Motz is an
award-winning freelance Director of Photography based in New York City. Over
the past 15 years he has worked on numerous television commercials, films,
music videos, documentaries, and promos. Motz has collaborated with many
directors, including Mark Tiedemann, David Sandbank, Mark Claywell, Harvey
Wang, Tom Schiller, James Savoca, Nanette Burstein, Glenn Schubert, Karen
Fischer, and Charles Shyer.
Notable clients include:, Subway, NJ Lottery, AMC, the
Biography Channel, VH1, MTV, Oxygen, ESPN, The History Channel, A&E, Spike TV,
PBS, ABC Family, Airtel, FischerSpooner, LCD Soundsystem, the Florida Marlins,
and the New York Yankees.
In 1999,
Motz shot "Sleepwalk", a feature distributed by IFCÕs Next Wave Films
that was nominated for best picture at the SXSW film festival. In 2000, Motz
received a New York Emmy Award for a spot lensed for Thirteen WNET. That same
year, he shot a spot for a BBDO art director that received top honors in its
category at the AICP Museum of Modern Art show.
In 2001
and 2002, respectively, two spots that Motz shot were nominated for New York
Emmys in the cinematography category. And in 2003 he was the proud recipient of
an International Broadcast Design Award as well as a Mobius and a Telly
Award. In 2006 Motz took home two
New York Emmys for a 21 spot station ID campaign for Thirteen WNET.
Motz is
currently represented by the Jacob & Kole Agency in Hollywood, CA. In the spring of 2004 Motz completed Hamburger
America, his
second documentary film which he shot, produced, edited, and directed, and was
nominated in 2006 for a James Beard Foundation Award. Hamburger America is a film about some of the best burgers in America and
the people behind them. George
loves hamburgers and has recently completed a state-by-state guide to
hamburgers, also titled Hamburger America, due in bookstores April 2008.
In 2007,
George and NY chef Harry Hawk created the NYC Food Film Festival, a
multi-sensory film festival where food films are screened along with the food
profiled in those films. The 2nd
Annual NYC Food Film Festival will be held in June 2008.