Our Team
Pat Clark, Producer/Director
Pat Clark is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Film and New Media, a Master of Arts in Television, Film, and New Media from San Diego State University and a Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Multimedia from San Diego State University.
While his narrative and documentary work explores a wide range of subjects, his films often present focused views of larger events. His video installation work focuses on human memory and the manner in which we collect, recall and assign value to our memories. His video work has screened at festival internationally. More information can found at his website, patclarkmedia.com
Doug Potratz, Producer
Doug is a founding member of The Fall of Saigon Marines Association. fallofsaigon.org The association serves as a living history to the events in each community as viewed through the prism of Marines on Embassy Duty at each location and as a reminder to the sacrifices of Corporal Charles McMahon, Jr.
Mike Fritz - Cinematographer
Mike is a videographer, editor and producer in Washington, D.C. that currently works for the PBS NewsHour. In the past, he has worked for NBC News, the Associated Press and freelanced for The New York Times
Norbert Shieh, Cinematographer
Norbert Shieh, is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker and cinematographer exploring new perspectives on the quotidian through delicate and formal observations. His films and collaborations as a director of photography have screened internationally in festivals and venues, including Sundance, Rotterdam, New York Film Festival, Ann Arbor, AFI Fest, LACMA and Paris’ Centre Pompidou. He is the recipient of a Creative Capital film/video grant for PRESERVES; a hybrid feature documentary to be shot in Taiwan, and is currently a fellow at Visual Communication's Armed With a Camera program. Shieh received his BA in visual arts from UCSD, and he holds a film/video MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. norbertshieh.com
Chris Radomski, Cinematographer
Chris was born and raised on the east coast in Connecticut. Following a love of travel and seeking a rich experience, he spent four years on board ship with the US Navy as photographer and videographer for the USS Bunker Hill, where he received numerous award including the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his visual documentation. He continued his pursuit of filmmaking at San Diego State University film school, where he has written, directed, produced, and shot several narrative and documentary pieces screened nationally at various film festivals and events garnering him awards for directing and cinematography, including a regional Emmy nomination. Chris continues to work professionally producing content for a variety of different clients, mediums and platforms in the Southern California area. www.chrisradomski.com
Dr. Leeva C. Chung, Professor
Communication Studies and Ethnic Studies
University of San Diego
Dr. Leeva C. Chung is a professor at the University of San Diego on the faculties of both the Department of Communication Studies and Ethnic Studies, often teaching abroad on USD faculty-led programs. She enjoys teaching intercultural communication, global teams, plus ethnic identity and interaction. Leeva also conducts training among Rainbow Educators and human resource groups. Her research interests include ethnic and global identity, intergroup perceptions, and pop culture. She has published in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and Communication Research Reports. Her most recent publication is the 2nd edition of Understanding Intercultural Communication, co-authored with Stella Ting-Toomey. Leeva is the 2007 winner of the University of San Diego’s Competitive Innovations in Experiential Education Award and 2011 Davies Award for Teaching Excellence.
Tom Clavin, Author - Last Men Out
Tom Clavin is a bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper and web site editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times covering entertainment, sports, and the environment. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association, and two of his books were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Two of his books have been New York Times best sellers, The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey’s Typhoon. Other books that have received popular and critical acclaim include The DiMaggios, Last Men Out, Gil Hodges, Roger Maris, The Last Stand of Fox Company, and his most recent book, Reckless: The Racehorse Who Became a Marine Corps Hero.
Tom was born in the Bronx. His first professional job was as a publicist and proofreader for Sterling Publishing, which at the time produced annual editions of The Guinness Book of World Records. He began freelance writing and editing in 1980, and moved to Sag Harbor, NY two years later. Tom still lives there, and his two children, Kathryn and Brendan, were born and raised in Sag Harbor.
His career has included working in the newspaper game on eastern Long Island – 15 years as a roving writer for The New York Times, managing editor of The East Hampton Star, editor-in-chief of the Independent chain of weeklies, and writing arts features and the “Farther East” column for the Press News Group. Gradually, writing nonfiction books became his full-time occupation. His next two books, to be published in 2016, is one on Old 666, the B-17 bomber that had the most decorated crew of World War II, and Reach for the Sky: The Dodge City Days of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson.
