Bill Zarchy

Dateline: Bill Zarchy
Weblog: billzarchy.com/blog/
Articles: 5
First Published: May 17, 2011 / Last Published: Aug 27, 2012
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Bill Zarchy (http://billzarchy.com) is a freelance director of photography, writer, and teacher based in San Francisco. He has shot film, video, and HDTV projects in 30 countries and 40 states, including interviews with three former presidents for the Emmy-winning West Wing Documentary Special. Other credits include the Grammy-winning Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, the feature films Conceiving Ada and Read You Like A Book, and the PBS science series Closer to Truth, as well as countless high-end corporate projects for a wide variety of technology and medical companies. He currently blogs at http://billzarchy.com/blog and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roving-Camera-Bill-Zarchys-Blog/160102190699941 His tales from the road, technical articles, and personal essays have appeared in American Cinematographer, Emmy, and other trade magazines, Travelers’ Tales and Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, the San Francisco Chronicle and other newspapers and literary publications. He is working on a book about his work and travels. He has a BA in Government from Dartmouth and an MA in Film from Stanford, and he has taught Advanced Cinematography & Lighting to graduate students at San Francisco State University since 2002, as well as Lighting classes at De Anza College & the Art Institute of California-San Francisco.

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Bill Zarchy's articles

  1. August 27, 2012

    My TEDx Talk: Problem-Solving and Adaptation in a Digital World
    Problem-Solving and Adaptation in a Digital World
  2. October 21, 2011

    Consuming the Apples: Steve Jobs and the Reality Distortion Field
    Memories of shooting a tour of the first Apple Store
  3. June 5, 2011

    Blowing Up the Catcher
    Buster Posey and the Clean Play Club
  4. May 30, 2011

    Greening the Film Business
    LED Fresnel Lights
  5. May 17, 2011

    Mr. Brown's Marvelous Machine
    Garrett Brown and Steadicam