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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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KDFW-TV Dallas, TX

Cameraman and editor 1980-1981

Cameraman and editor for daily news programs

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KIII-TV Corpus Christi, TX

16mm film Cameraman and editor 1977-1980

Film cameraman and film editor for daily news programs and special assignments

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Education

University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Journalism, Photojournalism, 1977