A Day in the Life of America


60m 1986

Brief Synopsis

A documentary portrait of one day in the life of the United States, lensed in numerous locations on the same day (5/2/86) throughout the country. The project took place during a 24-hour marathon with 23 documentary film crews and 100 professional still photographers at work. At the day's end, over 5

Film Details

Also Known As
Day in the Life of America
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1986

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

A documentary portrait of one day in the life of the United States, lensed in numerous locations on the same day (5/2/86) throughout the country. The project took place during a 24-hour marathon with 23 documentary film crews and 100 professional still photographers at work. At the day's end, over 50 hours of film had been shot in 17 states across America.

Crew

Lee Alexander

Sound

Gregory P Andorfer

Executive Producer

Orlando Bagwell

Camera

Alan Barker

Sound

Robin Bates

Segment Producer

Robert Billings

Camera

Miriam Birch

Segment Producer

Miriam Birch

Writer

Miriam Birch

Producer

Rod Blackie

Assistant Camera Operator

Biff Bracht

Assistant Camera Operator

Thomas Brandau

Sound

Alan Brennecke

Camera

H J Brown

Camera

Bob Carmichael

Camera

Bob Carmichael

Segment Producer

Michael Chin

Assistant Camera Operator

Richard Chisolm

Camera

Joan Churchill

Segment Producer

Joan Churchill

Camera

Jan Cyr

Sound

John Dabney

Editor

Mark Dichter

Sound

Robert Eber

Sound

Jon Else

Segment Producer

Jon Else

Camera

Tim Fletcher

Assistant Editor

Gregg Gardner

Sound

Debbie Glivin

Segment Producer

Kristin R Glover

Assistant Camera Operator

George Goen

Sound

Albee Gordon

Sound

Alex Griswold

Sound

Amy Halpern

Assistant Camera Operator

Barbara Hanania

Assistant Camera Operator

Bill Hankins

Assistant Camera Operator

Robert Hanna

Segment Producer

Robert Hanna

Camera

John Haptas

Sound

Len Hirschtritt

Sound

Clifford Hoelscher

Sound Editor

Clifford Hoelscher

Editor

Bill Holden

Camera

Michael Jackson

Camera

Barbara Jampel

Segment Producer

Georgann Kane

Segment Producer

Ron Kanter

Assistant Camera Operator

Virlana Kardash

Assistant Editor

Maryte Kavaliauskas

Sound

Ken King

Sound

Mark Knobil

Assistant Camera Operator

Ed Lami

Segment Producer

Ken Love

Sound

Terri Mackay

Camera

David L Marks

Assistant Camera Operator

Linda Martin

Segment Producer

Janice M Mckay

Researcher

Janice M Mckay

Assistant

Jack Mckeogh

Camera

John Meza

Camera

Gordon Miller

Assistant Camera Operator

Rosemary Mitchell

Segment Producer

Kirk Morris

Segment Producer

Wayne Morris

Segment Producer

Wayne Morris

Post-Production Supervisor

Wayne Morris

Line Producer

Lyn Murray

Music

Sandy Northrop

Segment Producer

Steve Olson

Assistant Camera Operator

Richard Patterson

Sound

Peter Pilafian

Camera

Alex Pomasanoff

Segment Producer

Stephen Prime

Assistant Editor

Corky Quakenbush

Assistant Camera Operator

Scott Ransom

Camera

Scott Ransom

Segment Producer

Mary Rawson

Segment Producer

Rick Robertson

Camera

Robbi Robinson

Sound

Michelle Rodriguez

Production Coordinator

Ron Rolla

Segment Producer

Ron Rolla

Sound

Ken Ross

Sound

Nick Schulte

Camera

Joe Seamans

Segment Producer

Joe Seamans

Camera

Boots Shelton

Assistant Camera Operator

Russ H Simon

Sound

Tom Skinner

Project Director

Sandy Smolan

Segment Producer

Beth Spiegel

Assistant Editor

Jim Strong

Assistant Camera Operator

Theodore Thomas

Segment Producer

Susumu Tokunow

Sound Mixer

Dennis Towns

Sound

Jesus Trevino

Segment Producer

Bertram Van Munster

Camera

Jeff Victor

Assistant Camera Operator

David Wallace

Assistant Camera Operator

Hugh Walsh

Assistant Camera Operator

W J Walter

Segment Producer

Jeff Wayman

Camera

William Wegert

Assistant Camera Operator

Richard Wells

Segment Producer

Kathy Witte

Production Coordinator

Chris Woods

Segment Producer

Film Details

Also Known As
Day in the Life of America
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1986

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Quotes

Trivia