Resumé
LAST UPDATED: July 25/08. Email me to request a resumé with contact info and references.
All the film work I’ve done has been in St. John’s, Newfoundland, largely in association is the Newfoundland Independent Filmmaker’s Co-Operative (NIFCO).
Personal Profile
● On-the-job training in most areas of film production (over 30 projects since 2006) with an emphasis on sound (production) and assistant editing (post-production).
● Experienced with most aspects of location sound recording, DAT and hard-disc recording/mixing, boom and wireless mics, technical troubleshooting.
● Proficient with Avid non-linear editing suites as assistant editor.
● Trained in ProCAPS captioning through NIFCO.
Sound Recordist / Mixer – July 2006 to Present
● Sound recordist using DAT and hard-disc recorders, various mixers and wireless mics.
● Molly McBride film short (2 days, hard-disc recording, boom and wireless), directed by Deanne Foley (Pearl Productions, July 2008).
● Cut From The Same Cloth film short (5 days, hard-disc recording, wireless mics), directed by Roger Maunder (Up Sky Down Films, June 2008).
● Numerous 1-3 day NIFCO shoots (2006 to present).
Mixer / Boom Operator – July 2006 to Present
● Heart and Soul documentary (10 days cumulatively, mixing to camera, boom, wireless mics) directed by Mary Lewis (NIFCO, May – August 2008).
● Her Majesty’s Pen documentary (1 morning, mixing to camera, boom), directed by Gerry Rogers (April 2008).
● Numerous 1-3 day NIFCO shoots (2006 to present).
Assistant Editor, Avid and some Final Cut Pro – August 2006 to Present
● 10 Days film short, directed by Christian Sparkes (Away Films, June 2008).
● Terminal Machines documentary (Morag Productions, April 2008).
● A Fine Catch film short, directed by Sherry White (Streely Maid Films, April 2008).
● Nobel Women’s Initiative documentary (Gerry Rogers, March 2008).
● Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas film short/pilot, directed by Justin Simms, written by Lois Brown (Newfound Films, February 2008).
● Ferron documentary, directed by Gerry Rogers (Pope Productions, November 2007).
● MUN “Rant” web project, directed by Baptiste Neis (Pope Productions, August 2007).
● Diamonds in a Bucket, directed by Sherry White (Streely Maid Films, September 2007).
● Living NL parenting segments by Deanne Foley (CBC TV, January – March 2007).
● Here On In film short, directed by Jordan Canning (Away Films, August 2006).
Captionist, NIFCO – March 2008 to Present
● Captioning using ProCap software for a variety of projects including NFB documentaries, The Strangest Dream (RT: 90mins), Sacred Sundance (RT: 90mins) and CBC TV’s Breaking Ground (RT: 22mins x 6).
Assistant Director – 2007 to Present
● 3rd AD: 10 Days film short (5 days), directed by Christian Sparkes (Away Films, May 2008).
● 3rd AD: Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas film short/pilot (4 days), directed by Justin Simms (Newfound Films, August 2000).
● Trainee AD: Down to the Dirt feature film (5 days), directed by Justin Simms (Newfound Films, July 2007).
● 2nd AD: Down to the Dirt second unit (2 days) (Newfound Films, March 2007).
● 1st AD: Furs film short (4 days), directed by Sabah Hadi (Opportunity Knox Inc, January 2007).
On-call AD and Sound Recordist, NIFCO – July 2006 to Present
● First-Time Filmmakers Program and NIFCO co-productions. (DAT recording and boom.)
● Have worked on more than 15 shoots (1-3 days each, mostly volunteer).
● Films by Lois Brown, Ruth Lawrence, Scott McClellan, Mathew Kelly and more.
Writer / Director / Editor, I Want It All (film short) – April 2006
● Directed 6-minute film short through NIFCO’s First Time Filmmaker Program with Roger Maunder and Justin Simms as mentors.
● Screened at the 2006 Nickel Independent Film Festival.
● Involved with all aspects of the pre-production, production and post-production.
Training
Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Co-Operative (NIFCO)
● ProCAPS captioning training with Steve Cook – March 2008.
● Informal sound recording workshop with Harvey Hyslop – March 2007.
● Avid Symphony Workshop with Justin Simms – August 2006.
● First Time Filmmaker Program – February to July 2006.
● Basic Filmmaking, Parts I and II – November 2005 to January 2006.
Last updated on July 25th, 2008, this is a list of every little thing I’ve done in film since 2004. I don’t mention the details of any project I’ve worked on until I’m pretty sure it’s okay to make it public. Email me if you’d rather not see your name on this public page.
July 22nd to July 25th, 2008
● I do the captioning at NIFCO for an NFB documentary about Joseph Rotblat called, The Strangest Dream.
July 11/12th, 2008
● I’m the location hard-disc boom operator for Molly McBride, a short film directed by Deanne Foley and produced by Pearl Productions.
