Summary

A team player, I bring over 20 years of TV & film work to the table. I have crewed on productions up and down the east coast and I also have experience as an AD on international film.

Credits

2/08 – 4/14

Master Control Operator (a 24hour news channel) News 12 Long Island

TV — Cablevision Details
2/08 – 4/14

Monitored the audio & video levels during live transmissions. Monitored the 8 commercial regions of Long Island - in both SD & HD and maintained the Commercial Log. Kept the Control Room "in time" going into and comming out of commercial breaks. Troubleshooting equipment malfunctions.

4/08 – 6/08

Associate Director The Electric Company (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Sesame Workshop Details
4/08 – 6/08

Kept all departments in sync during pre-production. Script breakdown and creation of the Shooting Schedule. Hired the on-set production personal: Stage Manager, 6 PA's. Conducted rehearsals during pre-production. I had 5 actors under the age of 18; 3 under 12. A lot of "green screen" work; half of each episode contained animations.

11/07 – 11/07

First Assistant Director (A 5 day shoot for Eli Lilly) MDD Case Studies

Corporate — 2M Communications Details
11/07 – 11/07

Scheduling the shoot; generation of the daily call sheet and production report. Running the tech scouts; running the set.

9/07 – 9/07

First Assistant Director Amber Lee-"Obama Girl" - Second Time

Music Video — FIST Productions Details
9/07 – 9/07

Usuing the director's Storyboards and my tech scout with the DP I was able to schedule and bring this four day shoot in, on time and under budget.

9/07 – 9/07

First Assistant Director Nickelodeon Creative Advertising

Clorox — Advertising — Dirty Pictures, Inc. Details
9/07 – 9/07

Scheduling the shoot day; coordinating all pre-production prep; running the set "on the day".

7/07 – 8/07

First Assistant Director Buzzkill

Film (Feature-length) — BuzzKill, Inc Details
7/07 – 8/07

Responsible for keeping all departments in sync during pre-production. Script breakdown and creation of the Shooting Schedule. Hired the on-set production personal: the 2nd AD, the 2nd-2nd AD and 5 set PA's. Conducted rehearsals during pre-production. Directed insert shots (mini second unit) and the Background Artists.

6/07 – 7/07

First Assistant Director Felix and Alexandra

Film (Feature-length) — Thira Films, LLC Details
6/07 – 7/07

Responsible for keeping all departments in sync during pre-production. Script breakdown and creation of the Shooting Schedule. Hired the on-set production personal: the 2nd AD, the 2nd-2nd AD and 5 set PA's. Conducted rehearsals during pre-production. Directed insert shots (mini second unit) and the Background Artists.

5/07 – 5/07

First Assistant Director (aka Paul MacDonald) Culpepper/Williams

Cymbalta — Advertising — Iris Mediaworks Details
5/07 – 5/07

Scheduling the shoot; generation of the daily call sheet and production report. Running the tech scouts; running the set.

Orgs

  • Actors' Equity Association (AEA Stage Manager)
  • DGA-card currently inactive so I can work non-union gigs
  • will re-activate DGA card if I get attached to a major

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Education

Class of '85

Southamption College, Long Island University

B.S. Marine Geology, minor Theatre Arts

My Gear

  • Windows Laptop
  • Printer
  • Mac power book with Movie Magic 3.05
  • Verizon JetPack (internet anywhere)

Skills

  • Final Cut Pro
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Movie Magic Scheduling
  • WordPerfect
  • Computer proficient in Word