About

Distant Planet Media

Distant Planet’s mission is to communicate, entertain, challenge and inspire as we develop new lifestyle information programming for multi-platform television and new media and as we join with our partners to create branded marketing campaigns for the eco-minded, sustainable and green business community.

Distant Planet Media is an evolving creative enterprise that draws on a talented pool of Creative Associates, all experienced media professionals who apply their skills, resources, experience and vision to every project.

Ed Eberle, Producer / Director

Ed Eberle is a New York native, a former CNN/NY and ABC News cameraman, free-lance producer, post-production executive and writer.

He was Senior Editor of Film & Video Magazine in Los Angeles. As a free-lance writer and Contributing Editor his writing on creative, business and technical trends in the film and television industry has appeared in Emmy Magazine, Hollywood Reporter, Digital Television, Variety Videography, and American Cinematographer, among others.

After re-locating to Southern Oregon, he served as National Marketing Director for the Ashland, Oregon Independent Film Festival.

Distant Planet Creative Associates

Randy Timmermann, Director / Cinematographer

Randy Timmermann excels in filming outdoor documentaries, high end corporate films, regional commercials and award winning independent feature films sich as "Kicking Bird," "Coming Up Easy," and "Trainmaster."

Randy recently traveled to Central America to direct and photograoph the pilot episode of "The Natural House- INTERNATIONAL," focusing on the development of a sustainable community at the edge of the Costa Rican rain forest.

Randy Sellars, Director / Cinematographer

Randy Sellars has directed over thirty and photographed more than three hundred film and video projects including twenty full length feature films in the Northwest and Hollywood.

As a cameraman and Director of Photography, his work has appeared on NBC, HBO, ABC and the Discovery Channel. In addition to his feature work, Randy has photographed award winning commercial spots, corporate films and documentary projects.

Tom Hopkins / Director of Photography

Tom Hopkins (www.approd.com) has over 25 years of award winning experience in broadcast television shooting both film and videotape. Beginning as a news cameraman in Portland, Oregon, his work has taken him around the world for ABC, CBS and NBC.
Fluent in Japanese, Tom previously lived and worked in Kobe, Japan. He has produced, directed, photographed and edited hundreds of corporate, marketing, training and broadcast projects.

Tom was one of two Directors of Photography on “The Natural House.”

Dan Ayers / Director of Photography & Steadicam Specialist

Based in Vancouver, Washington, Dan Ayers is a Michigan native who began his career working with corporate producers on film and video projects for the automotive industry in Detroit.

Moving to Hollywood, Dan has worked steadily on feature films, commercials and episodic TV series including Nip Tuck, Monk and The Riches. For over 20 years he’s been a well known Steadicam Owner/ Operator.

Dan shares Director of Photography credit on The Natural House pilot.

Frank Di Marco / Photographer

Frank Di Marco (www.dimarcoimages.com), is a Portland, Oregon based photographer / videographer whose work has been seen in magazines and galleries nationwide.

With a background that includes working as an actor, a Southern Pacific Railroad engineer and United Airlines staff photographer, San Francisco native Frank Di Marco brings a unique worldview to his advertising, PR, film production, architectural and fine arts photography

Frank shared Additional Photography credit on The Natural House pilot.