British producer/director Derek Goodall runs the LA operation. He has over 15 years UK network TV experience, primarily in documentaries and factual programmes, and is also a very accomplished live director - both studio and outside broadcast, Avid editor and cameraman.
Derek is currently (April 2014 to present) working regularly as field producer/shooter for nationally syndicated show "The Doctors" (CBS/Stage 29 Productions), including same-day edits, and also worked (Sept 2014) as a segment director for "Dr Phil".
Derek continued his long association (over 16 years) with the Marconi Foundation for Kids by directing the Marconi Fight Night 18 live event in March 2016 and producing all the video material for the show. We also produce all the video promotions for Fight Night and the Marconi Automotive Museum.
He field produced the LA segment of Comcast Cares Day (April 2015) for Comcast Corporate in PA, involving interviewing very senior executives including NBCU VP Ron Meyer.
Recent live productions include Satellite Media Tours for GM from the 2015 LA Auto Show and for Panini from the 2014 NFL Collegiate Bowl. Derek also worked for NBC Sports as a field producer at the 2012 LA Auto Show and for Letterman (CBS) with the Foo Fighters from the 2012 Grammies.
We're also produced (Feb 2016) our fourth fund-raising video for Seattle's Community Lunch organisation who provide meals for the homeless.
2013 productions include an election video for Dave Whaley, running for Tulare County Sheriff, a profile of King's County Supervisor Doug Verboon, and a corporate video for Orange County venture capital company Ventana Capital featuring their US-China fund, including translation to Mandarin.
In 2012 Derek directed and edited a documentary chronicling the 10 year long gestation of the Aspen The Series broadcast sitcom project and produced and edited both the pilot of Aspen The Series in 2010 and the second episode in October 2011. He was also 2nd unit director/DP on the B roll shoots in Aspen including both fall and winter helicopter shoots and hanging off ski lifts!
Derek also directed and D.P.'d the Urban Bites travel/food series for Australian producer Mike Ryan, which is currently being sold to several countries and also worked as D.P. on a rap video for major West Coast producer Damizza Young, which involved the legendary Eric Burdon of the Animals.
He also shot sequences in L.A. for Australian director Frank Howson's feature film Remembering Nigel.
From 2008-11, we produced the promotion videos and TV commercials for the annual World Ag Expo - the world's biggest agricultural exhibition - including live multi-camera coverage of the West Coast Nationals Power Pull. We also made a 60 minute documentary of the 2011 California Antique Farm Equipment Show and an 18 minute film celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tulare-based BMI.
"An Afternoon of Broadway Stars" is a fund-raising production we made for Covenant House International, featuring Broadway Stars performing. We've also produced eight annual Gala videos for Covenant House California, a Hollywood shelter for homeless kids, and a fund raising video for the Plasticos Foundation - a group of Orange County plastic surgeons helping poor kids in third world countries.
Other Broadcast projects include pilots for the Chicas Project, a reality/magazine show aimed at teenage Latinas for NBC/Telemundo, and The Next High Roller, a reality show based around poker.