Summary

Organizational Maven! Budgeting Wizard! Filmmaker Extraordinaire! Perfect People Manager!

Credits

8/22 – 7/23

Production Manager HBCUGO.tv Live Sports

HBCUGO.tv — Live/Special Event — HBCUGO Details
8/22 – 7/23

Production Manager for a start-up television production company. Handled all scheduling, hiring and managing a small television sports firm. Handled all scheduling, organizing and managing for HBCU Live College Football games. Worked remotely and travelled to all the football games to handle the daily work schedule, paperwork (talent releases, timecards for crew, etc.) along with coordinated meals and travel of approximately 15 employees. Coordinated meetings, zoom calls and all calendar items.

4/16 – 9/16

Production Manager I Am Not Your Negro

Magnolia Pictures — Film (Feature-length) — Arte Details
4/16 – 9/16

Managed all aspects of New York City & surrounding area production shoot including budgeting, scheduling and managing shoot.

5/15 – 3/16

Producer The Altar

TV — Power Media Group Details
5/15 – 3/16

Development & creation of Pilot

11/15 – 2/16

Co-Producer Better World Advertising

HIV Stops With Me . Org — Advertising — Power Media Group Details
11/15 – 2/16

Managed all aspects of New York City & surrounding area production shoot including budgeting, scheduling and managing shoot.

3/11 – 6/11

Script Coordinator You're the Bomb

Resist Films — Film (Short) — Resist Films
3/11 – 6/11
5/10 – 8/10

Producer Kill Speed

Epic Pictures Group — Film (Feature-length) — Bass Entertainment Pictures
5/10 – 8/10
1/07 – 5/07

Production Staff Kill Speed

Film (Feature-length) — After Burner Films Details
1/07 – 5/07

Managed all aspects of development, production & editing including budgeting, scheduling and managing feature film shoot.

1/06 – 12/06

Producer Let's Talk

BET — Film (Short) — Jahsheli Productions
1/06 – 12/06

Media

  • "I am Martin Eisenstadt" book tour (Part 2)

Recos

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Carl Seaton
Director
I have had the pleasure of working with Desiree two times. The first was on a ultra low budget Film Sacred. It was here that Desiree displayed a large skill set allowing me to maximize the budget, time, and productivity. She did it all from securing ...MORE...

Education

Class of '01

Columbia University, Graduate Film Program

Film Prod Coarsework: Producing, Film Finance, Mktg, & Dist
Class of '01

NYU, Tisch School of the Arts

Film Production Coarsework: Film Budgeting & Scriptwriting
Class of '89

Cornell University

Bachelors of Science

My Gear

  • Panasonic DVX-100B
  • Wireless Microphone

Skills

  • Feature Film Budgeting (EP Software)
  • Script Breakdown and Scheduling