Produce field days, direct ENG crew, conduct participant interviews in both English and Spanish, create opportunities and story content for a series of innovative, documentary/reality-style national commercial campaigns. Work directly with Academy Award-winning director Jessica Yu.
Summary
Highly organized, enthusiastic trilingual professional with strategic multi-tasking abilities including field, story, production/post-production supervising, budgets, client services, scheduling, project, workflow, staff, crew, outside vendor management.
Credits
7/07 – 4/12
Field Producer – J. Walter Thompson
Ford — Advertising — NONFICTION Details
7/07 – 4/12
10/10 – 3/11
Producer (Senior) – Pastport (Season 1)
NuvoTV — TV — Mike Mathis Productions Details
10/10 – 3/11
Worked closely with Executive Producer on all facets of pre-production, production and postproduction of six one-hour celebrity docu-soaps/biographies, each focusing on a Latino celebrity’s journey to their family’s homeland in South America. Crafted story and interviews, coordinated all field shoots with fixer teams, story-produced and supervised post.
2/10 – 10/10
Producer – Operation In Their Boots
Film (Feature-length) — Brave New Foundation Details
2/10 – 10/10
Mentored, supervised and produced with veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who transformed their experiences at war and coming home into documentary films. Worked closely with veterans, crews and editors through every stage of pre-production, story development, production, and final post-production.
5/94 – 5/09
Producer – Trespassing
Film (Feature-length) — Red Umbrella Productions Details
5/94 – 5/09
Conducted all interviews, generated and coordinated all aspects of production, post-production, festival circuit and distribution of this internationally 11-time award-winning feature documentary film about nuclear mining, testing and dumping on Native American lands in the American Southwest.
2/08 – 11/08
Producer – In Their Boots (Season 1)
Internet — Digital — Brave New Foundation Details
2/08 – 11/08
Wrote, produced and directed weekly live web series Researched, pitched and booked weekly topics and experts/guests; determined interview goals, wrote script and interview questions; created and maintained schedules, workflows and checklists for production of live and pre-taped web cast; interacted with studio crew; directed live weekly web cast.
1/04 – 3/07
Producer – Abc Sneak Peaks Comedy
ABC — Live/Special Event — Storm Studios Details
1/04 – 3/07
Originate/negotiate project bids/budgets with network creatives, finance directors, agencies. Schedule/oversee daily production/post-production needs/responsibilities of creative, editorial staff, ensuring timelines met. Hire/manage freelance staff. Negotiate fees for VO talent, agents, music acquisitions, licenses, stock footage, graphic design, studios. Monitor expenditures to adhere to projected budgets.
1/04 – 3/07
Producer – Abc Sneak Peaks Drama
ABC — Live/Special Event Details
1/04 – 3/07
Originate/negotiate project bids/budgets with network creatives, finance directors, agencies. Schedule/oversee daily production/post-production needs/responsibilities of creative, editorial staff, ensuring timelines met. Hire/manage freelance staff. Negotiate fees for VO talent, agents, music acquisitions, licenses, stock footage, graphic design, studios. Monitor expenditures to adhere to projected budgets.
9/06 – 9/06
Producer – Abc Fall Sneak Peek Comedy And Reality
ABC
9/06 – 9/06
Recos
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Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. Sociology
University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. Latin American Studies/Sociology
Skills
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