Don Kirk(II)

Don "Captain" Kirk worked on just nine movies, having had to leave the business after contracting the "Meniere's Syndrome" which left him with dizziness and vertigo attacks at a moment's notice. Not good for a First Assistant Cameraman, often the only one on the set that knows the cameras. By 1993 he had over seventeen reasons for leaving the trade, not the least of which was the opportunity to work on lousy low-budget movies that died at the box office, the only exceptions Blood Simple and Rio Diablo. During those ten plus years, Don Kirk worked on many commercials and short films as a Camera Assistant, Director of Photography, Lighting Director, Sound Mixer, Art Director, Gaffer, Grip, Electric, Set Construction, Costume and Prop Rental services, and as an Extra on films such as "North and South Part III." Don Kirk became well versed with most 16 and 35mm film cameras including Panavision, Arri, Mitchell and Moviecam systems, which now have gone to digital technology with the experience of loading film in a black changing bag becoming stuff of film history.