Year Started: Roger Danchik has been in the film and media business for over 20 years.
Union Affiliations: IATSE - Other
Contact email: rollingcannon@gmail.com
Credits
Roger Danchik PhD
“Take your work seriously, but never yourself.”
~Margot Fonteyn
UNION AFFILIATIONS
• United Scenic Artists 829 – Lighting Designer
• IATSE Local 481, New England - Motion Picture Studio Mechanics
• IATSE Local 52, New York - Motion Picture Studio Mechanics
• Actor’s Equity Association, Stage Manager – withdrew.
EXTINCT BUT EXPERT SKILLS
• Carbon arc follow spot operator
• CP/M computer operating system
• WordStar word processing software
• Lighting Design with a piano board
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – MOVIE DESIGN
• “Mall Cop,” full length film, responsible for security console
• “The Box,” full length film, responsible for anything really weird
• “Shuttle,” Full length film, 2008 , Designer
• “Shiver,” never released and that is good , Designer
• “The Legend of Lucy Keyes,” full length film, 2006, Designer
• “Interpreter,” more of a home movie, hard to know
• “Windy Acres,” TV series, 2004, Designer
• “American Wake,” Full length film, 2004 Designer
• “The Real Trojan War,” History Channel, 2003, Designer
• Polar Beverages, Commercial, 2003, Designer
• Putnam Investments, Commercial, 2003, Designer
• “Open Spaces,” Commercial, 2003, Designer
• “Winter People,” Short film, 2003, Designer
• “The Queer Eye,”, Art Director, 2002, One of many
• Session 9, 2000, Art Director,
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – LIGHTING DESIGN (REPRESENTATIVE)
• Resident Designer Poets’ Theatre, Boston. Nat Warren White, Director
• Resident Designer PALS, Boston. Nat Warren White, Director
• “The New Deliverance” by Stanislaw Witkiewicz, New York, 1987
• “The Scams of Scapin” by Moliere, New York, 1986
• “Tintypes,” conceived by Mary Kyte, New York, 1986
• “Overruled,” by G.B. Shaw, New York, 1986
• “The Suicide,” by Nikolai Erdman, New York, 1985
• “Parlons Francais II,” by Eugene Ionesco, Touring Ionesco Company, New York, 1985
The director and I communicated via cognac.
• “Marat/Sade,” by Peter Weiss, New York, 1985
• If I kept records, I could probably think of another dozen.
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – ROCK AND ROLL - LIGHTING AND/OR LASER OPERATOR
• Queen
• Emerson Lake and Palmer
• Bob Dylan
• Three Dog Night
• Kansas
• David Bowie (Diamond Dogs & Black Music Tours)
• Chicago
• Parliament Funkadelics
• Diana Ross
• Beach Boys
• Laser Safety Officer, Summer Season, Six Flags, New Jersey
• Outdoor Stage and Lighting for Rolling Stones Tour
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – MOVIE –LEAD MAN OR GANG BOSS
• “Zoo Keeper”
• “Company Men”
• “The Surrogates”
• “Edge of Darkness”
• “Bunker Hill”
• “Mall Cop”
• “Chatham,” Something or Other, 2007
• “Underdog,” Dresser/On set, 2006
• “Waterfront” –Pilot, Lead Man, 2006
• “Mystic River,” Special Effects, 2003
• “Kate and Leopold,” Computer Dresser, 2001
• “Worse that Could Happen,” Greens, 2000
• “A Civil Action,” Greens, 1998
• “InDreams,” Greens, 1998
• Untitled Ted Demme, Lead Man, 1997
• “Southie”, Lead Man, 1997
• “Zeus and Roxanne,” Lead Man, 1996
• “Matchmaker,” Lead Man, 1996
• “Shakespeare’s Sister,” Dresser, 1996
• “Willoughby’s Wonders,” Lead Man, 1996
“Floating,” Lead Man, 1996
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE - MOVIE - DRESSER OR PAINTER WORK.
