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Lance Milbrand is a producer, cameraman, editor and storyteller with over 27 years of experience in motion picture production. Since 1987, he has worked on and produced dozens of films and videotapes, including an extensive natural history library of work in the field. He has worked on major production teams and with prestigious organizations.

 

On this website you’ll get the opportunity to see video clips of Lance’s work, learn about the projects in which he has participated, and get an idea of his capabilities.


One person that Lance works with regularly with is John Anderson (« learn more about John).

Lance Milbrand
Lance Milbrand, Milbrand Cinema

 

NEWS

Milbrand Cinema moved to Los Gatos, California in January 2012

Milbrand Cinema New Studio


In January 2012, Milbrand Cinema expanded to a 400 square foot facility. If you visit during an edit, guard dogs/foot warmers are optional.



Newport Back Bay Natural History Film Completed in March 2012

In 2011, Milbrand Cinema was hired by the County of Orange in Southern California to create a blue-chip natural history film along the uplands of Newport Bay. Highlighting this protected wilderness in the heart of the city is a story about encountering wetland mammals, the regions plants and animals that live in these connected habitats. The completed project will play indefinitely at the OC Parks Muth Interpretive Center.



Steelhead Reintroduction Film

In 2009-2010, Milbrand Cinema was awarded a contract from NOAA/NMFS to create a short film regarding the Reintroduction of Steelhead in Southern California. Steelheads are oceangoing trout and listed on the environmental protection agencies endangered species list.

 

 




Nature in Our Backyard, Newport Back Bay

To see this film in its entirety, please visit The Muth Interpretative Center, located at the corner of Irvine Street and University Avenue in Newport Beach, California. Open every day except Monday and major holidays. Admission and the ability to walk all trails are free. Produced for the County of Orange and OC Parks.

TRT: 3:40 short subject

 


Cultivating Fish and Grapes

This is a segment of the larger documentary Recovery of Steelhead in Southern California but narrows into the efforts made by a private wine grower to help this species of fish avoid extinction.

TRT: 03:05 short subject.

 


Surveying Endymion Reef, Turks and Caicos

Waitt Institute for Discovery hired Milbrand Cinema to survey the remains of a 1790 British shipwreck site. A remote underwater rock actually claimed two ships, almost resting on top of one another. Milbrand Cinema’s video aided in providing clues to the second ships age and name, helping to write a chapter in the Turks and Caicos island history.

TRT: 05:01 short subject.



Maya Secrets

A friend of mine for over 20 years, Bil Phillips of Speleotech in Tulum, Mexico offers cave diving training, exploration and accommodations. Bil connects people to fellow explorers and takes them to amazing caves. Carmen Rojas, a Mexican Government underwater archeologist was kind enough to allow us to record some of her studies.

TRT: 02:00 short subject.