Adam Sklena

The Neighbors (2013 - 2014)
Television (Comedy, Family, Romance and Sci-Fi) Camera and Electrical Department A New Jersey family moves to an affluent gated community composed entirely of extraterrestrials.

The Hit Girl (2013)
Film (Action, Adventure and Comedy) Cinematographer Bill, a slightly quirky, clandestine operative is sent out on a mission to his old hometown. He stops in to visit his sister, Elizabeth, and his timid, movie quoting niece, Suzy, before pursing his latest assignment and while he's there he encounters a magical statue that transforms him into a teenage girl. Wishing to keep his transformation a secret from his sister and the world at large, Bill confides in Suzy about his sudden change and she agrees to help him. Renamed Jessica, "she" now has to deal not only with all the problems that being a teenage girl brings, she also must complete her latest mission. A mission which is made more dangerous now that her target has begun kidnapping teenage girls. Jessica, with Suzy's help, must overcome all of the obstacles that stand in her way while trying to find a way to return to her original form - if that is even possible. Written by James Ward

Anti-Muse (2012)
Film (Short, Comedy, Fantasy and Romance) Camera and Electrical Department Hal's bad day turns even worse when the negative voice in his head comes to life in the form of a caustic and dispiriting middle-aged man. An accidental meeting with a lonely girl in a bar gives Hal the chance to start a new life, if only he can ignore the discouraging voice of his Anti-Muse. Written by Anonymous

The Call (2012)
Film (Short and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department On a perfect beach, a young teenage girl braves her brother's taunts to answer a life-changing call.

Living Loaded (2012)
TV Movie (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department Centers on a loose partying blogger forced to change his career plans when he becomes a radio host.

Majors & Minors (2011 - 2012)
Television (Music and Reality-TV) Camera and Electrical Department A reality singing competition featuring 16 young performers vying for a recording deal with RCA/Jive.

I Know That Face (2012)
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The Ties That Bind (2012)
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My Life As an Experiment (2011)
TV Movie (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department Chronicles the adventures of an immersion journalist and how these unusual assignments affect his home life with his wife and two kids.

Traffic Light (2011)
Television (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department A comedy about how friendships and romances both enhance and complicate our lives, which centers on three longtime friends and their attempts to navigate the demands of their relationships. Written by Fox Publicity

Beginners (2010)
Film (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Camera and Electrical Department It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take... Written by Huggo

Outnumbered (2010)
Television (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department Hardworking Drew and Allison Embry are doing their best, juggling careers and the raising of three children. But clearly, the kids have them "outnumbered" and often overwhelmed.

The Life and Times of Marcus Felony Brown (2008)
TV Movie (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department A rising hard-core rapper moves from the East Coast to Los Angeles with his entourage.

Unhitched (2008)
Television (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department A 35-year old guy who got married right out of college finds himself newly divorced and ill-prepared to re-enter the dating scene.

The Making of 'The Larry Sanders Show' (2007)
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Getting to Know V (2007)
Film (Short and Comedy) Cinematographer A friend's gift opens the door for a lonely woman's journey to happiness.

Pepper Dennis (2006)
Television (Comedy and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Pepper Dennis is an ambitious reporter with her sights set on anchoring Chicago's top-rated evening news broadcast. Complicating her daily life is the fact that her spoiled, needy and recently separated sister Kathy, has moved in with her. Worst of all, the hot guy Pepper woke up with one morning, Charlie Babcock, just showed up in the newsroom, grabbed her dream job and is now practically her boss. She's trying to despise him, but Charlie is smart, handsome, funny, available and interested. She gets much needed support from her close friends, the TV station's makeup artist Kimmy, and cameraman Chick, who has a secret crush on Pepper. Written by JustAli25

Kitchen Confidential (2005)
Television (Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department Jack Bourdain, a once famous chef, has hit rock bottom. Out of the blue, Jack is offered an opportunity to get back in the game as head chef at a top New York restaurant. There's just one problem: the owner gives Jack a mere 48 hours to fully staff his kitchen and prepare to dazzle over 300 customers - including the food critic for the New York Times. Written by CaptainStigmata

Jake in Progress (2005)
Television (Comedy and Romance) Camera and Electrical Department John Stamos plays a New York publicist (Jake Phillips) to the famous in this romantic comedy. He tries to change his womanising ways when he meets Kylie Clarke (played by Madchen Amick).

