Thomas Opre: Director-Cameraman

Company Profile
Remote Location Film and Still Photography
Established in 1990, Tahoe Productions, Inc. has been producing a variety of film and still photography productions. Our emphasis is on remote location, action productions. We work in some of the most in-hospitable locations in the world. We have become accustomed to 100+ degree temperatures, violent tides, biting insects, extreme lightning, freezing temperatures, high altitudes, etc.

Director/Producer, Thomas Opre, has been producing and coordinating production on television commercials, dealer/product sales films, documentaries, national print advertising campaigns, and feature films over the last twelve years. His credits include Sea, Sea Doo Jet Boats, Procraft Marine, Suzuki Outboards, Unocal 76, Ski-Doo Snowmobiles, Ford Motorsports, Suzuki Motorcycles, Celebrity Boats, Parmalat Milk, The Discovery Channel, PBS, Arctic Cat Tigershark, Pizza Hut, Gevalia Coffee, and the Florida Marlins Baseball Team.

As of the fall the 1996, Opre has crossed over to the directing realm. His directorial credits include the 1997 Celebrity Boats and 1998 Sea Doo Personal Watercraft and Jet Boat television/dealer campaigns, Sea Doo's 1999 Fashion (dealer show film) and national spots for Federal Cartridge. In 2000 he directed projects for Polaris ATV (2nd Unit Action) and the 2001 Sea Doo dealer film. In 2001, he directed Sea Doo PWC division's national campaign and a behind-the-scenes video during Copenhagen's 2002 national print advertising campaign photo shoot inTexas.

Opre says, "It has been a great experience to be able to transcend all my production management knowledge and my love for the outdoors in the creation of a great television spot or sales film. By knowing exactly what you want in front of the camera and organizing the entire production to facilitate those requirements we have been able to capture some incredible stuff on film. The client gets great footage without a lot of hassles." "Changing gears on a remote location shoot is the name of the game. Like it or not, prototype machines don't always run well. Then you have Mother Nature throwing curve balls. You ask yourself what's next? You have to know where you can go and what you can do at any time. Like shifting gears in your car. You have to maximize the window of opportunities,'' Opre added.

Download Thomas Opre's Action Demo Reel (10.2 Mb)
Download Thomas Opre's outdoor demo reel. (4 Mb)
Download Thomas Opre's director/cameraman demo reel. (14.2 Mb)