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Production & Art Department Experience

NBC DIGITAL "Fact Checkers Unit" 7/10 Property Master Web series (Dir. Dan Beers)
RSA/ SECOND HAND SYMPHONY "Something More" 6/10 Production Designer Music Video (Dir. Declan Whitebloom)
MAPLE ISLAND "Christmas Mail" 6/10 Property Master Feature Film (Dir. John Murlowski)
ULTIMATEBETPOKER.COM/ CUP O JOE PRODS "Tell Tail" "K9" Production Manager Commercial spots (Dir. Joe Reitman) for broadcast on ESPN
RSA/ N.E.R.D. "Hot and Fun" Production Designer Music video (Dir. Toben Seymour)
CJP DITIGAL "The Webventures of Justin & Alden" 4/10 Art Director Web series (Dir. Sean Becker)
EHALL FILMS "Poisonous Frogs" 3/10 Production Designer Short film (Dir. Justin Schack)
ULTIMATEBETPOKER.COM "UB Poker School" 12/09 Line Producer Series of tutorials featuring poker professionals for website. (Dir. Joseph Reitman)
WONDERSTAR PRODS "Expecting Mary" 8/09 Asst. Props Feature- assisted props & food stylist (Dir. Dan Gordon)
"1945A" 7/09 Set Decorator Set decorating for pilot presentation (Dir. Ryan Nagata)
NYFA "Come What May" 5/09 Art Director Short film (Dir. Carolyn Bevacqua)
COMEDY CENTRAL "The Legend of Neil" 1/09-4/09

Production Designer Producer

Season 2 of Comedy Central's most popular web series (Dir. Sandeep Parikh) Nominated for 2010 Streamy Best Comedy
THE GUILD / MSN "The Guild" 9/08-12/08 Production Designer Season 2 of the award winning web series, "The Guild." (Dir. Sean Becker) nominated for 2009 Streamy Best Art Direction
COMEDY CENTRAL "My Profile Story" 11/08 Line Producer Production Designer

Web pilot.(Dir. Benny & Rafi Fine)

COMEDY CENTRAL "The Legend of Neil" 1/08-6/08

Production Designer Line Producer

Web series (Dir. Sandeep Parikh)
CUP O' JOE PRODUCTIONS "Card People" 5/08-8/08 Line Producer Commercials airing on ESPN for AbsolutePoker.net (Dir. Joseph Reitman)
JOSS WHEDON "Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog" 3/08 Asst Property Master
Web Series. Props and set dressing (Dir. Joss Whedon)
EFFINFUNNY.COM 4/06-4/09

Graphic Design Production Design Producer

Designed graphics for website and publicity
Production designed online comedy sketches. Produced 15 live stand-up comedy shows.
THE GUILD "The Guild" 10/07

Production Design

3 episodes of the webseries “The Guild.” (Dir. Jane Selle Morgan, Greg Benson)
BANKABLE PRODUCTIONS 4/07-8/07

Photoshop Artist Archivist

Photoshopped archived images to improve quality (color correction, dust, scratches…)
4KidsTV "Biker Mice From Mars" 3/06 Writer Co-wrote story & wrote lyrics for 4 songs of “Episode 28: Turf Wars.”
ADULT SWIM "Tom Goes to the Mayor" 1/05-5/05 Assistant
Assisted the creators/ writers of animated adult swim show: “Tom Goes to the Mayor.”
ATOMIC MONSTER PRODUCTIONS "The Good Guys" 9/04-11/04 Producer
TV pilot. Hired crew, secured locations, and managed budget. (Dir. Sandeep Parikh)
BREAD & PUPPET THEATER, VT 8/02 Intern
Built puppets, made masks, created and performed shows.
STUDIO THEATRE, Washington DC 6/01-8/01 Props Artisan
Built props for theater production: “Wonderland Alice.”

 

EDUCATION:

BROWN UNIVERSITY; Providence, RI: BA in Theater, course work in Creative Writing, Theater, & History.(December 2003)

NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS; London, England: Study abroad Advanced Playwriting Program. (Fall 2002)
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY; Pittsburgh, PA: One year in the Bachelor of Humanities and Arts, drama option. (1999-2000)  

Software Skills: Advanced Photoshop, basic Flash , Dreamweaver &Motion, currently learning Final Cut & After Effects.