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Don’t Let Your Love Annihilate
Shot By: Michael Pescasio
Operator
Michael Pescasio | Operator
Don’t Let Your Love Annihilate is a long-form music video directed by Bruno Miotto. The leads are a flirtatious girl and a boy who is intrigued by her. Camera operator Michael Pescasio hails from Baltimore, Maryland, where his interest in optics was piqued by a pair of polarized sunglasses. That led to photography, and a summer job at the local cinema. When the Barry Levinson feature film Tin Men came to town, he was hooked. Pescasio worked as a union grip and electrician during and after his studies at USC and joined the Guild in 2000. As a Technocrane Operator, he worked with many top cinematographers. He also spent 12 years as a gaffer. The first project he ever shot, Mrs. Marshall, earned his place as an ECA Honoree in 2004.