HOLLEYVIDEO BEYOND THE SIGNAL
ON AIR
Zak Holley in a tuxedo at the Oscars Red Carpet Show

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On the record.

Emmy® Awards, credits and the stories written about Zak Holley and Holley Video.

Zak Holley's Daytime Emmy Award certificate from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

RECOGNITION

5× Emmy® winner.

Zak Holley's work has earned four Creative Arts Emmy® Awards and a Daytime Emmy® for Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space on Discovery and Science Channel. His credits include Grease: Live, Hairspray Live!, Rent: Live, Live in Front of a Studio Audience and Adele One Night Only, and he was tech manager for the Super Bowl LX halftime show pre-shoots.

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BACKSTAGE

On the carpet. Behind the curtain.

Zak Holley in a tuxedo at the Oscars Red Carpet Show, wearing his Verizon tech manager credential
THE OSCARS · RED CARPET SHOWOn the carpet as Verizon tech manager
Two crew members in tuxedos backstage in front of shelves of Oscar statuettes
THE OSCARS · BACKSTAGEBlack tie, next to the statuettes
Emmy statuettes on a lit backstage shelf being polished before the show
THE EMMYS · BACKSTAGEBefore they're handed out
Two crew members in tuxedos on the Oscars red carpet beside the giant Oscar statue
THE OSCARS · RED CARPETShow day on the red carpet

IN THE PRESS

The clippings.

SPORTS VIDEO GROUP MAY 12, 2022

BitFire provides tech infrastructure for finale of NBC's American Song Contest

Holley Video installed BitFire servers in the control room at Universal Studios and deployed watch-party kits for the live finale. Zak Holley is quoted.

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SPORTS VIDEO GROUP MAR 29, 2022

BitFire, Holley Video connect American Idol contestants to loved ones

The "180 Room" for season 20 auditions: families joining remotely on the studio's screens, with return feeds of the contestants, in Austin, Los Angeles and Nashville.

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LOCAL 695 MAGAZINE WINTER 2025

The Stream Team

How Holley Video streams hybrid membership meetings for Local 695, IATSE Locals 44, 705, 706 and 728, and Teamsters 399.

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LOCAL 695 MAGAZINE SUMMER 2024

Negotiations Solidarity Rally

Holley Video engineered the rally's livestream, watched by roughly 6,000 viewers.

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TV TECHNOLOGY FEB 4, 2021

Holley connects remote viewing kits with Blackmagic converters

Zak's ATEM Mini Pro remote viewing racks, used on The Weakest Link, the BET Awards and Nickelodeon's NickMas.

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BITFIRE NEWS

BitFire and Holley Video connect American Idol to families

Bitfire's own write-up of the season 20 remote family feeds.

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STREAMING MEDIA APR 17, 2020

How Legacy Church launched streaming services in the COVID-19 crisis

Zak supplied an ATEM Mini streaming kit that got a Downey church live on four days' notice.

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CREDITS

Roll credits.

A selection of Zak Holley's television credits: Grease: Live, Hairspray Live!, Rent: Live, Live in Front of a Studio Audience, Adele One Night Only, the Oscars, the Grammys and the Super Bowl LX halftime show. IATSE Local 600 and 695 member.

Full list on IMDb↗
  • Super Bowl LX Halftime Show2026Tech manager, pre-shoots
  • Live in Front of a Studio Audience2019 – 2021Multiple specials · ABC
  • Rent: Live2019Live musical · FOX
  • Hairspray Live!2016Live musical · NBC
  • Grease: Live2016Live musical · FOX
  • The Oscars2022 · 2023 · 2025 · 2026Video technician
  • The 67th Annual Grammy Awards2025Utility
  • The Talk2024Utility
  • Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve2024Streaming engineer
  • Miss Universe2023Utility
  • Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love2023Utility
  • iHeartRadio Music Awards2023Camera operator
  • American Music Awards2022Utility
  • AFI Life Achievement Award: Julie Andrews2022Utility
  • Adele: One Night Only2021Utility
  • People's Choice Awards2021Utility
  • Soul Train Awards2021Utility
  • Space Launch Live: Splashdown2020Maintenance engineer
  • Golden Globe Awards2020Monitor
  • The Oscars2018Video technician, remote unit

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