Happy Burger Clown (2004)
Film (Comedy and Short) Cinematographer An ad executive's life is being ruined by a fast food chain clown mascot.

George Lopez (2002)
Television (Comedy and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Comedian George Lopez stars as a Los Angeles manufacturing plant manager attempting to deal with his wacky family along with other random mishaps.

Kingdom Come (2001)
Film (Comedy, Drama and Family) Camera and Electrical Department This family has issues! When mean and surly Bud Slocumb keels over at breakfast, his family gathers for the wake and funeral: long-suffering widow Raynelle, unemployed son Junior who's cheating on his wife Charisse, son Ray Bud who holds a job and has a loving wife, Lucille, but struggles with alcoholism and with their difficulty having children. There's younger daughter Delightful, who constantly eats; religious Aunt Marguerite and her wayward son Royce; and, there's Juanita, their wealthy cousin's wife. They all descend on the town of Lula, struggle to say something nice about Bud, and face the challenge of sorting out their relationships with the living. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

Business of Acting (2000)
Video (Documentary) Cinematographer The basic facts about the business side of acting. Interviews with great actors like Ryan Stiles, Kathy Kinney, Diedrich Bader, John de Lancie, two casting directors, and a talent agent.

Hot Wax Zombies on Wheels (1999)
Film (Comedy and Horror) Camera and Electrical Department A sleepy fishing village is terrorized by a band of hairless zombies on motorcycles.

Sunday (1999)
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Sports Night (1998)
Television (Comedy, Drama and Sport) Camera and Electrical Department Casey McCall and Dan Rydell are sports anchors and best friends. At "Sports Night", their nightly cable program, the two display their unique talent and skills in reporting up-to-the-minute sports news. When they step off-camera, office romances and sports-related hijinks ensue. Written by Anonymous

The Replacement Killers (1998)
Film (Action, Crime and Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department John Lee is the best hitman money can buy. But when John refuses to kill because of the seven year-old son of his target, John's bosses send someone after John to kill him and then take his place in the ring of hitmen. John then teams up with Meg Coburn to help him escape these "Replacement Killers." Written by Anonymous

Cold Around the Heart (1997)
Film (Crime, Thriller and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Lovers Ned and Jude snatch a lot of diamonds in a jewelry store holdup, leaving three dead bodies. Ned is captured, but soon escapes and vows revenge on Jude, who pushed him out of their escaping car. Ned is joined in his search for Jude by female hitchhiker Bec. Written by Gustaf Molin <gustaf.molin@usa.net>

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)
Film (Drama, Fantasy and Romance) Camera and Electrical Department David Lewis is affected by the death of his wife Gillian, who fell from the mast pole of their boat on a sailing trip two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her ghost on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present in the real world. He neglects his teenage daughter Rachel and his in-laws come for a weekend visit to help her. Rachel has lost her mother and needs her father to snap back into the real world and help her. Written by David Stumme <dstumme@rochester.rr.com>

House Arrest (1996)
Film (Comedy and Family) Camera and Electrical Department High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their schoolfriends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problems. Written by Anonymous

The Colony (1996)
TV Movie (Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department A man moves his family into a suburbia that at first seems fantastic, but soon turns into a nightmare. Set in a high-price Malibu community, this film wallows in a multitude of extramarital affairs, corporate intrigue and elegant back-stabbing, Characters crucial to the plot-line are a cop posing as an auto mechanic, and a sexy nanny who intends to break up her best friend's marriage.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Film (Adventure and Comedy) Camera and Electrical Department Ace Ventura, emerging from self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway, travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred bat which is told will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. Of course, when Ace gets involved, all hell breaks loose... Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>

