CV

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WORK EXPERIENCE

HARVARD FILM STUDY CENTER, Cambridge, MA          2015 – PRESENT
Film and Video Technician
Providing support with technical aspects of video and audio production to the
Film Study Center,  Sensory Ethnography Lab, and Critical Media Practice secondary feld

  · maintain an inventory and manage the loan of production equipment to students
       and fellows
  · provide equipment and computer support to students and fellows
  · general maintenance and upkeep of equipment and computer editing workstations

STUDIO 7 ARTS, Cambridge, MA          2014 – 2015
Video Editor
Editing short vignettes of outtakes from Robert Gardner's Dead Birds (1963)

  · create video clips from high resolution .DPX scans (still images)
  · color correction
  · edit short sequences showing the everyday routines and rituals of the Dani people
 

HARVARD X, Cambridge, MA          2012 – 2015
Video Editor
Editing video and post-production work for the EdX platform

  · edit multi-camera lectures
  · develop and implement design and aesthetic approach to material
  · color correction and green screen keying
  · motion-graphics animation

 

MIT MEDIA LAB, Cambridge, MA          2012 – 2015
Video Specialist
Recording and editing video and photographing events and classes as needed

  · work in both non-linear and linear (live) editing
  · color correction
  · audio mastering and repair when necessary
  · encode and export for internet viewing

 

FREELANCE VIDEOGRAPHY, BOSTON, MA          2007 – PRESENT
Self-employed videographer
Recording and editing video and providing exhibition copies per clients' specifications

  · Past clients include Harvard, MIT, MassArt, and
       the Graphic Artists Guild of America

 

BALAGAN FILM SERIES, Cambridge, MA          2011 – PRESENT
Co-curator
Organization of regularly -scheduled, public, not-for-profit film screenings

  · choose films features and short films for exhibition
  · budget for events
  · organize ordering and shipping of film prints and video materials
  · contact filmmakers and make travel arrangements
  · design and distribute promotional material for each show

 

HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE, Cambridge, MA          2012 – PRESENT
Volunteer
EDUCATION

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Boston, MA
BFA, Film/Video 2005 – 2009
JURIES AND PANELS

Fast Forward: Film/Video Alumni Panel, 2013, panelist

SMFA Film + Animation Annual, 2013, juror
SCREENINGS AND EXHIBITIONS
  • Sep 2017 "Brought into Light"
    shown as part of the Stretching the Frame: Death, Dying, and the Material Body 
    program at the Northampton Film Festival
    curated by Sara Bliss
    Northampton, MA
     
  • Mar 2017 "Nova Remnants"
    shown as part of the Flicker & Wow program at the Big Ears Festival
    Knoxville, TN
     
  • Sept 2016 "Ghosts of Greenough"
    shown as part of 4th Festival Anapoda
    Rhodes, Greece

  • Mar 2016 "Long Way From Home"
    shown as part of Landscapes and a Floating Mind –
    curated by Tomonari Nishikawa
    Image Forum, Japan

  • Oct 2015 "Ghosts of Greenough" and "Brought into Light"
    shown as part of Gedrängel im Schaufenster –
    curated by Lina Sieckmann and Miriam Gossing
    Schalten und Walten, Cologne, Germany

  • May 2014 "Long Way From Home" shown as part of The Improbable Made
    Possible: Farewell from a Dying Star         - curated by Lorenzo Gattorna
    Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, NY

  • Jan 2014 "Long Way From Home" shown as part of Sight Unseen's
    Open Call Screening
    EMP Collective, Baltimore, MD

  • Sep 2013 "Long Way From Home" and "Light Trails" shown as part of
    Perspektiva 2.0
    College of Fine Art, Sydney, Australia

  • Oct 2011 "Petersburg" shown as part of TIE: New and Unseen Super-8 Films
    Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA

  • Apr 2011 "Swan Song" shown as part of BYOK program
    Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • Aug 2010 "Petersburg" shown as part of The World as We See It
    curated by Tara Nelson
    Spontaneous Celebrations, Boston, MA

  • Aug 2010 - Oct 2012 photo exhibit
    Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA

  • Dec 2009 - Jan 2010 solo photo show
    Otherside Cafe, Boston, MA

  • May 2009 "One Year Fear and Anxiety Loop" + "Johnny Kilraper..." trailer
    Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA

  • May 2009 "Johnny Kilraper & the Arbiter of Silence" premiere
    Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
SKILLS

· Film and video production (experience with a wide range of cameras from
   16mm to high-end video cameras, pro-level sound and lighting
   equipment)

· Proficiency in major software for video, sound, and photo editing as well as
   effects and DVD/Blu-ray fabrication software (AVID, Adobe Creative Suite,
   Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro)

· Traditional 2D and 3D stop-motion animation

· Knowledge of HTML, CSS coding and Drupal-based web design and
   maintenance