Director Project Management

John Cessna

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Lafayette, IN 47901

Phone: 574-***-****

E-Mail: **********@**.***

Portfolio/Demo Reel/Full CV: JohnCessna.com

E ducation P urdue University, West Lafayette, IN

M.F.A.- Studio Arts: Electronic Media/Photography, 5/2010

B.A.- Film and Video Studies, 5/2007

o Distinction, Full Honors, and Phi Beta Kappa

W ork P roduction Highlights/Project Management

E xperience NFL Alumni Player of the Year Awards hosted by Alec Baldwin on

NFL Network (Camera Op, Dodd Tech., Super Bowl XLVI, 1/2012)

YOBI.tv (Director of Multimedia, 2/2011-7/2011)

Dream Maker with Audrina Patridge (Line Producer, UPM, 1st AD,

Post-Production Supervisor/Lead Editor)

Purdue University (Faculty: Visiting Lecturer-Art Dept., 8/2010-5/2011)

Taylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Rehearsals (Director s Assistant-

Video Dept)

St. Elizabeth Real People, Real Stories Campaign (Dearing Group:

B-Camera)

Hall of Music Productions: Jumbotron Fire-Up Videos for 2010 Purdue

Football & Women s Basketball (Camera Operator)

United Way: Live United Campaign Photographer

Oak Manor School Promotional Materials-Video DP (with Apple)

Co-Author of Sports, Concerts, and Zombies: The Basics of Video

Production textbook

Director/Producer of over 20 short films with accomplished

exhibition/publication/awards record (See Full CV)

S kills E quipment

Cameras: traditional prosumer and broadcast cameras, as well as

modern HD-DSLRs (Digital/Online Workflow)

Lighting: experience with Arri fresnels, Lowell Open-Face, and Kino Flo

fluorescents, studio strobe systems

Audio: on-board and external recording systems

Experience shooting, processing, scanning/archiving traditional 35mm,

120mm, 4x5 film (Color and Black & White)

S oftware

Final Cut Studio, Avid, Premiere

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, Aperture, Lightroom, Flash, Genuine

Fractals, Microsoft Office

A wards & River Bend Film Festival: Featured Director/Q&A Filmmaker Panel

3: Three-Minute International Film Festival: Featured Director

E xhibitions

Oculus Photography Group 2009 MFA Survey: Featured Photographer

Sony World Photography Awards 2009: 2 Amateur Commendations

2007 Outstanding Senior: Purdue Interdisc. Studies

John Cessna

612 Columbia St, Apt B

Lafayette, IN 47901

Phone: 574-***-****

E-Mail: **********@**.***

Portfolio/Demo Reel/Full CV: JohnCessna.com

1) Asher Levin*

R eferences

Dream Maker -YOBI.tv

Writer/Director/Show Runner

Writer/Director of several music videos and feature film Cougars, Inc

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505642/

*Contact Details can be received through me

2) Bill Callison

Live Video Director/Producer

E-mail: ****@************.***

Cell: 765-***-****

Current tour: Taylor Swift

3) Ben Lawton

Chair of Italian Studies,

Former Chair of Film & Video Studies,

Purdue University

E-mail: ******@******.***

Office: 765-***-****

4) Fabian Winkler

Chair of Electronic & Time Based Media,

Purdue University

E-mail: ********@******.***

Office: 765-***-****

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