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Free Bear

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
  • Production Manager
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Free Bear has 15 years experience in the professional Television and Film industry, working as everything from camera operator to host, to producer. He graduated with honors from UCSC earning a BA in film/video production, as well as completing the graduate filmmakers intensive (producing) at the College of Santa Fe. As Technical Director and Master Control operator at Media One in San Francisco, he oversaw the daily broadcast of Link TV, a national progressive Satellite Channel, for which he also helped facilitate the creation of a weekly Native American content series called "First People's Television". In the booming feature film Industry in New Mexico, he participated as crew, primarily video assist, on over 25 major films, TV series and several national commercials. This has afforded him the opportunity to work closely with some the country's top directors, producers and studio executives. In addition, he always nurtured his passion for documentary, and independent productions, particularly those that affect positive change and serve to raise consciousness and awareness of the changing environmental and social condition of our world.
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    Known for

    Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, and Ella Purnell in Army of the Dead (2021)
    Army of the Dead
    5.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Free Smallbear, second unit)
    • 2021
    Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
    Independence Day: Resurgence
    5.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2016
    Piper Perabo in Carriers (2009)
    Carriers
    5.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2009
    Tom Hanks, Seamus, and Caleb Landry Jones in Finch (2021)
    Finch
    6.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Free Smallbear)
    • 2021

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    Camera and Electrical Department



    • The Lost Bus
      • VTR Playback
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly in Ransom Canyon (2025)
      Ransom Canyon
      6.8
      TV Series
      • VTR Playback
      • 2025
    • Willa Fitzgerald and Colin Woodell in Pulse (2025)
      Pulse
      6.5
      TV Series
      • video playback
      • 2025
    • Tom Hanks, Seamus, and Caleb Landry Jones in Finch (2021)
      Finch
      6.9
      • video assistant (as Free Smallbear)
      • 2021
    • Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, and Ella Purnell in Army of the Dead (2021)
      Army of the Dead
      5.8
      • video assist: second unit (as Free Smallbear)
      • 2021
    • Michael Greyeyes and Jessica Chastain in Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
      Woman Walks Ahead
      6.7
      • Video Assist
      • 2017
    • Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, and Wes Studi in Hostiles (2017)
      Hostiles
      7.2
      • video assist
      • 2017
    • Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Chris Pratt, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Martin Sensmeier in The Magnificent Seven (2016)
      The Magnificent Seven
      6.9
      • video assist: second unit
      • 2016
    • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
      Independence Day: Resurgence
      5.2
      • video assist
      • 2016
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
      5.9
      • video assist second unit
      • 2016
    • Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
      Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
      6.4
      • video assist
      • 2016
    • Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton in Jane Got a Gun (2015)
      Jane Got a Gun
      5.9
      • video assist
      • 2015
    • Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Luke Wilson, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia, and Taylor Lautner in The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
      The Ridiculous 6
      4.9
      • video assist
      • 2015
    • Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger (2013)
      The Lone Ranger
      6.4
      • video assist
      • 2013
    • Gerard Butler and Jonny Weston in Chasing Mavericks (2012)
      Chasing Mavericks
      7.1
      • video assist: second unit
      • 2012
    • Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker in Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
      Did You Hear About the Morgans?
      4.9
      • assistant video assist
      • 2009

    Producer



    • Planet Snowkite (2011)
      Planet Snowkite
      TV Special
      • executive producer (as Small Bear Free)
      • 2011
    • In the Wake
      Short
      • associate producer (as Small Bear Free)
      • 2007
    • Bump in the Night (2007)
      Bump in the Night
      7.0
      Short
      • producer (as Small Bear Free)
      • 2007
    • Angel's Nest
      Short
      • producer (as Free Littlebear)
      • 2007

    Production Manager



    • Carmen Serano, Greg Serano, and Julian D'Valois Ortega in American Dream (2007)
      American Dream
      8.2
      Short
      • production manager (as Small Bear Free)
      • 2007
    • Bump in the Night (2007)
      Bump in the Night
      7.0
      Short
      • unit production manager (as Small Bear Free)
      • 2007

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      • Free Small Bear

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