Administrative Assistant Director

Kimbyrly M. Valis

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661-***-****

SUMMARY

Experienced Director of both stage and screen. Creative visionary who is dependable, devoted and highly organized. Studied and utilizes various acting and directing techniques extensively. Experience in stage and film lighting and sound design and both digital and analogue editing. Able to supervise other design professionals, including costumers, make-up, lighting, sound, camera, set design, etc. Extensive administrative and managerial experience in various other industries.

SKILLS

Leadership / Collaboration

Highly organized / time management

Works well under pressure

Self-starter / Fast learner

Deadline-driven / Multi-tasker

Excellent communication skills

Mensa member

Budgeting experience

PC and Mac proficient

Field production

Project management

Video production / Editing

Managerial Experience

Administrative Experience

EXPERIENCE

08/1998 to 04/2005 Apprentice Investigator, Backstreet Investigations - Studio City, CA Surveillance/hidden camera operation in covert operations. Fox Files, Fox Undercover and other various news magazine shows.

11/2000 to 07/2001 Production Coordinator, September Films - Studio City, CA Hollywood Confidential, ITV2, London. Organized and oversaw production for multiple documentary film crews. 07/2001 to 12/2002 Production Coordinator, A-List Entertainment, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA Product placement firm. Script reading, coordinating with Set Decorators and Prop Masters. Various productions

(Will & Grace, Frazier, Friends, to name a few).

03/2001 to Current Script Reader / Independent Contractor - Los Angeles, CA Independent script reader for studios, production companies, literary agents. 02/2003 to 11/2005 Claims Assistant, Zurich North America - Woodland Hills, CA Administrative assistant to 12 construction defect claims adjusters. 11/2005 to 04/2008 Administrative Team Manager, Zurich NA - Woodland Hills, CA Supervisor of all administrative support staff to approximately 120 construction defect claims adjusters, nationwide. 10/2008 to 08/2018 Litigation Specialist, Claims Resource Management, Inc. - Acton, CA Negotiated settlements in construction defect litigation on behalf of general contractors and subcontractors. Worked closely with defense counsel to resolve matters within anticipated litigation budgets. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Arts: Motion Picture & Television, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (2000) High School Diploma: general education, St. Vincent de Paul High School, Petaluma, CA (1995) DIRECTORIAL EXPERIENCE

Academy of Art University: You Don't Know (Director, 1999), Angel's Scream at Midnight (Director, 1999), Macbeth (Director, 1999), In the Boom-Boom Room (Director, 2000), A Lion in Winter (Director, 2000)

Canyon Theatre Guild: Little Shop of Horrors (Asst. Director, 2010), Dracula (Asst. Director, 2011), A Christmas Carol (Asst. Director, 2016), A Christmas Story (Asst. Director, 2017) Repertory East Playhouse: Sherlock Holmes & the Final Adventure (Asst. Director, 2012), To Kill a Mockingbird (Asst. Director, 2013), God of Carnage (Asst. Director, 2014), Biloxi Blues (Director, 2014), Sherlock Holmes & the Adventure of the Suicide Club (Director, 2014), Doubt: A Parable (Asst. Director, 2015), Jesus Christ Superstar (Director, 2015), Deathtrap (Asst. Director, 2015) PopUp Theatre LA: Becky Shaw (Director, 2016-Present)

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