Your vocation(s) (hold Control key to select multiple):
Screenwriter; Film Director/Producer; Cameraperson; Editor (Film)
Bio:
I'm a freelance director/writer/AD/Scripty/& editor. I'm in pre-production for a feature I wrote a few years ago and am current producing/ADing a major label music video at the end of July. I am moving to Austin, TX in September, but will be shooting my feature here in Boston in spring/summer 2009.
I went to mass college of art and have a BFA in film/video. I've been working in production since I was 14 and have worked on everything from political ad campaigns (tim murray for lt. governor) & Zipcar promos to music videos and features.
I love being on a set. I could live on a film set.
I'm Looking For: (hold Control key to select multiple):
Filming Gigs; Post-Production Gigs; Film-makers and Producers; Financing; PR/Marketing
Current Project (s) and What you're seeking (explain in more detail what "I'm Looking For"):
Producing/ADing on a $26K music video for the Gabe Dixon Band based out of Nashville (on Concord) which is shooting at the Mechanics Hall in Worcester at the end of the month on Red Cam One with Zeiss superspeeds.
Also in re-pre-production for a film we lost a lot of footage of in a hard drive fiasco (BACK UP EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME.)
Approx. Years of Exp:
10
Rates (choose ALL potentially applicable):
Time For Portfolio/Exposure/Experience; Deferred Pay; Upfront pay
Internships and Entry-level Positions:
Not applicable
Available for Film Racing, 48 Hr Film Project, and similar live film-making races?:
Til You're Gone - Producer/1st Assistant Director - 2008, dir. Paul Cummings & Tony Fiandaca - $26K music video for Gabe Dixon Band (Concord).
Douglas. - Director/Writer/Editor - 2007, Indie Feature currently in pre-production. HD w/35mm lenses.
Mel's Hole - 1st Assistant Director - 2008, dir. Kenji Miwa - Emerson short film
Floor Space - Script Supervisor - 2008, dir. Eric Chang - Emerson short film
Child, Thy Name is Rock & Roll - music video for Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra - 2008 - grip/AC/Cam Op - dir. Jake Hamilton - AC'd on Jimmy Jib, helped with light rigging, shot b-roll and interviews - Panasonic HVX200
Lynn Taitt: Rocksteady - Editor - 2006, dir. by Generoso Fierro. Feature documentary - Winner Best Editing and Honorable Mention for Best Film (Hollywood Documentary and Fiction Film Festival 2007)
Welcome to the Terradome - Assistant Editor/Graphics - 2007, dir. by Robert Patton-Spruill, feature documentary - Official Selection AFI Film Festival (2007)
17 Lashes - Director/Producer/Editor - 2005, 16mm black and white, student music video, Official Selection - F*ck the Back Row traveling film fest (2006), New England Film & Video Festival
Hold - Script Supervisor - 2007, dir. by Thomas Durant, music video
Sing - Production Assistant/Logger and Digitizer - 2006, dir. by Michael Pope, music video
TELEVISION:
The V.I.P. - Editor - 2003-2006, daily 45 minute TV Show (XY.TV)
The Roomies - Logger/Digitizer - 2003 - Daily 45 minute TV show (XY.TV)
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIALS:
Zipcar Promo - Producer/1st AD - 2008 - dir. Paul Cummings & Tony Fiandaca - an instructional promo for Zipcar's website detailing how Zipcar works
Tim Murray for Lieutenant Governor - Assistant Editor/Graphics - 2006, dir. by Robert Patton-Spruill, ad campaign for winning candidate in 2006 gubernatorial race
AWARDS:
Best Editor - 2007 Hollywood Documentary and Fiction Film Festival
TRAINING/SCHOOLING:
Massachusetts College of Art - Film/Video (BFA) 2001-2006
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