The 31-year-old director of photography, Alastair "Gee-Lock"
Christopher, is a self-made man. After spending the majority of in
downtown Brooklyn, Christopher has proven himself a rising star in film
production and photography.
At age 15 Christopher met Jonathan Hock, a filmmaker working for NFL
Films. Christopher was selected to attend Hock's Reel People Film
Project and, according to Hock, was quickly identified as "a natural
talent with an amazing eye."
From there, Christopher began working at Hock Films in a support role
and soon thereafter moved into sound production, editing and
eventually, photography where he found his true calling. His three
feature-length documentary projects with Hock Films, The Lost Son Of
Havana; The Streak and Through the Fire (about basketball phenom
Sebastian Telfair's last year of high school), all aired on ESPN. No
stranger to the network, he has directed photography for a variety of
series and specials produced by Hock Films for ESPN including It's the
Shoes, The Hook Up and the popular Streetball: The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour
series for which he won a 2004 Telly Award for photography (basketball
being a particular specialty, having shot game action and
behind-the-scenes at over 250 games). Also, his work has appeared on
HBO, BET and TV1.