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Highly organized, enthusiastic trilingual professional with strategic multi-tasking abilities including field, story, production/post-production supervising, budgets, client services, scheduling, project, workflow, staff, crew, outside vendor management.
7/07 – 4/12
Ford — Advertising — NONFICTION Details
7/07 – 4/12
Produce field days, direct ENG crew, conduct participant interviews in both English and Spanish, create opportunities and story content for a series of innovative, documentary/reality-style national commercial campaigns. Work directly with Academy Award-winning director Jessica Yu.
10/10 – 3/11
NuvoTV — TV — Mike Mathis Productions Details
10/10 – 3/11
Worked closely with Executive Producer on all facets of pre-production, production and postproduction of six one-hour celebrity docu-soaps/biographies, each focusing on a Latino celebrity’s journey to their family’s homeland in South America. Crafted story and interviews, coordinated all field shoots with fixer teams, story-produced and supervised post.
2/10 – 10/10
Film (Feature-length) — Brave New Foundation Details
2/10 – 10/10
Mentored, supervised and produced with veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who
transformed their experiences at war and coming home into documentary films. Worked closely with veterans, crews and editors through every stage of pre-production, story development, production, and final post-production.
5/94 – 5/09
Film (Feature-length) — Red Umbrella Productions Details
5/94 – 5/09
Conducted all interviews, generated and coordinated all aspects of production, post-production, festival circuit and distribution of this internationally 11-time award-winning feature documentary film about nuclear mining, testing and dumping on Native American lands in the American Southwest.
2/08 – 11/08
Internet — Digital — Brave New Foundation Details
2/08 – 11/08
Wrote, produced and directed weekly live web series Researched, pitched and booked weekly topics and experts/guests; determined interview goals, wrote script and interview questions; created and maintained schedules, workflows and checklists for production of live and pre-taped web cast; interacted with studio crew; directed live weekly web cast.
1/04 – 3/07
ABC — Live/Special Event — Storm Studios Details
1/04 – 3/07
Originate/negotiate project bids/budgets with network creatives, finance directors, agencies. Schedule/oversee daily production/post-production needs/responsibilities of creative, editorial staff, ensuring timelines met. Hire/manage freelance staff. Negotiate fees for VO talent, agents, music acquisitions, licenses, stock footage, graphic design, studios. Monitor expenditures to adhere to projected budgets.
1/04 – 3/07
ABC — Live/Special Event Details
1/04 – 3/07
Originate/negotiate project bids/budgets with network creatives, finance directors, agencies. Schedule/oversee daily production/post-production needs/responsibilities of creative, editorial staff, ensuring timelines met. Hire/manage freelance staff. Negotiate fees for VO talent, agents, music acquisitions, licenses, stock footage, graphic design, studios. Monitor expenditures to adhere to projected budgets.
9/06 – 9/06
ABC
9/06 – 9/06
9/06 – 9/06
ABC Details
9/06 – 9/06
Executive in Charge of Production
1/95 – 1/05
Executive Producer (EP)
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Trespassing
1/95 – 1/05
9/04 – 9/04
Producer (Writer/Producer/Field Producer)
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Viva La Raza
Fox Details
9/04 – 9/04
Writer/Producer/Field Producer
1/00 – 1/04
Fox — Live/Special Event — Fox Latin American Channels Details
1/00 – 1/04
Created/supervised in-house division for Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution/Worldwide Home Entertainment Int’l/News Corp. Originated/directed all pre-production/production/post-production of interstitial programming/original content for highest rated entertainment cable channel in Latin America. Produced two live broadcasts during the 2001 Teen Choice Awards
1/00 – 1/04
Fox — Live/Special Event — Fox Latin American Channels Details
1/00 – 1/04
Originated/supervised/directed all aspects of pre-production, production and post-production of three original one-hour specials for the highest rated entertainment cable channel in Latin America, Canal Fox. Wrote scripts for two of the three hours, booked all talent, field produced on location, etc.
9/01 – 9/01
Fox
9/01 – 9/01
1/91 – 12/99
Field Producer (Writer. Producer)
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Behind The Scenes
E! Entertainment — TV — E! Entertainment Television Details
1/91 – 12/99
Instrumental in the creation and launch of the network’s weekly one-hour program format.
