User:Chris Purser

Born in Fort Walton Beach, FL on September 21, 1968 Started in the Motion Picture Industry at 18 years old on a freebie in Miami, Florida. Worked through the field in places such as Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Austin, New Orleans, Mexico City and Puerto Rico. Finished career in the industry on Transporter 2 and started a business doing residential technologies. His entire family lives in south Florida. Brother Steve lives with Chris's two nieces, Ashil and Brittney. In 2004, Sister Laura pitched for the USA Women's Baseball team winning a gold medal in the world cup and a silver medal in the world series (Now a mother of 2, Cameron and Jordan). Parents Marvin and Connie are retired school teachers, are still married after almost 50 years, and provided Chris with unending support throughout the years of struggling to "break in". Started Autogy in 2005, a home entertainment business which was short lived due to lack of interest. In 2007 Formed RollHD.TV with friend and colleague, Roland Graham to create and distribute video to Home Electronics Integrator Dealerships for their website. Co-Executive Produced HDHomes, the channel specifically designed to provide content for RollHD Ventures. In 2009 Co-Founded LeadCrafters, the company developing new platform technology for the purpose of capturing new first party leads for website owners.

Education

 * 2yr College Graduate
 * Steadicam Operators Training Workshop

Film Biz
18 years in Motion Picture Production Worked in many departments including:
 * set construction & fabrication
 * Camera, 2nd and 1st A.C. and Camera Operator including Steadicam Operator
 * Special Effects
 * Aerial Rigging
 * Motion Control
 * Weapons and Firearms
 * Property

Several Motion Picture Credits - see IMDB page: IMDB Page Bad Boys II The Punisher Transporter 2 and more...

Produced short film "Money for Nothing" written by his 10 year old (at the time) niece, Britney Purser that was subsequently granted a showing in the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Current Expertise
Technical Web and Internet Entrepreneur since 2005 President of LeadCrafters - Online Lead Generation Software provider - 2009-present

Contributions
First Party Leads

Trivia

 * Was stabbed in the leg by John Travolta during rehearsal in the "Jim Bowie" scene from "The Punisher"
 * Made Will Smith laugh so hard at the expense of Michael Bay that he nearly fell out of his chair - During Bad Boys 2
 * Was featured in the color front page photo covering "Plato's Run", a film starring Gary Busy and Steven Bauer. A director James Becket and Gary Busy photo was included inside the article in black and white and much smaller. Was ribbed pretty hard about it by several crew and cast including Gary Busy and the D.P.

--Chris Purser (talk) 15:50, 16 March 2013 (UTC)