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Check out Dr. Bill's media credits.Watch Catalina Cable TV's Channel 49 at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM for Star Thrower's educational videos including the Dive Dry with Dr. Bill, Kelp Forest Ecology and Cousteau Seascope series


Dr. Bill beside memorial to Jacques Cousteau
photo credit: Heather McLaughlin

UNDERWATER STOCK VIDEO FOOTAGE

NOTE: footage taken before April 27, 2007, is in mini DV format while after that date footage is either HDV or mini DV


Dr. Bill videotaping California praying mantid
photo credit: Janet Takara

TERRESTRIAL STOCK VIDEO FOOTAGE



FRESHWATER STOCK VIDEO FOOTAGE


PENDING PROJECTS

1. Click here for description of proposed Kelp Forest Ecology educational video series

2. Click here for educational video business proposal on SE Asia/South Pacific trip



FILM AND VIDEO CREDITS



1. "At The Edge of a Human Tide" (The Cousteau Society/Turner Broadcasting System, 1986) Dr. Bushing was a consultant on this two-hour television documentary about the Channel Islands of California, part of The Cousteau Society's Rediscovery of the World series for TBS.

2. "Inland Motor Tour Training Video" (StarThrower Educational Multimedia, 1987). Dr. Bushing produced this four part training video series for use by the Santa Catalina Island Company's Discovery Tours sight-seeing division.

3. "About Ed Ricketts" (StarThrower Educational Multimedia, 1987). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the life of marine biologist Edward F. Ricketts. Ed was John Steinbeck's best friend and the role model for the fictional character "Doc" in Steinbeck's Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday and other novels.

4. "The Mysteries of Catalina Island" (Blue Water Entertainment, 2001). Dr. Bushing was a consultant on, and provided digital footage for, this feature film about Santa Catalina Island

5. Re-packaging of "SeaScope" series (Jean-Michel Cousteau Productions, 2000). Dr. Bushing, working with Jean-Michel Cousteau and Dr. Richard Murphy of Jean-Michel Cousteau Productions, repackaged 52 five-minute episodes of the "SeaScope" video series about marine life and related conservation issues for broadcast on Catalina Cable TV

6. "The Beckman Interviews" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2000). Dr. Bushing produced a four-part series of 25-30 minute videos based on a 1988 interview with John Gabriel Beckman, art director for the Catalina Casino murals, Graumann's (now Mann's) Chinese Theatre, "Casablanca," the television series "Designing Women" and many other productions. This series is being broadcast on Catalina Cable TV.

76. "Fur, Feathers, Skin and Scales" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2000). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video about the "other" residents of Santa Catalina Island (invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, etc.) for the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy and for broadcast on Catalina Cable TV.

8. "Life on the Edge" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2000). Dr. Bushing produced this 27-minute video for the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy about the endemic Catalina Island fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae), found only on Santa Catalina Island, which was recently threatened with extinction due to the introduction of canine distemper virus (CDV) in the population from domestic dogs

9. "Life in the Amber Forest" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2001). Dr. Bushing produced this 45-minute video on the flora and fauna of Catalina's kelp forests for use on the Santa Catalina Island Company's Discovery Tours semi-submersible glassbottom boats.

10. "Kelp Forest Ecology: Introduction" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2001). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video as an introduction to a proposed series of educational videos on the natural history, ecology and conservation issues of southern California kelp forests.

11."Platform Grace" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2002). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the marine life of the Platform Grace oil platform off the coast of Ventura, CA.

12. "Underwater San Miguel Island" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2002). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the marine life of San Miguel Island, one of the southern California Channel Islands.

13. "In Search of the Elusive Black Sea Bass" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2002). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the recovery and natural history of the black sea bass in the waters of Santa Catalina Island.

14. "Common Fish of the La Paz Region" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia and Lindblad Expeditions, 2002). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the common marine fish of the Gulf of California Islands Special Biosphere Preserve between La Paz and Loreto, Baja California, Mexico.

15. "Common Marine Invertebrates of the La Paz Region" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia and Lindblad Expeditions, 2002). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the common marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California Islands Special Biosphere Preserve between La Paz and Loreto, Baja California, Mexico.

16. "New Marine Video from the La Paz Region" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia and Lindblad Expeditions, 2003). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the common marine fish and invertebrates of the Gulf of California Islands Special Biosphere Preserve between La Paz and Loreto, Baja California, Mexico.

17. "Marine Life of the Cabo San Lucas Region" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia and Lindblad Expeditions, 2003). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the common marine fish and invertebrates of the Cabo San Lucas area, Baja California, Mexico.

18. "Underwater Anacapa Island" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, 2003). Dr. Bushing produced this 30-minute video on the marine life of Anacapa Island, one of the southern California Channel Islands.

19. "Marine Mammals of the Sea of Cortez and Magdalena Bay" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, under production). Dr. Bushing is currently finishing this 30-minute video on the marine mammals (sea lions, dolphins and whales) of the waters around southern Baja California, Mexico.

20. "Marine Plankton" (Star Thrower Educational Multimedia, under production). Dr. Bushing is currently finishing this 30-minute video on the marine plankton of the waters off southern Alta California and southern Baja California


STOCK VIDEO FOOTAGE PROVIDED FOR
  • Provided underwater digital video (mini DV) footage to Boston ABC affiliate WCVB TV for the "Chronicle" program, episode "Bound for Baja" (April 2003)
  • Consultation and participation in NBC National News (Tom Brokaw) story about the Catalina Conservancy's ecological management programs (June, 2000)
  • Provided mini DV footage broadcast on international CNN story about Catalina goat live-capture removal program (November, 1999)
  • Provided mini DV footage broadcast on KCBS news (November, 1999)
  • Provided mini DV footage broadcast on KTLA news (November, 1999)
  • Provided mini DV footage broadcast on KCOP/UPN news (November, 1999)
  • Provided mini DV footage for "Cast Off for Catalina" commercial DVD
  • Provided mini DV footage for "Out And About with Roger Martin" episode on Avalon Harbor Clean-Up
  • Provided mini DV footage for KCET (PBS) show "California Connected"
  • Provided mini DV footage of great white sharks for Guy Harvey's "Portraits of the Deep" on the Outdoor Life Network
  • Provided mini DV footage of sea cucumbers for East West Studio (New York) DVD on sea cucumbers for Japanese schools
  • Provided mini DV footage for "The Road Crew" show on The Weather Channel
  • Provided mini DV footage for the "Weather Ventures" show about Catalina on The Weather Channel

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