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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (SELECTED) Udaya Entertainment – Santa Monica, CA & Sofia, Bulgaria 09/2012 – 07/2013 Producer, 2nd Unit Director, Post-Production Supervisor, Lead Editor • Creative, technical and logistical management of production, post-production and packaging for over 30 hours of high-end, cinematic yoga and fitness instructional DVDs and online content.

On Purpose Pictures – Hollywood, CA 11/2009 – Present Owner/Operator, Production Company • Maintain multiple client projects in various stages of development: writing, producing, directing, editing for promo videos, web series, live talk shows, sizzle reels, music videos, short films, docs.

Agape Media International – Culver City, CA 10/2007 – 10/2009 Development Executive/VP of Business Development • Developed & implemented strategies for growth for start-up company; Managed business operations • Created & managed entire process of script submissions; Managed team of readers; Developed film projects with producer Mark R. Harris (Crash, Gods & Monsters); Represented company at industry events

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE (SELECTED) Director Derby Talk (13 episodes) /Tom O’Neil 1-Hour Live Web Talk Show, HD Deepen Your Practice w/ Vytas Baskauskas Yariv Lerner, Prod. 8-disc Yoga DVD set, RED Fetch (3D) DirecTV (n3D Channel) Short, Action Comedy, 3D Hollywood Int’l Regional Center HIRC/5 Chairs Promo Video, RED, FCP Switchboard Brenna Howe, Prod. Short, Dramedy, RED Craft Ladies (8 episodes) Lauren DeLong, Prod. Web Series, 5D Raising Mississippi Joe Kibler, Prod. Short (Adaptation), Comedy, HD One Life at a Time (Co-Dir.) Michael Drumm, Dir. Feature Documentary, HD

Producer YogaWarrior 365 w/ Rudy Mettia Yariv Lerner, Prod. 14-disc Yoga DVD set, RED PBS Special: The Answer is You (Co-Prod.) Stephen Powers, Prod. TV Special/DVD, RED Teacher and the Teachings Stephen Powers, Prod. DVD Special Feature, RED There’s Hope (India.Arie) Dave Dean, Dir. Music Video, HD

Script Supervisor Apple iPad/iPhone Spots (Continuity Coord) Untitled/Johnny Camacho, Prod. TV Commercials, Mixed 87 Fleer Alex Tse, Dir. Short, Drama, RED Soon Patrick Dickinson, Dir. Short, Drama, RED Dream Job LeAnna DeBaptiste Hallman, Dir. Web Series, Comedy, 5D

Camera Operator We Bought a Zoo Mathias Fain, Dir (for 20th Century Fox) EPK, 5D Promo Videos Tyche Films Canon 5D/7D/Sony EX1 Live Performances Cindy Kendall, Prod. Panasonic GH2 Sales/Marketing Videos Evan Marc Katz Canon 7D Brooms Up! Boxer Films/Larry O’Flahavan Documentary, Sony EX1

Production Ion Network (Prod. Coord.) Spark Creative Commercial, 35mm Yoga & Fitness Videos (Prod. Coord.) Yoga Tribe & Culture Productions DVD, HD Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Prod. Coord.) Music Link Productions Feature Documentary, HD Skeleton Canyon (1st AD) Ken Oefelein, Dir. Short, 5D Be The Change (Gina Rene) (2nd A.D.) Dave Dean, Dir. Music Video, HD Solstice (Office PA) Daniel Myrick, Dir. (Endgame Ent.) Feature, Thriller, 35mm Catch & Release (Extras Casting Assistant) Susannah Grant, Dir. () Feature, Rom-Com, 35mm

POST-PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE (SELECTED) Editor Grassroots (EPK) Stephen Gyllenhaal, Dir. Promo Videos, FCP, Mixed My Last Days Soul Pancake/Rainn Wilson Docu Series, FCP, 5D Fetch (3D) DirecTV (n3D Channel) 7 min, Action Comedy, FCP, 3D Feel This (Phillip King) Robert Lambert, Dir. Music Video, FCP, 5D Palms Deep Williams, Dir. 30 min, Drama, RED, FCP Blind Heart Shuja Paul, Dir. 10 min, Drama, FCP, SI-2K Skeleton Canyon Ken Oefelein, Dir. 16 min, Western, AVID, 5D Switchboard Brenna Howe, Prod. 17 min, Dramedy, AVID, RED Warrior Goddess Robert Lambert, Dir. Nike Spec Spot, 7D, FCP Dream Job (4 episodes) LeAnna DeBaptiste Hallman, Dir. Web Series, Comedy, FCP, 5D AgapeLive TV (52 episodes) Agape Media International 1-hour Variety TV Show, FCP, HD John Legend & the Agape Choir Agape Media International Promo Video, FCP, HD NY-Z (Jay Z’s 9/11 Concert) (Assist. Ed.) Milkt Films Short Doc, FCP, 35mm

EDUCATION The Los Angeles Film School – Hollywood, CA 11/2009 – 12/2010 Associate of Science, Film -- Concentration: Directing

Naropa University – Boulder, CO 08/2004 – 05/2006 Bachelor of Arts -- Major: Music; Minor: Theater

SKILLS • Software/Online Apps: Very proficient in both Mac and PC. MS Office (advanced Excel and PowerPoint), MM Scheduling & Budgeting, Final Draft, Google Docs, WebEx, Basecamp, Constant Contact, FTP • Editing: Adobe Premiere/Encoder/Encore (CS6), Final Cut Studio (7), Avid (5), REDCineX, Plural Eyes, MPEG Streamclip, Dashwood 3D Toolbox, Pro Tools, Photoshop • Cameras/Equipment: RED (Epic, Scarlet, One), Canon 5D Mark III/II, 7D, 60D, Sony EX1, Canon XL-2 with P+S Technik, Panasonic HVX200, Basic Lighting, H4N Zoom Recorder • Other Skills: Screenwriting, Copywriting, Art Direction, Casting, Locations, Acting, Music, Int. Spanish

HONORS • Best Comedy Short for “Switchboard” at the 2012 International Family Film Festival. • Finalist/1st Runner Up for “Switchboard” in the BAFTA/LA 2011 Student Film Awards. • “Best Actor” for Kevin Scott Allen in “Switchboard”, at the 2011 Edgemar Short Film Festival. • “Woman to Watch” 2010 from LAFS Women in Media. • Audience Award for Best Music Video: “There’s Hope” by India.Arie at Elevate Film Festival, 2007.

AFFILIATIONS: Film Independent, Women in Film, Alliance of Women Directors, We Make Movies

EXCELLENT REFERENCES UPON REQUEST.