Justin M. Thomas

*** ******** ******, ********* ***, Brooklyn, NY 11206

732-***-**** (Cell)

abqysa@r.postjobfree.com

Summary Bachelor of Arts from SUNY Purchase with a concentration in visual communications. Completed a course in Final Cut editing at the New York Film Academy for the fall 2008 semester. Currently attending graduate school at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking. Trained in a myriad of areas including: video production and editing, the fine arts, creative writing, graphic design, and photography. Ambitious, diligent and capable of working independently or in a team-oriented environment.

Experience Worked with People’s Television (www.peoplestelevision.com)

Position: Co-Producer

• Writer, editor, and associate producer on short documentary “The Grey Movie”, which was awarded a production grant from the Reach Film Fellowship. (www.reachfilmfellowship.com). “The Grey Movie” had its premiere on March 19, 2008 at the Grammercy Park Hotel in lower Manhattan, and was sponsored by the Cinereach Foundation.

Contact: Nicholas Bruckman, Director of Peoples Television: 917-***-****

Was the director and editor of the documentary “Men Always Leave”, a film that chronicled the development of a theatre play written by Naima Yetunde Ince, a playwright, spoken word poet, and graduate of SUNY Purchase College.

Contact: Naima Ince: 914-***-****

Worked on the production of “The Bridge”, a short film narrative that was released in the summer of 2009. Assisted in grip, lighting, set coordination, and footage transfer: http://www.filmgym.com/thebridge/Home.html

Contact: Philipp Wolter: 917-***-****

Interned with Thoughtful Robot Productions in the spring of 2012 and assisted on development of the promotional website for their full length documentary “Give Up Tomorrow”, as well as filming a post-screening discussion of the film to a live audience and aiding in organizing footage.

Contact: Michael Collins: 917-***-****

In November of 2012, was hired and flown out to San Francisco, California to be the Director of Photography on an upcoming documentary detailing a grassroots organization’s fight to get that state’s Proposition 37 (to label food product containing GMO’s) passed into law.

Contact: Laura Martorella: 323-***-****

Interned at BaebleMusic.com, a web based music company in New York City that broadcasts live music shows over the Internet.

• Wrote reviews of CDs and of live performances.

• Uploaded viewing content onto the webpage

• Embarked on promotional trips to colleges in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts to advertise for the company.

BaebleMusic.com – Freelance Production Credits

Freelance editing of weekly “BaebleMusic News” broadcasts. Entailed finding video material, editing and syncing to pre-recorded music news spots for the company’s website.

Contacts: David Pitz, Public Relations: 212-***-**** extension 115

Interned with Purchase College Television (PTV) for three semesters.

(PTV is a 24/7 closed circuit cable TV station that reaches 4000 students and faculty

of Purchase College)

Position: Program Coordinator

Contact: John Mattiuzi, Former Programming Manager: 845-***-****

Independent

Director

Production Credits Produced and Edited a three-part documentary entitled “Working Class Hero: The Story of John Lennon”, which premiered on PTV, the Purchase College Television station, in the fall 2005 and spring 2006 semesters. Currently working on a full-length feature on the development of Haiti’s first modern emergency medical system in their capital city of Port au Prince: http://vimeo.com/46596058

Achievements • Received the “Longman” Writing Award for excellence in my first semester at Purchase College.

• Member of PUSH Ideas into Action, an on-campus community organization, for two years. In 2006, became the group’s Finance Coordinator.

• Made the Dean’s List for the Spring 2007 semester at Purchase College.

• Organizer of the annual NYC Black August benefit concert for two years (2009 and 2010)

• Certified TV Studio Producer with BCAT TV Network, Brooklyn’s public access television station.