VAN NUYS, CA — Visual Terrain, Inc. has added Martin N. Cohen as a senior lighting designer with a specialty in newsroom and studio lighting design. Cohen joined Visual Terrain after having designed and consulted on over 60 newsroom lighting systems and upgrades. His clients have received 15 Cam Pro Awards, two Iris Awards, 13 Pro Max, two BDA Awards and two Gold BPMC International Awards. Cohen was also honored with a presidential citation while working with the U.S. military as a documentary film cameraman.
Cohen has designed over 350 TV programs, including dramas, awards shows, musicals, game shows, comedies, children’s programming, religious events, talk, cooking and many exercise programs. He has also been involved in the creation of lighting for thousands of commercials for clients including Shell, Petro Canada, ESPN, Bell Canada, Rolls Royce, and Mercedes Benz.
Cohen has also been involved with lighting and camera for two Olympic Games, a Pan American Game, two Commonwealth Games, four Alberta Winter Games, 29 Calgary Stampede Rodeos and the Vancouver Expo. For 10 years, Cohen was the owner and principal cinematographer of M.N.C. Films, which shot and produced wilderness, white water rafting, sailing, and aerial films.
Within the television news industry, Cohen has been involved with designing and lighting over 60 TV stations throughout North America, including WJLA-TV 7 ABC (Washington, DC National) with Peter Jennings; Global National TV (Vancouver), BCHD with Kevin Newman; KXAS TV NBC (Dallas/ Fort Worth); WPVI-TV6 ABC (Philadelphia, HD); ABC 6 (Providence, RI, HD); Spanish Network Univision 23/TeleFutura 49 (Dallas/Fort Worth, HD) and many more.
Principal partner, Jeff Ravitz, comments, “We’re thrilled to have Martin join our television lighting design team. He brings such a wealth of TV studio lighting experience, I know he will contribute greatly to the range and quality of design services we are able to offer.”
For more information, please visit www.visualterrain.net.
