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Dale Obert
Obert shooting award winning feature, "Runt" in France, photo by P. Edwards.
Born	Dale Franklin Obert (1970-11-14) November 14, 1970 McMinnville, Oregon
Alma mater	The University of Arizona
Occupation	Lighting Cameraman
Awards	Creative Arts Emmy nomination, extra

Dale Obert (born November 14, 1970 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA) is an award winning cinematographer and producer based in Los Angeles.

Biography

Dale is 'straight outta' Union on Oregon Route 203 to a banking mother and guidance counselor father. He became interested in film during high school, made 16mm movies in Eugene and in Tucson with his University of Arizona Board of Regents full scholarship.

After arriving in LA a few years later, he luckily met and was mentored by cinematographers Michael Grady and Jaime Reynoso, (AMC). He is also inspired by lighting cameramen, Antonio Calvache, Sharone Meir of Oscar winning, Whiplash (2014 film), Darius Khondji, (AFC), and the late Conrad Hall.

His first feature, Into the Fire was photographed on super 16 mm film in Mexico starring Marko Zaror. And to date, Obert's last ten features have taken him to six countries, which include lensing Michael Edward's award winning feature, Runt starring Carl Bradshaw (actor) in Paris, London, Kortrijk, Belgium and Jamaica. He photographed fantasy feature Tales from Beyond starring Adam West, which won many festival awards, including Best Picture at prestigious Shockerfest and Shriekfest. The production sound for Nate Barlow's Tales from Beyond was mixed by Oscar winner, Thomas Curley.

He has also worked as lighting cameraman on Emmy nominated Extra (TV series), Street Smarts (game show), Subaru Legacy (first generation) commercials with Mel Gibson, Guitar Hero campaign with Jay-Z, Travis Barker, and was a longtime gaffer for the late cinematographer Neal Fredericks of groundbreaking, The Blair Witch Project.

Obert recently photographed Beni Tadd Atoori's multi-award winning feature, Chasing Happiness starring Cerina Vincent, Kashmira Shah, Claude Duhamel and Elisa Donovan. Shah's yogi disguise makeup was conceived by master creature designer, Lee Romaire.

Dale also photographed director Romaire's film, Let's Eat Lolly in Louisiana and California. The award winning film included creature performances by puppeteering legend, Dave Barclay, see David Barclay (puppeteer).

Obert is shooting baseball documentary, Diamond Mind in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco.

Filmography

Director of Photography

• Little Girl
• My First Name Spelled Backwards
• Cloud Seven
• Into the Fire
• Nine Lives
• Runt
• Chasing Happiness
• The Hitman Chronicles
• Tales from Beyond
• Let's Eat Lolly
• Diamond Mind, 2020

2nd Unit Director of Photography

• Junkyard Wars
• America Now
• Shadow of the Blair Witch
• Miss Teen USA

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated Work	Category	Association	Result
2014	Let's Eat Lolly	Best Cinematography	15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival	Won
2013	Let's Eat Lolly	Best Special Effects, Romaire and Artists	IndieFest USA, Los Angeles	Won
2013	Let's Eat Lolly	Best Film, Lee Romaire, dir.	Mississippi International Film Festival	Won
2013	Let's Eat Lolly	Best Visual Effects, Romaire Studios	Williamsburg International Film Festival	Won
2011	Chasing Happiness	Best Director, Beni Tadd Atoori	New York IFF	Won
2010	r u n t	Technical Excellence, M. Edwards, dir.	Roxbury Film Festival	Won
2007	Don't Feed the Bears	PSA	Addy Award, Lee Romaire, dir.	Won
1998	Extra	TV series, Warner Telepictures	Creative Arts Emmy, Steve Yarbrough/ Tom Britt, lighting designers	Nominated

References

^ http://www.natebarlow.com/press/articles/TFB-Collider_10-19-06.pdf Jump up ^ http://www.natebarlow.com/press/articles/TFB-PopThought_11-9-06.pdf Jump up ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Barlow Jump up ^ http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/2008/ny-fall-2008/awards/ny-september-2008-awards.html Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235532/

Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787447/