Ok, so the bizarre is getting more bizarre… Yesterday I found out that Driving Design, a show I directed for The Science Channel, had just been released on DVD.
And then today I found out that another show that I directed for The Science Channel, titled Classic Car Hunters, has also been released on DVD.
Classic Car Hunters focused on the remarkable engineering and treasure hunting that goes into finding and rebuilding a Pebble Beach Concourse D’Elegance winner. If you’re interested, you can check out some free clips pulled from …

The world works in bizarre ways sometimes. Tonight, while sitting in a hotel room halfway around the world, I just found out that one of the first shows I directed for the Discovery Networks has been released on DVD.
Originally aired on The Science Channel, Driving Design showcases the future of automotive design (circa 2004, I can’t quite remember right now). A few of the highlights from my perspective were interviews with Freeman Thomas (designer of the Audi TT, among other cars) and Geoff Wardel (of Art Center of Design …

Tonight I thought I’d share a pretty cool first, Michele Hope, a freelance writer for Computer Graphics World, wrote a piece on our last television show that got published this month. The article is titled “Growing Pains” and it details some of the issues that we had to deal with on shows for The Fine Living Channel and The Discovery Science Channel, respectively… Michele got a few facts and technical details wrong, but over all it’s a nice read.

Car restoration is a funny thing. When we first started talking to Discovery about creating a television show on classic car restoration, I sort of instinctively knew that there were going to be amazing restoration stories surrounding some of these one of a kind cars and that I’d get the chance to attend and shoot interesting events like Concours D’Elegance at Pebble Beach. What I didn’t expect was that while this patheon of the automotive world deals with extreme amounts of money that edge in the tens-of-millions of dollars at …

I would have liked to get a ride in this morning, but 5:15AM was my call time for this morning’s shoot, urghhh…As it turned out, it was well worth getting up early because I had one of those wonderful days where you realize that there are some many awesome people out there that are into the same sorts of things you are… I should probably mention that we’re in the middle of shooting more elements for the classic car restoration show and as an aside, one of these days I’ll …

A number of things seem to be coming together as of late. This morning I spent some time at Steve Tillack’s restoration shop in SoCal, a number of people consider him one of the better classic car resto guys. We were starting principal photography on one of our new Discovery Channel Shows, the Science of Classic Car Restoration. At the same time our web designer, Steve, was updating our DVD distribution website, GearheadDVDs.com to include the introduction of our newest DVD, “In Pursuit of Excellence: The Story of Mercedes-Benz”. Perhaps …

Well, we finally wrapped up the NorCal shoot today. I find it a bit ironic that I spend all my time in LA wanting more than anything to get out on the road and shoot, only now to be out on the road and wanting more than anything to get back home. Strange how once you’ve had your fill you’re ready to just get back to your normal routine. It’s been quite an enjoyable trip so I don’t mean to sound down on it, just ready to get on with …

This afternoon we spent some time at Nino & Paulo Epifani restoration shop in Berkeley California - as has been the case at the vast majority of the higher quality resto shops we’ve been at, this one was exceptionally clean, neat, well organized and filled with amazingly beautiful cars. What I wasn’t expecting was the three generations of Epifani’s around the place and the utter lack of any American Chopper aesthetic. This place was quiet and peaceful.
Hanging around the Epifani shop really got me thinking about what has become …

It’s funny but in some ways this is the strangest business trip I’ve had in quite some time because I’m neither half way around the world or even in a different time zone and I’m also around some of the areas that I most enjoy escaping to when I’m taking time off. So I guess it shouldn’t be surprising to me that I find my mind running off towards riding while I’m up in NorCal. I keep finding myself thinking about how much I want to come back up here …

What an experience! I think it’s quite possible that after going to Concours I might have screwed myself for all future car shows. This was simply unlike any car experience I’ve ever had. Amazing cars, wonderful - if slightly high society - people, and perhaps the greatest car show venue ever. We shot for most of the morning and got some great stuff. I have a very strong feeling on the Car Restoration show now. It’s always hard to shoot your ending before your beginning, but in this case it …