Assistant Sales

J . CHRISTIAN JENSEN

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E DUCATION

S TANFORD UNIVERSITY ( MFA Candidate 2013) S tanford, CA

M aster of Fine Arts

Documentary Film & Video

B RIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY ( 2009) P rovo, UT

B achelor of Ar ts (3.95 /4.00 G PA)

Major: Film

Minor: Business Management

Awarded full academic scholarship for all years of undergraduate study

Awarded Broadcast Educators Association national scholarship

E DUCATION - SPECIFIC WORK EXPERIENCE

C OUNTRY GARDEN BOARDING SCH OOL (SHUNDE) ( 2010 - 2011) G uangdong, C HINA

E nglish Teacher

Taught English to over 300 Chinese primary school students each week

P EERY FOUNDATION ( 2009) P alo Alto, CA & P rovo, UT

M entor/Advisor to Peery Film Fellows

B righam Young University L iaison

Mentored six undergraduate documentary film students as they each prepared

to film documentaries about social entrepreneurs around the world

Served as liaison between the Peery Foundation and Brigham Young University to

help establish this new fellowship

B RIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, MEDIA ARTS DEPT. ( 2006) P rovo, UT

T eaching Instructor ( student )

Taught TMA105 ( Using Basic Media Tools) to all 30 newly accepted Media Arts Dept. students.

M EDIA PRODUCTION & O THER E XPERIENCE

K ALEIDOSCOPE PICT URES ( 2009 2 010) P rovo, UT

E ditor, Storytellers television series and the Messiah television series

Edited episodes for television and facilitated delivery to PBS affiliate station

W EARY TRAVELER PRODU C TIONS ( 200 8 2 010) B ahia, B RAZIL & P rovo, U T

P roducer/Director/Editor/Sound, Sou da Bahia [I m from Bahia] documentary

Produced an hour-long documentary shot in Bahia, Brazil for international distribution (3 million households)

Directed 5-person traveling crew, and coordinated efforts of volunteers and consultants

Developed treatments, budgets and proposals, and obtained funding from several entities

Secured film s broadcast distribution to an international audience of over 3 million households

O PEN M IC NIGHT PRODUCTIONS (2009) P rovo, UT

P roducer, Peace Players documentary (pre-production)

Oversaw the drafting of Peace Players Movie, LLC s Operating Agreement, Private Placement

Memorandum, and sales documents to facilitate fund raising for the film to be shot in Israel

B YU TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL ( 2008 2 009) P rovo, UT

E ditor/Camera, various projects

Executed post-production and deliverables for a feature-length documentary in three languages

E XILE PRODUCTIONS ( 2007) M oloka i, H I

P roduction Assistant/Research er, Soul of Kalaupapa documentary

Assisted in production & research for the film shot on the remote Kalaupapa Settlement in Moloka i Hawai i

N AT IONA L GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION & FILM ( 2006) W ashington, DC

F ull - time Intern/Researcher, America s Wild Spaces National Parks Series

Consulted with experts and scientists, did research, assisted in shoots on location, helped refine scripts

O UR TOWN PROD, P BS F RONTLINE & A MERICAN EXPERIE NCE ( 2006) S alt Lake City, UT

I nter n /Production Assistant, The Mormons national PBS series

Assisted in lighting and interview set-ups for several high-profile interviews

B YU BROADCASTING (2006) P rovo, UT

A ssociate Producer, various projects

Managed the pre, post, and in-production affairs of several TV programs and series including writing scripts

Tasks included: budgeting, managing logistics, casting talent and editing

T HE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER - DAY SAINTS (2003 - 2005) G oi s, BRAZIL

V olunteer R eligious Minister

Did community service, taught doctrinal discussions, and offered religious and spiritual

counsel to families and congregations in Goi nia, Aparecida, An polis, Itumbiara and Uberaba.

Lead efforts of remotely-located missionary teams ranging from 6-15 representatives

Lived an ascetic lifestyle focused on self-discipline while pursuing weekly goals, and

maintaining a strict 90-hour work week for a two-year period

T HE SPECTRUM N EWSPAPER (2001 - 2002) S t . G eorge, UT

R eporter/Writer ( contract)

Wrote articles and editorials on issues of local and international concern for local newspaper

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Portuguese (Fluent), Spanish (Conversational), Mandarin Chinese (Beginning)

R eferences available upon request

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