Director of Photography Dale West began his career in 1975 at Dartmouth Medical School producing and shooting patient and physician education videos.  From there he moved to WNNE (NBC) in Hanover, New Hampshire where he shot and edited news stories as well as directed 2 newscasts per day.  In 1980 Dale moved to KOB-TV (NBC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico where in 8 months he became Chief Photographer overseeing a staff of 12 cameramen.  Three years later it was on to Miami, Florida to join WSVN (NBC) as a staff photographer, winning a Technical Achievement Emmy for the first open ocean under water live broadcast.   In 1987 West was named Director of Photography for nationally syndicated “Inside Report.  1990 took West to Los Angles, where he began his freelance career.  There he worked for NBC News, Cops, 20th Television and a large assortment of corporate clients.  Dale returned to Miami in the early 90s and founded Dale West Video Productions.  Clients have included all of the major network news and sports divisions, ESPN, all of the Discovery properties as well as countless corporate and commercial outlets.  In 1998 West co-founded Manatee Bay Post, a boutique editing facility in North Miami.  With Avid and FCP-HD, MBP has edited commercials and destination videos as well as hour-long programs in standard and high definition for Court TV, A&E, MSNBC and Discovery Channel among others. 

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