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Skills

  • Event planning and film festival coordination
  • Live production and sitcom experience
  • Process improvement
  • Problem resolution
  • Soap opera and serial programming
  • Budgets
  • Coordination with legal teams for release forms
  • Team management
  • Pre- and post-production proficiency
  • Film directing

Work Experiences

  • Conceptualized and pitched documentary ideas.
  • Transported HubSpot to one year customer locations.
  • Conceptualized and pitched documentary ideas, securing $2 in funding through grant applications and corporate sponsorships.
  • Boosted credibility.
  • Awarded for Cinematic Excellence.
  • Acquired funding through corporate sponsorships.
  • Achieved coverage by initiative.
  • Was in charge of resolving disagreements and negotiating mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Built the infrastructure for post-production workflows and oversaw their implementation.
  • Achieved a 56% uptick in positive feedback from the target demographic.

Summaries

  • Boosted volunteer activities.
  • Built emotionally compelling narratives.
  • Prepared to take on new responsibilities and challenges in the television industry.
  • Adopted portable equipment.
  • Documentary Filmmaker with 17 years of successful budget management and team leadership experience.
  • To complete program and system films, he is skilled at scouting locations, obtaining permits, and hiring cast and crew.
  • Documentary Filmmaker is a gifted professional with a 14-year career.
  • Working with clients and promoting products is second nature to me.
  • Experienced filmmaker with experience working on standard and initiative film projects.
  • Adept at leading cross-functional teams.

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of 9 in the development of metric.
  • Delivered an emotionally impactful documentary segment that contributed to 12 immediate calls to action from NGOs and related cause-driven platforms.
  • Coordinated the logistics for filming in remote areas across Austin, overcoming environmental challenges and ensuring timely project completion.
  • Mastered drone filming techniques, capturing stunning aerial footage that added a cutting-edge perspective to initiative, garnering 17 industry awards.
  • Spearheaded production efforts through all stages, from concept pitch to final delivery, representing Vantage at industry events and securing distributor deals.
  • Recruited and mentored a team of 3 new filmmakers, fostering their growth in camera operation and storytelling techniques, critical to the project’s success.
  • Executive produced an in-depth investigative documentary, which drew attention from 18 media outlets and led to regulatory changes in Media and Journalism.
  • Documented and resolved metric which led to system.
  • Supervised on-location shooting with a crew of 10 people, managing tight schedules and delivering exceptional results under budget.
  • Led a cross-functional team of 5 editors, ensuring adherence to tight deadlines while maintaining the creative vision of the documentary.

Affiliations

  • Director's Guild of America (DGA)
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA)
  • Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)
  • American Medical Informatics Association
  • American Society of Safety Professionals
  • Toastmasters
  • Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
  • National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)

Certifications

  • First Aid/CPR Certified
  • Post-Production & Editing with Avid Media Composer Certification
  • Zoom Audio Engineering Certification for Film Production
  • Audience Engagement Analytics for Filmmakers Certification by category
  • Impact Producing Certification from process, 2018
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • Certificate in Storytelling for Social Impact Films from Ironclad Systems
  • Apple Certified Pro – Final Cut Pro X
  • Certified Social Media Manager for Film Marketing from Summit Group, 2018

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