Production Manager / Director of Photography at Imagination Media LLC

Imagination Media provides high end professional video production services to a variety of high-profile clients, including broadcasters, national organizations, corporations, and government agencies. Imagination Media offers a range of services, including producing news stories, series, and special reports for national broadcast, providing ENG/EFP camera and production crews for clients, producing and editing reality TV segments, commercials, TV shows, and corporate videos, and editing stories for national broadcast with Avid, Premiere, or Final Cut Pro. Some notable clients include NBC News Channel, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, and Telemundo News, among others. Imagination Media itself is also credentialed and recognized by the U.S. Senate Radio/TV Gallery as a Washington news gathering organization. Imagination Media uses a variety of camera formats, including 4K, 2K, DSLR, P2, XD-CAM, HD-CAM, Super 16mm film, and 35mm film. The firm has also regularly incorporated various AI resources and production supports from their inception. Their Content Creation Curation and Management, C3M, services are a favorite amongst clients. Darnley handles the daily operations of the business, including managing the multiple productions going on at all times. He also handles annual budget management, hiring and scheduling of staff and contractors, selection, purchase and management of equipment. Notable projects include "The Breakdown" award-winning series on B.E.T. Networks/B.E.T. Digital, director of several White House interviews with President Obama, coverage of 5 presidential inaugurations, Johns Hopkins' "Science out of the Box" series, and director and photographer on international projects on four continents.