

Contact Info
Tim Otholt, Director of Photography / Gaffer
Email: timotholt@yahoo.com
Phone: (408) 406-1832 Los Angeles
Click HERE for his commercial demo reel.
Click HERE for his music video reel.
Click HERE for his corporate interview work.

Tim Otholt the DP
Tim Otholt, is a indie-friendly, mid-career DP with extensive commercial, feature, short, and corporate experience. In 9 short years, Tim has shot 11 feature films, 45 short films, 26 commercials, a half-dozen music videos, and over 700 corporate/commercial interviews.
Having shot projects both large and small, Tim is respectful of the vision, the process, and the craft of both the first time and veteran director. He has shot TV and internet commercials for: Wells Fargo, Union Bank, Dictionary.Com, Ask.Com, Mother's Market, and Discount Tire. He has also shot over 30 projects with first time directors, doing everything to make their projects a success yet still being true to the ideas and vision of everyone involved.
... Owns Over 150 Lights ...Tim has worked as a gaffer on hundred of projects. He has extensive practical lighting experience, shares his knowledge when asked, yet is willing to listen and learn from the DP in charge. Tim is well equipped to light and shoot most indie projects -- he owns two HD cameras, two grip trucks (1-ton and 3-ton), a small generator, and over $100,000 in grip and lighting (150+ lights, including HMIs and KinoFlos). Enough to light a small closet all the way up to a city street. |
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