Summary

I work hard, contribute creatively, and come with a bone fide background of education and experience.

Credits

4/18 – 8/19

Producer ((Writer, Story Producer, Director, Editor))

Staff Position — Estars Studios Details
4/18 – 8/19

Producer, story produce, write, direct, and edit shoulder content for live broadcasts. Includes short player profiles, event promos, hype videos, commercials, event-recap and cut-down shows.

9/15 – 4/18

Director

Staff Position — Vegas PBS Details
9/15 – 4/18

Produce, direct, write, shoot, and edit broadcast interstitial spots, promotional spots, long-form and short-form television as well as corporate, industrial and how-to videos. Respond to executive notes.

11/14 – 9/15

Showrunner Outdoor Nevada (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Vegas PBS Details
11/14 – 9/15

Conceptualize series, create and maintain budget and production/post schedule, purchase equipment, cast host, hire and supervise office and field crew, create technical and aesthetic style sheets, create production and post production workflow for 26x30 travel and adventure series.

5/14 – 10/14

Producer (Writer, Post Producer, Editor, Shooter) Restoration Neon

PBS — TV — Vegas PBS Details
5/14 – 10/14

Conceived, produced, directed, wrote, shot, and helped edit 1x60 process documentary featuring the restoration of two classic Vegas neon signs at the world famous Neon Museum.

7/13 – 7/14

Series Producer (Writer, Field Producer/Director) Artscene (Season 2)

PBS — TV — Vegas PBS Details
7/13 – 7/14

Continued playing many roles on this production for series I was instrumental in conceptualizing. Executive Produce, Produce, Write, Field Direct, Post Produce, and even Shoot and Edit. Season 2 order was for 26x30 increased from Season 1 13x30.

12/12 – 10/13

Producer (Writer, Post Producer, Shooter, Editor) Broadway in the Hood: Open Doors and Dreams

PBS — TV — Vegas PBS Details
12/12 – 10/13

Conceived, produced, field directed, shot, wrote and helped edit 1x60 documentary on community arts program that brings Broadway productions to the "Hood." Resulted in NATAS PacSW Emmy nomination.

10/12 – 7/13

Series Producer (Writer, Field Producer/Director) Artscene (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Vegas PBS Details
10/12 – 7/13

One shooter/editor and I did everything for this documentary series as part of a national PBS arts initiative. Executive Produced, Produced, Wrote, Field Directed, Post Produced, Shot, Edited and wrote/produced promos. Resulted in 2 NATAS PacSW Emmy nominations.

6/12 – 10/12

Director (Writer, Producer, Editor) Arts Showcase Summer (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Vegas PBS Details
6/12 – 10/12

Writer, Producer, Director, Shooter, Editor. Resulted in NATAS PacSW Emmy Award

Recos

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Education

Class of '05

Columbia University

MFA, Film
Class of '98

UCLA

BA, English & Creative Writing

Skills

  • Television
  • AVID Media Composer
  • Film
  • Final Draft
  • Line Producing
  • Adobe Premiere
  • News
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Celtx
  • Sorenson Squeeze
  • Corporate Videos
  • • Audio recording and microphones for field and studio product
  • • Audio: Adobe Audition
  • • Compression and Transcoding: Adobe Encoder
  • • Editing: Final Cut Pro
  • • Field and studio directing
  • • Graphics: Photoshop
  • • Lighting techniques and equipment for field and studio recor
  • • Mac and Windows OS
  • • Pro HD
  • • Producing
  • • Production: Entertainment Partners Budgeting and Scheduling
  • • Screenwriting: Adobe Story
  • • Single-camera and multi-camera field and studio production
  • • Video compositing using green and blue screen
  • • Writing for
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  • and production managing
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  • UHD and 4k digital video cameras & DSLR’s