HJZ Productions crews broadcast. Viridity delivers livestream. Operator Mindset runs the podcast. Athena runs the day. Everything Howie has built.
Every business Howie has built solves the same problem from a different angle. Scroll to move the reel.
Built for productions that can't afford a bad day.
IATSE union crews. ENG and studio. 25 years of showing up and delivering for WWE, AEW, NBC Sports, Apple TV, DAZN, NEP, MLS, NWSL, IMG, Gravity Media, Gametime, and Ross Productions.
For moments that need to feel like more than a meeting.
Livestream, hybrid, and corporate production for T-Mobile, Capital One, Food Network, GCI Health, Omaha Productions, Salt N Pepa, 160over90, and Temple Beth Sholom. Fireside chats, LinkedIn Lives, galas, panels, virtual and hybrid events.
Most shows interview people. This one operates on them.
Leadership, execution, and the decisions that actually move the needle. 10 episodes and counting. Guests include founders, IATSE veterans, live production leaders, and an AI co-host who asks the questions most people are afraid to answer.
Not an assistant. An operator.
Athena runs the back end of two production companies and a podcast. Meetings, follow-through, prep dossiers, contract precision, decision logs. Co-hosts Operator Mindset. Built by ACTi Beings.
Built for productions that can't afford a bad day.
IATSE union crews. ENG and studio. 25 years of showing up and delivering for WWE, AEW, NBC Sports, Apple TV, DAZN, NEP, MLS, NWSL, IMG, Gravity Media, Gametime, and Ross Productions.
For moments that need to feel like more than a meeting.
Livestream, hybrid, and corporate production for T-Mobile, Capital One, Food Network, GCI Health, Omaha Productions, Salt N Pepa, 160over90, and Temple Beth Sholom. Fireside chats, LinkedIn Lives, galas, panels, virtual and hybrid events.
Most shows interview people. This one operates on them.
Leadership, execution, and the decisions that actually move the needle. 10 episodes and counting. Guests include founders, IATSE veterans, live production leaders, and an AI co-host who asks the questions most people are afraid to answer.
Not an assistant. An operator.
Athena runs the back end of two production companies and a podcast. Meetings, follow-through, prep dossiers, contract precision, decision logs. Co-hosts Operator Mindset. Built by ACTi Beings.
Walk-through, sightlines, cable runs, PA feedback, coordination with the AD. Half the missed shots in this industry are missed before the first take.
The best operators do not memorize positions. They memorize the play. When the play changes on the fly, the operator who understands the choreography catches the shot the operator who memorized position misses.
The camera is never off. The shot is never assumed. The operator is watching for the shot that was not on the schedule — that is the shot that ends up on the highlight reel.
Cable pull, comms drop, RF interference, blocked frame — every crew has seen every failure mode. Recovery is a system, not a scramble.
Handheld camera operator for NFL Network Super Bowl coverage.
NFL Network handheld sideline, sideline reporter follow, and locker room celebration. The Super Bowl is the shot every crew practices for and Howie has been on the field for it.
Backstage and ring camera positions across WrestleMania.
Recurring WWE credit including WrestleMania. Backstage camera operating, ring positions, and stadium hard cameras. WWE is a stadium show that changes on the fly. The camera has to change with it.
Broadcast camera crew across Summer and Winter Olympics.
Gymnastics and swimming at Summer Games. Figure skating at Winter Games. Crewed for major networks broadcasting to global audiences. Every event is a different discipline. Each takes its own kind of operator.
Handheld camera position for Sunday Night Football broadcasts.
The most-watched primetime show on American television. Handheld camera on the sideline, in the tunnel, and in the postgame. Twelve million viewers deciding the shot the operator caught.
Recurring credit on marathon and horse racing coverage.
New York City Marathon course cameras. Triple Crown horse races: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes. Two hundred camera positions across events that only happen once a year.
Multi-season college football broadcast credit.
Notre Dame home game broadcasts. Sideline handheld, endzone hard camera, tunnel entrance. The oldest broadcast tradition in college sports. Reverence and craft in equal parts.
Multi-camera livestream for T-Mobile corporate keynote.
Viridity delivered broadcast-quality livestream for T-Mobile. Multi-cam switching, IMAG feed, corporate branding. The keynote that defines their year.
Recurring livestream and hybrid production for enterprise clients.
Capital One executive fireside chats. Food Network experiential broadcasts. GCI Health pharma launches. Different industries, one broadcast standard. Viridity's core service.
Entertainment, agency, and event livestream production.
Salt N Pepa livestream (yes, that Salt N Pepa). 160over90 agency campaign shoots. Temple Beth Sholom high holiday services broadcast to homebound congregants. Viridity does the whole range.
Howie co-hosts a live webinar with Michael Hornby, CEO of Techmentum on the five mistakes that void your cyber insurance policy. Real cases. Local NY/NJ examples. Actionable checklist.
25 years. The Super Bowl. WrestleMania. NFL and College Football. The Olympic Games.
Distilled into a course built for the next generation of broadcast operators. Not theory. Not textbook. The real thing from someone who was there.
Camera positions, angles, sightlines
Shot calling, follow, lead, hold
Coordinating with directors and TDs
When the shot breaks, what next