Best Intentions – People and Wildfire in Yosemite National Park
30 minute documentary for the National Park Service
Director + Producer + DP
Produced by Lincoln Else in association with the NPS, 2007
The story of America’s relationship with wildfire is one filled with irony, contradiction, and surprising catch 22’s. This short film tells that story, following Yosemite National Park’s wildland fire crew through a fire season while revealing the pivotal role Yosemite’s managers played in reshaping our perspective on fire.
Imagine Entertainment
Apple Computers
National Geographic
Google
Jigsaw Productions
RedBull Media House
Participant Films
NOVA
Radical Media
Al Jazeera
The Guardian
Outside Magazine
Florentine Films/Ken Burns
Actual Films
Disney
Discovery
Rock and Ice
Adobe
Subaru
National Forest Service
National Park Service
Associated Press
Nestle
Patagonia
Divides time between Tahoe and the San Francisco Bay Area
lincoln@novusselect.com
Cell: (415) 407-5785
Office: (650) 851-1231
Novus Select Office:
1111 Ski Run Blvd
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Rarely finds joy in social media, but does occasionally post on Instgram.
– External links to current posted work –
National Geographic: Rebuilding Paradise
(Feature Documentary – Director of Photography)
HBO: The Inventor, Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
(Feature Documentary – Cinematography)
Netflix: Athlete A
(Feature Documentary – Additional Cinematography)
Red Bull: A Snow Ball’s Chance in Hell
(Feature Documentary – Climbing Videographer/Photographer)
Telling Pictures: State of Pride
(Feature Documentary – Cinematography)
Fault Lines: Cross Border Killings
(Television Documentary – Director of Photography)
National Geographic: Khumbu Climbing Center
(Editorial Profile – Photographer)
Cinematographer + Photographer + Director
Partner/Owner Novus Select : Production Company + Photography Assignment Agency
Climbing Ranger in Yosemite National Park after studying philosophy at Yale before telling stories with cameras = sees the world as a jungle-gym, believes questioning one’s beliefs is as important as the beliefs themselves, and openly admits to loving his life
Was recently inspired by Banksy, and The Waiting Room
It’s not the camera; it’s where you point it. But he tends to like ARRI, Canon, Sony, and kneepads.