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Meet LI's aerial filmmaker Al Cerullo
Quick ReadYou may not know Cerullo, but you definitely know his work. Just about every time you see a Long Island or New York City skyline flyby -- whether in television, films, commercials or music videos -- it's a good bet that Cerullo was at the controls of the helicopter carrying the camera operators.
Photo credit: Handout | Al Cerullo flies his helicopter for the 2002 movie "Two Weeks Notice" with actor Hugh Grant. (Undated)
An aerial of Manhattan, the East River and
'Feel that speed?" Al Cerullo asks as he pilots a helicopter 20 feet over New York's Upper Bay at the Narrows. "The closer to the water, the more you feel it."
Then, he adds: "There's the buoy Superman flies over in 'Superman Returns.' "
You may not know Cerullo, but you definitely know his work.
Just about every time you see a New York City skyline flyby -- whether in television,...
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