June 30th to July 4th, 2008
● I work as the location hard-disc sound recordist for Roger Maunder’s film short, Cut From The Same Cloth.
June 23rd to 25th, 2008
● I do the captioning for Sacred Sundance, an NFB documentary examining a healing ritual performed in some East Coast Aboriginal communities.
June 12th to 14th, 2008
● I work as the assistant editor on 10 Days, a short film directed by Christian Sparkes.
June 6th to 9th, 2008
● I’m the assistant online editor at NIFCO for The Strangest Dream documentary.
June 5th, 2008
● I create a compilation DVD of student animations for The Rooms.
May 30th to June 1st
● I work as the 3rd AD for 10 Days, a short film produced by Away Films and directed by Christian Sparkes.
May 15/16th, 2008
● I work as a tutor at NIFCO for students from Holy Heart of Mary High School working on Heart and Soul documentary about the school.
May 8th to 14th, 2008
● I’m the location sound mixer for Heart and Soul documentary about Holy Heart of Mary High School directed by Mary Lewis.
May 7th, 2008
● I do the captioning at NIFCO for episode 6 of CBC TV’s, Breaking Ground.
May 2nd to 6th, 2008
● I’m the location sound mixer for Heart and Soul documentary about Holy Heart of Mary High School directed by Mary Lewis.
April 28th, 2008
● I do the captioning for episode 5 of CBC TV’s, Breaking Ground.
April 25th, 2008
May 8th to 14th, 2008
● I’m the location sound mixer for a documentary about Holy Heart of Mary High School directed by Mary Lewis.
April 22nd, 2008
● I do the captioning at NIFCO for episode 4 of CBC TV’s, Breaking Ground.
April 21st, 2008
● I’m the assistant editor on Terminal Machines, a documentary by Morag Productions about VLTs.
April 20th, 2008
● I design and launch the new NIFCO website with my brother, Jody. It’s more a blog than a professional-looking website. I plan to give it a more professional look later.
April 18th, 2008
● I’m the sound mixer for a morning on a documentary directed by Gerry Rogers tentatively called, Her Majesty’s Pen. It’s about Joel Hynes teaching a writing class at a penitentiary in St. John’s.
April 14th, 2008
● I do the captioning at NIFCO for episode 3 of CBC TV’s, Breaking Ground.
April 2nd to 4th, 2008
● I work as the assistant editor for a film short called, A Fine Catch, produced by Streely Maid Films.
March 31st, 2008
● I do the captioning for episodes 1 and 2 of CBC TV’s, Breaking Ground.
March 28th, 2008
● I do the captioning for the pilot episode of People Who Stay.
March 17th to 21st, 2008
● As the assistant editor, I digitize footage for a piece about the Nobel Women’s Intiative, produced by Gerry Rogers.
March 10th to 14th, 2008
● I’m an assistant editor for a documentary about VLTs produced by Morag. I digitize and subclip some of the footage for Avid editing.
March 4th to 7th, 2008
● I create captions using ProCap for a documentary about painter Jean-Claude Roy. It’s on-the-job training through NIFCO.
February 25th to 27th, 2008
● I transfer raw HD footage to DVD for a documentary about VLTs produced by Morag.
February 21st and 22nd, 2008
● I work as an assistant editor for Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas, a film short (and TV pilot) written by Lois Brown and directed by Justin Simms.
February 2nd and 3rd, 2008
● I’m the sound recordist on One of Us Cannot Be Right, directed by Jacqueline Hynes. (2-day NIFCO shoot.)
December 9th, 2007
● I compile a DVD of 1930s avant-garde film shorts for an educational exhibit at The Rooms.
December 1st, 2007
● I’m the sound recordist on a NIFCO first-time film called Working Idle by Chirs LeDrew.
November 24th to 25th, 2007
● I work as the boom operator (recorded sound directly to HD cam) for a short film called Bark by Ruth Lawrence. (2-day shoot.)
November 23rd, 2007
● I’m the boom operator (no mixing, recorded directly to HD cam) for a a series of web episode by Lois Brown called Travel Anywhere. (1-day shoot.) (My name is misspelled in the credits, so this guy gets my credit — again.)
November 17th, 2007
● I’m the sound recordist on a NIFCO first-time film by Lynn Kristmanson called Snakes and Ladders. (1-day shoot.)
November 12th to 18th (and again in January for a few days), 2007
● I work as the assistant editor on a documentary by Gerry Rogers about folk musician Ferron.
October 15th, 2007
● I work as the boom operator on Matthew Kelly’s Ruins, produced with help from NIFCO and the Newfoundland Joy Award. (A 2-day shoot.)
September 11th to 13th, 2007
● I work as the sound recordist on Nial James’s Tiger Tom, a co-production with NIFCO. (Excellent 3-day shoot.)
