant

Email: slingshotphoenix@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Laura Bollinger


Production

Casting and Talent Agent

 

Email: laura@encoretalent-hawaii.com

Lia-Lucine Cary


Construction/Art Department/Set Decorating/Props, Production

Coordinator, Associate Producer, Assistant Art Director

Email: lialucine@gmail.com

Location: Kailua-Kona

IDMb

LinkedIn

Lynn Beittel


Locations, Post Production, Production

Location Scout, Associate Producer, Editor

Lynn Beittel runs Visionary Video, a Hawai’i Island production company which specializes in shooting and editing news stories, marketing segments, educational videos and documentaries.

Email: lynn@visionary-video.com

Location: Waimea (Kamuela)

make vfx, inc.


VFX

We are a full-service Visual Effects boutique with over 20 years in the visual effects industry. We provide photoreal visual effects for feature films, commercials and special content projects. We are the only facility on island with certification from TPN (Trusted Partner Network) for secure content creation.

We provide everything you need to deliver the highest quality visual effects shots for your project including VFX Design, Previsualization, On-Set Data acquisition, and On-Set VFX Supervision.

Email: rusty@makevfx.com

Location:  Kailua-Kona

Mark Wineman


Post Sound, VFX

Martin Gacusana


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Electrician

Michael Darden


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Still photographer, Videographer, Field Audio Engineer, Video Editor

Email: mike@dardenphotos.com

Michelle Baker


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Camera Assist

Worked on Mindy Project, NCIS, Grace N Frankie, American Satan.

Email: Mbaker12@msn.com

Location:  Kamuela

Mikaele Productions


Locations, Production
Learning more about Hawaiian practice. Hearing common concerns by community giving back to those that live in our State. Educate non resident film crews of the importance of this island. Remind local residence of our aina practices and cultural beliefs and concerns while filming on historical sites and locations. Strengthen those in the community using them for support in a production scene.

Natalie Bruce


Makeup/Hair/Wardrobe

Makeup, Hair, Wardrobe

Worked with MTV, Golf Channel, Surf Break Hotel and more

Email: nataliebrucey@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Paul Quattrocchi


Post Production, Production

Editor, Post Production Producer/Supervisor, Director, Screenwriter, DIT, Production Assistant

Email: paulq.film@gmail.com

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-quattrocchi-27659a13

Raphael Costa


Post Sound

Film/TV/Game Composer

Email: raphaelcostamusic@gmail.com

Location: Kona

Reinhold Heil


Music, Post Sound

Golden Globe-nominated and Grimme Award-winning composer for film, television and advertising.

Email: reinholdheil@mac.com

IMDb

Location: Kailua-Kona

Rob Kahsen


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Construction/Art Department/Set Decorating/Props, Production

Grip, electric, construction

IATSE (Local 665)

Email: hawaiigrip@gmail.com

Worked on Jurassic World, Hunger Games, Godzilla, Kong Skull island, Wheel of Fortune, Are You the One.

Rob Kahson


Production

Production Assistant

Roger Thomas


Post Production, VFX

VFX, Computer Animation, 3D Modeler

Company: Angelix Digital Animation

Email: RThomas@AngelixDA.com

LinkedIn

Location: Waikoloa

Sarah Elisabeth Little


Construction/Art Department/Set Decorating/Props

Art Department
Email: sarahelisabethlittle@gmail.com

IMDB

IATSE Hawai’i Local 665, Honolulu, HI “Referral” Status
Permitted prospective member-art department

Location: Kona

Scott Bartlett


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX, Production

Gaffer, Grip, Best Boy

Owner/Operator: Alpen Glow Lighting

Grip and Electric Equipment

Email: alpenglowlighting@gmail.com

Scout Hendrickson


Production, Stunts

Stuntman/Stunt Coordinator

IMDb

• SAG
• Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers (Local 996)

Email: scoutstunts@gmail.com

Sheldon Lehman


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Best Boy Electric, SFX

Email: weldinsheldon@hawaii.rr.com

Stani Franklin


Production

Production Supervisor, Personal Assistant (Talent, Directors, Executive Producers), Production Coordinator, Fixer, Field Producer, Casting, Production Assistant.

Email: stanifranklin@gmail.com

LinkedIn

Stuart Johnson


Post Production, Production

Audio Visual Technician, Projectionist

Email: stumanchu2000@yahoo.com

Location: Kona

Suzi Bond


Production

Production Assistant

Email: sebsubo@aol.com

Thomas Visser


Production, Sound

Production Sound Mixer

Email: tom@visserindustries.com

Member: IATSE Local 665, and IATSE 695, Burbank CA

 

Thompson Duane Ipo


Production

Medic, Set Nurse, Lifeguard, Water Safety Officer

Worked with MTV, Pacific Warriors and more

Email: waaoceanfilmsafety@gmail.com

Location: Kamuela

Tom Boyd


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Underwater Camera Operator

IATSE (Local 665)

IMDB

Email: tom@tomboydimages.com

Location:  Kailua-Kona

Tom Witthans


Production

Production Assistant

Email: apro@hawaiiantel.net

Tone Freshwater


Camera/Grip/Lighting/Special FX

Camera, VFX, Electrical/Grip

IMDB

Email: tonefreshwater@gmail.com

Location:  Keaau

Tony Basile


Production

Production Assistant

Trish Grua


Production

Choreographer

Zoe Eisenberg


Post Production, Production

Producer, Line Producer.

IMDb

LinkedIn

Email: zoeisenberg@gmail.com

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