Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Who is Brian Lataille ?

Last night about 1930 hrs Kathy got a call from Brian. Brian, with great pride and humility let his friend of 35 years share in the news of his winning an Emmy. Brian "You Rock" to quote Kathy.

Brian grew up as a friend and neighbor with us back in Connecticut during the 70's and 80's. Our son Matt and Brian made War Movies in the woods near our homes when they were in their early teens. Matt the War hero wore the fatigues and played the role, Brian, straight out of Hollywood with his ancient video recorder was the cameraman.
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Brian became active in Manchester Connecticut's Little Theatre and other production venues during high school and after graduation.

From the Movie promo of "Easy Rider" "The Ride Back", The following was written.

Brian Lataille - Director of Photography

Brian Lataille grew up in Vernon, Connecticut, and like everyone in the field of movie making, dreamed of one day working in the motion picture business. Brian completed his schooling and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinematography and immediately began working in his field of choice. For the next few years Brian worked on many TV features including Monk, Girl Friends, The Game, and The Secret Life of an American Teenager. Modestly selling himself as a jack-of-all-trades, Brian was able to bring a visual acumen to productions that only a handful of operators were able to achieve. Brian was able to give filmmakers with a modest budget, some of the big budget shots that are often lacking in those types of productions. His work includes Ghost Rock, Angel Air, and Lethal, along with a series of national TV ads. His feature films include films like Killing Cupid, Alien Invasion Arizona, Dual: The Lone Drifter, and most recently Easy Rider: The Ride Back. In the field of cinematography Brian admires and respects some of the greats including, Bernie Abramson, Donald A. Morgan, Affonso Beato, Cèsar Charlone, Dean Cundy, Lazlo Kovacs, Vilmos Zsigmond, Jack N. Green, Russell Carpenter, and Tom Stern. Lataille currently resides in Burbank, California and is currently attached to oversee the cinematography on two projects in the fall of 2009.









The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) today awarded the 2009-2010 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards for programs and individual achievements at the 62nd Emmy Awards presentation at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. HBO's epic $100 million-plus miniseries The Pacific earned the most Emmys at Saturday's technical category ceremony for its casting, sound mixing, sound editing, makeup, art direction and visual effects. The freshman ABC comedy Modern Family paced series for its casting, sound mixing and editing. HBO led with a total 17 awards and its miniseries The Pacific led all programs with 7 awards. ABC received 15 awards, followed by Fox 9, CBS 7, NBC 7, PBS 7, Showtime 5, Cartoon Network 4, AMC 2, Discovery Channel 2, and A&E, Comedy Central, Disney Channel, History, Nickelodeon, USA one each:

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert • HBO • Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in association with HBO Entertainment
Allan Wells, Technical Director
Mike Colucci, Camera
Dave Driscoll, Camera
Dave Eastwood, Camera
Jay Kulick, Camera
Brian Lataille, Camera
Dave Levisohn, Camera
Lyn Noland, Camera
Rob Palmer, Camera
Dave Plakos, Camera
George Prince, Camera
Tim Quigley, Camera
Hector Ramirez, Camera
John Repczynski, Camera
Mike Stodden, Camera
Ron Washburn, Camera
Mark Whitman, Camera
Danny Webb, Camera
Easter Xua, Camera
Jofre Rosero, Camera
Billy Steinberg, Video Control

Brian, I Salute You and you will always be family!!!!

And by the way, three days and we hit the road.

Semper Fi!!!!! Go Navy beat Army

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