August 21st to 25th, 2007
● I work as the 3rd AD for Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas, a short film written by Lois Brown and directed by Justin Simms. I also jump in as boom operator, background actor and stunt driver. (6-day shoot; I’m on for the first 4.)
July 21st to August 10th, 2007
● I work as the assistant editor/editor for a MUN web project produced by Baptiste Neis using facilities at Pope Productions. Learned quite a few ins and outs of the Avid Xpress Pro system on this one.
June 18th to July 13th, 2007
● Among other positions, I work as a TAD (trainee assistant director) for the feature film adaptation of Joel Hyne’s novel, Down To The Dirt, directed by Justin Simms and produced by Anna Petras. (4-week shoot.)
June 3rd, 2007
● I’m the sound mixer and boom operator for Krista Hann’s My Stupid Mouth, a NIFCO First Time Filmmaker shoot. (Single-day shoot.)
May 27th, 2007
● I compile a promo reel DVD for the 7th Annual Nickel Independent Film Festival. It’s a collection of 30-second clips from ten films being screened. I select a good clip from each film and create title cards for them, nothing fancy.
May 26th, 2007
● I’m the assistant director on Monica Walsh’s Dogberries shoot, a 1-day NIFCO First Time Filmmaker (FTFM) project. One of the best FTFM shoots I’ve worked on, Monica did a great job at directing.
May 9th/10th, 2007
● I’m the video camera operator during two days of audition for the feature film, Down To The Dirt, for Newfound Films. I’ve also been working as, I guess you could call it, a producer’s assistant at Newfound Films since the beginning of May, just helping out where I can.
April 29th, 2007
● I’m the sound recordist (or sound mixer) on Emily Bridger’s NIFCO first-time film, Epilogue. It’s my first time as the sole sound mixer on a shoot. (Single-day shoot.)
April 14th, 2007
● I’m quoted in a Telegram article about how NIFCO has been my film school.
April 5th, 2007
● I volunteer as the sound recordist and boom operator on the pick-up shoot for Scott McClellan’s short film Last Chance Christmas. I think it’s through NIFCO’s First Time Filmmakers Programme, too, with Roger Maunder as mentor.
March 30th, 2007
● I’m the 2nd AD for the 2nd unit shoot of the feature film Down To The Dirt, directed by Justin Simms (it’s a 2-day shoot).
March 24th, 2007
● Sound man extraordinaire Harvey Hyslop gives me an informal but thorough lesson in sound recording, on-the-fly mixing and boom technique. Thanks, man!
January - March 2007
● I work as the assistant editor for Newfound Films who produce a segment with Deanne Foley for CBC TV’s lifestyle show, Living.
Janurary 2007
● I am the 1st AD for Sabah Hadi’s film, Furs (a 4-day shoot).
December 2nd, 2006
● I act as assistant director for NIFCO first-time filmmaker Wesley Reid’s short film Gambling with Love, working as usual with Justin Simms and a volunteer crew (single-day shoot).
October 14th to 17th, 2006
● I assist Ed Tanasychuk, the technical director for the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, in creating reels for some of the screenings.
September 12th to 16th, 2006
● As my second paying gig, this time through Streely Maid Films, I work on Sherry White’s film, Diamonds in a Bucket, as the assistant editor. (Someone forgot to give me my little credit, but nevertheless, I did my bit.)
August 27th to 30th, 2006
● I work on Jordan Canning’s film, Here On In, as the assistant editor. Through Pope Productions, this is my first paying gig.
August 7th, 2006
● I participate in a week-long Avid Symphony introductory workshop at NIFCO with Justin Simms.
August 4th, 2006
● My article and interview with David Francey are published in The Scope. (This isn’t film-related, but what odds.)
July 22nd, 2006
● My film short, I Want It All, is screened at the Nickel Independent Film Festival and receives a good response from the audience.
July 21st, 2006
● I finish post-production on my film, I Want It All, with NIFCO mentor Justin Simms.
July 20th, 2006
● I’m briefly quoted in The Scope.
April 9th, 2006
● Through NIFCO’s first-time filmmaker programme, and with Roger Maunder as my mentor, I direct my film short, I Want It All. (Shot on Super 16.)
March 4th, 2006
● I volunteer as a production assistant on Brad Gover’s film short The Care Package. It’s a 2-day shoot made possible through NIFCO’s First Time Filmmaker’s Programme. (2-day shoot.)
January 2006
● I finish part 2 of NIFCO film course (editing film on Avid) with Derek Norman as my instructor.
December 2005
● I finish part 1 of NIFCO’s basic filmmaking course. It ends with shooting the class film, Hard Ticket, for which I wrote the script. (Shot on 16mm.)
Februrary 2004
● I direct and edit a music video for local musician, Mike El-Gohary.