Martin Belson
www.entropy.info
Freshwater,
Queensland 4870 Australia martin@entropy.info
Tel+61 07 40551276 M +61 0412 654
142
Nationality
Australian/Canadian
D.O.B April 9,1966
Technical Profile
Technician, Helicopter geophysics
support, IT, Technical Sales.
Online
services director, www.daypix.com pty. ltd.
April
2005 - present
Concept and
design of a payment Gateway enabled website selling images from the Great Barrier
Reef to customers worldwide. Marketing and product development.
Helicopter
Geometrics Support Technician, Geotech Airborne PTY. LTD. www.geotechairborne.com.au
May
2008 - Sept 2008
Supported the
Helicopter EM/Magnetometer system in remote areas such as Papua New Guinea and
Tanami Desert. Camera setup and communications for Helicopters for remote
sensing and photography.
Technical
sales and support, Austek PTY. Ltd
Oct 2006 -
May 2008
Responsible
for quoting, selling various GIS, GPS, Radio Communications solutions and
equipment including VSAT, IRIDIUM, INMARSAT Satellite Data/voice solutions.
Supported two feature films including Spielberg/HBO ÒPacificÓ production with
communications/ Internet. Setup new corporate branding marketing for the
company. Maintenance of company B2B website.
Film/TV Profile
Freelance Film /TV Casting / Co-ord. T.D,
Camera/Edit/Producer
Bazmark/Fox
Feature film ÒAustraliaÕ 08Õ
Casting /
Satellite data support
Discovery
Channel TV series 06Õ
Sound
Assistant / Boom Swinger
Tourism
Australia TVC Campaign 06Õ
Casting
assistant
SBS ÒRANÓ
TV series 05Õ
Props
coordinator
Foxsports ,
ChANNEL Nine, World of Sports , Skychannel 01Õ-08Õ
Technical
Director/ CCU Op. Outside Broadcast
Channel Ten
cairns 01Õ-05
Technical
Director, Commercial Producer, Senior Camera Operator, Editor
ABC
Catalyst free-dive Documentary, television 04Õ
Second unit
Director
World
record free-dive record team 04Õ
Television
Producer/Editor 04Õ (as seen on Discovery channel)
THE GREAT
RAID (Miramax Feature) 02Õ
Casting
Co-ordinator.
THE THIN
RED LINE Terrence Malick (FOX Feature Film) 97Õ
Japanese
Co-ordinator (responsible for 200+ extras) On-Set
Interpreter, Casting assist.
PARADISE
ROAD Bruce Beresford (FOX
Feature) 96Õ
Japanese
Co-ordinator, On-Set Interpreter, Casting assist.
MEMOIRS OF
A GEISHA (Columbia Feature) 96Õ
Casting
Assistant (Japanese extras Australia)
CHANNEL ÒVÓ
Music TV 00Õ
Camera ÒAÓ
Operator
TBS TOKYO
(T.V.) Japan, Nature Documentary 99Õ
Co-ordinator.
DE MOL (The Mole) (Endamol T.V. Amsterdam)
99Õ
P.A.
WILD THINGS
(T.V.), Paramount/Viacom USA (Nature series) 99Õ
Sound
Recordist / Camera Assistant. (3 months around Australia)
MTV (Music
Television USA) 98Õ
Camera /
Locations, P.A.
NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC (T.V.) 97Õ
Locations,
P.A.
SBS SPORTS
World M.T.B. Championships, (T.V.) 96Õ
Sound
Recordist
ISLAND OF
DR. MOREAU (New Line Feature Film) 95Õ
Lighting/Electrics
ABC 7:30
Report (T.V.), Location Sound Recordist 94Õ
Location Sound
Recordist
December
1989 - August 1991
Position:
Video Engineer / Operator
Company:
Video Sunmall Co. Ltd.
Tokyo,
Japan (2 year Engineering Visa)
Operation of
QUANTEL - Harry, Paintbox, Mirage, SONY D1, D2 Digital Broadcast systems.
Motion Control Camera system and other Broadcast Television Production
equipment. Post-production for On-air TV. commercials for clients such as
DENTSU, SONY, PANASONIC, HONDA, TOYOTA, etc.
November
1988 - March 1989
Position:
Assistant to Technical Director
Company:
Videopak Pty. Inc.
Sydney,
Australia
Experience in
live sports broadcast around Australia via. Microwave link and satellite,
including live O.B. for The Good Morning Britain program. Installation of an
on-line Edit Suite and Camera operation.
January
1987 - January 1988
Position:
Audio-Visual Technician
Video
Production Assistant
Company:
Mirak Transfers Ltd.
Toronto,
Canada
Included
operation of film transfer systems 16mm Film and Multi-projector,CGI, Motion
ControlCamera and Off-line editing. Also involved in production of Music Videos
and Corporate Documentaries.
August 1985
- December 1987
Position:
Audio-Visual Technician
Company: C.N.
Tower Inc.
Toronto,
Canada
Included
diagnostics, maintenance and repair of computer assisted
telescopes.
Maintenance of two presentation theatres; nine projector
multi-image
and 16mm film loop. Responsible for design and
maintenance of
an induction loop Audio Tour System for the C.N.
Tower and
repair of assorted public inter-active audio-visual presentations.
Volunteer
January
1986 - February 1987
Position:
Volunteer Work
Company:
Rogers Cable TV
Toronto,
Canada
Accepted in
the Rogers Cable TV Volunteer program. Subsequently
exposed to a
variety of TV production procedure plus the operational and
maintenance
side of production equipment. Also participated in other areas
such as camera
work, audio work and floor managing.
In 1988 I
produced and shot my own 16mm Short Film ÒColbourne StreetÓ
Education
1985-1986
Centennial
College - Toronto, Canada.
Electronics,
Computer Technology Certificate.
1983-1985
Ballenas
Secondary School
British
Columbia, Canadian Graduation
* Specialised
in Computers and Physics.
Languages Japanese/ English
References
Http://us.imdb.com/Name?Belson,+Martin
(The Internet Movie Database)
More (paper) references
available on request