
About
Joe Cantu
Texas World Television, Fort Worth, TX
Director of photography, Photographer 1982 -present
Owner of Texas World Television, a digital production company, providing experienced crews and camera production packages for studio and location productions worldwide. Extensive database of crews and equipment.
Raytheon Advanced Media, McKinney, TX
Senior Video Producer 2013 - 2015
Produce video segments for intra-office use, shoot and edited news and information segments for quarterly programs, produce and direct multi-camera webcasts for employees. Projects include documentary-style photography assignments worldwide.
University of North Texas
Adjunct Professor of Television News Photography 2012-2013
Prepared senior-level students for jobs in television news stations. Worked on deadlines to produce daily newscasts. Assigned shoots and oversaw production and editing of stories.
NBC News Mexico City, London
Cameraman and editor 1981-1983
Traveled extensively in Central America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East for various NBC News programs.
KDFW-TV Dallas, TX
Cameraman and editor 1980-1981
Cameraman and editor for daily news programs
KIII-TV Corpus Christi, TX
16mm film Cameraman and editor 1977-1980
Film cameraman and film editor for daily news programs and special assignments
Education
University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Journalism, Photojournalism, 1977