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Film
Deadly Obsession at 30,000 Feet
(Drama/Thriller, 90 minutes)
Sasha Dade is dedicated to her demanding, yet comfortable life as a wife, mother and advertising executive near the nation's capital. Clint Meyers is a top selling real estate agent and investor who projects sensitivity and charisma but harbors a methodical dark side. Their worlds collide when a chance encounter on a traumatic flight leads to a deadly obsession.
Produced by Cine30 Media and distributed by Maverick Entertainment.
For more information, visit IMDB.
Director of Photography and Editor - Eric Hales
You’re safe now
(Horror-Thriller)
On an isolated road, a blind military veteran begins to suspect something sinister brewing after she is rescued from a car accident by a mysterious pair of siblings from an Amish community.
For more information, visit IMDB.
Producer and Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Based on the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
(Crime-Thriller, 26 minutes)
Heartless follows Ray Chandler, a low level professional thief, who holds up an old abandoned warehouse after a bank robbery goes horribly wrong. While waiting for the instructions from his crime boss, Ira, another member of the crew, Old Man Stanley, arrives at the rendezvous. Tensions rise as secrets begin to unravel and Ray is tormented by the old man's eye, which he hides beneath an eye patch.
For more information, visit IMDB.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Revenge, 40 years in the making
(Action/Drama, 88 minutes)
Saigon 1973. A young man's heart is breaking as he discovers his childhood love, the girl he grew up with, raped and murdered. He makes a fateful resolve to avenge her loss, thereby igniting a forty-year odyssey of revenge and death, which ends a continent away in a final climactic confrontation.
Featuring Eric Roberts and Grand Master Adam Nguyen.
Produced by Light Age Films and distributed by Leomark Studios.
2nd Unit Director of Photography and B-camera operator - Eric Hales
A romantic comedy about fidelity, fantasy and fried plantains
(Comedy, 113 minutes)
Cassanova Canto is a 5'7", blonde, blue-eyed Cuban-American struggling actor who has fallen in love with a woman, while still married to her husband. Throw in a famous Spanish soap star mother, a homophobic sister, a yogi therapist, and a naked guy, and her dilemma takes a twist. Can you be a free-spirited, sexually fluid, pansexual, bisexual, metrosexual, monogamist and...also be Latin?
Produced by Fuacata Films and available now at Amazon.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
(Comedy, 111 minutes)
A quirky, impulsive and undisciplined young woman finds more then she bargain for when she poses as the Employee of the Year for Brinkley Financial & Marketing Firm.
Produced by Synergy Cornerstone Entertainment and available now at Amazon.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
What happens when friendships are put to the test?
(Comedy/Drama, 95 minutes)
"Bachelorette's Degree," a steamy romantic comedy/drama set in Washington, D.C., explores the dynamics of love and sincere friendship, tested by unexpected circumstances. The film stars three beautiful, successful women whose lives are full of possibilities as they debunk the notion of women racing for the marriage altar. Instead, "Bachelorette's Degree" tells the other side of the story. Dennie Lewis is a publicist for a national television personality. Jasmine Dominguez has just finished law school and is eager to get her career started. Kerra Carter is a seasoned middle school teacher. Join them on their hilarious, heart-touching journey.
Produced by Cine30Media and distributed by Maverick Entertainment. Available now at Amazon.
Director of Photography and Editor - Eric Hales
Do I dare to eat a peach?
(Comedy/romance, 29 minutes)
A teenage introvert tries to change his destiny after seeing his pathetic future in poet J. Alfred Prufrock.
For more information, visit https://thelovesongmovie.com.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Broadcast
Since 2011, Eric Hales continues to shoot Manufacturing Marvels, which airs on Fox Business.
Manufacturing Marvels is produced and copyrighted by ANDWARD Production Group and post production is handled by 617 Production Group.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Construction Marvels airs on Fox Business. It is produced and copyrighted by ANDWARD Production Group and post production is handled by 617 Production Group.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Exit Four hired Eric Hales to film In the Know: My Beauty Obsession.
A woman shows how wearing a corset 23-hours a day has reduced her waist size to 18-inches. My Beauty Obsession showcases the extreme ways in which people strive to be beautiful.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Sharp Entertainment hired Eric Hales for shooting multiple episodes of the couple Kara and Guillermo in Season 9 of the TLC reality series “90 Day Fiancé.”
90 Day Fiancé is an American reality television series on TLC that follows couples who have applied for or received a K-1 visa, available uniquely to foreign fiancés of U.S. citizens, and therefore have 90 days to marry each other.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
A. Smith & Co. Productions hired Eric Hales to DP multiple episodes of the music documentary series Unsung, which airs on TV One.
Unsung covers the stories behind once well-known R&B and soul music artists, bands, or groups who exploded onto the Billboard music charts with a string of hits, only to have their career derailed by a major crisis and become essentially unappreciated by later generations of contemporary R&B and soul music listeners.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Sharp Entertainment hired Eric Hales to shoot interviews and additional scenes for Pandora's Box: Unleashing Evil Season 2 Episode 8 "Homicide On the Range," which premiered March 22, 2018, on Investigation Discovery.
