"Dogfights" (2006) TV series 2006-????

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Creators:

Cynthia Harrison
Jason McKinley
Brooks Wachtel
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

3 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | History | War

Plot:

Using modern computer animation, great aerial and modern naval battles are recreated. In process, you get to learn about the history of military transportation technology and the tactics created to use them to their best advantage.

Plot Keywords:

Fighter Plane | Combat | Military | Aerial Combat | Dogfight

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 16	11:00 AM	HISTORY	Flying Tigers	#1.3
Mon. Nov. 16	5:00 PM	HISTORY	Flying Tigers	#1.3

Cast

Phil Crowley	...	Narrator (1 episode, 2006)
Caitlin Harrington	...	Herself (1 episode, 2008)

Series Directed by
Jason McKinley		(16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Robert Kirk		(11 episodes, 2005-2007)

Series Writing credits
Cynthia Harrison		(6 episodes, 2005-2007)
Brooks Wachtel		(6 episodes, 2005-2007)
Doug Miller		(2 episodes, 2006)
Jason McKinley		(1 episode, 2006)

Series Produced by
Jason McKinley	....	executive producer / co-executive producer / ... (31 episodes, 2005-2008)
Tony Alunni	....	supervising producer (30 episodes, 2005-2008)
Cynthia Harrison	....	co-executive producer / producer (30 episodes, 2005-2008)
Brooks Wachtel	....	co-executive producer (30 episodes, 2005-2008)
David Connelly	....	series producer (15 episodes, 2007-2008)
Mike Phillips	....	co-producer (14 episodes, 2007)
Robert Kirk	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 2006)
Abe Scheuermann	....	series producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Randy Jones		(26 episodes, 2005-2007)

Series Cinematography by
Matthew W. Davis		(3 episodes, 2005-2007)

Series Film Editing by
Matt Stevenson		(16 episodes, 2006-2008)
Paul Kavadias		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Michael Phillips Keeley	....	sound re-recording mixer (30 episodes, 2005-2008)

Series Visual Effects by
Jon Gourley	....	visual effects / visual effects lead (29 episodes, 2006-2008)
Andy Lawler	....	visual effects lead / visual effects (29 episodes, 2006-2008)
Thomas Bremer	....	visual effects lead (28 episodes, 2006-2008)
Robert Cristino	....	visual effects (24 episodes, 2006-2008)
Daniel Dod	....	visual effects / visual effects coordinator / ... (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ryan Carter	....	digital artist (18 episodes, 2006-2008)
Craig Edwards	....	visual effects (13 episodes, 2005-2007)
Michael Cliett	....	visual effects lead / visual effects / ... (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
David Rohloff	....	animator (10 episodes, 2007-2008)
Steven Joseph Rogers	....	visual effects (9 episodes, 2007-2008)
Dave Jerrard	....	digital effects artist (8 episodes, 2007)
Chris Osborne	....	digital artist (8 episodes, 2007)
Edward McDonough	....	digital artist (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Matthew Meyer	....	visual effects (6 episodes, 2007)
Michael Fessenden	....	visual effects (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jose Astacio	....	digital artist / visual effects (5 episodes, 2007)
Marlon Perez	....	animator (5 episodes, 2007)
Rodney Brumley	....	digital modeler (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Michael Ash	....	visual effects lead (3 episodes, 2006)
Rick Ramirez	....	visual effects: Radical 3D / visual effects (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Animation Department
Marlon Perez	....	animator (3 episodes, 2007)
David Rohloff	....	animator (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Caroline Burt	....	post-production coordinator (12 episodes, 2007)
Joseph Peicott	....	post-production coordinator (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Matt Stevenson	....	additional editor (6 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Music Department
Tim Aarons	....	music supervisor / music editor (18 episodes, 2005-2007)
Michael Phillips Keeley	....	composer: additional music (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Other crew
Mike Phillips	....	researcher (13 episodes, 2005-2007)
Howard B. Wilson Jr.	....	production accountant (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Penka Kouneva	....	additional score by (2 episodes, 2007-2008)

Production Companies

• Digital Ranch

Distributors

• History Channel (2006) (USA) (all media)
• History Channel (2006) (worldwide) (all media)

Other Companies

• PES Payroll  payroll services

Country:

USA

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color | Color (HDCAM)

Certification:

Australia:PG

Company:

Digital Ranch

Quotes:

Narrator: Experience the battle, dissect the tactics, relive the dogfights of...

Worst Warplane Series I've Seen in Over 40 Years.

Over 90% of all episodes are of American victories. The rest are 'our side', whether Israelis, in admittedly the same one-sided accounts, defeating many times their number of foes, or the RAF who are represented as having to use an American rather than British pilot in a British-Canadian Squadron portrayed shooting down more unarmed planes than warplanes. The series seems to forget that the definition of a dogfight is the aerial combat between fighter planes. Seriously, in 3 seasons not a single mention of "The Battle of Britain"(admittedly the most important series of dogfights to western freedom), the Spitfire nor a British even Canadian star. There is not a single episode where an enemy fighter pilot is the star shooting down an American fighter pilot in a dogfight. That's not 'a little biased', that's 'totally biased'. That's not a 'historical documentary', that's 'propaganda'. Even non-Americans have risked and given their lives for the American ideals of 'Truth and Justice for all', but this series has none of that. I've collected such documentary series in book, tape now DVD form for over 40 years. This is the first one I'll refuse to include.