Grace Raso

Field Coordinator for pre-production & 1 week shoot - responsible for props, negotiating equipment rental, craft service, crew timecards/paperwork, talent releases (with each new challenge) and paperwork, created callsheets - closely monitoring schedule/meal breaks to avoid OT, and supervised DIT and shipment of drives for simultaneous edit in LA.

Directed, shot, and edited music video in collaboration with choreographer Pearl Marill. The video was shot over 4 SF locations. It will premiere as a short film at the 2013 Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco.

Edited behind the scenes profiles of Red Tails stars for web release in promotion of Red Tails theatrical release Jan. 2012 by 20th Century Fox.

Edited 10min documentary for PBS Newshour with correspondent Lowell Bergman. topic: Military Program Looks to Tackle Consumer Debt Airdate: 11/24/09

Edited series of short educational videos profiling the work of Charlotte Danielson and her Framework for Teaching program.

Directed and edited music video for Lewis Jordan. Lewis Jordan asked me to collaborate with him on an in-studio video while he and his ensemble recorded their new album. The video was shot at New, Improved Studios in Oakland, CA.

Field Produced 3 day verité style/2camera shoot + interviews at 2 elementary schools in Ft. Worth, TX. The education videos focused on new studies by the Children's Learning Intitute on ELL students, dual-language learners, and language immersion classrooms.

Edited series of short education videos based on verité style classroom footage for Children's Learning Institute's study on advancements in pre-K vocabulary learning techniques.

Directed and edited music video for Lewis Jordan. Lewis Jordan asked me to collaborate with him on an in-studio video while he and his ensemble recorded their new album. The video was shot at New, Improved Studios in Oakland, CA.

Edited trailers for FutureStates each FutureState film.

Packaged films for PBS broadcast, ingested and prepped for digital distribution, edited trailers and web-docs associated with each film, and created cutdown versions for Community Classroom distribution.

Packaged films for PBS broadcast, ingested and prepped for digital distribution, edited trailers and web-docs associated with each film, and created cutdown versions for Community Classroom distribution.

Packaged films for PBS broadcast, ingested and prepped for digital distribution, edited trailers and web-docs associated with each film, and created cutdown versions for Community Classroom distribution.

Packaged films for PBS broadcast, ingested and prepped for digital distribution, edited trailers and web-docs associated with each film, and created cutdown versions for Community Classroom distribution.

Responsible for all media intake, processing and organization for editor. Assembled radio cut. Worked in tandem with Associate Producer on archival footage acquisition, ingestion, and tracking. Responsible for all post deliverables to network. Prepped final cut for media mgmt, online and audio mix.

Avid/Unity system - Responsible for all media intake, processing and organization for editor. Script-synched all intvs to transcripts. Worked closely with editor - pulled shot selects, assembled radio cuts, and did first pass at scenes. Worked in tandem with Associate Producer on archival footage acquisition, ingestion, and tracking.

Responsible for all media intake, processing and organization for editor. Assembled radio cut. Worked in tandem with Associate Producer on archival footage acquisition, ingestion, and tracking. Responsible for all post deliverables to network. Prepped final cut for media mgmt, online and audio mix.

Avid/Unity system - Responsible for all media intake, processing and organization for editor. Script-synched all intvs to transcripts. Worked closely with editor - pulled shot selects, assembled radio cuts, and did first pass at scenes. Worked in tandem with Associate Producer on archival footage acquisition, ingestion, and tracking.

Managed AE team (3 addt’l assistants), designed new machine room with engineers, scheduled and supervised prepping (digitizing, logging) and delivery (exporting, laying to tape) of all editorial projects, making sure editors had all assets and clients needs were met. Designed new Filemaker Pro database and tape archive.

Responsible for all media intake, processing and organization for editor. Worked in tandem with Associate Producer on archival footage acquisition, ingestion, and tracking. Responsible for all post deliverables to network. Prepped final cut for media mgmt, online and audio mix.

Associate Producer of 8 historical documentaries - supervised films from pre-production through online/sound mix - identified intv subjects, pre-interviewed, responsible for logistics of travel and shoots, acquired all archival/stock film and photography, negotiated licensing agreements with archives, and supervised complete rights and clearances reports for each film.