Released on = July 20, 2006, 2:57 pm

Press Release Author = Stacey Kumagai/Media Monster Communications, Inc.

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Will Outstanding Cinematography Emmy Nominee James
Chressanthis, ASC win the Emmy race in running shoes?

Press Release Body =

Contact: Stacey Kumagai 818-506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


EMMY NOMINEE, CINEMATOGRAPHER JAMES CHRESSANTHIS, ASC LITERALLY RUNS THE DISTANCE
FOR ESPN2's "FOUR MINUTES"


Los Angeles, CA --- He used SIX cameras. He has FIVE other competitors in the
Emmy category for Outstanding Cinematography for a mini-series or movie. But for
James Chressanthis, ASC, FOUR MINUTES - the ESPN2 Original Movie, for which he is
nominated, encompasses THREE loves: Cinematography, Art and Running. This is the
second Outstanding Cinematography Emmy nomination for Chressanthis. His first was
for
the 2001 biography Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows. Will this Emmy
nomination be the ONE? Currently, Chressanthis is Director of Photography and one
of the directors of the CBS primetime hit series Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer
Love Hewitt.

Chressanthis' artistic vision for FOUR MINUTES took on a life of its own. He donned
period spiked running shoes to test a quarter mile track, while capturing the
authentic feeling of training for a race.

"I trained with Actor, Jamie Maclauchlin, who portrayed Bannister and ran
with the tiny Ikonoscop Super-16
miniature camera. I wanted to give the audience the feeling of being inside the
pack, the screaming crowd pressing in upon the runners as they sprint into the final
stretch," explains Chressanthis.

For the majestic mile run, Chressanthis captured the diverse range emotion of the
athletic exertion from the runner's point-of-view, to the elation of victory,
overcoming the 'they said it couldn't be done obstacle.' But it was the training
that was the most challenging part of production. "Thirty percent of the film
involved traning or racing. Each race in Bannister's career was given a distinct
character: from the ragged spiking of his early races, to the cold primitive night
races - and ending with the powerful grace of the record breaking run," states
Chressanthis.

FOUR MINUTES - an ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE) production - was the first-ever
original movie to premiere on ESPN2. This 'little film that could' in this year's
Emmy race is about Roger Bannister, who ran the
first sub-four-minute mile in history, with a time of 3:59.4 on May 6, 1954.
Bannister, the 25-year-old native of Harrow, England became a neurologist and the
first Chairman of the British Sports Council and was knighted for
these services in 1975.


James Chressanthis, ASC is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers,
the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the
International Cinematographers Guild.
His impressive credits boast a diverse array of projects: 3: The Dale Earnhardt
Story, The Reagans, Eloise At The Plaza and Eloise At Christmastime (with Julie
Andrews), The Music Man, Chicago (Additional Photography),
Brian\'s Song, American Family (Pilot) and Urban Legend; to working on music videos
with Dr. Dre, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, Bobby McFerrin, MC Hammer and NWA.

The Creative Arts Awards are Saturday. August 19th and The 58th Annual Primetime
Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, August 27th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los
Angeles, and broadcast on NBC.

For interviews with James Chressanthis, ASC -please contact publicist Stacey Kumagai
at 818-506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com

JAMES CHRESSANTHIS, ASC's WEBSITE: http://www.chressanthis.com

FOUR MINUTES WEBSITE: http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnMicrosite?showID

Web Site = http://www.chressanthis.com

Contact Details = For interviews
with James Chressanthis, ASC -please contact publicist Stacey Kumagai at
818-506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com