H E B R O N S I M C K E S - J O F F E
P O BOX 1385 • NEW YO RK, NY 10 156 P HONE (212 )-46 4-7808 • E-MA I L P LA INP EOP L E@G MA IL. COM
OBJECTIVE Generating content for a global market
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Warner Bros. Creative Lab, Summer 2008
EDUCATION
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts – New York, NY BFA Film & TV Production (studied under Sam Pollard, Garry Winnick & Darrel Wilson), Honors Scholar, Founders Day Award (top 2%)
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study – New York, NY MA Postmodern Film Theory & Dramatic Writing (Screen & Stage), Koppenaal Scholar (Studied individualized program under David Irving, Darrel Wilson & Michael Dinwiddie)
NON-DEGREE
FAMU – Prague, Czech Republic 35mm Filmmaking (Directing Emphasis), attended through Tisch Special Programs (Studied under Michael Gahut, Pavel Jech)
Yale Summer Writers Program Playwriting (under Forest Stone)
FILM & TELEVISION EXPERIENCE
Co-Producer ...... ”Wetter: Voices of the Heart,” a documentary January 2009 A full-length documentary directed by Micah Brandt to be shot in Germany and the US.
Director ...... “Deep Fried” September-Oct., 2008 A short comedy written by Andrew Schepman, directed by Hebron Simckes-Joffe
2nd Unit Cinematographer ...... “Blue Water High Promo” July 2008 Promo made for the Warner Bros. Creative Lab and “Blue Water High,” on www.theWB.com
Camera Operator & Producer ...... “The Haircuts,” July 2008 HD pilot series made for Warner Bros. Creative Lab
Director & Writer ...... “Run Edward, Run!,” 16mm short March/April 2008
Cinematographer ...... “Sorrow,” HD short February 2008 Hebron is currently in talks to shoot parts II and III as a series or feature. Part I has distribution. Still Photographer ...... "Everything but the Kitchen Sink," 16mm short March 2008
Still Photographer ...... "Bean," 16mm short March 2008
Director & Writer ...... “Restless Leg Syndrome,” 16mm short April 2007-X I adapted a portion of my full-length stage-play of the same title for the screen (in progress).
Director & Writer ...... “Happy Together,” 35mm short Nov. 2005-May 2006 Shot “Happy Together,” Tisch Special Programs at FAMU in Prague as part of my MA at NYU.
Director & Cinematographer ...... “Jenya: Montage of a Survivor,” May 2006-ongoing Albert Maysles has guest DPed a portion of the documentary-in-progress about my grandmother and how she left Russia for China as a Jewish refugee. This project is set for future production but much footage has been shot.
Cinematographer ...... “Old People,” 35mm film, FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic Dec. 2005-May 2006 This is a student thesis at FAMU. I was the cinematographer.
Camera Operator ...... "Professor 8000," November 2006 Directed by Robert Engle
Production Mixer ...... "Solidarity," July 2005 Award winning short directed by Nancy Kiang
2nd Unit Camera Operator, Guest Cinematographer & Production Mixer . . . . .“The Plan” Feb. 2005 An ambitious short produced and directed by Micah Brandt.
Production Mixer ...... “Runnin,” June, 2004 Feat. Mike Williams from “The Blair Witch Project”
Production Mixer ...... “Legacy,” 16mm short May 2004 Project Greenlight finalist, directed by Buboo kakati.
Audio Assistant, Marble Collegiate Church Nov. 2003-Sept. 2004 Broadcast for the Hallmark Channel.
Production Mixer & Actor ...... “Tom Ford is Missing,” film for fashion industry Dec 2003-Feb. 2004 Starring Shalom Harlow, Amanda Moore, Helena Christensen, Karen Elson, Natasa Vojnovic, Hebron Simckes- Joffe, Ryan Locke, and others. Directed by Cyril Guyot, produced by Kevin Krier, DPed by Andrij Parekh.
