Dimitry Elyashkevich (ely-osh-kev-ich) (born February 23, 1975 in Minsk, Soviet Union; now Belarus) is the cameraoperator, cinematographer, producer and director of photography of MTV's Jackass. Also had some cameos in the series and movies, most notably the Gumball 3000 rally special of the third season. He also worked with Steve-O in his Don't Try This At Home tour. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Location Location of Minsk, shown within the Minsk Voblast Government Country Subdivision Belarus Minsk Founded 1067 Mayor Mikhail Pavlov Geographical characteristics Area - City 305. ... A camera is a device used to capture images, as still photographs or as sequences of moving images (movies or videos). ... In mathematics, an operator is a function that performs some sort of operation on a number, variable, or function. ... is focus puller (1st assistant cameraman) clapper loader (2nd assistant cameraman) second unit assistant camera trainee (camera production assistant) gaffer, best boy, and electricians (also called Set Lighting Technicians, Lamp Operators or nicknamed sparks or juicers) key grip, best boy grip, dolly grip, grips production designer and art director costume... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... A cinematographer (from cinema photographer) is one photographing with a motion picture camera. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Look up jackass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Before the start of the Gumball 3000 in Pall Mall, London, 30 April 2006 The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000-mi (5000 km) international car rally that takes place on public roads. ... Steve-Os mug shot courtesy of The Smoking Gun. ...
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When in Russia for the Gumball rally special of Jackass it was the first time he had been there since he left at a young age to come to The United States of America. He has soon been back there for filming of episodes for Wildboyz
He fell off the Russian turnip cart and, being a Jew, he got a jump-start in Hollywood making crass low-brow movies, none lower-brow than the Jackass series. Look up jackass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Wildboyz, which debuted in 2003 on MTV and moved to MTV2 in its third season, is a spin-off and follow-up to Jackass. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Jackass Number Two is the sequel to the 2002 comedy film, Jackass: The Movie, itself based upon by its MTV series. ...
The guerilla-style cinematography for the film required the combining of footage from a wide range of cameras, formats, aspect ratios, and frame rates into a seamless whole.
Elyashkevich relied primarily on the Panasonic DVX100 and the Sony MSW-900.
Elyashkevich also used the new high-definition Panasonic HVX200 P2, which shoots to a card instead of tape, taking advantage of the camera's variable speed capability.