Michael Lupia

Conducted Skype Interviews, Assisted Producer in Leading Casting Team

Assisted casting producer & associates; Researched and outreached to potential participants for reality shows on Food Network and CNBC; Conducted phone interviews; Oversaw submission and management of participant paperwork; Wrote pitch sheets and created grids for presentation to production companies and networks; Contributed to meetings with casting team

Assisted VP of ABC Daytime in place of recently departed assistant; Managed calendar, scheduled meetings, and answered phones; sorted and delivered production materials to and from other high-level executives; attended show tapings; created daily spreadsheets of overnight ratings; Organized and sent documents to show offices for on-air use

Learned and assisted in the process needed to put a half-hour animated series on the air; prepared storyboards and art-related materials for production meetings; worked on special projects involving publicity and marketing such as collecting promotional photos and compiling festival information; attended production meetings; prepared design material for delivery to overseas animation studio

Assisted EVP of Comedy and department assistants during busy pilot season; sorted and filed DVDs, scripts, and other pre-production/production materials; delivered dailies and pilots to studio and network executives; created spreadsheet to track binders of director reels and samples; greeted high profile guests

Interned in Digital Department: Uploaded segments and images to show's website; tracked uploads in Excel spreadsheets; organized time codes to assist in creation of online play along game; attend screenings and production/digital department meetings

Worked up through PA, director, writer and associate producer positions to become EP of college soap opera; in charge of overall production, which included oversight of writing, production, post-production, scheduling, casting, marketing, and communication with heads of BUTV10; won three Telly Awards (2013, 2014) during tenure with the show

Non-profit fan-made Batman web series; Raised over $18,000 on Indiegogo.com for production of three-part film. Writer: Wrote/edited scripts for each episode produced; 1st Assistant Director: Communicated with crew and actors, assisted director and cinematographer, kept production on schedule, made up call sheets for each day of shooting. (series available to view here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBatmanChronicles1)