Over the past 30 years, John “Buzz” Moyer has become one of the most sought after cameraman and Steadicam operators in the film & TV industry. John has shot over 70 feature films & TV series including Marvel’s, “The Avengers” and Stephen Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story”. John won the 2022 Society of Camera Operators (SOC) Camera Operator of the Year Award for his work on “West Side Story”.
He began his career as a Steadicam operator working on numerous TV commercials, including hundreds of ads for Przyborski Productions. In the mid-90’s almost every major TV project included Steadicam cinematography. In the early 90’s, John bought a used Steadicam and taught himself to be an excellent operator. Today all his camera equipment is state-of-the-art.
John’s filmed projects all over the world, but still lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Kathy and their sons, Hayden & Grady. He’s also an excellent woodworker and talented pianist.
In January 2001, The National Geographic Channel began cable & satellite programming to millions of homes across North America. From 2000 to 2002, Glenn Przyborski directed & photographed many of the network’s major promotions.
All projects were shot in 35mm at NatGeo’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The network originated live & pre-recorded programming every weekday. That meant promo shoots were scheduled on weekends.
All promos involved complex effects and graphics. Przyborski worked closely with digital artists from San Francisco’s, 168 Design who handled post-production, special effects and motion graphics. The iconic National Geographic theme music was originally composed by Elmer Bernstein.
