President of LSI
Chief Lighting Technician
I.A.T.S.E. Local #728
AWARDS
2011 – Inducted into the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media Hall of Fame
FEATURE FILMS AND TELEVISION MOVIES AND SHOWS
The following is a partial list of movies and television shows on which Ken has worked.
2022
Elevation (Feature Film) – Generator Operator – Colorado
2021
Bones and All (Feature Film) – Generator Operator – Nebraska
2016
Our Souls at Night (Feature Film) – Electrician – Colorado
2014
Heaven Sent (Feature Film) – Chief Lighting Technician – Colorado
Dear Eleanor (Feature Film) – Chief Lighting Technician – Colorado
X-Games Aspen – Generator Operator – Colorado
2010
Trudie Styler Yoga (TV/DVD, Gaiam) – Chief Lighting Technician – Colorado and New York
A&E Private Sessions – Sting/Royal Philharmonic (TV, A&E) – Lighting Director – Red Rocks Ampitheater
2009
Imagine That (Feature Film) – Rigging Crew
The City of Your Final Destination (Feature Film) – Gaffer
2007
The Torturer (Feature Film) – Chief Lighting Technician
Resurrecting the Champ – Gaffer, Denver Unit
2006
Catch and Release (Feature Film) – Rigging Gaffer – Boulder, Colorado Unit
Happy Feet (Behind the Scenes) – With Savion Glover – Colorado Unit
2005
House (TV, Fox) – Gaffer, Second Unit
2004
Ichabod! (Feature Film) – Chief Lighting Technician
1999
Moosie – Lighting Provider
1998
Phantoms (Feature Film) – Gaffer
1996
Dying to be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (TV Movie) – Chief Lighting Technician
Larger Than Life (Feature Film) – Gaffer, 2nd Unit
1994
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) – Gaffer
1993
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (TV Movie) – Gaffer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (TV Movie) – Gaffer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (TV Movie) – Gaffer
A Twist of the Knife (TV Movie) – Gaffer
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (TV Movie) –
1992
Lady Boss (TV Movie) – Gaffer
Guilty Until Proven Innocent (TV Movie) – Gaffer
1991
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (TV Movie) – Gaffer
Dick Van Dyke Mysteries (TV Series) –
The Chase (TV Movie) –
1990
Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) – Gaffer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (TV Movie) – Gaffer
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (TV Movie) – Gaffer
1989
Season of Fear (Feature Film) – Gaffer
The Princess and the Dwarf (Feature Film) – Lighting Technician
1988
Scandal in a Small Town (Feature Film) –
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (TV Movie) – Gaffer
1984
Massive Retaliation (Feature Film) – Gaffer
1979
Mountain Family Robinson (Feature Film) – Best Boy Electric, Generator Operator
LIVE AND EVENT TELEVISION
The following is a partial list of live and videotaped events on which Ken has worked as Lighting Director.
2023 Denver Mayoral Debates, KUSA-TV: Denver, CO
Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup Celebration, ESPN: Denver, CO
Monday Night Football with Payton Manning, ESPN: Denver, CO
Bronco’s Super Bowl Champions Parade 2016: Denver, CO
Air Force Graduation 2016: Colorado Springs, CO
Echostar-various projects: Colorado
ABC News Primetime; Diane Sawyer “CLT”: Aspen, CO
ESPN “Around the Horn”: Denver, CO
MSNBC Today Show, Katie Couric: Denver, CO
Inside Edition, Deborah Norville: Denver, CO
ABC News 20/20, Barbara Walters: Denver, CO “CLT”
MSNBC Today Show, Katie Couric: Denver, CO
NBC Nightly, Maria Shriver: Denver, CO
NBC Dateline, Stone Phillips: Denver, CO
MSNBC, David Gregory: Denver, CO
KUSA, Parade of Lights: Denver, CO
Bronco’s Super Bowl Celebrations: Denver, CO 1999
World Ski Championships Vail 99: Vail, CO 1999
Bronco’s Super Bowl Celebration: Denver, CO 1998
Geraldo Rivera Show: Boulder, CO
Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup: Denver, CO 1996
Pope John Paul II Visit: Denver, CO 1993
NEWS STATIONS
Ken was the news set lighting designer for the following stations.
KXRM TV, Colorado Springs
KOAT TV, Albuquerque
GEMS TV – Reno
KOVR – Sacramento
KXTV – Sacramento
KING, KONG – Seattle
Altitude Sports – Denver
KVBC – Las Vegas
KDVR – Denver
KOIN – Portland
WTVF – Nashville
KWGN – Denver
KUSA – Denver
KMGH – Denver
KCNC – Denver
WXIA – Atlanta
KKTV – Colorado Springs
WPLG – Miami
KPRC – Houston
KSAT – San Antonio
Root Sports – Houston
CINEMATOGRAPHERS
This is a partial List of cinematographers Ken has worked for as Chief Lighting Technician.
Allen DaViau
Chuy Elizondo
Tony Macnamara
James Crabe
Bob Seaman
Conrad Hall
Pat McGinness
John Pytka
Bruce Logan
David Quaid
Paul Lohman
Jordan Cronenweth
Laszlo Kovacs
Steven Poster
Paul Onorato
Klaus Lucka
Don Burgess
Richard Clabaugh
Scott Miller
Rick Andersen
Caleb Deshanel
Greg Littlewood
Rich Lerner
Ric Waite
Kevin Emmons
Michael Berkofsky
Ralf Bode
Michael Watkins
Chuck Arnold
Arch Bryant
Steve Fierberg