Production Mixer, Steven Kessler’s 5 Up, LLC. Production, "5 Up, 2 Down,” 2003 Feature film. Premiered in Las Vegas June 2006, crewed 2003-2004
Production Mixer, Glass Eye Pix’s ...... “The Roost,” S16mm feature film Oct. 2003 Produced by Susie Leber & Larry Fessenden.
Audio Playback ...... “Stay Real,” Duck Down Productions Aug. 9, 2003 Black Moon’s music video.
Production Mixer ...... “The Sushi Man,” 16mm short by Jae Chung April 2003 An NYU student film.
Production Mixer ...... "Sensory Hotel," March, 2003 A stunning short by Cyril Gugot
SFX EXPERIENCE
SFX Makeup artist for music video by Adnan, 35mm film December 2008
SFX Makeup artist for Yuuki Noguchi’s “Simplicity & Complication,” 16mm short April 2008
SFX Makeup for a Chapman University student’s “open scene,” 16mm short March 2008
SFX makeup for NYU student project “Kill Phill,” HD short December 2006 Created werewolf for this film featuring Dan Marino and Marino Jr.
SFX Makeup “Tree Boy,” 16mm short April 2006 NYU short in which I turned a boy into a tree.
SFX Makeup for untitled film by Adam Corre, digital short March 2006
SFX Makeup for horror photo series, which I am also the photographer for 2006 Photographer & SFX Makeup.
ACTING & THEATRE
Featured in documentary to air on NBC. Topic is an unreleased film Hebron acted in and worked on as the production mixer. The director of the film wrote a fictional script but his life mirrored the narrative, September 2008
“Synapse,” feature film, played Doctor, 2007
Won grand prize at the first annual Yale Dramat October Playwriting Contest with "The End," performed by Yale students, Oct. 1990
“Titus Andronicus,” as Boy (Yale School of Drama), 1988
“Waiting for Godot,” as Godot’s Messenger Boy, acted with Paul Giamatti, 1987
“Neapolitan Ghosts,” as featured part of Ghost Boy, at the Yale Rep., 1986
DISTINCTIONS & OTHER EXPERIENCE
Warner Bros. Creative Lab filmmaker, Summer 2008 One of twelve filmmakers hired to come up with concepts and shoot content over the summer for potential syndication on the new www.theWB.com
Top ten finalist for WildSound screenplay reading series in Toronto for “Hit and Run.” 2007
National Scholars Honors Society member 2005-Present
Richard J. Koppenaal scholar at NYU for duration of masters (one of two) Fall 2005-Spring 2007
Selected to participate in the IHS global conference on art and liberty at Chapman June 2006
Writer of full length play “Restless Leg Syndrome” May 2006
International Emmy Awards intern November 2005
Visiting theatre critic, “Show Business Weekly” 2000
PA for feature film “Session 9,” by Brad Anderson 2000
Office intern and PA for Jan Egleson’s feature “The Blue Diner” 1999
PLAYS, SCREENPLAYS & LITERARY JOURNALS
The End (short stage-play) Performed
Restless Leg Syndrome (full-length stage-play) Written
Hit and Run (screenplay I wrote and am adapting for the stage) Screenplay written
Death Rattle (short stage-play I also adapted for the screen) Written, film shot
Reason (screenplay in-progress/series) Part 1 written
Black Rope (dramatic series for the stage or screen) Part 1 written
Backlash (full-length screenplay) Partially written
Damaged (treatment for stage-play) Partially written
AFFILIATIONS
DCS, IESNA, Stern Tisch Entertainment Business Association, National Scholars Honor Society, Tribe Hollywood's US-EU Group, SCAN (Tisch), State of the Arts (founder of journal and former Editor-in-Chief), Catachresis (founder and former Editor-in-Chief), UFO Films and Torch Films member online.
SKILLS
Still photography. SFX makeup. Chef experience. Origami. Some AVID and FCP skills. Computers & word processing.