BIO
CHUCK HODES has focused his career in two facets of still photography -- as one of the entertainment industry’s top notch motion picture and television set (or unit) photographers, and as an esteemed commercial shooter for a wide variety of advertising and corporate campaigns. The Midwest native earned a B.A. in Cinema and Photography from Southern Illinois University. He began his chosen career in the commercial photography arena, shooting product photography for many national department store catalogs, including Sears. His campaigns over the years have included general consumer products, architecture, soft goods and fashion. While shooting tabletop stills for a catalog in downtown Chicago some years back, he noticed a car commercial being filmed on the nearby streets. Intrigued with the production process, he approached the cinematographer, who informed the curious upstart that movies and TV shows employed "still" shooters on their sets. Zooming in on a new opportunity, Hodes first gained valuable experience by capturing still images on TV commercial shoots for the print portion of the agencies’ campaigns. He subsequently joined the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG), which accredited him to begin shooting stills for television and feature films. During his career on the set, Hodes has compiled a list of over four dozen film/TV credits. He is currently shooting the Ron Howard comedy "Cheaters" starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James. Chuck has recently completed Dwyane (The Rock) Johnson's action movie "Faster" and the drama "Trust", directed by David Schwimmer..starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener. Additional films include, “Nothing Like the Holidays,” “The Express” with Dennis Quaid, “The Promotion,” “Wanted” featuring Angelina Jolie, Harold Ramis’ “Ice Harvest,” “Roll Bounce,” “Hard Ball,” “Soul Food,” “Normal Life,” “Light It Up,” “Kissing A Fool,” “On the Line,” “Soul Survivors,” “Uncle Nino,” “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” and the Chicago locations for “Proof” and “Derailed.” His small screen credits include several Chicago-based TV series, including the long running “ER,” “Early Edition,” “EZ Streets,” “Cupid,” “Turks,” HBO’s acclaimed “The Mind of A Married Man” the pilot and several episodes of the A&E series “The Beast,” starring Patrick Swayze. More recently, he has shot for the HBO series “Hung,” In addition to his work on the set, Hodes has also worked behind-the-scenes as a member of the ICG’s Central Region Executive Board in Chicago, and the National Executive Board in Hollywood. He currently resides in northwest suburban Chicago with his wife and three children.