RESUME

Education:

  • 2009 – 2011 Parsons School of Design & Technology (MFA); New York City, NY
  • 1999 Virginia Commonwealth University (BFA); Richmond, VA

Internet Based Video:

  • A Fool’s Idea – An Exploration of Clown – 2009 – Present
    An Interactive Documentary Webseries
    Producer/Writer/Director/Editor
  • The Yes Men – Survivaball Commercial – 2009
    A Late Night Infocommercial
    Producer/Writer/Director/Editor
  • I Killed A Moose – 2008
    Producer/Editor/Compositor/Animator
    Musical Parody of the 2008 VP election candidate Sarah Palin

Short Movies:

  • The Love Story – 2009
    Producer/Writer/Director/Editor/Animator
    A short movie featuring Jef Johnson (Slavas Snowshow, Cirque Du Soleil)
  • A Clown Carol – 2007
    Producer/Director/Compositor/Animator/Writer
    An animated/live action short movie based on, “A Christmas Carol”

Broadcast Television:

  • CUNY TV – 2004 – present
    Producer/editor/animator
    Short and long form documentary pieces
    On-air program bumpers
    Public Service Announcement’s & Station Promos
    Responsible for editing the following series programs: Brian Lehrer Live & Study with the Best.
  • Art or Something Like It! (Seasons one and two) – 2004 – 2008
    (Nominated for a 2007 NYC EMMY)     A weekly television series about the local New York art scene: Producer, video editor, animator, camera operator, writer, graphic designer and website developer.
  • Intelligent Design (The Music Video) – 2005
    (Nominated for a 2006 NYC EMMY)     A live to air talk show: video editor, designer
  • Meet the Dooples – 2004
    Kids animated short: Video editor, animator, and compositor
  • WNYE-TV 25 – 2001 – 2004
    Station logo and bug
    On-air program bumpers
    Station graphic look
    Dozens of on-air promos and PSA’s
  • Wonderland Productions – 2003
    Assistant editing for two 1and a half hour long performance programs: “Ellis Island: Vignettes” and “Black Burlesque Revisited”
  • Yeshevia University Museum-
    Three, 1-minute on-air promo
  • Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum-
    One 1-minute on-air promo
  • National American Precise Syndicate-
    Four public service announcements
  • The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music-
    30-minute broadcast classical music performance special
  • After School-
    Animation and graphics for a one-hour long episodic TV series produced by Gary Cohen and Bob Stein
  • YMCA-
    Opener and lower thirds graphics for a 30-minute program
  • The Digital Age-
    30-minute episodic TV series
  • Law Line-
    30-minute episodic TV series
  • Opera New York-
    2-hour opera performance special

Special Projects:

  • White Noise – 2009
    Video production/directing/performance projection
    An improvisational multimedia clown experience
    Featuring Jef Johnson (Slavas Snowshow, Cirque Du Soleil)
  • The Spin Cycle – 2008
    Director/Editor for Video Segments
    A live theatrical play written by Jerrod Bogard
  • LoveCracked: The Movie- Feature Film – 2006
    Producer/Composer/Illustrator/Animator/Writer/Director
    “And this was on a good day” animated segment
  • Catalysta Inc.- (non-profit educational facility)
    Multi-format educational teachers aid presentation video
  • Things Outside The Skin- (Recording artist)
    2 music videos
  • The Dictator’s Bitch- (Recording artist)
    1 music video
  • New Dawn Rising- (Recording Artist)
    Several fine art and music videos

Special Honors:

  • 2007 NYC EMMY Nomination
  • 2007 NYC City Council Outstanding Citizen Award
  • 2006 NYC EMMY Nomination

Websites:

Special Skills:

  • Software: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Final Cut Pro HD, Boris Red, Live Type, Red Giant, Trapcode, Zaxworks, Ultimatte, Digieffects, Media Cleaner, Soundforge, Sonar, Acid, Basic working knowledge of Avid Media Composer, Symphony and DV Express
  • Technical: Blue & green screen chroma-key skills, live event & studio videography, technical directing, Master-control operation, and information technology, proficient in both PC & MAC platforms
  • Artistic: Digital color photography, black & white photography, welding, oil and acrylic painting, mold making, pen & ink illustration, various other sculptural techniques

Film Festivals:

  • 2009 Back Seat Film Festival
  • 2009 New Filmmakers Summer Short Festival
  • 2007 The Gene Frankel Theater “A Deep Dickens” Screening, NYC

Art Exhibitions:

  • 2006 SOHO20 “Artist Self Portraits” exhibition, NYC
  • 2005 SOHO20 “Small Works” exhibition, NYC
  • 2005 Satchmo’s restaurant group exhibition, NYC
  • 2005 Emerging Artists Office Ops “Art Party and Roller Derby” group exhibition, NYC
  • 2004 Phoebe’s Café Solo exhibition, NYC
  • 2002 “Night of 1000 Drawings” at Artist Space Gallery, NYC
  • 2001 Emerging Artists “Sex N’ Art party”, NYC
  • 2000 Solo show “50 Drawings” at World Cup II. Coffee shop, Richmond Virginia
  • 2000 Solo show “50 Drawings” at World Cup I. Coffee shop, Richmond Virginia
  • 2000 Artspace Gallery “Multimedia Extravaganza”, Richmond Virginia
  • 1999 V.C.U. Juried Art show, Richmond Virginia
  • 1998 The Enchanted Castle Studios, Various Sculptures and Installations, Lexington Virginia
  • 1997 T.C.C. 26th Annual Student Art Show, Portsmouth Virginia
  • 1996 “Death of the Corn King Festival”, O.D.U. Art Gallery, Norfolk Virginia

Musical Performance:

  • 2002 until present, Bass Player in the rock band “THINGS OUTSIDE THE SKIN”
  • 2005 – 2006, Bass player in the pop rock band “The 1-2-3-4”
  • 2000 Twisters Synthesis, “Blight Vs. Kilter Kaput”, Richmond Virginia