Oversaw show development, research, interviews; produced and directed field shoots,
supervised segment producers, wrote scripts, supervised post-production.
1/91 – 12/99
Field Producer (Writer, Producer)
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On E!
E! Entertainment — TV — E! Entertainment Television Details
1/91 – 12/99
Instrumental in the creation and launch of the network’s weekly one-hour program format.
Oversaw show development, research, interviews; produced and directed field shoots,
supervised segment producers, wrote scripts, supervised post-production.
1/91 – 12/99
Field Producer (Writer, Producer)
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E! Features
E! Entertainment — TV — E! Entertainment Television Details
1/91 – 12/99
Instrumental in the creation and launch of the network’s weekly one-hour program format.
Oversaw show development, research, interviews; produced and directed field shoots,
supervised segment producers, wrote scripts, supervised post-production.
1/91 – 12/99
Field Producer (Writer, Producer)
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Celebrity Profile
E! Entertainment — TV — E! Entertainment Television Details
1/91 – 12/99
Instrumental in the creation and launch of the network’s weekly one-hour program format.
Oversaw show development, research, interviews; produced and directed field shoots,
supervised segment producers, wrote scripts, supervised post-production.
1/96 – 12/97
Producer (Executive in Charge of Production)
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Alto Riesgo (Season 2)
Discovery — TV — ADELA Details
1/96 – 12/97
Supervised all aspects of the creation, production, and execution of three highly rated weekly half-hour shows broadcast on USA Networks, Latin America & Discovery Channel, Latin America.
1/96 – 12/97
Producer (Executive in Charge of Production)
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Cinemania (Season 1)
USA Network — TV — ADELA Details
1/96 – 12/97
Supervised all aspects of the creation, production and execution of three highly rated weekly half-hour shows broadcast on USA Networks, Latin America & Discovery Channel, Latin America.
1/96 – 12/97
Producer (Executive in Charge of Production)
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Interaccion (Season 1)
Discovery — TV — Hip TV Details
1/96 – 12/97
Supervised all aspects of the creation, production and execution of three highly rated weekly half-hour shows broadcast on USA Networks, Latin America & Discovery Channel, Latin America.
1/94 – 1/96
Producer (Writer/Producer/Field Producer/Director)
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E Features
E! Entertainment Details
1/94 – 1/96
Writer/Producer/Field Producer/Director
1/93 – 12/94
Producer (Writer/Producer/Field Producer/Director)
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On E
E! Entertainment Details
1/93 – 12/94
Writer/Producer/Field Producer/Director
1/91 – 12/93
Producer (Writer/Producer/Field Producer/Director)
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Behind The Scenes
E! Entertainment Details
1/91 – 12/93
Writer/Producer/Field Producer/Director
1/88 – 12/91
Director of Production (Wrier, Producer, Field Producer)
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Desde Hollywood
Univision — Luca Bentivoglio Productions Details
1/88 – 12/91
Directed all aspects of three highly rated, weekly half-hour programs, broadcast on the #1 Spanish-language television network in the United States. Under my leadership, “Desde
Hollywood” became the #1 rated entertainment program on Spanish-language television in the United States.
1/88 – 12/91
Executive Producer (EP) (Executive in Charge of Production)
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Desde Hollywood
Details
1/88 – 12/91
Executive in Charge of Production
1/88 – 12/91
Director of Production
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Tu Musica
Univision — Luca Bentivoglio Productions Details
1/88 – 12/91
Directed all aspects of three highly rated, weekly half-hour primetime programs, broadcast on the #1 Spanish-language television network in the United States.
1/88 – 12/91
Univision — Luca Bentivoglio Productions Details
1/88 – 12/91
Directed all aspects of three highly rated, weekly half-hour primetime programs, broadcast on the #1 Spanish-language television network in the United States.
1/88 – 1/91
Executive Producer (EP) (Executive in Charge of Production)
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Fama And Fortuna
Details
1/88 – 1/91
Executive in Charge of Production
1/88 – 1/91
Executive Producer (EP) (Executive in Charge of Production)
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Tu Musica
Details
1/88 – 1/91
Executive in Charge of Production
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. Sociology
University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. Latin American Studies/Sociology