J ONATHAN LIGHT

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New York NY *0003

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W ork Experience

• S cript/ Story Consultant for London Pacific Finance, T hem & Us Film, Ltd. ( 2012 - Present)

Freelance consultant, coverage-writer and screenwriter for several projects in development at a multi-national independent film

fund and its production arm in the United Kingdom.

• B roadcast and Conferencing Associate for United Nations Television (2013 – P resent)

Perform various duties for UN TV and Conferencing Operations, including technical direction, ENG operation, and writing

in-house editorial communications.

• W riter, P roducer, Director & Editor for Yahoo! Studios ( 2008 – 2 013)

Wrote, produced, directed and edited branded, news and entertainment content for Yahoo! Studios. Oversaw all phases of pre-

and post-production in addition to operating as a general writer/producer/editor, both in-studio and in the field. Collaborated

with advertising and sales departments on unique, branded content for Bank of America, Scottrade and Proctor & Gamble.

Oversaw a team of freelance shooter/editors. Inaugurated the Webby-nominated show Financially Fit and produced the

Murrow-Award Winning series 9/11 Remembers, and worked on the in-studio shows Daily Ticker and Breakout.

• A ssociate Producer, ScribeM edia.org ( 2006 - 2008)

Contributed to all phases of production for online TV projects; Wrote and Produced work for several clients including the

Advertising Research Foundation, Cleantech Forum and the Producer’s Guild of America, ISC West, StreamingMedia and

Reuters

• S egment Producer/Editor at “W ake Up W orld” ( 2004 - 2006)

Directed and edited videos for both live and web distribution for a multimedia comedy show produced by Lizz Winstead,

creator of the Daily Show; assisted as a writer and segment producer

F reelance W ork:

• Video Producer and Director, Intel Special Events (New York, 2012)

• Camera Operator, “Obama Girl,” Barely Political - Next New Networks (2008)

• Director, Editor and Original Music, Promotional Video for the Alpine Conservation Fund (2006)

• Camera operator, “Save Ellis Island” campaign (Van Huesen) (2006)

• Assistant to the Director/Acting Coach, “Some Girls,” Neil Labute. MCC Theater (Off-Broadway) (2006)

• Assistant Director, “Hamlet” TWAS Theatre, NYC (2005)

• Assistant Director, Independent Music Video – Andrew Ravani, Director (2005)

• 2nd Camera, “Mishpocha (The Family)” – Independent Feature Film – Adam Vardy, Director (2005)

E ducation :

• MFA in Writing and Production for Television at the T.V. Writer’s Studio, Long Island University (2013)

• London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), 2-Year Postgraduate Acting Degree (Lee Strasberg Scholar - 2003)

• B.A. Rutgers University, (History major, Music minor - Vocal training at Mason-Gross School of the Arts) (2000)

R elevant Skills :

Comfortable with all phases of production for any style of film/video

Software: Final Cut Studio (All), Adobe CS including After Effects, MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Comprehensive knowledge of web video compression and broadcast standards

Camera Experience: Sony PMW-F3, Canon Cinema EOS and 5D+7D DSLR systems; Sony EX1+3, Panasonic HVX-200

HTML and knowledge of networking system hardware

I nterests/Sports/Hobbies

Classically trained actor and musician – Opera Singer, Piano, Guitar, Rock/Ice climbing/mountaineering, stage combat, ice

hockey.

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