Education    
 
 
Fall 2002-Spring 2006                University of California                    Santa Cruz, CA
B.A. Film and Digital Media with Honors.  Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.60
•    Learned critical theory and participated in film and sound production classes within the major.
 
 
 
Work Experience   
 
 
Spring 2006                               Student Coordinated Television                        Santa Cruz, CA
 
Equipment Manager
•    Directed and covered film crews and filmed events on campus for SCTV. Managed, maintained and organized the checkout of camera equipment.


Summer 2005                               A Hard Day’s Knight                        Mendocino, CA
 
Videographer, Editor
•    Produced, shot and edited a promotional short for an outdoor summer camp. Continue to film and edit material for a documentary in progress for the camp.


Summer 2003                               Crisis Response Service                     Longview, WA

Assistant Director
•    Assisted in the writing, directing, and editing of Gimme Five for Life, a promotional film to prevent suicide in teenagers for the Crisis Response Service of Washington.


Summer 2000                               FoxxDance Productions                    San Rafael, CA

Intern
•   Aided in the dubbing of tapes, office management, and production for the company.


Skills  
  
•    Cameras:                            Video:           JVC 100U/10U;  Canon XL2;  GL1;  Sony DVX100,                                                                                Still:              Panasonic FZ7, Canon Rebel 2000, Canon Rebel Xti.
 
•    Audio Equipment:            Cardioids, Shotguns;  Marantz PDM660
•    Software:                             Final Cut Pro 5.1;  Logic Pro 7;  Adobe Premiere; DVD Studio Pro;                                                                             Adobe Photoshop CS3
 
•    Operating Systems:           Windows XP Pro;  Mac OS X 10.4
•    Computers:                         Building computers and managing PC drivers;  Edited  several                                                                                    video projects both student and commercial.


Activities & Interests   
 
•    Photography: Digital, Analog
•    Music: Piano, Violin, Singing
•    Art: Drawing, Adobe Photoshop: Photomanipulation, Air Brush
•    Martial Arts: Aikido,  Swordplay, Fencing