Signal to Noise: Life With Television
Brief Synopsis
Multi-part, irreverent look at the business and pleasure of television and its impact on contemporary life. Uses short, stylistic segments and video essays to examine the hold this pervasive medium has on people's perceptions of themselves, their world and the future.
Cast & Crew
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Norman Cowie
Director
Herbert Chao-gunther
Charlie Spradling
Performer
Ben Bagdikian
Herman Gray
Felix Leo Campos
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Multi-part, irreverent look at the business and pleasure of television and its impact on contemporary life. Uses short, stylistic segments and video essays to examine the hold this pervasive medium has on people's perceptions of themselves, their world and the future.
Cast
Herbert Chao-gunther
Charlie Spradling
Performer
Ben Bagdikian
Herman Gray
Felix Leo Campos
Claudia Polley
Narrator
Susan Douglas
Leslie Savan
Allen J Bohbot
Milton Chen
Julia Scher
Narrator
Sut Jhally
Aura Maria Olavarria
Linda Ellerbee
Dee Dee Halleck
Stuart Hall
Janine Jackson
Walter Cronkite
Donny Deutsch
Erik Barnouw
Crew
Barbara Abrash
Producer
Louis Alvarez
Segment Producer
Kelly Anderson
Coproducer
Jerome Annum
Original Music
Justin Asher
Original Music
Charles Atlas
Segment Director
Charles Atlas
Production Consultant
Charles Atlas
Other
Richard Audino
Grip
Patricia Aufderheide
Editing
Patricia Aufderheide
Editor
Jules Backus
Camera
J C Bagdadi
Camera
Annie Ballard
Art Director
Jamal Banks
Sound
Jodi Barios
Other
Robert Beck
Other
Rebecca Berman
Segment Associate Producer
Rebecca Berman
Researcher
Lois Bianchi
Advisor
Lyle Bickey
Production Assistant
Dan Bigelow
Photography
Dora Birnbaum
Other
Skip Blumberg
Segment Producer
Kip Bogdahn
Gaffer
Hilda Borem
Art Director
Deirdre Boyle
Advisor
Thomas Brady
Production Assistant
Koucyilo Brooke
Photography
Kevin Brown
Sound Recordist
Mary Brown
Segment Producer
Mariana Cardosa
Production Assistant
Rangan Chakravarty
Researcher
Leroy Chen
Sound
Judy Chin
Makeup
Cheryl Chisolm
Advisor
Michael Cho
Segment Producer
Maria Del Mor Cholulson
Production Coordinator
Eileen Clancy
Segment Associate Producer
Julien Colbeck
Music
Kecia Cole
Production Assistant
Ione Cottis
Production Assistant
Jane Cottis
Production Assistant
Norman Cowie
Segment Producer
Duane Cunningham
Segment Producer
Robert Davenport
Other
Maggie De La Cuesta
Production Assistant
Richard Demaio
Editor
Helen Dimichiell
Field Producer
Loni Ding
Advisor
Paolo Dinola
Original Music
Paul Dougherty
Editor
Latoya Edwards
Producer
Peter Eggers
On-Line Editor
Billy Erb
Original Music
Tim Farrell
On-Line Editor
Mary Feaster
Music
Beth Federici
Production Assistant
Patrick Finnegan
Grip
Su Friedrich
Camera
David Fuentes
Segment Producer
Anne Garfinkel
Advisor
Anna Geyer
Production Assistant
Paul Gibson
Camera
John J Godfrey
Other
Tomi Gold
Segment Director
Annie Goldson
Advisor
John Gooch
Sound
Sovonto Green
Camera
Harvey Greenstein
Creative Consultant
Yosef Grunfeld
Editor
Ned Hallick
Gaffer
David Hammett
Gaffer
Joanna Hartell
Production Assistant
Gary Heinmann
Sound
Bob Hercules
Field Producer
Kathy High
Camera
Kathy High
Segment Producer
Yuval Hod
Sound Recordist
