About the Filmmaker
Craig is a highly experienced filmmaker / cameraman who has worked on location in over 80 countries. His work has been featured in thousands of TV commercials, TV shows, corporate films, music videos and multimedia productions. Craig’s photographic work during the past 12 years has been repped by Getty Images, Corbis Motion, Thought Equity, FootageBank, Producers Library Service, Fish Films and Clips & Footage. Along with his commercial work, Craig also spends much of the year documenting the world’s major cities with his cameras, as to preserve a historical moving image record for future generations.
Brief work summary:
Craig is the owner / president of Stock Footage World, which primarily licenses his stock footage collection of worldwide locations. His recent HD shoots have captured footage from the following locations; London, Paris, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Boston, Philadelphia, St Louis, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Singapore, Manila, Shenzhen, Mumbai, Sydney, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Miami, Seychelles, Calcutta, Istanbul, Guangzhou, Macau, Seoul, Taipei, Venice, Bangkok, Hanoi and Vienna. Stock Footage World is one of the leading suppliers of high quality stock footage of worldwide locations to Getty Images, the world’s #1 imagery company.
Craig worked as a cameraman with director Richard Schickel and producer Brian Jamison on their documentary film, “Bienvenue a Cannes.” This film is about the renowned Cannes Film Festival held each year in France. The film includes interviews and behind the scenes footage with various film personalities including directors Steven Spielberg, Sydney Pollack, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, Brian Glazer, Harvey Weinstein, Dino De Laurentiis, Nick Nolte, Samuel L. Jackson, Chloe Sevigny, Gena Rowlands, William Dafoe and film critics Derek Malcolm (London Evening Standard), A. O. Scott (New York Times) and Roger Ebert. Broadcasted on Turner Movie Classics in 2007.
Craig produced, directed and shot the documentary film “Press Pass to the World” which follows a cast of respected journalists through the tumultuous and adventurous lifestyle of reporting for some of the world’s leading newspapers. Filmed on location in New Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, Washington, D.C., Havana and Vienna with foreign correspondents employed by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, The International Herald Tribune, The Times of India, The Jerusalem Post, Reuters, Agence France-Presse and others.
Craig produced, directed and shot the documentary film “Venice: Tides of Change” which reflects on the issues tearing apart Venetians and their culture. Struggling to find solutions to their dilemma, Venetians confront the possibility that they may lose their soul long before the city’s buildings crumble into the Mediterranean.
Craig produced, directed and shot the documentary film “The Great Bazaars” which explores the rich history and cultural wealth of the merchants and craftsmen who work within the fabled bazaars of the Muslim world. Photographed on location in Cairo, Istanbul, Marrakesh and Fez. Shot in 16mm, posted to Digital Betacam, distributed by Solid Entertainment (Los Angeles).
Craig produced, directed and shot the documentary film “Empires of Steam” which journeys into China and India for a rare glimpse into the last strongholds of the steam locomotive. Shot in 16mm, posted to Digital Betacam, distributed by Solid Entertainment (Los Angeles). Currently the film has been sold for television broadcast on PBS (United States); TV Ontario (Canada); La Cinquieme (France); Odyssee (France); NOS-EO (The Netherlands); SF-DRS (Switzerland); TSR (Switzerland) and TVE (Brazil) with home video and DVD release in the United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.
“McCourry & Robin Broadcast Promotions,” shot 35mm scenic, time-lapse and helicopter aerial imagery for major broadcast promotion campaigns for; KCBS-TV (Los Angeles), KPIX-TV (San Francisco), KNTV-TV (San Francisco), WMAR-TV (Baltimore), KSTP-TV (Minneapolis), KHWB-TV (Houston) and KPXI-TV (Pittsburgh). This footage was used for the station’s on-air nightly news openings, ID’s and network promos. Worked with various 35mm motion picture cameras such as; Arri III, Arri IIC, Fries 35R and Mitchell GC.