The Drew Carey Show (1995)
Television (Comedy and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies. Written by Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>

The Desperate Trail (1994)
Video (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller and 1 More) Camera and Electrical Department After years of suffering under her beating husband, Sarah decides to no longer take any humiliation or battery - and kills him. For that, Marshal Speakes - her father in law - sentences her to the Gallows. During a failed hold-up on the coach she escapes - but Jack Cooper manages to snatch away the transported $2500 from her, which she would have needed to start a new life. So she follows him to get it back. Soon they have to team up against the Marshal, who wants her dead so badly, he doesn't mind breaking the law himself... Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Saints and Sinners (1994)
Film (Action, Crime and Drama) Camera and Electrical Department After many years Pooch returns to his neighbourhood. To Big Boy, his best friend, Pooch is valuable asset in his plans of becoming local crime lord. To Pooch, this reunion is painful because he is, actually, undercover cop sent to bring Big Boy down. Written by Dragan Antulov <dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr>

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego (1993)
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The Last Shot (1993)
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The Dog Ate It (1991)
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To My Daughter (1990)
TV Movie (Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Laura Carlson is a well-to-do matron whose oldest daughter dies. The girl was always Laura's favorite; the remaining children, though not unaffected by the loss, hope that now their mother will pay some attention to them. Instead, Laura's grief threatens to shatter her already shaky relationship with her younger offspring. She virtually shuts the kids out of her life in order to finish her older daughter's uncompleted book. To My Daughter was unofficially based on the career of real-life writer Nancy Lynn Schwartz, who did indeed die before completing her history of the Screen Actors' Guild, obliging her mother to finish the job. Written by Anonymous

Men at Work (1990)
Film (Action, Comedy and Crime) Camera and Electrical Department Carl and James are two pleasant but unambitious garbage men. Carl has a telescope with which he observes his neighbors. One evening he sees a man giving a female neighbor a hard time. As she leaves he shoots the man with a pellet gun. Hiding, he and James miss two men strangling the man and leaving with the body. When he appears in a can on their route they are afraid and hide the body, fearing that they may be implicated in the death. Trying to crack the case, they spy on the woman, join up with a slightly to majorly crazed Vietnam vet, kidnap a pizza man and help to protect the ecology. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

The Juniper Tree (1990)
Film (Drama and Fantasy) Camera and Electrical Department Margit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland in Iceland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her, ensuring the wellbeing of herself and Margit. Jóhann's son, Jóhas, sees through Katla's plan and pleads for his father to make her go away. To help Jóhas in his struggle, Margit's mother appears to Margit in visions and provides a magic amulet of protection for the boy. Will Jóhas be able to rid his family of Katla or will she continue to control them with her witchcraft? Written by Todd Rose

Night Life (1989)
Film (Horror) Camera and Electrical Department Archie is a "brain" at a small town high school who works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lighting strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him - as zombies. Written by David McHale <60mchale@cua.edu>

Hide and Go Shriek (1988)
Film (Horror and Thriller) Camera and Electrical Department A group of teens decide to spend a night at a furniture store the father of one of them owns. A homeless ex-con security guard is staying the night too. During the night, someone with a taste for cross-dressing breaks in and begins to pick off the teens during a game of hide and seek. Written by ????

Pulse (1988)
Film (Horror and Sci-Fi) Camera and Electrical Department An intelligent pulse of electricity is moving from house to house. It terrorizes the occupants by taking control of the appliances, either killing them or causing them to wreck the house in an effort to destroy it. Then it travels along the power lines to the next house, and the terror restarts. Having thus wrecked one household in a quiet neighbourhood, the pulse finds itself in the home of a boy's divorced father whom he is visiting. It gradually takes control of everything, badly injures the stepmother, and traps father and son, who must fight their way out. Written by Cynan Rees <cynanrees@hotmail.com>