• “Crucible”
• “Acts of Contrition”
• “Blown Away”
“Take your work seriously, but never yourself.”
~Margot Fonteyn
UNION AFFILIATIONS
• United Scenic Artists 829 – Lighting Designer
• IATSE Local 481, New England - Motion Picture Studio Mechanics
• IATSE Local 52, New York - Motion Picture Studio Mechanics
• Actor’s Equity Association, Stage Manager – withdrew.
EXTINCT BUT EXPERT SKILLS
• Carbon arc follow spot operator
• CP/M computer operating system
• WordStar word processing software
• Lighting Design with a piano board
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – MOVIE DESIGN
• “Mall Cop,” full length film, responsible for security console
• “The Box,” full length film, responsible for anything really weird
• “Shuttle,” Full length film, 2008 , Designer
• “Shiver,” never released and that is good , Designer
• “The Legend of Lucy Keyes,” full length film, 2006, Designer
• “Interpreter,” more of a home movie, hard to know
• “Windy Acres,” TV series, 2004, Designer
• “American Wake,” Full length film, 2004 Designer
• “The Real Trojan War,” History Channel, 2003, Designer
• Polar Beverages, Commercial, 2003, Designer
• Putnam Investments, Commercial, 2003, Designer
• “Open Spaces,” Commercial, 2003, Designer
• “Winter People,” Short film, 2003, Designer
• “The Queer Eye,”, Art Director, 2002, One of many
• Session 9, 2000, Art Director,
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – LIGHTING DESIGN (REPRESENTATIVE)
• Resident Designer Poets’ Theatre, Boston. Nat Warren White, Director
• Resident Designer PALS, Boston. Nat Warren White, Director
• “The New Deliverance” by Stanislaw Witkiewicz, New York, 1987
• “The Scams of Scapin” by Moliere, New York, 1986
• “Tintypes,” conceived by Mary Kyte, New York, 1986
• “Overruled,” by G.B. Shaw, New York, 1986
• “The Suicide,” by Nikolai Erdman, New York, 1985
• “Parlons Francais II,” by Eugene Ionesco, Touring Ionesco Company, New York, 1985
The director and I communicated via cognac.
• “Marat/Sade,” by Peter Weiss, New York, 1985
• If I kept records, I could probably think of another dozen.
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – ROCK AND ROLL - LIGHTING AND/OR LASER OPERATOR
• Queen
• Emerson Lake and Palmer
• Bob Dylan
• Three Dog Night
• Kansas
• David Bowie (Diamond Dogs & Black Music Tours)
• Chicago
• Parliament Funkadelics
• Diana Ross
• Beach Boys
• Laser Safety Officer, Summer Season, Six Flags, New Jersey
• Outdoor Stage and Lighting for Rolling Stones Tour
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE – MOVIE –LEAD MAN OR GANG BOSS
• “Zoo Keeper”
• “Company Men”
• “The Surrogates”
• “Edge of Darkness”
• “Bunker Hill”
• “Mall Cop”
• “Chatham,” Something or Other, 2007
• “Underdog,” Dresser/On set, 2006
• “Waterfront” –Pilot, Lead Man, 2006
• “Mystic River,” Special Effects, 2003
• “Kate and Leopold,” Computer Dresser, 2001
• “Worse that Could Happen,” Greens, 2000
• “A Civil Action,” Greens, 1998
• “InDreams,” Greens, 1998
• Untitled Ted Demme, Lead Man, 1997
• “Southie”, Lead Man, 1997
• “Zeus and Roxanne,” Lead Man, 1996
• “Matchmaker,” Lead Man, 1996
• “Shakespeare’s Sister,” Dresser, 1996
• “Willoughby’s Wonders,” Lead Man, 1996
“Floating,” Lead Man, 1996
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE - MOVIE - DRESSER OR PAINTER WORK.
• “Crucible”
• “Acts of Contrition”
• “Blown Away”
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