Professional/Personal Overview
A tech savvy and creative filmmaker with a varied experience working in photography, video, film, TV, and web design. Have equipment and will travel shooting and editing videos that tell compelling stories. Owner of Above All Productions, Inc. a NYC video production company specializing in video for the web. Visit: www.aboveallproductions.com
Work Info
Expertise
Cameraperson
10 Years
Editor (video, film)
10 Years
Web Designer
10 Years
Specialty
No specialties specified
Total Media Industry Experience
6 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Rockit NY (11+), Time Inc. (11+), Chayo Mata Photography, Inc (11+), Fitness Magazine (11+), InStyle Magazine (11+), Metro Digital (11+), Above All Productions, Inc (11+)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Morgan Library and Museum (11+), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (11+), Hispanic Society (6-10), Arup (3-5), Necessary Objects (1-2)
Other Work History
For 5 years, while studying towards my BA in Film and Television production from the University of Westminster (London, UK), I worked at Cards Galore as a sales assistant and manager.
Computer Skills
Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Color, Motion, After Effects, Sound Track Pro, ShotPut Pro, XDCAM Transfer, XDCAM EX Clip Browser, P2CMS, Speed Grade on Set, Gamma and Density 3cP, Remaster / FirstLight, Clip Finder, RED Alert, RedCine, RED Rushes, OnLocation, ScopeBox, Veescope Live, Wirecast, Episode, Video Warp, Eyesee360, FTP, HTML, Apple script, Automator, Microsoft Office, FileMaker, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesing, Photoshop, iView Media Pro, Capture One Pro, Leaf Capture, EOS Capture, Aperture, Lightroom, etc
Technical Skills
XDCAM, XDCAM EX, P2, DV, HDV, HD, Beta, DigiBeta video cameras. DSLR and medium format cameras. Lighting for video and photography. Video assist, Playback, and digital capture tech skills with Leaf Capture, Capture One, Sinar Capture, ShotPut Pro, XDCAM Transfer, XDCAM EX Clip Browser, P2CMS, Speed Grade on Set, Gamma and Density 3cP, Remaster / FirstLight, Clip Finder, RED Alert, RedCine, RED Rushes, OnLocation, ScopeBox, Veescope Live, Wirecast, Episode. Video editing with Final Cut Pro Studio, Premiere and After Effects. Web design with Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks.
Equipment
Video camera: 1 Sony XDCAM EX PMW-EX1 camera package with complete sound, monitors, teleprompter and lighting packages. Photography cameras:1 Canon 1DS MII Digital photography camera package with 4 lenses. Complete sound package with 4 wireless systems, mixer, boom, and shot gun. Video Lighting package with 2 Kino Divas 400, 5 lights Dedolight Master traveler kit, 2 Chimera Triolet fixtures, 2 Litepanels micro pro, 3 lowel Totas, 2 Omni and 3 Pro lights. Complemented with Chimera softboxes, octabanks, dimmers, chinalights, reflectors, flags, nets, gels, diffussion, stands and grip. Photography lighting package: 2 profoto 2400 packs and 4 heads, mini and medium elinchrome's octabanks, chimera strips, chimera 5 feet and 7 feet octaplus banks , reflectors, stands and grip. 2 MacBook Pros loaded with software for previewing, capturing, and editing video and photography in the field and location. Visit www.aboveallproductions.com/equipment.html for a complete list of equipment.
Foreign Language Skills
Spanish
Associations
IDA - International Documentary Association NALIP - National Association of Latino Independent Producers
Other
Has Bachelor in Arts Degree on Film and Television Production from the University of Westminster (London/UK). Regularly attend seminars, classes, and informative events to keep up to date with industry's trends and technologies. Have D.I.C.E insurance coverage.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.