Ryan Polomski

Story produced and lead edited 1hr. pilot documentary series on digital addiction.

Developing and pitching show concepts and special documentary series for sale to network and digital markets, focusing on topics pertaining to nature, exploration, discovery, science and culture. Duties include creating tapes, writing pitches and treatments, and negotiating sales with production partners and networks.

Edit teasers, trailers, presentations, pilots and proofs of concept for network sale (Nat Geo, Discovery, History Channel, Lifetime, etc).

Edited and co-story produced trailer for HGTV renovation show that sold to HGTV

Finishing editor on presentation of show that eventually sold to series at Velocity.

Story Edit for Spike reality docu-series show

Directing/Producing hr. long television documentary about L.A. basketball legend, Raymond Lewis for a network to-be-determined.

Story Edit for Food Fortune studio show

Provided exclusive access, information, media and knowledge concerning criminal case that the episode followed.

Co-wrote, co-produced and edited 20 minute film being submitted to networks and news agencies across U.S.

Edit/Shot Bravo Pilot/Presentation (show similar to Housewives), working with raw footage from string-out to fine cut (FCP 7)

Edited and helped story produce pitch tape for Food Network show. Humor/Science/work-place genre. Show pending.

Developed story from transcriptions, created string out, sourced footage and created sound track, text graphics and worked with supervising producer to produce final cut for presentation (project pending).

Three passes on a A&E-bound presentation reel regarding a husband-wife beauty salon. Avid 6.5

Cut casting reels for major NatGeo competition show.

Edited and assistant story produced pitch reel using skype and HD captured footage. (show pending). Sound design, final color, audio mix, output, title graphics, etc.

Edited various online series and one-offs for The Stylish, a YouTube Premier Network, including "In Focus", "Closet Rich", and "Dirty Beauty Secrets".

Produced short field packages for nightly news program, Arizona Horizon and edited special projects for the Arizona PBS Station, KAET. Duties included topic pitching, research, camera directing, interviewing, voice over writing, and all editing duties (FCP).

Produced over 40 long form commercials (documentary-style) for Sequence LLC and Chevron Corp promoting technological, environmental and social contributions of the business around the globe. Managed 6 figure budgets, crews of 5, post production and executive liaison. www.youtube.com/chevron & http://www.chevron.com/stories/#/allstories/

Produced a series of 8 long-format commercials (doc style) highlighting the 50 year partnership of Chevron Corp. in Nigeria - stories ranging from health, education, technology and environment. Duties include logistics, story producing, interviewing, directing, editing. "Chevron Fights HIV" featured @ HIV/AIDS Conference in WDC hosted by Oprah Winfrey.

Produced series of promotional and interview short videos highlighting the 2010 Fantastic Film Fest for Drafthouse Films, including interviews with Bill Murray Josh Brolin gathering over 200,000 views during festivals duration. Duties include crew hiring, interviewing and post-supervising.

Produced a 6 part video series highlighting the clean energy innovators of tomorrow as they compete for seed money to fund their start up companies. Duties include location securing, research, interviewing, script writing and post supervising.

Produced backstage interviews and performance packages for major musicians performing at the Austin City Limit Music Festival in association with Dell Live Stage and ME Television. Duties include research, booking, interviewing, directing and post producing. Job required quick turnaround and heavy field producing responsibilities.

Produced series on online videos depicting the affect of Hurricane Ike on the Gulf Coast of Texas and its residents. Duties include camera, interview, script, field audio, story producing and all post and upload. http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/09/15/us/1194817103085/hurricane-ike-s-aftermath.html

Edited and live directed over 50 multi-camera 1 hr. music events in and around Austin, TX, including artist interviews and documentary coverage of artists and bands. Gold Record, Grammy and Oscar winning musicians including Ryan Bingham, Andrew Bird, Willie Nelson, Los Lobos, Marica Ball, Bella Fleck and many more.

Shot live stage performances and backstage interviews of top-sellling artists at The Sundance Channel Live Stage at SXSW Music Festival. Duties include field audio, lighting, camera and media management.

Produced, wrote and directed 1/2 hour arts and culture documentaries for ME Television's Austinville series. Topics included local and international artists, performers, sports figures and filmmakers. Duties include research, writing, interviewing, crew management and post-supervising.

Produced 1/2 hour special highlighting the new Development NBA team in Austin Texas, The Toros, coached my HOF Dennis Johnson. Duties include script, research, interview, directing and all post-producing. Broadcast on ME Television and DLNBA.com

Produced 1/2 hour television documentary program covering the effort of Austin, Texas to attain its first sister city in a Muslim country - Antalya, Turkey. International producing, camera, interview, research, budgeting and post-supervising. Broadcast on ME Television.

Organized backstage interviews and live stage performances for Sundance Channel at SXSW Music Festival. Duties include crew hiring and management.

Producer/Director/Writer and Co-Editor of feature documentary, State vs. Reed, concerning a controversial death penalty case in Central Texas, and winner of the 2006 SXSW Audience Award and Award for Excellence in Filmmaking from the International CinemaTexas Film Festival.

Director/Producer of short documentary. Duties included research, grant writing, interviewing and shooting raw footage in rural Guatemala Highlands, editing and distribution: The Archeology Channel Int’l Film Festival – Eugene, OR; Cine Las Americas Int’l Film Festival – Austin, TX; Talking Stick Film Festival - Santa Fe, and more.