Jarid S. Johnson and SFVisuals is now located in Portland, Oregon and serves the Metro Area with professional video production, specializing in live music, music business promotions, entertainment, corporate communications, web, events, & documentary.

Also serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

Contact Jarid:
o 971.274.2180
c 415.990.4299
e jarid@sfvisuals.com

Jarid S. Johnson is a multi-skilled producer, director, director of photography, FCP editor and A/V technician.

As the owner of SFVisuals, Jarid owned & operated a Betacam package for over 12 years, providing electronic field production to Silicon Valley corporations and production companies. He continues doing HD EFP work, providing clients with production gear and crew the meet the specific needs of each project.

Jarid spent 24 years as an in-house director and camera operator at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA providing iMag for this 22,500 seat venue built by Bill Graham. Jarid has also shot at every legendary music venue in the San Francisco Bay Area and at the many large music festivals that take place there. 

For Bill Graham Presents, Jarid documented extraordinary music events including Lollapalooza, HORDE, WOMAD, Laguna Seca Days, Squaw Valley Summer Music Festival and the Tibetan Freedom Concert. He was a member of the crew that documented the inaugural Bonnaroo Music Festival; his DVD credits include Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Phil Lesh, Incubus, Los Lobos, Joe Satriani, Richard Thompson, Hot Tuna, and many others. 

Jarid is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild IATSE Local 600 who works regularly with IA Local 134 in San Jose and IA Local 16 in San Francisco.
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Project Overview


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eBay Leaders Week


Google Developers Conference


Flextronics Global Summit


Super Bowl 50 at

Levi’s Stadium


Tech Awards


Silicon Valley Tech Challenge


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Future

Production Manager


Managed budget, hired local crew and sourced production gear for 7-camera performance shoot. Interfaced with venue IATSE crew.


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Steve Jobs

Video Camera Operator


Provided iMag for the feature length film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Aaron Sorkin.


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A Real Purpose ~ The Story

of JHAM

Director/Director of Photography/Editor


Feature length movie chronicling the travels of four America musicians to Jamaica and Haiti who record with local musicians, featuring Prezident Brown and Earl 'Chinna' Smith. The resulting CD's, "The Tamarind Tree Sessions" and "Everyone Needs Compassion: Mercy for Haiti," raise money for education in those countries.


LINK: See the Movie Trailer


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The Africa Project

Director/Supervising Editor


A 12 song music video compilation shot in Ghana and South Africa featuring American, Ghanian and South Africa musicians. The resulting CD/DVD provides for scholarships in Ghana and after school programs in South Africa.


LINK: The Africa Project


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That's My Thing: Elvin Bishop Live in Concert

Producer/Director/Editor


Elvin's first ever full length concert film, nominated by the Blues Foundation of Memphis for a 2012 Blues Music Award for best blues DVD. (We lost to a little band from England called the Rolling Stones)


LINK: ”Gettin’ My Groove Back”


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Phil Lesh & Friends Live at the Warfield

Technical Producer/Cinematographer


Full length concert film featuring Phil's phriends John Scofield, Larry Campbell, Joan Osborne, Greg Osby, John Molo,  and Rob Barraco.


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talk.music

Producer/Director/Editor


A host-less web music show with band members in conversation amongst themselves about a variety of enlightening topics. The pilot show features the Bay Area's own ALO.


LINK: View talk.music

Production since 1983...

Jarid S. Johnson adds his skills to a variety of projects:

Network entertainment & feature length DVD...
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Television, corporate events and webcasts...
Antiques Roadshow, Oracle, eBay, Apple, Salesforce, Intel, Google, Vanity Fair, Quickbooks, Amway China, and more.

Levi's Stadium, Riverview Systems Group, Creative Technologies, Express Media, Delicate Productions, IA Locals 135 & 16 and more.

Live one-off music events...
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Treasure Island Music Festival
Bottle Rock Napa Valley
Genentech Gives Back
Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit
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