A suspicious disappearance in Virginia piques the interest of authorities, and ignites a multi-jurisdictional investigation. A routine inquiry into the missing man's finances exposes a killer with a checkered past - and a penchant for violence.
2nd Unit Director of Photography (Virginia) - Eric Hales
Sharp Entertainment hired Eric Hales to DP multiple episodes following the couple Brandon and Julia’s married life in Season 6 of the TLC reality series 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
Having navigated through the K-1 "fiancé visa" process, the couples are now married, but they quickly realize that the honeymoon is over as real life sets in.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Exit Four hired Eric to shoot In the Know: My Unconventional Life about two identical twin couples who are married and living together in the same house.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Sharp Entertainment hired Eric Hales to shoot multiple episodes of the couple Tarik and Hazel in Season 8 of the TLC reality series “90 Day Fiancé.”
90 Day Fiancé is an American reality television series on TLC that follows couples who have applied for or received a K-1 visa, available uniquely to foreign fiancés of U.S. citizens, and therefore have 90 days to marry each other.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Sharp Entertainment hired Eric Hales as camera operator for the TLC reality series “90 Day Fiancé: What Now?,” following two couples Jon and Fernanda, and Danielle and Mohamed. Eric was a camera operator for Season 2 Episode 3 “Can’t Quit on Love”, Season 3 Episode 4 “How Could You?,” and Season 3 Episode 5 “Ready to Fight.”
Couples from the series reveal how their lives have unfolded since their 90-day journey. Have they stayed together or did their foreign mates leave the country?
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Kinetic Content hired Eric Hales as camera operator for Seven Year Switch, airing on Lifetime.
In season three of “Seven Year Switch” on its new home on Lifetime, four couples embark on an emotionally difficult journey to help repair their relationships by participating in an extreme, innovative experiment of switch therapy. Each couple will swap partners and partake in experimental marriages in order to help determine if different traits and characteristics in a mate could make their marriage stronger. Viewers learn each of their stories – how they met, how they fell in love, how their marriages took a turn for the worst and why they are willing to risk everything in order to save it. Two relationship experts; Charles J. Orlando and Dr. Jessica Griffin, will help guide the couples through the switch therapy process, as they adjust to living with an experimental spouse.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Leftfield Pictures hired Eric Hales to help shoot Tiny House Nation Season 4 Episode 21 "Taking Tiny Roots", which premiered July 1, 2017 on FYI. Eric recorded the 560 sq ft home's construction in Crozet, VA, with nine days of b-roll and time-lapse.
Jason and Emily and their two kids have been living in what some might consider a McMansion, but when their daughter Ruby’s health took a turn for the worst their outlook on life quickly started to shift. Now that they’re through the toughest part of their journey this family is ready to start a new chapter and it all begins with going tiny! John and Zack get the pleasure of creating one of the most fun-filled kid spaces yet while trying not to forget about a pub themed entertaining space for mom and dad!
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Pigeon Productions hired Eric Hales as a camera operator for the Oprah Winfrey Network series Iyanla: Fix My Life - Season 7 three part episode "Family of Lies," and two part episode "Childhood Rape: Male Survivors."
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Collins Avenue hired Eric Hales as a camera operator for episode "Mamma's Mia" of Stove Tots which airs on FYI.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
New Dominion Pictures hired Eric Hales for multiple episodes of FantomWorks, a reality series airing on Velocity. The show follows the frustrations and triumphs of classic car restoration.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Leftfield Pictures hired Eric Hales as Assistant Camera in April through June 2017 for NFL Network’s Tackle My Ride.
Assistant Camera - Eric Hales
Studio 71 hired Eric Hales as a camera operator for Logan Paul Vs Navy Seals Training. Filmed July 2016 in Chesapeake, VA, the show aired on Watchable, Comcast's cross-platform video service that curates a selection of the best content from popular online video networks in an easy-to-use experience.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
BET hired Eric Hales to shoot backstage interviews for Joyful Noise on August 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2016, in Washington, DC.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
KO Creative hired Off the Wire to help shoot the reality series Being Bernnadette Stanis, which premiered July 30, 2016, at on BET's Centric Network.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
KO Creative hired Off the Wire to help shoot the reality series Being Remy Ma, which premiered July 9, 2016, on BET's Centric Network.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
KO Creative hired Off the Wire to shoot the reality series Being Sheryl Lee Ralph, which premiered June 25, 2016, on BET's Centric Network.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Renegade83 has hired Eric Hales between 2016-2019 to shoot interviews and b-roll of cast member Jake Nodar for Naked and Afraid, which airs on Discovery Channel.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Mak Pictures hired Eric Hales to light and shoot interviews for Season 1 episodes 1-7, two pickup scenes, and b-roll in Frederick, MD, for the comedic reality series Suddenly Royal, which aired on TLC. For more info, visit http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/suddenly-royal/.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
BET Networks hired Eric Hales to shoot backstage interviews at the BET Honors on March 4th and 5th, 2016, at Warner Theatre in Washington, DC.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Megalomedia hired Eric Hales as a camera operator for the Lindsey Adams (Norfolk, VA) episode of Skin Tight, which aired on TLC.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Marin Group Productions hired Off the Wire Studios to shoot and edit Season 2 of the paranormal investigation series The R.I.P. Files, which aired on SyFy Asia and Really UKTV.
