ASL: Staff Profiles

ANTHONY S. LENZO - PRESIDENT AND CEO
	Anthony has been an integrator of imaging camera systems most of his life. He has designed and created new and unique camera systems for both water and land based applications. He was one of the first users of the Jimmy Jib camera crane and the Amphibicam HD housing, quickly mastering both to become one of the industries most sought after operators.

EDWARD LENZO - VICE PRESIDENT
	Eddie has been with ASL since the beginning. In 1994 he started as a Jib Technician and quickly progressed to a two-time Emmy award winning Jib Operator. He’s been operating the Jimmy Jib now for over 10 years, and his services are always in high demand.

MARK BRITT - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	Mark has not only mastered what it means to be a professional Jib Operator here at ASL, but he has now added an Emmy to his name for his work on the Rachael Ray show. Having been with ASL for over 5 years now, Mark has established quite a following. In addition to the jib, he is a certified SCUBA diver and operates on ASL’s underwater projects.

SHEM ALLEYNE - FIELD PRODUCTIONS/JIB TECHNICIAN
	Shem joined ASL at the beginning of 2006 and has quickly ingratiated himself with the entire staff. On the side, Shem is also in the Coast Guard, and one of his favorite hobbies happens to be construction.

PARKER BELL - JIB OPERATOR/TECHNICIAN & CAMERA OPERATOR
	Parker started with ASL as an editing intern, quickly increased his duties to jib technician and utility and now he is honing his skills as a jib operator and camera operator.

MARK HARRIS - FIELD PRODUCTIONS/JIB TECHNICIAN
	Mark hails from the West Coast where he worked as a fisherman. After some work as a utility, Mark joined the ranks of ASL at the start of 2006. He left for a short time to work on other productions, but he is back and ready for more action.

ZACH SPIRA-BAUER - FIELD PRODUCTIONS/EDITOR/CAMERA OPERATOR
	A recent graduate of the film school at Syracuse University and a former ASL intern for several summers, Zach is now working in the field for ASL and in their HD edit suite. Zach's short film, "Flux," which he made with some ASL co-workers has now been accepted as an official selection of FIVE film festivals!

BOB O'REILLY - FIELD PRODUCTIONS/EDITOR/CAMERA OPERATOR
	A recent graduate from Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, Bob is now cutting his teeth as a jib tech as well as ASL's 2nd editor. It's only a matter of time until his short films bring him and ASL more into the movie business.

MICHAEL WARNER - DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
	Michael began his career as a staff accountant in the consolidation dept. at Paramount Communications after graduating from the University of Michigan. Having been with ASL now for over four years, he is expanding his horizons beyond accounting by developing several ASL productions both for HDTV and for direct-to-market DVDs while also trying to bring ASL into the feature-film business. In collaboration with a few ASL colleagues in 2005, he completed a 16 minute HD short called "Shocked Jock" which made its debut screening at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April 2006. (www.shockedjock.com) "Shocked Jock" has been accepted as an official selection of 7 film festivals so far!

GARY COSTANTINO - OPERATIONS MANAGER
	Having grown up with Anthony and Eddie, Gary knows exactly what is needed to keep the shop and ASL in order. His strong mechanical background should be a great asset to complement his newfound knowledge of video. Born with a silver wrench in his hand, Gary worked his way through school, graduating from St. John's University and surprisingly found himself working in financial operations on Wall St. for several years before going back to his roots and working as a mechanic's supervisor before bringing this technical and business experience to ASL.

CLAUDIA MARTICORENA - PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
	Claudia is a graduate of Pace University and she received her MBA from NYIT. Having always lived in Queens, Claudia should fit right in with ASL since the majority of the staff also grew up in Queens.

ERIC "BUCK" BUCHANAN - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	Eric has been with ASL since 1995. Starting off at TVFN, he has since been on several locations from concerts to commercials to music videos. Currently he has returned to New York so that he can be a bigger part of the ASL Family.

JAMES PALCZEWSKI - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	James has worked several years as a freelance jib operator for ASL while working full-time on the Conan O'Brien show as a handheld camera operator. He is also a fully-certified diver and has some experience shooting underwater in HD.

PAUL CANGIALOSI - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	Paul brings his vast jib operating experience to ASL.

DAVID REEDER - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	Dave has started with ASL this year and has quickly added to his experience as a jib operator.

NICK LINDNER - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	Nick Lindner started in television as a teenager directing a cable access show in Philadelphia. By his early twenties he was actively freelancing in mainstream broadcast television as a production assistant, jib technician, grip and audio engineer.

STEVE MILLER - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	Steve Miller is a three-time Emmy award-winning cameraman, with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Steve's work focuses on ENG/EFP production, with a specialty in underwater video. Currently, he is based in Florida.

GIUSEPPE RESTIVO - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	With ASL for over 5 years, Joe’s a thoughtful, caring, and dedicated individual, always willing to go the extra mile. He freelances as a utility, jib or audio technician and hopes to one day become an operator. Joe is also a musician and has released two CD’s. For more information, please contact him at GIUSEPPERESTIVO@aol.com.

MICHAEL GORDON - PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, EDITOR, CAMERAMAN
	Michael Gordon is entering his 8th year in the television and music industry. Originally from Virginia, he moved up to NYC during his final year in college. He started his career in New York City as an intern at MTV. He then worked with MTV a couple of years, before beginning his freelance career with companies such as ESPN, Wave Entertainment, NBA Entertainment, The NFL Network, The Tennis Channel and various record companies.

RON THOMPSON - EDITOR
	Ron is a 10 year veteran of the broadcast industry. His career started in cable news with the launch of MSNBC in 1996 where he developed his skills as a studio camera and robotics operator, and later as a video editor for daytime and primetime programming. Currently, Ron has worked with ASL and its graphics department on various editing projects. Ron's specialty is editing in HD, but he is very capable editing in many formats.

ANSEL NUNEZ - FIELD PRODUCTIONS
	After having previously worked with us in the late 90s, Ansel has returned from his Fear Factor stint in South America to contribute his jib operator skills to ASL. He has received much praise from directors in a short matter of time.

VITTORIA LENZO - FIELD OPERATIONS
	Vickie has been with ASL since the beginning, but more so since 2001. Vickie currently works as a jib technician with high ambitions to follow in her brothers' footsteps as becoming the third Lenzo Jib operator!