John Roderick

Owner + Gaffer at Mountain Goat Grip & Lighting

2021 – Present

Mountain Goat Grip & Lighting was built from over a decade of commercial and adventure filmmaking at high elevation and austere environments to now serve production companies, creative agencies, photographers, independent and documentary filmmakers, and unscripted television series.

Director + Cinematographer at John Roderick DP

2001 – Present

For the past twenty years, director, cinematographer John Roderick has crafted character driven stories and eye opening imagery of some of today’s most celebrated sports athletes, celebrities, musicians and popular brands alike.

John’s kinetic and improvised approach to both storytelling, light and camera movement are signature to his eclectic upbringing between Maine, San Francisco and Europe. Today his creative work bridges live-action campaigns, branded content, television promos, documentary films, and a number of unscripted television series often shot in remote locations across the globe.

Formative influences began in the late 1990’s following 15 years of documenting the highest echelon of action sports for emerging brands such as Oakley, Red Bull Media House, and Outside TV, along with countless films, documentaries, and television series in the adventure sports category.

Another formative intersection was made by musician Michael Franti of Michael Franti & Spearhead, which the two collaborated closely on a multitude of music videos and films including the “Stay Human” documentary film that highlights ordinary people, doing extraordinary things to change the world.

John studied at the Maine Media Workshops under the mentorships of cinematographer Russel Carpenter (Titanic, Avatar, Charlie’s Angels) and lighting gaffer Morris Flam (The Tourist, Black Swan, Lawrence of Arabia).

Today John leads Denver based production company Neu Productions, Mountain Goat Grip & Lighting and continues to serve as the eyes to number of sought-after directors through his cinematography.

Recent client include, Discovery Channel, AMC, Peacock, HBO, BBC, Eurosport, Fox Sports, Outside Television, Showtime, Intel, Nike, Oakley, Beats, Red Bull Media House, Samsung, and Goodyear.

Director+Cinematographer at Neu Productions

2001 – Present

Based in Denver & Los Angeles, Neu Productions is a turnkey film production company to popular brands, advertising agencies, and television networks that rely on a trusted production partner from A-Z. Working across a multitude of categories from sports, adventure lifestyle, and tourism, Neu delivers a superlative eye and originative approach to creating live-action campaigns, branded content, promos, docs/causes and editorial photography. From concept, development, strategy, script, casting, production, through to final editorial, the team at Neu collaborate extensively with todays top brands, creatives and directors to meet the demand for outstanding content.

Director of Photography, Feature Film Lighting

2010 – 2015

Wilderness First Responder

2023 – 2023

John Roderick | Reel

For two decades, director+cinematographer John Roderick has crafted character driven stories and eye opening imagery of some of today’s most celebrated sports athletes, celebrities, musicians and popular brands alike.

John’s kinetic and improvised approach to storytelling, light and camera movement are signature to his eclectic upbringing between Maine, San Francisco and Europe. Today his creative work bridges live-action campaigns, branded content, television promos, documentary films, and a number of unscripted television series often shot in remote locations across the globe.

John’s formative influences began in the late 1990’s following 15x years of documenting the highest echelon of action sports for then emerging brands such as Oakley, Red Bull Media House, and Outside TV, along with producing a multitude of music videos and films for musician and social activist Michael Franti of Michael Franti & Spearhead.

Gatorade "Midnight Ice" ft. Shedeur Sanders

A pleasure to serve Motive agency Denver on Gatorade’s latest flavor drop “Midnight Ice” ft. Colorado Buff’s star quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

Obermeyer

There’s an ever increasing demand for brands to populate the multitude of digital channels with content that not only parallels the values of the brand but stimulate real engagement. In this case study we look at Obermeyer, a 70 year old outdoor and ski apparel company based in Aspen, Colorado who wanted to introduce their first video campaign that raised brand awareness in the outdoor and winter sports space, as well as meet the many vendors multilevel advertising opportunities within cable, OTT, website display banners, paid social and content to rotate on in-store displays.

Expedition Series

Spawned from a passion to create unscripted travel television series, Neu Productions John Roderick and Pat Parnell created an adventure series from the ground up titled “Expedition Series”.

The ongoing series uncovers global destinations and unique local personalities that shape today’s leading boutique hotels, epicurean experiences and adventure activities. Host Pat Parnell elevates a new world of travel by bringing us closer to the people, places, and things that define a one-of-a-kind getaway. The quest for aesthetic lodging, bold favors, perfectly paired wines and adventure activities that ignite the soul all shape the journey that is “Expedition Series”.

Neu Productions write, producer, shoot and craft each unique episode. Current series episodes include: Iceland, Chile, Namibia, New Zealand.

Outside Television

Outside Television is a sports-oriented cable and satellite television network based on Outside magazine and the critically acclaimed brand. Outside Television is the only programming network dedicated to the active adventure lifestyle in the United States with over 30 million viewers annually.

Since 2012, Neu Productions, director, cinematographer John Roderick and creative producer, host Pat Parnell have served as a pivotal creative partner that helped shape the growth of Outside Television by crafting shows such as “Expedition Series”, “Outlook, Icons Revealed”, “Dispatches” and “Branded”. From original concept through to post production, Neu Productions has undoubtedly helped lay the networks foundation in the active lifestyle category.

Neu Productions has produced over 60x pieces of original content for the network, some of these examples can be viewed below. For full episodes, visit Outside Television.

Jake Burton Carpenter

Follow Outlook host Pat Parnell as he heads to the rolling hills of Vermont to unfold snowboarding pioneer and true agent of change, Jake Burton Carpenter. For over three decades Burton Snowboards have lead an evolution of culture and snowboard technology that has amplified snow sports. Today Jake Burton has come full circle through building a pinnacle brand, overcoming personal illness and infectiously encouraging the next chapter of snowboardings history.

The series, “Outlook” is an in-depth interview series profiling athletes, journalists, musicians and leaders in the Outside World who have impacted the industry in a meaningful way. “OUTlook” provides the viewer incredible footage from the around the world and first hand accounts from the people and places where Outside Action happens. Each episode describes the unique landscape that is true to the person that is being profiled. Join Outside Television, as we get deep with fascinating individuals who are paving the way for future generations.

Host: Pat Parnell Director: John Roderick Talent: Jake Burton Director of Photography: John Roderick Editor & Colorist: John Roderick Slideshow Animations: John Roderick, Robert Fraser Production Company: Neu Productions Sound Mix & Design: Jeff Yellen/Ridgeline Sound PA: Casey Joseph Archival Footage Provided by: Burton Snowboards