Summary

My name is Jacob Wells and I have been living in Los Angeles, California for about 3 years. I love making movies on so many levels and seeing all of the moving pieces come into place. My goal is to eventually write and produce for films and/or television.

Credits

5/17 – 9/18

Production Assistant (Assistant to Creative Director)

Staff Position — The QYOU TV, Inc Details
5/17 – 9/18

I worked for The QYOU as a TBD Network dedicated employee. I would watch the network content daily before air date to ensure it met FCC Standards and Practices Guidelines. I would check content for quality control to ensure the episodes made sense and that there were no dropped frames, odd edits, or similar errors that could negatively effect the broadcast. I would go on runs, organize craft services, and communicate between talent and producers. I pitched show ideas, social campaign ideas, and performed research for current shows. I would also mine and edit show footage for social media promotional material as well as build out show rundowns to be delivered to post production.

8/15 – 9/15

Talent Assistant

Staff Position — Underground Details
8/15 – 9/15

Printing out casting breakdowns, emailing, scheduling, maintaining business meetings for talent manager, managing outgoing and incoming calls, coordination with talent for auditions, uploading and emailing self-tapes, editing sizzle reels.

7/15 – 8/15

Production Coordinator Sammy Gate

Film (Feature-length) — J.X. Williams Archive Details
7/15 – 8/15

Sending out call sheets, making cast and crew lists, coordinating information between key crew, printing out and maintaining paperwork, filling out SAG paperwork.

7/15 – 7/15

Production Assistant Untitled Jazmin Whitley Project

TV — Underground Details
7/15 – 7/15

Unloading and setting up equipment, managing craft services, coffee runs, assisting with camera setups and lighting.

9/13 – 5/14

Producer The Matador

Film (Short) — Underground Details
9/13 – 5/14

Create budget, hire crew, coordinate locations, draw up paperwork for contracts, obtain production insurance, break down script, manage preproduction, manage production, manage post production, give notes on film edits, supervise lower level crew as well as key crew.

Media

  • Me & Jew

  • Chef and Shark: The Dogs of Tinder

Recos

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Education

Class of '15

UNCSA

Filmmaking

My Gear

  • Canon Rebel
  • Blue Yeti Microphone

Skills

  • Writing
  • Development
  • Call Sheets
  • Movie Magic Budgeting and Scheduling
  • Casting Calls
  • Talent Releases
  • Location Agreements
  • Manual Labor
  • Social Media and Marketing
  • Filing Paperwork
  • Lining a script
  • Casting Breakdown
  • Coordinating production and preproduction
  • Preparing Audition Sides
  • Proficient in making and taking phone calls
  • SAG Hours Paperwork