Los Angeles Social Media, Content producing
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Top Skills
Filmmaker/ Content Creator/ Storyteller
Experienced coaching youth
Audience engagement
Multi-platform media content creation
Television/ Film Production
Music composer
Languages
English
Spanish
Honors-Awards
Winner: 2019 Best Comedy/Dramedy
Short - Los Angeles Film Awards
Merit Award, Columbia University, 2001
Winner: 2001 Showtime Networks
Latino Filmmaker Showcase
Winner: Best TV Program in
Ecuador,1998
Best Talent of the Year - Ecuadorian
Advertising Agencies Association, 1997
Hispanic-American Forum Children
Television, 1995. Mexico
Nationality
American citizen
Galo Recalde
Filmmaker and Communications professional. Experienced in teaching and mentoring a diverse student population to reach their potential. WORK EXPERIENCE
GaloRe Media Productions
Media Producer, Writer & Director
2016 - Present. United States
Create, produce, write and direct projects for all media platforms, including TV, social media and radio. Also write, create concepts, slogans, and compose music and jingles.
• Directed, produced and wrote "Americana!", winner of the Best Comedy Award at the 2019 Los Angeles Film Awards.
• Freelance Content Production Consultant for AVATAV, Miami, Florida. Contributed to the generation of innovative production processes to create quality video stories on a budget and under tight time constraints.
Simpson University
Professor
2017 – 2019. Redding, California
Taught the course "Making Short Movies", first one of its kind at Simpson University. Developed the lessons plans, which covered classic and current methods and steps of production and post-production. Also coached aspiring storytellers to direct and produce their own inspiring and audience engaging content. Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
Professor
2015 – 2016. Guayaquil, Ecuador
Taught Fiction Storytelling, Film and TV Production courses at the School of Communications of this prestigious Ecuadorian university.
ESPOL University (Escuela Superior Politecnica Litoral) Professor
2015 - 2016. Guayaquil, Ecuador
Taught an intensive course on Audiovisual Project Management & Production, covering pre- production, production and post-production. The course was an specialization class for media professionals. Developed the lessons plans, coached and evaluated students’ work, which encompassed the production of audiovisual content for different media. Unilever
Partner for ‘Max-DinoTerra’ Launch (children’s film), a global campaign for Unilever's ice cream leading brand. 2014. Ecuador
Dubbed main character’s voice in Spanish for the ‘Max DinoTerra’ film, developed for Unilever's campaign.
TC Television (Top national TV network)
Creative Director
2013 – 2014. Ecuador
Responsible for conceptualizing new ideas, designing strategy, repositioning TV channel to maximize its brand awareness.
Ecuavisa (Top national TV network)
Director, Writer & Lead Actor
January 2010 – December 2012. Ecuador
• Lead Actor and Director of the 20-episode TV show "Capitan Expertus", a family- oriented, sci-fi comedy series for Ecuavisa, Ecuador's leading international TV Network.
América TeVé (Spanish-language television channel with on-air distribution in Florida, New York and Puerto Rico markets).
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor & Actor
2005 – 2010. Miami, Florida
• Host, creative writer and director of “Teikirisi”, a weekend comedy show.
• Creative segment producer, editor and actor for the following prime-time comedy shows:
“Seguro que Yes”, "Pellizcame que Estoy Soñando”. Producer, director and writer of promotional on-air commercials for the network.
Viacom/ MTV Networks
Associate Producer
January 2000 - January 2001. Miami, Florida
Produced and directed the "Top Ten MTV" show, broadcasted in Spanish to all Latin America by MTV Networks, and to the US by Telemundo. Researched, wrote scripts and was responsible for all key elements of the show.
TC Television (Top national TV network)
Producer, Creative Writer & Lead Actor
1997 – 1998. Ecuador
Creator, writer, co-director, lead actor and musical director of "Not live at all", a prime-time comedy show. Conceived the original concept, co-wrote and developed scripts for the show. Developed new segments for the program. Deployed local activations of show across the country. Contributed to the show's increased ratings from 24 points (Nielsen, November 97) to 43.7 points (Nielsen, July 98).
Canal Uno
Co-Creator, Writer, Musical Composer & Lead Actor
1993 -1996. Ecuador
Co-creator, writer, lead actor and composer for the award-winning TV show "Expertus and Hanna", an educational comedy for children. Developed new segments and composed songs for the show. Assisted in the writing of scripts. Won Best TV Show for Children Television in Mexico in 1995. EDUCATION
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York,
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Directing and Theatrical Production (2001-2004) Universidad Casa Grande
Guayaquil – Ecuador.
BS in Communications with a Minor in Creative Writing and Advertising, Commercial and Advertising Art, Creative Writing (1994-1998)
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