Alexis Cottavoz-Usher

 
   EXPERIENCE

      Freelance

CO-DIRECTOR / DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY
Hollywood Celebrity Diet (Infomercial)
Video Action Sports - Molton Volleyball - (Commercial) & Strictly Beach - (Instructional Video)
Beverly Hill's Adjacent - Productions / Apocalypse Knowles - (Short Film)

WRITER / DIRECTOR / DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY
Stormproof Films - PURE FUNK - (Short Film)
DP Reel
Stormproof Films - MATCH MAKERS - (Short Film)
Stormproof Films - Gisselas Mediteraneo Trattoria - (Commercial)
DIRECTOR / DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY
Stormproof Films - RocketNetwork.com - Interviews - (Promotional CD)

      Owner / Producer / Director / Editor (1992 - Present)

STORMPROOF FILMS - Santa Barbara , CA
An Extreme Sports Film Company - Stormproof Films focuses primarily on international surfing and board sports films. These films are distributed throughout the United States , Europe , Australia and Japan. EXTREME SPORTS FILM CREDITS:
SurfingThe Standard Got Surf? III • Mavericks Condition Black • NW Surf • Surf 365 • Got Surf? two • Got Surf? • Smash Hits I, II & III • Good n' Plenty I & II • Surfing France I, II & III • Euro Trash  Snowboarding & Skating : Generation Next • Freaks of Nature I & II • Tricks Are For Kids INTERNATIONAL FILMING EXPERIENCE
Australia  • Bali  • Japan  • Hawaii • Oahu • Maui • Puerto Rico • Bahama's • England • Wales • Ireland • France • Spain • Portugal • Italy • Tahiti • South Africa • Mexico • Peru • Brazil
SPEC COMMERCIALS
Partnership for a Drug-Free City • GAP Jeans • NIKE • KNX 1070 • Perrier Sparkling Mineral Water 
EXTREME SPORTS SPEC COMMERCIALS
S.B.TV. • Burton Snowboards 
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Companies : Airborn Snowboards • Population - Clothing Company • Vans
Magazines : Surfing • Surfer • Plow • Snowboarding • Music Man • Wave Action 
STOCK IMAGERY
Stock Houses Alexis Usher-Cottavoz have been signed with two stock houses - Cinematography / Photography - Stock footage (A) - Cinematography Film and Video Footage- (cinenet) (B) - Still Images- (Paint Works)

     Owner / Creator / Producer / Director - (1996 - present)

S.B.TV., Santa Barbara , CA Independent Television Show - S.B.TV is a new radical sports oriented television program which will show locally in Santa Barbara during Prime-Time viewing. We provide a hip, funny, gnarly programming on the local networks with a raw video image. S.B.TV consists of the following format: Renegade Film Review, SB's Music Movement, Fashion Prisoner and Couch Critics. SBTV clip1 and SB TV clip2

   EXHIBITS

Fox Sports Network, You Gotta See This! Episode #225 International Broadcast - Aired 7-16-2001
Fox Sports Network, World Premiere of Surf 365 & NW Surf - (2000) Bluetourch Programming and Bluetorch.com
Surf Channel, Profile of Alexis Usher (1999) International Broadcast 
NBC Sports / Gravity Games, Providence , RI (1999) Extreme Sports Festival 
Fox Sports West,"Boardwild", Profile of Alexis Usher (1998) International Broadcast 
Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City , UT - (1996) Extreme Sports Films
Santa Barbara Film Festival, Santa Barbara , CA - (1997) Extreme Sports Films
Reel to Reel, Cleveland County Arts Film Festival, OH - (2001) Pure Funk

   FILM-MAKING SKILLS

Digital Online Editing : Final Cut Pro 4.0
Analog A/B Roll On-Line Editing System - Beta SP Record-Deck 1800 & Sony DV Cam DSR 40 - JVC S-VHS BRS378U 
Camera Operation: 35mm, 16mm, 3/4 SP Beta SP, Digital, Hi-8 Formats, S-VHS 
Panavision Gold: 1 -Day Training and Camera Film Loader 
Reel, Portfolio & References Available Upon Request