Rick Allen
Rick Allen, Nautilus Productions LLC, broadcast video producer and cinematographer ,has been producing documentaries and shooting video since 1983. As a video producer, director and HD videographer his work has appeared on ABC, A&E, BBC, CBS, Discovery, TLC, National Geographic, 48 Hours, ESPN, Lifetime, Turner and more. He has followed SWAT teams through the door on drug busts, traveled from Cuba to Kazakhstan with the 82nd Airborne, weathered live broadcasts during hurricanes, gone nose to nose with 14 foot Great White sharks during underwater expeditions and for over a decade has been the project videographer on the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck Project. After 12 years in broadcast television Allen opened his own video production company in 1997 focused on documentary production as well as providing freelance HD videography and underwater video services to broadcast, corporate and government clients. Nautilus Productions has produced documentaries for National Geographic International, the Canadian History Channel, North Carolina Public Television, Texas A&M and the Minerals Management Service (US Dept. of the Interior). You can also regularly see his stock footage during Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. nautilusvideo@earthlink.net
Sony F330 XDCAM HD Disc Camera, 16:9/4:3 High Def camera, 1080/59.94i, 50i, 29.97P, 25P and native 23.98P, NTSC or PAL, (HD, HDV, DVCAM), Skin Detail, Fujinon 17X5.5, Matte box w/filters, Sachtler Tripod, Light Kit w/2 softboxes & gels, 200W HMI, Sound Devices 302 mixer w/cables & adapters, 3 Lectrosonics wireless’ w/Tram lavalier and cube transmitter, Sony Lavalier mics, EV RE-50 Stick mic, Sennheiser shotgun w/windscreen, Ikan portable HD Monitor & Sony 8042Q Monitor, GoPro, Anton Bauer Batts.
Sony PMW-200 XDCAM 422 Memory Camera, 1080/59.94i, 50i, 29.97P, 25P and native 23.98P, NTSC or PAL, Matte box w/filters, Sachtler Tripod, Light Kit w/2 softboxes & gels, 200W HMI, Sound Devices 302 mixer w/cables & adapters, 3 Lectrosonics wireless’ w/Tram lavalier and cube transmitter, Sony Lavalier mics, EV RE-50 Stick mic, Sennheiser shotgun w/windscreen, Ikan portable HD Monitor & Sony 8042Q Monitor, Swit Batts.
Sony Z1U 16:9 HDV & PD150 DVCAM cameras, Gitzo tripod, FP32A mixer, Audio Technica boom, lavalier mic, Sony Monitor, Amphibico u/w housings, lights and 100' underwater umbilical video cable, underwater lipstick cameras, AGA masks and OTS communication system.






