BRIAN HEATH
www.ispgroupinc.com , brian@ispgroupinc.com
Producer - Director - Director of Photography
Professional Still Photographer
Professional Still Photographer
I've been a photographer/filmmaker all of my life. Shooting across the U.S. and in Europe. I've worked in every area from fashion to food, product to photojournalism. I taught photography and film directing and camera for LA Film Connection. I taught acting classes and was coach to many Grad students who attended the Michigan Opera Theatres Opera Camp. I was photographer for auditions for Tyra Banks Americas Next Top Model CW50 Detroit, I founded and was producer of Detroit Fashion Week . I was a field producer for NBC Sports for football games and NBA Entertainment basketball games. I shot the Grammy Awards when Michael Jackson won a record number of Grammys and filmed in the Amazon Rain Forest with a small group of really cool environmentalists during the milinneum. I was an adjunct professor at Lawrence Technical University where I wrote and taught a curriculum in fashion design to senior and junior automotive interior/exterior design students and served on the Design Advisory Board of Transportation/Industrial Design Studio. I work as Director, DP and Sound Mix for film projects. I paint in oils and begginning to use the skills I've learned to produce fresco paintings for private clients and commissions.
Brian
who's been filmed or photographed:
Hubert Massey - Artist
Charles Mcgee - Artist
Joe Williams - singer
Sarah Vaughn - singer
ToTo
KISS
Michael Jackson
Al Green
Wynton Marsalais musician, Trumpet
Rev. Jesse Jackson envoy to Africa for President Bill Clinton in Liberia, West Africa
Edward Vaughn - 4th Dist. State Representative., Acivist
Marcus Belgrave – Musician, Trumpet
Maggie Allesee - Philanthropist of Dance and Arts Programs
Martha Reave – Motown Artist
Balthazar Korab – Photographer
Ron Milner – Playwright
Sophia Holly Ellis – Dancer
Shirl Harris – Singer
Beulah Hamilton Dancer
Jeanne Poulet - Artist
Richard Danielpour, Composer- on Margaret Garner (Opera written by Toni Morrison)
Honorable Damon J. Keith
Don and Bella Barden - Barden Cable
Marian Ilitch -Illitch Holdings Inc.,
Ismael Ahmed - Executive Director, ACCESS
Tanya Heidelberg-Yopp, Esq.,
Ron Gettlefinger - UAW President
Frank Taylor - President/CEO of Southern Hospitality Group
Governor Jennifer Granholm
Governor James Blanchard
Governor John Engler
Mayor Dennis Archer
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
Mayor Mike Duggan
Mayor Coleman A. Young
Stephen Knapp - Glass Artist Light Paintings Sculptor
Rodney Dangerfield
Cyndi Lauper
Lil Romeo / Master P
Outkast - Stankonia Promo Tour
Mattiwilda Dobbs - first female African American to perform at La Scala
Michael Eric Dyson
George Shirley - Tenor, 1st African American to perform a lead role at the MET in NYC
Cornell West
Catherine Carter Blackwell, Educator/authority in African history, Collector of African Art
Alexander Jefferson oral history Tuskeegee Airmen
Kenneth Cockerel
Melvin Washington - Phoenix Group
Daniel Vosovic - Project Runway
Niki Giavonni
Barret Strong at his home studio
Deanna Nolan - Detroit Shock/SLAM MAGAZINE
The Last Poets final concert promo photo
DR. Rhea Brown Lawson Detroit Public Library, Deputy Director
Walter Dean Meyers - Author book insert photo
film/video
Director / DP
Features
Rage of Justice - Producer/Director/DP
The Hunter and the Hunted - DP/Gaffer, Los Angeles
My Love & Hip Hop - DP/Gaffer, Los Angeles
Seller of Truth - DP, Los Angeles (in Russian)
Shorts
Acapulco Black Film Festival - Dhutson Productions - DP
"Past, Present, Future" - DP, Los Angeles
RISE UP - DP, Los Angeles
Curve - DP/Gaffer, Los Angeles
Darryls Theme – Choice Entertainment - Director/DP
P_BIC Service Announcement - Producer/Director/DP
R.I.C.C.O – York Entertainment - DP (2nd Unit/Action)
No Honor – Splash Media - Director/DP
Passing Time – Splash Media - Director/DP
Training Day – Splash Media - Director/DP
EXIT – Splash Media - Director/DP
Documentary - Producer/ Director / DP
Hubert Massey, Master Muralist,
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water
Flint Institute of Arts
Liberia Home
War Cease Fire 1999- Liberia West Africa
The Jeanne Poulet Story,
Dynamic Symmetry or Dyslexia?
Gift or Impediment?
Christopher Coppola – Pahfest
Impact Day - Deloitte
Oral Histories - Director / DP
Marcus Belgrave – Renown Musician, Trumpet
Maggie Allesee - Philanthropist of Dance and Arts Programs
Martha Reave – Motown Artist
Balthazar Korab – Renown Photographer
Ron Milner – Renown Playwright
Sophia Holly Ellis – Renown Dancer
Shirl Harris – Renown Singer
Beulah Hamilton Renown Dancer
Jeanne Poulet - Artist
Interviews - Director /DP
Richard Danielpour, Composer- on Margaret Garner (Opera written by Toni Morrison)
Thurgood Marshall Awards - Honorable Damon J. Keith
Don and Bella Barden - Barden Cable, Marian Ilitch -Illitch Holdings Inc., Ismael Ahmed - Executive Director, ACCESS, Tanya Heidelberg-Yopp, Esq.
Thurgood Marshall Award of Excellence Awardees - Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Ron Gettlefinger - UAW President, Frank Taylor - CEO/Founder Seldom Blue and President/CEO of Southern Hospitality Group
Designer Collection Video Lookbook
Montee Holland / The Tayion Collection - Designer Lookbook
Art Installations
Hubert Massey, Historic Fresco Mural
Detroit: Crossroad of Innovation
COBO CONVENTION CENTER
Hubert Massey, Master Muralist,
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water
Flint Institute of Arts
Stephen Knapp
Glass Artist
Light Paintings Sculptor
Flint Institute of Arts
Live Events - DP
Live Performance
Blues Rhythm - celebrating Detroits Paradise Valley
Michael Jackson Tribute - Stage
Lil Romeo / Master P Concert
Outkast - Stankonia Promo Tour
Detroit Fashion Week Showcases 2005-2012
SHOWTIME PICTURES - DEF Poetry Series
Michigan Opera Theatre / Detroit Opera House
Performance and Concert
Brundibar - DP
Gershwin at the MOT - DP
HMS Penifore - DP
Maker of Illusion - DP
Mikado - DP
Patience - DP
Princess IDA - DP
Too Hot to Handel - DP
Ruddigore -DP
The Sorcerer -DP
Voices for the Homeless -DP
Gaffer
Gaffer- Skittle & Bang It (7 part web series in Swedish)
Gaffer- Nova Miller Music Video - 21:12 Universal Music Group Artist - Sweden
Field Producer
Field Producer, NBC Sports, Football Night in America
Field Producer, NBA Entertainment – NBA Cares
Instructor - Producer/Director
LA film Connection - Los Angeles, CA
Production Manager
Big Girl Lost
FX/Makeup
Rain – Flowergirl Productions, Showtime Short Film, Blood/Cuts FX Makeup
Instructor Actors Workshop – Scene Study/ Character Analysis
Michigan Opera Theater Opera Camp Master Class
Bridge to the Future, Inc. Youth arts non-profit org.
St. Johns Hospital - Teen Hype
