1. PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
More than 25 years shooting a wide range of subjects for national TV. Extensive international
experience, having worked in more than 75 countries. Adapt to any situation easily: working on reality
shows, news, sports, documentaries, commercials, war coverage, corporate, and non profit.
Communicate effectively and make subjects feel comfortable and focused in front of camera. Use skills,
knowledge, and vast experience to achieve the best product under all circumstance in a timely
manner. Always open to incorporate new technology and aesthetics.
EXPERIENCE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CONTENTDELAWARE.ORG, WILMINGTON, DE –
2011 - PRESENT
Stories about Delaware, online. Covering arts, attractions, education, health, government, lifestyle, and
non-profit. 400+ five minute stories, mostly shot one-man-band style, often two stories per day,
typically in excess of 10,000 hits per story.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, TELEDUCTION, WILMINGTON, DE –
1996 - PRESENT
Shooting a wide range of subjects. Documentaries for national and regional PBS on social, historic, and
environmental issues. Educational and governmental PSAs. Corporate clients include numerous
Fortune 500 companies. Multiple awards: including Emmys
CAMERA, SHOOTERS INC, PHILADELPHIA, PA –
2005 - PRESENT
Worked on popular reality shows for The Food Network (Dinner Impossible, Food Feuds) - 100+
episodes
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, TNT ALL ACCESS – 2014
Shot vignettes on NASCAR drivers, 7-8 minutes each, shown before live broadcast
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NBC NEWS, NYC, NY – 1996 - 2003
Worked nationally on Dateline, Today, Nightly News. While embedded with US military in Iraq:
(prerecorded and live) Nightly News, Today, and MSNBC
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, SAT1, MAINZ, GERMANY – 1991 - 1996
Mostly shooting Bundesliga soccer, also National Team and Champion’s League games
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, ZDF, MAINZ, GERMANY – 1985 - 1996
Wide range of subjects: travel, news, sports, politics, culture, and war coverage
PASCAL DIECKM ANN
503 Marshall Dr, West Chester, PA 19380 (610) 721-5293 pascal.dieckmann@gmail.com

2. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, ADDITIONAL FREELANCE WORK – 1990 - PRESENT
• SFB, RTL, VOX, BR – German Network TV stations
• ABC: GMA, 20/20
• FOX: America’s Most Wanted
• HBO SPORTS: Real Sports, Boxing After Dark
• HGTV: Design Basics, Gimme Shelter, Renovations
• ESPN: Sports Century
• PBS: regionally and nationally aired documentaries
EDUCATION
STAATLICHE FACHSCHULE FÜR OPTIK UND FOTOTECHNIK, BERLIN, GERMANY,1981 - 1985
Staatlich Geprüfter Kameramann (Federally certified camera operator)
SKILLS
• Worked with all kinds of cameras (including video, 16mm, 35mm, aerial, and underwater) dollies, jib
arms, lighting, tracks
• Experience shooting single, multi camera, live, supervising crew and staying focused and results
oriented under pressure
• Comfortable in all situations - subjects ranging from presidents, governors, entertainers, athletes,
CEOs, warlords, artists, disasters, wars, refugees, French haute cuisine, night clubs, museums, all
kinds of sports
• Hostile environment training; certified EMT
• l speak English and German, some French
AWARDS
• Emmy for "His Master's Voice", "Edward Loper", "Dating Bill of Rights", and "Charles Parks"
• Telly, Golden Eagle, Chris Award, Silver Compass
• "My Friend Ed" Best Documentary: Garden State Film Festival and NYC Film Festival
CLIENTS INCLUDE
DuPont, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myer Squibb, Advance Auto Parts, Avon Cosmetics, Hershey, Christiana
Health, Bay Health, AtlantiCare, Nanticoke Hospital, Bank One, First USA, ING, DeVry University,
DelTech, DelState, UDEL, Temple, UPenn, Smithsonian Institute, Easter Seals, United Way, Tri State Bird
Rescue, SPCA, Greenpeace, DE Departments of Education, Agriculture, Health and Social Services.
REFERENCES
Sharon Baker sbaker@teleduction.com (Teleduction and Serviam Media)
TJ Healy healytj@verizon.net (Film Delaware)
Dan Collins wartowisdom@gmail.com (Dan Collins Media)
Marc Summers daremarc@aol.com (Marc Summers Productions)
LINKS
vimeo.com/130239649 for my 2014/15 reel
www.teleduction.com
www.contentdelaware.org (with the exception of "Community Camera" all 400 + stories
shot by me, very low budget, mostly within half a day)

3. LIST OF PRODUCTIONS
"My Friend Ed" documentary about Ed Asner (Best Documentary NYC and NJ Film Festivals 2015)
"War to Wisdom" documentary about Marines and life after service (teaser: wartoeisdom.com)
"Battle for the Barriers" documentary about rising oceans, PBS
"The People’s Report" UDEL, documentary about violence in Wilmington, DE
"Farming the First State" PBS documentary, Delaware Dep. of Agriculture
"ePlanet – Tropical Eco Systems" 3 episodes, educational documentary 2009 (Telly 2009)
"Estamos Aqui", PBS, documentary about immigration
"With all Deliberate Speed", PBS, documentary about Brown v. Board (Emmy nomination 05)
"Whispers of Angels" PBS documentary, with Ed Asner and Blair Underwood (Chris Award 02)
"His Master's Voice: The Marvelous Talking Machine" PBS documentary (Emmy 04)
"Helen Farr Sloane", "Edward Loper", "Charles Parks" PBS, artist portraits (Emmy 00)
"A Billion Small Voices" documentary about grassroots democracy in China
"Bandstand Days" PBS documentary
"Against all Odds" PBS documentary(Golden Eagle)
"Voices of War" documentary about WW 2 veterans
Discovery Channel: "Gimme Shelter" home improvement series, 25 episodes; "Renovations" home
improvement, 5 episodes
Food Network: "Dinner Impossible", "Restaurant Impossible" and "Food Feuds" – 100+ episodes
HGTV: "Design Basics" interior design series, 3 seasons
Library Video (video series for schools): "Mexico for Children", "Economy for Children"
"The Jefferson Awards" multiple episodes, PBS, in some markets ABC
"The Launching of the Kalmar Nyckel" National Geographic and Swedish TV documentary
"Central Casting" Bravo, documentary on movie extras in Hollywood, Bravo
"Homeopathy, Mystery and Miracle" FOX Health documentary
"Nights in..." ZDF, 8 lifestyle documentary series on nightlife, shot in NYC, Barcelona, Vienna,
Amsterdam, London, Prague, etc. (Silver Compass Award)
"Terra-X, Takla Makan", "Adventures and Legends, Pantanal" ZDF expedition documentaries
War Coverage: ZDF, NBC, MSNBC —
Lebanon, Israel (Intifada 1987), Iran-Iraq (1985), Gulf War Desert Storm (1990), Yugoslavia(1991/92),
Iraq (2003) embedded with US Army and Marines for NBC, a total of 1 1/2 years in combat zones