Passing Planes Productions LLC

09/02/2025

My focused face from the Video Control desk this weekend. 🤟 An easy opportunity to say yes to... shading cameras while the kid in me SHOUTS WITH THE MONSTER TRUCKS!!

31/10/2024

The only way to op a camera on Halloween imo. 🎃
Photos ; Hoodie

17/09/2024

Ghosts of call sheets past. If you know, you know.

26/07/2024

Without further delay (I'm truly sorry I've been hiding for so long, but I do explain why), here's Dan's Quarterly Newsletter // 2024 Q1 & Q2!

You might be reading this and thinking, "Hey Dan, we're already half through 2024--what gives!?" Well, you're absolutely right that this latest newsletter is arriving super late. Not only have I been totally swamped with new broadcasting work, but the 2024 tax season was particularly headache-induci...

14/03/2024

The other week, a beloved teacher-turned-friend was laid to rest. That was incredibly tough to accept since Mr. Ouellette's mantra was, "Bring your highest energy to everything you do!" And no one had higher energy than him. He'd bounce off the walls in a controlled chaos, darting from his precious potted plants (placed along windowsills so they could easily access fresh oxygen--but not during a fire drill though, because "OXYGEN FUELS FIRE"); to transcribing his notes onto immaculately handdrawn chalkboard lines; to popping into the hallway and reminding all us awkward high-schoolers to "TUCK SHIRTS IN." He taught me and countless others to bring our best to the task at hand, no matter how small. That has served as a core value of mine since graduation. It's not always easy, but I try. Years later, I was glad to return a tiny bit of his energy and help Mr. Ouellette reorganize his seaside home when Hurricane Sandy hit. I was proud to include his words in my book. And I'm so lucky to have known him. Christ the King High School was surprisingly my last choice of the three schools we were allowed to select during the TACHS exam. But I can't--and don't--want to imagine how different life would be had I not ended up going there. Rest in peace, Mr. Ouellette. 🎹

11/02/2024

Throwback to my PA daze, locking it up with one of the best. ✊️ My next FREE PA WORKSHOP is coming up on February 15 at 6pm EST, hosted virtually by ! All are welcome to stump me with highly unusual questions--LINK IN BIO.

18/01/2024

For my film friends: go warm up this winter at 's Zine Zone! Lots of great reads (including one award-winning title all about PAs...) plus a mini museum filled with cameras from all generations. 🎞

01/01/2024

Happy New Year to my Facebook friends! Click here to read all the latest from the last quarter of 2023: Dan's Quarterly Newsletter // Q4

Happy New Year, friends! With 2023 having come to a close, I hope you take a moment to reflect on all the living you did in the last 365 days. Like most years, I bet there were some bad moments mixed in--hopefully many more good ones though! Looking back on the last quarter of 2023, the latest docum...

09/12/2023

Come on by Rogers Pub Rockaway tonight at 5:00pm for a free screening of our latest doc film, "Beach 116: Stories from a Rockaway Street"! Then it's onto festivals in the new year. Hope to see you there. ✌

Located on the seaside outskirts of New York City, Beach 116 is a key commercial street on the Rockaway peninsula, perched between the Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica…

22/11/2023

Thankful to be hosting my *final* PA workshop of 2023 this coming weekend! Share this with someone looking to learn about breaking into the film/TV industry. All attendees receive a complete copy of my e-book, "Gofers: On the Front Lines of Film and Television." Take a break this Thanksgiving weekend and join in: Saturday, November 25, 2pm EST / 11am PST ✌

A production assistant is considered the entry point for many careers in the film industry. This will put this role in the spotlight!

02/10/2023

Dan's latest newsletter is here! Despite industry strikes, this was a pretty busy and productive summer. Read all about it and signup for future quarterly newsletters via the link below. (That's right, quarterly as in I email you 4 times a year--no more, no less. ✊)

Fall greetings from Cameraman Dan! This latest edition of my newsletter comes to you via my newly updated website. My contact list was reformatted during the digital move, so I apologize if you've previously unsubscribed to this newsletter. You can always scroll down and click the button at the bott...