Summary

Nelson Mejia is a young, ambitious storyteller who has worked on set & in the editing room of various, award-winning productions, while also leading both marketing & human resources departments for one of the largest AMC Theatres in the Northeast US.

Credits

1/17 – 1/18

Supervisor, Assistant to Marketing & HR Managers

Staff Position — AMC Theatres Details
1/17 – 1/18

- Oversee daily operation of a busy movie theatre: Petty cash handling, Digital film projection, Customer service desk, Facility maintenance. Assist Booth Manager in: creation of theatrical film schedule, digital film projection and maintenance of SONY/Christie/IMAX systems. Assist Marketing Manager in storage, placement & awareness of all film and in-house promotional materials. Liaison between the theatre and the Marketing/PR departments of all film distribution companies. Assist HR Manager in: payroll, creation of the theatre employee schedule, conducting interviews, overseeing the on-boarding process and training of new hires, supervising performance reviews.

9/15 – 12/16

Sales Assistant

Staff Position — AMC Theatres Details
9/15 – 12/16

Train new employees in important daily tasks, watch over the performance of all film crew, & Conduct customer service duties from ushering to box office sales to concession operations.

9/14 – 5/15

Production Assistant

Staff Position — @radical.media Details
9/14 – 5/15

Assisted on set and in the edit suite for several commercial productions such as: AOL’s Park Bench with Steve Buscemi & Netflix’s What Happened Miss Simone? Assisted editors in the organization/flow of footage, coordinated the distribution/archival of hard drives & performed constant quality checks for all projects ready for distribution. Provided administrative help around the office from: front office, phone calls, scheduling, etc

6/14 – 8/14

Post Production Intern

Staff Position — @radical.media
6/14 – 8/14
1/14 – 5/14

Screenwriter The Blind

Film (Short) Details
1/14 – 5/14

Wrote a script based off of an original story by a graduating Brooklyn college student, developing his thesis film. Co-Directed the short film, mainly working with the actors while the graduating student worked with the rest of the crew.

9/13 – 12/13

Director The thief

Film (Short) Details
9/13 – 12/13

Wrote, produced, directed, and edited an original, 10 minute short film screened at the University at Buffalo. Also, conducted a Q&A session in front of a body of students and professors.

4/13 – 4/13

Producer UBCon 2013

Digital — Strategists and Role Players Association Details
4/13 – 4/13

Produced a brochure-like video for the University at Buffalo's SARPA club documenting the 2013 UBCon event held from April 19-21.

6/12 – 8/12

Producer MMCC @ PS 8 Summer Camp 2012

Corporate — Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) Details
6/12 – 8/12

Produced a commemoration video for MMCC's 2012 summer camp held at Public School 8 in the Bronx, NY. Video was screened at a live event on the final day of the summer camp.

Orgs

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Sigma Alpha Pi

Media

  • The Thief (short film)

Recos

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Education

Class of '14

University at Buffalo

Film Production and English

My Gear

  • Canon 60D
  • Rode VideoMic
  • Camera Lens 85mm
  • EF 50mm f/1.8 STM
  • EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM
  • LED On-Camer Lighting

Skills

  • AVID Media Composer
  • Writing
  • Final Cut 7
  • Event Planning
  • Payroll
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Google Docs
  • scheduling
  • Non-linear Editing
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Google Sheets
  • Lighting
  • transcription
  • Leadership
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Customer Service
  • Story Development
  • Managment
  • Portrait Photography
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Wedding Photography
  • Office Administration
  • Landscape Photography
  • Develpment
  • focus pulling
  • Apple Keynote
  • Google Slides
  • C300 Camera
  • Canon/Sony Cameras
  • Captions/Subtitles
  • Cinema Camera Functionality
  • DSLR Functionality
  • DVD Authoring/Duplication
  • On-Set Directing
  • Quality Checks