FLF Team Members

Jay Nemeth has worked as an Aerial Cinematographer since 1984, using various airborne camera systems to produce images for feature films, commercials and documentaries. He also has extensive experience rigging and designing camera systems for everything from light aerobatic airplanes to military fighters and helicopters.

Jay is one of only a handful of Zero-G qualified cameramen, having logged zero gravity flights for various projects including filming Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin. In addition to being comfortable in zero and high G environments, he is familiar with the specific camera systems that work well in these conditions.

In 2007, Jay saw the emerging private space programs and created FlightLine Films to not only continue providing the highest quality in Aerial Cinematography, but to also provide Astro Cinematography equipment and services.

Jay explains, “Until now, government contractors have handled the bulk of research & development for space-qualified cameras. The private space sector acts with a ‘faster / better / cheaper’ mentality, and so should the camera systems and crews that document these coming milestones. Furthermore, current space camera systems lag behind state-of-the-art technology due to the time consuming certification process. When a camera is finally qualified, it is usually installed in the flight vehicle and set up by technicians and engineers who may miss the opportunity to capture artful or cinematic images.”

Having a background as a traditional cinematographer, Jay makes all imaging decisions based on producing the most impactful and compelling pictures to tell the story of the mission.

In the quest to keep costs down, commercial off the shelf equipment is tested in a special chamber that simulates the vacuum and extreme cold conditions of space. Many pieces of camera equipment that you would expect to fail, actually work well when tested. Some items must be modified by changing out electronic components that can’t tolerate the hostile environment. Other items that are too complex to modify, are simply placed inside a pressurized housing that simulates the environment on earth, and they function normally.

Beyond the camera systems for flight vehicles, Jay also designs camera systems for Full Pressure Suits and for Optical Tracking of aircraft and launch vehicles from a ground based system using large telescopes.

In a company full of world-class technical and engineering talent, Philip leads the creative side, the story side of FlightLine’s films.

Philip Nobert is indeed a storyteller. For over 20-years he’s been producing engaging stories for brands and people across multiple platforms. He’s in it for the consumer. All the strategy, analytics and technology, matter not if the content fails to resonate with its audience. Philip places a high premium on authenticity.

NY born & raised, he earned his chops in journalism, then the ad agency world; building and leading creative teams into the trenches. As a Director, his innate ability to produce comfortable, candid interviews has served his stories (and clients) well.

Among the hundreds of TV spots, live shows, documentaries and brand-driven digital content, Philip executive-produced the launch of the national, in-store broadcast network for Kroger Grocery. He created a feature documentary for PBS on the story of the world’s greatest backing big bands in Vegas’ Sinatra era. He produced a short film with Billy Bob Thornton and a directed a mini-documentary on public schools with Imagine Dragons and Brandon Flowers.

All that said, eyes fixed on the sky, Philip is incredibly enthusiastic about playing his part in telling the dynamic, unfolding stories of space.

Tom Schaus has over 40 years of aviation experience managing resources, equipment, and personnel as well as successfully planning missions utilizing helicopters to accomplish objectives in mountain, jungle, desert and offshore environments.

He is a seasoned film pilot having worked as lead pilot on numerous motion picture, video and photography flights for feature films, commercials, music videos, documentaries and industrial applications.

Tom is the FlightLine Films Lead Pilot for all helicopter filming operations, and has worked with our team since 1994. He is skilled not only as a pilot, but also in his ability to “think” like a cameraman, positioning the aerial platform perfectly and delivering unparalleled images.

Certificates and Ratings:

Flight Time:

Helicopters Flown

EXPERIENCE 1994 – Present: Sundance Helicopters, Inc., Las Vegas, NV

1987 – 1994 EG&G Energy Measurements, Las Vegas, NV

1968 – 1971 U.S. Army, Ft. Wolters, TX; Ft. Rucker, AL; Vietnam; Ft. Carson, CO

Barry W. Green is the author of the highly successful The DVX Book and DVX DVD and The HVX Book, as well as the current The HVX+HPX Book. He is an Emmy®-award-winning producer with four Emmy nominations for writing and producing television commercials and public service announcements. His technical background includes 13 years as a professional computer programmer and producer for Westwood Studios, creating some of the most popular video games in history.

Since leaving the video game industry in 1999, he now writes and produces award-winning corporate and industrial films, commercials, screenplays and films for Fiercely Independent Films Inc. and tours extensively as a public speaker and instructor. He’s an instructor in the HD Boot Camp series of HD training seminars and at the Wounded Marine Career Foundation, and an invited speaker at conventions around the globe including SMPTE Australia, Broadcast India, NAB, and Broadcast Asia.

He also serves as partner and moderator for www.DVXUser.com, one of the world’s largest online communities for filmmakers, shooters, and content producers of all types.

Barry serves as the FlightLine Films Digital Imaging Specialist and is an expert in solid-state video recording systems. His intimate knowledge of the various camera formats makes him well suited for our air and space flown recording systems as well as the optical ground trackers.

Chris Wessling has an extensive 30 year background in both film and digital imaging. For FlightLine Films, he manages and operates the technical aspects of the high speed digital cinema cameras and serves as project manager for all productions.

In addition to his long range optical tracking camera work, Chris produces all the Production still photography and is FlightLine Films' Designer-webmaster for their internet domain.

Brian Caruso, President and Owner of Micar Fabrication & Design Company Inc. leads a team of highly specialized machinists and designers who have a long history in the Aerospace field.

Brian’s father, Michael Caruso formed Micar Fabrication & Design Company Inc. in Long Island, New York in 1958, and started machining custom aircraft, military and prototype parts for companies like Grumman Aerospace, Sperry, Fairchild Camera, Aircraft Specialties, Sikorsky Helicopter and NASA. Michael worked on the Apollo Lunar Lander Program for Grumman Aerospace and machined parts that now sit on the surface of the moon, years after the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission.

In 1986, Micar Fabrication moved to Las Vegas and developed even more customers in the military and aerospace field. They began manufacturing custom camera cases for long distance infra-red and daytime military camera systems as well as hand held military controllers and control boxes. Micar is also instrumental in machining & fabricating parts for the Medical & Surgical industries, Pharmaceutical industries, Stage & Show productions, Airport ground support as well as several Gaming companies.

Brian and his team at Micar worked with FlightLine Films on the design and then manufactured the three custom pressurized camera housings that will bring back the digital images of Felix exiting the capsule at 120,000 feet. Micar also assisted with the design and fabricated the electronics cage and pressurized keg housing that will protect the other camera components mounted inside the capsule.