Bill Irwin
Other
Jim Jack
Sound Recordist
Lillian Jimenez
Advisor
Wesley Jones
Production Associate
Isaac Julien
Consultant
Isaac Julien
Segment Producer
Rick Jungers
Camera
Ed Kadysewski
Camera
Tom Kalin
Consultant
Judy Karp
Sound Recordist
Chris Kellett
Sound
Lesli Klainberg
Line Producer
Andrew Kolker
Segment Producer
Kelly Korzon
Editor
Eric Kuehnopfel
On-Line Editor
Ellen Kuras
Camera
Ellen Kuras
Director Of Photography
Ernest Larson
Production Coordinator
Ernest Larson
Advisor
Herman Law
Camera
Song Lee
Production Assistant
Barbara Li
Accountant
Lana Lin
Editor
Valerie Linson
Archival Footage
Mark Lipson
Producer
Mark Lipson
Photography
Mike Love
Song
Martin Lucas
Sound Recordist
Mary Manhardt
Editor
Angela Martenez
Production Assistant
James J Mase
Sound Recordist
Bienvenida Matias
Consultant
Stephen Mccarthy
Camera
Stephen Mccarthy
Director Of Photography
Jane Mcnamara
Researcher
Tal Mcthenia
Associate Producer
Cara Mertes
Producer
Cara Mertes
Writer
Cara Mertes
Executive Producer
Farrol Mertes
Photography
Branda Miller
Consultant
Mike Miller
Researcher
Peter G. Miller
Sound Recordist
Toby Miller
Advisor
Sherry Millner
Segment Producer
M Watanabe Milmore
Editor
Daniel Minahan
Segment Producer
Emily Mode
Production Assistant
Paul Moraio
Other
Daniel Moyer
Camera
Sharon Mullally
Editor
Frances Negron-muntaner
Segment Producer
Richard Neill
Photography
Linda Nicholas
Makeup
Michele Novazio
Original Music
Eva Obregon-blasco
Post-Production Assistant
Steve Onopa
Sound
Barbara Osborne
Consultant
Tashiaki Ozawa
Gaffer
John Palakas
Segment Producer
Bertha Palenzuela
Production Assistant
Laura Parnes
Art Director
Ted Parsons
Driver
Cyrille Phipps
Segment Director
Cyrille Phipps
Segment Producer
Anna Pivarnik Walker
Associate Editor
Liss Platt
Segment Producer
Nom June Poik
Other
Tom Poole
Segment Producer
Tom Poole
Segment Director
Rich Pooler
Production Assistant
Deidre Reid
Producer
Bob Richman
Camera
Chris Riess
Photography
Alex Rivera
Production Assistant
Steven Robinson
Sound
Ramon Rodgers
Sound
Aliet Rogaar
Other
Caryn Rogoff
Production Coordinator
Carol Rosegg
Photography
Andrew Ross
Advisor
Bonnie Rowan
Researcher
Allen Rucker
Other Writer
Allen Rucker
Advisor
Lorilyn Sanchez
Other
Cathy Scott
Segment Producer
Ruth Sergel
Assistant Camera Operator
Jason Simon
Segment Producer
George Sosa
Segment Director
George Sosa
Segment Producer
Irene Sosa
Camera
Ellen Spiro
Field Producer
Florence Squassi-swanstrom
Researcher
Martin Steele
Camera
Janet Sternburg
Advisor
Robert Stone
Segment Producer
Robert Sullivan
Sound Recordist
J T Takagi
Sound
J T Takagi
Sound Recordist
Mark Tang
Camera
Rahdi Taylor
Other
The Edge
Music
Vo-megn Thoj
Other
Juan Torres
Sound
Jean Touissant
Producer
Cyndy Turnig
Production Assistant
Michelle Vallodores
Production Coordinator
James D. Vance
Art Director
Frank Verderosa
Sound Mixer
Frank Verderosa
Sound Designer
Juli Vissay
Production Assistant
Martha Wallner
Consultant
Susan Ward
Production Assistant
Andy Warhol
Other
Elizabeth Wick
Grip
Brian Wilson
Song
Dan Wolworth
Camera
Sunny Woodali
Other
Paul Woodfin
Accountant
Adrianne Wortzel
Production Assistant
Fawn Yacker
Camera
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996
Technical Specs
Duration
60m