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Relevant Work Experience Emerson College Fall 2006 Adjunct Professor teaching Intermediate Film. An intermediate level 16mm film production class designed to introduce students to the technical, conceptual, and procedural skills necessary to successfully complete a short sync-sound film. Franklin Pierce College Fall 2006 Adjunct Professor teaching Introduction to Media Production. Designed to introduce students to the techniques of media production by familiarizing students with the basic operations of audio recording equipment, single-camera video production equipment (camcorders and editing units)and the television studio. Each student will gain experience in the pre-production (planning, writing, scheduling, casting), production (shooting, recording), and post-production (editing, audio sweetening) of various single-camera genres. State University of New York, New Paltz Spring 2006 Adjunct Professor teaching Portable Video Production. The course is designed to provide students with instruction in the technical concepts and practical applications in the craft of field video production. These include the skills and principles needed in the pre-production, production and post-production of film-style works. Special attention is given to production planning and scriptwriting, camera operation, casting, visual aesthetics, audio, lighting, graphics, and editing, both linear and non-linear. The Dakota Group Summer 2003 Videographer for Documentary TV series for Healthcare organization using PD150. Following multiple stories involving filming surgeries, births, patient experiences through their stay in the hospital. Final 30 minute commercial nominated for a Pacific Southwest Emmy for documentary videography and other categories. Jewish Family Services Summer 2003 Producer and Director for Intergenerational Documentary Video project funded by the County of San Diego. Project interviews Seniors involved with Jewish Family Services and teenagers from Oaks and Acorns organization in a feature film about connecting these two age groups. Production completed Winter 2004. http://www.beyondthewrinkles.com Zanzibar Productions, Bravo Cable Network May – September 2001 Assistant Story Editor and Editor on the It Factor for Zanzibar Productions, aired on Bravo Channel. A 12 part documentary series, the It Factor follows NYC actors trying to make it in “The Business”. Independent Television News Limited, BBC April 2001 Director of Photography for Independent Television News Limited aired on the BBC. This documentary investigates the world’s low income housing problems focusing on low income housing in the 5 burrows of NYC. The Film is also exhibited at the 2001 United Nations Conference on world housing. Memorial Sloan Kettering Spring-Summer 1999 In house Producer and Director of Photography for the Public Relations Department of Memorial Sloan Kettering. Producing 3 short films for internal exhibition and fund raising on Public Art Works and the artists, Barbara Fishman Foundation, and a Vermont Art Colony. Second Reef Production Company May – September 1999 Producer and Director of Photography and for Second Reef Production Company producing 2 short films on 16mm and Dig Beta. Memorial Sloan Kettering May 1999 Art Buyer for Memorial Sloan Kettering. Responsible for purchasing, curating, and exhibiting fine art photography for the Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion, Memorial Sloan-Kettering 53rd Street, NYC. Responsibilities included introducing famous photographers and galleries to the client, budgeting the project, trafficking work to and from location and coordinating final installation of the work. Coro Foundation Spring 2001 Freelance Documentary Director of Photography for Coro Foundation. Independent Film Companies 1998-Present Director of Photography, Assistant Camera and Script Supervisor for over 20 Graduate and Undergraduate Thesis projects and independent short films in Minneapolis, New York and San Diego. Magazines September 1995-Present. Freelance Photographer for national magazines, wire services, and publishers such as George, Vibe, Village Voice, City Limits, Associated Press and Henry Holt Publishing. My responsibilities are deadline oriented production of visual stories for the client. Filmography- Produced, Directed and Edited ·How They Wear Deceit 15 minute, 16 mm color narrative. A mismatched couple living together in a basement apartment inflicts levels of psychological games Pinteresque–ly onto each other. Currently accepted at international/national film festivals. ·Home Movie 4 minute, 16mm black and white narrative. Set in 1972, a father tries to take a family portrait on moving day and is met with a discordant family unit. ·Los Platos 9 minute, 16 mm black and white documentary. Exposing the wisdom of the professional wait staff at the Palm Court restaurant in the Plaza Hotel, NY, the documentary explores the socioeconomic classes using the journey of a plate in contact with the restaurant’s stratum. ·Mirror 3 minute, 16mm black and white narrative. A woman staying overtime at her office cubicle mysteriously turns into a man and tries out how it feels to talk on the phone with your feet on the desk and other male quirks. Education New York University MFA, May 2004 Major: Film Directing University of Minnesota BA 1995 Major:Journalism, Professional Photojournalism track Scholarships/Grants Awarded 2006 O'Connor Foundation Matching Grant for post production of "Sunbonnet Quilters" Documentary 2005 New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program Grant for production of short 16mm documentary film "Sunbonnet Quilters" 1998-2002 The Jewish Foundation for The Education of Women Scholarship 1999-2000 Bernie Brillstein Scholarship 1999-2000 Steven J. Ross Fellowship 1999-2000 Graduate Assistantship for NYU Graduate Film Department |
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http://www.jfssd.org/
http://zanzibarproductions.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.mskcc.org/
http://www.coro.org/
http://www.nyu.edu
http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/
a constructivemedia project, 2003