Alison Marek

Built video department. Devise and shoot field packages across the country. Produced 4,000 videos. Develop, assign and write stories. Hire and manage local and remote video crews. Trained on-camera talent. Manage Release Forms and Deal Memos. Edit. Managed social media.

Quickly developed trusting relationships with cast members and their intimates in Texas. Collaborated with Field Producer to develop storylines. Questioned cast about their lives and upcoming events to create schedules and find venues. Took field notes during shoots, while arranging the next week's locations, events, clearances and schedules. Arranged out-of-town trade-outs for hotel, restaurants and sightseeing venues for traveling honeymoon field trip. Arranged trade-outs for wedding gown, photography and other wedding services. Worked closely with cast to keep abreast of life and event changes. Devised questions for debriefing interviews, based on understanding of characters' situations and dilemmas. Cleared locations, materials and appearances. Handled media reports. Conducted on-camera debriefing and on-the-fly interviews with cast members and their friends and family.

Produced and story-produced back-to-back documentaries under tight deadlines, preproducing one segment while shooting and editing another. Found and cast local kids willing to be interviewed for free for a news show. Arranged and verified work permits. Hired studio teacher. Collaborated with Field Producer on storyline and structure. Shaped stories in post with Field Producer and Editor on Premiere and Avid. Worked with production designer to find rights-cleared school supplies to transform studio into temporary classroom. Researched and devised storyline contrasting smart drugs with natural brain-stimulating methods, such as meditation and nutrition. Used my social media contacts to find and book celebrity nutrition/nootropics expert Dave Asprey, CEO of The Bulletproof Executive. Worked with producing team to find and book neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Hill. Collaborated with Field Producer to develop storylines. Arranged shooting permits, booked locations and secured location agreements for all shoots. Obtained appearance and IP releases. Worked closely with legal team to ensure all rights clearances were in order. Created schedules, call sheets, legal clearance reports and petty-cash reports. Co-conceived and directed show’s final field piece, collaborating with Field Producer to give each segment a unique look. Field Pieces: These Kids Solved World Hunger, A Farmer’s Market Delivered to Your Door, and Supercharge Your Brain.

Corralled minor talent, facilitated scheduling, handled SAG paperwork, Work Permits, Deal Memos and Release Forms.

Hired crew, cast talent, scouted and secured locations, purchased props, oversaw budget, coordinated scheduling for Aurora award-winning PSA that I directed.

Production Coordinator for webseries. Managed more than 100 actors for 2-week shoot. Managed SAG and nonunion Deal Memos, Check Requests, I9s, W9s, CC authorizations, paperwork and payroll.

Production Coordinator, Location Manager, Casting Assistant on low-budget feature. Scouted for, secured and negotiated bargain rates for historical Victorian house and municipal cemetery. Handled DealMemos, Release Forms, I9s, W9s, check requests, created Payroll, oversaw production assistants. Liaised with Long Beach Film Commission and Heritage Society.

2nd Assistant Director on 7-day feature for Tommy Ford. Revised shooting schedules, created call sheets, created sides, contacted celebrities. AD’d the pickup shoot.

Handled Deal Memos, I9s, W9s, CC authorizations, SAG paperwork, vendor paperwork, oversaw other departments.