Jody Eldred

Director/Camera

Director/cameraman Jody Eldred is a 30-year veteran of documentaries and TV news. A DGA Best Director Nominee for Documentary, he received an Emmy in 2004 for his work on the ABC News "Nightline" series, "The Iraq War: Fox 2/5". He has shot and directed hundreds of documentaries and news stories around the world for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, the BBC, and National Geographic, including programs such as 20/20, PrimeTime Live, Good Morning America, Dateline NBC, 48 Hours, Frontline, Oprah, and The Tonight Show. His work also includes high definition and video shoots for CBS' "JAG", "NCIS", and NBC's "Medium". In 2005, Harvest House Publishers printed his first book, "Changed Lives: Miracles of The Passion", based on a TV special by the same name which he created and executive produced.

Jody is a frequent speaker and lecturer at conferences, workshops, and film and journalism schools across America including USC and UCLA. Sony Electronics recently sent him to the Sundance Film Festival and NAB where he made presentations to several thousand people on the latest high definition camera systems. His work has been featured in virtually every trade magazine in the marketplace. He has just returned from a documentary shoot in Israel testing Sony's latest entry into the hi def world, and will be doing presentations across the country on his findings, time-permitting...