His credits consist of work for The Today Show, Dateline, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, CBS Morning Show, CBS The Guiding Light, E!'s True Hollywood Stories, ABC’s Discovery News, A & E’s America’s Castles and Biography, HGTV’s Restore America, National Geographic, The History Channel, Oprah, HBO’s Dennis Miller Show, Extra, Fox Sports, NASCAR Productions, ESPN, CNN and Larry King Live, QVC, Children’s Television Workshop, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, GlobeCast, EBU, Australia’s Channel 9 and the UK’s GMTV, Network 7 and The Word.

Corporate clients include AARP, USA Today, Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, Busch Creative Services, The Carter Center, Coca Cola, IBM, John Boyle & Company, Toter, Inc., Pillsbury, Kraft Products, Johnson & Johnson, Mac Tools, Chick-Fil-A, Saks 5th Avenue, BMW, Hewlett-Packard, Shering-Plough, Wachovia Bank, the AFL-CIO, Harrah’s Casinos, Southern Medical Association, the Furniture Manufacturers’ Association and the Department of Defense.

• 1988 – Present: Owner of Bill Barnes Video Productions, LLC, a full-service company specializing in single/multi-camera remote production for networks, syndicated shows and large corporations, including satellite and fiber transmission services.
• 1987 – 1988: Shot/edited for NBC News Atlanta Bureau. In addition, a founding partner of The Network Group, Inc., an Atlanta-based video production and satellite transmission services company.
• 1986 – 1987: Producer/director/videographer for Charlotte, NC-based corporate video production company, MidSouth Teleproductions, Inc.
• 1975 – 1986: Producer/director for Charlotte, NC PBS affiliate WTVI. Highlights included weekly syndicated music show After Dark and three documentaries that aired nationally on PBS, An Evening with Mark Twain, Briarhopper Time and Music from the Heart: A Carolinas Perspective on the Origins of Country Music.

• Six ITVA Silver Reels
• Three Silver Tellys
• Six Bronze Tellys
• Two Ohio State Awards
• One Mercury Silver Award
• One Bronze Award from the International Film & Television Festival of New York

• Certified as an Advanced Digital Imaging Technician by the Santa Fe Digital Cinematography Workshops;
• Member of IBEW local 1200;
• Past board member of the Charlotte Film & Video Association;
• Past President of the Charlotte, NC Chapter of the International Television Association.