Andrew Katz

Promoted to Senior Vault Librarian in August 2015 (from Vault Librarian).Earned first raise after four months. Developed new and adapted and enhanced existing nomenclature for varied media files and storage formats to ease accessing and locating digital content; Streamlined processes for media naming, backup, and record creating through designing of Hazel rules, Mac Automator workflows, and Excel formulas and macros, cutting turnaround time by 80%; Cataloged & transcoded produced & acquired footage & stills; organized storage & performed tape-based backups of digital media; maintained database of 175,000+ media clips; trained editors, researchers, & producers to navigate PilotWare Digital Asset Content Management System. Earned credits on DOOMSDAY:10 WAYS THE WORLD WILL END (History), DEEP TIME HISTORY (CuriosityStream), AMERICA'S SECRET SLANG - SEASON 2 (H2), SECRETS OF THE EARTH - SEASON 2 (The Weather Channel), HURRICANE: 360 (The Weather Channel), THE UNIVERSE: ANCIENT MYSTERIES SOLVED - SEASON 2 (H2), MINIVERSE (CuriosityStream), and CODES AND CONSPIRACIES - SEASONS 2 and 3 (American Heroes Channel).

Wrote and researched six line-by-line triple-sourced essays on the filmmaking of Martin Scorsese for bonus feature: "Scorsese Style Guide" ("The Departed" feature film home media release, future release); through 1K Studios.

Delivered nuts and Kosher baking supplies throughout the Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, and San Bernadino counties.

Fact-checked Saudi Arabian timeline for bonus material ("The Kingdom" feature film home media release); through 1K Studios.

Authored character biographies and plot timeline prototypes for bonus material ("Heroes - Season 1" TV home media release); through 1K Studios.

Wrote bookend sequences for home media industry promo showcasing Paramount's home media value-added material; through Light Source & Imagery.

Based on research and creativity, wrote bonus feature: "Agent Dossiers" ("Mission: Impossible" feature film home media release); through Light Source & Imagery.

Wrote questions and co-conceptualized gameplay for bonus feature: "Chamber Challenge", Co-conceptualized gameplay and wrote proposal for bonus feature: "Forbidden Forest Challenge" ("Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" feature film home media release, won "Best Standard Release & Viewer’s Choice" - 2003 DVD Awards); through 1K Studios.