Director of Photography and Editor – Eric Hales
The Pentagon Channel hired Eric Hales to shoot the Holly Harrison segment of The American Veteran, which aired on the Pentagon Channel. A 30-minute news magazine, The American Veteran shares stories that help connect veterans and their families.
Director of Photography - Eric Hales
Eric Hales was a camera operator for AMA Arenacross series at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, on January 22, 2010, which was live broadcast on the cable sports network Speed.
Camera Operator - Eric Hales
Fine Art
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) presents Choosing to Portage, an exhibition featuring the work of Ashley M. Freeby, Noelle Garcia, Jeff Huckleberry, Jackie Milad, and Michael Rakowitz.
Choosing to Portage is curated by Associate Curator Hannah Barco and is the second of a series of three exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of Tephra ICA. The exhibition highlights this important milestone in the institution’s history by examining the theme of legacy.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) presents Hacia la Vida | Towards Life, an exhibition featuring the work of Baltimore-based interdisciplinary artist Hoesy Corona and the San Diego-based Cog•nate Collective (Amy Y. Sanchez and Misael Diaz). Together, the artists’ work honors the position of the immigrant and serves as a reminder that the act of migration is deeply optimistic and full hope.
Hacia la Vida | Towards Life is co-curated by Tephra ICA curatorial staff Jaynelle Hazard and Hannah Barco. The exhibition is supported in part by Leidos with special programming presented in partnership with the Mexican Cultural Institute and Reston Community Center.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) presents between a rock and a soft place, a group exhibition reframing the concept of rest as more than a reward for work, but as a practice in itself.
Bringing together the work of five contemporary artists, between a rock and soft place opens a conversation about negotiating societal structures that stand between the subject and a life of ease. Who gets rest and when? What is truly restorative? What permissions do we allow for ourselves to slow down, and how?
Guest curated by Deirdre Darden, between a rock and a soft place features new work by Holly Bass, Adjoa Burrowes, Deborah Grayson, Katie O’Keefe, and Britt Sankofa. The exhibition is the 2023 iteration of Tephra ICA’s Mary B Howard Invitational, a biennial program which values exhibition-making as a collaborative and generative process while supporting the development and public presentation of innovative new work.
Funded in part by ArtsFairfax.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) presents What Makes the Earth Shake, featuring work by figurative painter Dominic Chambers.
Chambers (b. 1993 St. Louis, MO; lives and works in New Haven, CT) creates vibrant paintings that simultaneously engage art historical models, such as color field theory and gestural abstraction, along with contemporary concerns around race, identity, and the necessity for leisure. This is the first solo exhibition of the artist’s work in the Washington, DC metropolitan region.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) presents Mother Line, an exhibition of works by photographer, filmmaker, video and performance artist Laurel Nakadate. The exhibition is presented in partnership with George Mason University and is guest curated by Lily Siegel and Don Russell.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) presents Time Sensitive, an exhibition of works by Myanmar artist collective, 3AM, curated by Adriel Luis. Since 2016, members Ma Ei, Ko Latt, and Yadanar Win have collaborated on works that dissolve the lines between art and activism, performance, and media.
3AM's work responds to social conditions that are pressing in Myanmar, but that resonate throughout the world – the repression of social critique, the complexities of queer life, and the effects of globalization, to name a few. Ever since Myanmar's military coup in February this year, internet shutdowns, public uprisings, and police violence against demonstrators and artists, the nation's turmoils have been placed back in the global spotlight.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Workhouse Arts Center presents Compounds Not Required: 29 47 13, a group exhibition featuring the work of six artists utilizing metals in their process highlighting the allure, complexities and innovations of the craft. The exhibition explores metals as elements from the periodic table, specifically copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and steel; while demonstrating how these small physical components both make up a whole and have the power to stand alone.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Ceramics artist Michelle Erickson talks about the Master Class program at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art.
Video production by Eric Hales.
Mark Dean Veca discusses his installation at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, which is part of the exhibition Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose Magazine.
Video production by Eric Hales
Real estate
Live stage
Go To Team hired Eric Hales as camera operator (main/wide follow) for U.S. Open Cup - Richmond Kickers vs Cleveland SC.
Miranda Anderson speaks about tradition at Creative Mornings RVA. Miranda is a maker, adventurer, creative, and the woman behind Live Free Creative Co. blog and shop and the Live Free Creative Podcast. She shares design ideas and inspiration to live a simple life with less stuff and more adventure, as well as DIY projects to inspire creativity.
Videography and edited by Eric Hales
Heather Winkle speaks about compassion at CreativeMornings RVA.
As VP of Design for Card at Capitol One, Heather leads a team of strategists, researchers, designers, writers, and developers to envision the end-to-end experience and craft touch-points along the credit card journey. She also partners with senior leaders across the company to explore the opportunity space and create the future of banking.
Videography and edited by Eric Hales