Thomas Fernandes

• Coordinated multiple documentary film shoots, over the course of six months, for a crew of six to ten • Filmed in over a dozen US states (booking and adjusting all travel and stay on an hourly basis) • Arranged air, train, auto and bus travel for crew and talent • Remotely managed crew meals and accommodations • Created and distributed daily call sheets (over 80 shoot days) • Was the primary contact for field crew and production office (for over 80 shoot days) • Managed and archived all production paperwork - deal memos, location releases, talent releases, art releases, etc.

• Created production budget and production schedule • Advised in the selection cast and crew • Generated and maintained all production paperwork (deal memos, releases, song licenses, etc.) • Supervised post-production (editing, sound mix, color correction, score, etc.) • Coordinated film festival submissions, print traffic and attendance

• Created and oversaw the development of active budgets for multiple reality television shoots • Booked travel and coordinated all other necessary arrangements for TV crews on the road • Supervised the daily progress of active shoots and communicated crews’ moment-to-moment progress to production office • Acted as liaison between on-screen talent and production office • Created and maintained all TV production documents (call sheets, purchase orders, camera logs, wrap reports, etc.) • Oversaw the acquisition and organization of all legal deliverables for coordinated shoots (deal memos, releases, etc.)

A lead producer from development through distribution. • Secured and maintained investors and wrote grant proposals (AFS grant, 2012) • Managed successful crowd-funding campaigns • Managed Production LLC (continuing to manage) • Managed song licensing and and legal paperwork • Handled all bookkeeping and payroll • Coordinated film festival submissions, attendance and print traffic • Handled legal delivery of film to distributor and oversaw the development of all distribution agreements • Continuing to act as liaison between distributor, production team and investors • Continuing to handle all financial reporting to investors

Oversaw all production departments and ran the daily operations of the set (a cast and crew of over 40)