Eugene Arts – Film & Video Sound
9 Vagus Pl , Royal Oak , Auckland, New Zealand Email:
Phone: (64-9) 6257744 , Mob 021964784 , Agent; Film crews NZ 093776494
Personal profile
Born in Netherlands & moved to NZ at the age of 4 , now 49yrs old , Married with 2 sons 20 & 16, very involved with Music & soccer . Love fishing & have a small boat. Travel a lot .
Started my career in sound 1977 at the age of 17 at Vid Com a Production where Iwas trainedby Mike Westgate ex BBC I learned the art of location & post prod sound (pre digital I must say ) . I took over the post of location & post sound for 2yrs & was lucky to be involved with the re equipping & building of a new studio for the company .
1982 saw me going freelance . A start lucky , boomy on Merry Christmas , a feature with David Bowi , Tom Conti , Ryichi Sakamoto .in the Cook Islands.The world of Doco’s , TV commercials local & international , TV progs & Drama which is still my main stay till this day .
Recording has taken me to the rich , famous , poor , disabled, remote & dangerous corners of the world , Europe , Middle east, North America & of course all over the Pacific Basin . . Over the years I do believe in being a real part in the MAKING of any project & pride my self in making the talent or situation comfortable .
I Travel on a EU Passport and have a ”I” visa ( journalist) for the USA
A Sample of Credits
The 80’s
Film ; Prisoner --- Endeavor films ( boom only )
Merry Christmas Mr Lawarance -- The recorded picture co ( boom only )
Sky crane , helicopter series .George & associates ( 7 ep german tv )
Heart of the high country – Phillips Whithouse ( drama 2nd unit only )
TV commercials Aprox 50 per year , Satchi & Satcih, Ogilvy, Etc etc (NZ & International ) Doco Program : Air NZ /Fiji board 6 week tvnz ( travel program )
Superstars BBC ( sports)
Fishing down under 11half hr ESPN ( sports & travel )
Treasures of the land ( te Maori ) tvnz ( cultural )
60 mins Aust - channel 9 ( political)
Americas Cup – PerthAustralia ( Doco tvnz )
Birth of the Sun” news paper “ (doco tvnz)
Golden Fleece ( Anzac military doco ) on location
Maxi Series (Whitbread around the world race – BBC /tvn
The 90’s Doco’s & Programs
Mud & glory 6 ep ( rugby sport series )TVNZ
The Chills ( music doco ) NZ _
Live Stunts 2 eps ( NBC /USA )
Tammy Jones (bio /prog ) BBC Wales
The Tradition of Kings ( Doco ) RSVP / tvnz
Cancer (Doco # 1) RSVP/tvnz
Shortland st Location & studio mixer ( SPP prods )
Micheal Hurst in the USA ( bio /doco ) Calcbash prods
Heartland X10 hr ( around nz doco) Morrison Greives
Triad 1 hr ( doco ) Communicado nz
Serious FRuad office (1 he doco ) Bryan Bruce Prods
JK Baxter Poet ( 1 hr work of art doco ) MG prods
Talking Nana Home ( doco – Lebannon , Netherlands ) la –hood NZ
New Zealand land Wars 6 x1hr series (landmark prods ) NZ
Starship hospital (1hr doco) Nona films NZ
Knighs of the sky ( chopper Rescue doco) RSVP
Date line Fiji – Kiribus ( NJK /Tokyo)
Horse(doco) /Red Sky/ Animal planet USA
Sir Peter Blake Series (10 x 10 min tv ) around NZ, Strechie Prods
David Lange – Changing face (doco ) Landmarks
The 2000 ‘s
Autism Doco Top shelf /tvnz
Mothers behind bars ( prison/ Doco ) RSVP
Too much too young (1hr youth /doco ) Room 8
Charlottes Story (meningitis/ 1 hr doco ) Top shelf
Maths Olympiad in Greece ( 1hr youth /doco ) RSVP
Country Calendar 4x (rural 1 hr doco ) TVNZ
Hercules 2nd unit Cootes Film
Attitude (disability programs ) 40 half hr programs
Hot air ballooning in Turkey
Rome for the week
Istanbul the place
Hong Kong sevens etc etc
Diabetes (1 hr doco ) Natural History NZ / Natgeo USA
Christmas Island – the bomb ( 1 hr doco ) Morningside productions
P – the drug Doco 1 hr NZ
Dilmah Doco 1 hr -- Sri lanka
Para Olympics 1 hr -- Europe
Ocean Noise -Cinema on going 3 year Whale Film---- Germany
TVCommercial Productions
I have been heavily involved in commercial productions for 30 years ( I started at 17 remember !!!) This is the base of my work for both local & International clients
I have work for every TVC production company there is in NZ at some time .
Local Line production companies cater for our international clients the ones I have been employed by are
COMPANIES ( for international clients )
Batch films .
Cherokee films
Cowley films
Film construction
Plaza
Robbers Dog
Adrift
Joy ride films
Recent International shoots
Kirin Beer Japan
Cheetos USA
Nintendo WII USA
Ievco Italy
Elave Ire
Steinlager USA
Tiger beer Singapore
Lotto UK
Green Beer Japan
Equipment
A full list can be provided on request but the main bases is
Sound Devices 744T hard drive recorder ( time code Slate )
Sound Devices 442 mixer
Mackie 12 ch desk mixer
4 x Lectrosonic Radio mics
14 comteck head sets
A full selection of Sennhiser , Nauman ,Schopes , AKG location mics
Mkh 50 ,60 ,416., 816.,smit 5u,,kmr82i, 451 etc.
Small to Large PA playback
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