LEN
AITKEN PRODUCTIONS
2001
BIRD DOGS FOREVER, Outdoor Life Network
2000
LOOKOUT! MOUNTAIN
Citizens on Lookout Mountain,
Colorado find that the electromagnetic radiation levels at a nearby
antenna farm are 250% above allowable limits and they take action. This
documentary is a wakeup call for all people living near radio, TV and
cell phone antennas. This documentary was featured in the 2001
Hazel
Wolf Environmental Film Festival.
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Snow
Monsters Meet Mother Nature
30 minute educational
ski film for children featuring Picabo Street, Aretha Franklin and Annie
Aitken.
Director of Photography
1999
BROADCAST BLUES
60 minute documentary following a citizen
effort expose the dangers of electromagnetic radiation and prevent an HDTV tower from
being built in their neighborhood.
Produced and Directed
1998
SNOW MONSTERS
24 minute educational ski film for children
Ski Industries of America
Director of Photography
HALLMARK ANIMAL WORLD
Animals of North America
Hallmark Entertainment
Director of Photography
JAMES JAMES JAMES
Promotional video for political speaker James Dwinell
Produced and Directed
INFANT SWIMMING
Six minute documentary on Carol Gnam's
research program to teach swimming and survival techniques to children from 6 months to 6
years.
Produced and Directed
WINTER PARK SHOUT
30 Second TV spot for Winter Park Resort.
Produced and directed
OUT - A - LINE
Camera follows two in-line skaters through the streets of Boulder, Colorado for MTV Sports.
Director/ Director of Photography
RE-TREAD
Shot and directed a mountain biking segment
in San Cabos, Mexico for Oak Creek Film's feature production. Director/ Director of Photography
1996
WINTER PARK SHOUT
Promotional video for Winter Park summer
recreation program.
Produced and Directed
RYAN
ESPN features cross-country skier Ryan
Hicks
Director/ Director of Photography
1995
PEARL IZUMI
Shot and directed sports promotional video with top
US athletes for Pearl Izumi Sportswear.
Director/ Director of Photography
ASPEN EXTREME
Action adventure theatrical film set in Aspen, Colorado.
Produced by Walt Disney Productions
Director of Second Unit Photography
1994
DOOR OF HOPE
Documentary on a project aimed at salvaging homeless women in NYC. Produced by Gleam Productions, NY.
Director of Photography
MICHAEL JORDAN JUNIOR JAMMER
30 second TV spot on Michael Jordan's
indoor basketball.
Director/ Director of Photography
1993
WARMTH OF THE SOUTHWEST
Promotional video for Purgatory
Ski Resort in Colorado
Produced and Directed
HACK IT UP
ESPN looks at Nels Andreson, world's greatest footbag (hackysack) sportsman.
Director of Photography
1992
TALES OF A CAT HOUSE
Theatrical comedy feature produced by Patrician films.
Director of Photography
PEARL IZUMI WINTER
Promo video with world class athletes for
Pearl Izumi
Produced and Directed
1989
FEEDBACK
30 minute science fiction short based on the
idea that humor is a form of energy.
Director of Photography
LEGENDS AND LIES
30 minute drama recreating 6 legends in Colorado history. Produced by the Denver Center for the
Performing Arts. Director of Photography
1988
AVALANCHE: A QUESTION OF BALANCE
Avalanche safety film produced by Alliance Productions, sponsored by Gates Foundation and National
Forest Service.
Co-producer, Director of Photography.
FREEDOM
60 minute music video
with Kris Kristopherson
Produced by Idanha Films
Cameraman
SURVIVORS
30 minute documentary on spinal cord
injury and aging. Sponsored by North American Reinsurance Company.
Director of Photography.
ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE
30 minute documentary on Colorado Outward Bound School
Produced by Durrance Productions
Director of Photography
1987
THE DESTROYER
Theatrical film produced by Wind River Productions with Anthony Perkins. Distributed by
Touchstone Pictures and HBO
Director of Second Unit Photography
STRETCHING,
THE VIDEO
60 minute video with Bob Anderson,
author of the book, STRETCHING.
Producer/Director
1986
HARMS WAY
Documentary on spinal cord injury.
Produced by Access Inc. Golden, Colorado
Director of Photography
1985
RUN SISTER RUN
Documentary on Cleo Parker Robinson's dance portrayal of the drama of Angela Davis and
her flight from the law. Produced by Margie Soo Hoo Lee
Director of Photography
1984
KID COLTER
Theatrical film with Jim Stafford and Jerem Shamos. Distributed by CBS Fox and
The Movie Store.
Television: HBO.
Director of Photography.
1983
NO SIMPLE ROAD
Documentary on children who participate in the Children's
Hospital Handicapped Sports Program
in Denver, Colorado
Produced and Directed.
1981
RIVER IN THE DESERT
PBS Special focusing on the water crisis in the Southwest and on the use and misuse
of technology to control the waters of the Colorado River.
Funded by the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, Gates and Colorado Humanities Program.
Produced and Directed.
1980
A DIVINE MADNESS
A 30 minute documentary for PBS on
the lives of dancer, Portia Mansfield and actress, Charlotte
Perry. Narrated by Julie Harris. Produced with a grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities and
the Colorado Arts and Humanities. Distributed by Films
Inc.
Produced and Directed
1979
FLIGHT OF THE DOUBLE EAGLE
One hour prime time special documenting the first successful Trans-Atlantic balloon flight
from Maine
to France for ABC Television. Televised on ABC in October, l979.
Director of Photography.
1978
IMPOSSIBLE DREAM - BALLOONS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
A one hour television special produced for
CBS Television documenting two attempts to cross the Atlantic by balloon. DREAM-
Televised in November, 1979.
Produced and Directed
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