Los Angeles Executive Assistant

SAM A. FICHTNER

***** ********** **. *** ***, Los Angeles, CA 90066 · ***.********@*****.*** · (646) - 326 -7716 EXPERIENCE

READY JACK PRODUCTIONS CALGARY, AB

FILM DIRECTOR SPRING - SUMMER 2024

• FEATURE DIRECTOR FOR A WHOLLY INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTION “BROTHER” CURRENTLY OUT TO MARKET: A TENSE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER, EMPLOYING MUCH OF THE TOP TALENT IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND THE CAMERA IN ALBERTA.

• WAS INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF PREP, FILMING AND POST PRODUCTION. WORKING WITH SCRIPT NOTES AND REWRITES, SCOUTING LOCATIONS OVERSEEING CASTING, DESIGN, AND MANAGING A SCHEDULE OF THE FILM SHOT IN 15 DAYS.

• OVERSAW A CREW OF OVER 50 PROFESSIONALS, MANAGING THE ENTIRE FLOW OF EACH DAY, CONSTANTLY PROBLEM SOLVING UNDER AN EXTREMELY TIGHT TIMELINE.

JOHNSON PRODUCTION GROUP LOS ANGELES, CA & VANCOUVER, BC FILM DIRECTOR SPRING 2021 – WINTER 2022

• SERVED AS A FILM DIRECTOR ON UNION & NON UNION FILMS PRODUCED FOR LIFETIME MOVIES, WITH PRODUCTION COMPANIES “GOODFORM LLC” IN LOS ANGELES IN & “NOVUS PICTURES” IN VANCOUVER.

• WAS INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF PREP, FILMING AND POST PRODUCTION. PROVIDING SCRIPT NOTES, OVERSEEING CASTING, DESIGN, AND MANAGING A SCHEDULE OF A 90 MINUTE FILM SHOT IN JUST 13 DAYS.

• SUBMITTED AN ON TIME, NETWORK APPROVED DIRECTOR’S CUT, WORKING WITH EDITORS AND COMPOSERS. BOTH FILMS PERFORMED EXCELLENT IN THEIR TIME SLOTS WHEN AIRED, WITH UP TO 600,000 VIEWERS. PEARL STREET FILMS LOS ANGELES, CA

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO BEN AFFLECK FALL 2016 – SUMMER 2019

• ACCOMPANIED MR. AFFLECK AROUND THE WORLD TO THE SETS OF JUSTICE LEAGUE, TRIPLE FRONTIER, & THE WAY BACK.

• WORKED INTIMATELY WITH ALL PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS OF THESE PROJECTS GAINING INVALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE CRAFT AND MECHANICS OF FEATURE FILMMAKING. READ ALL SUBMITTED SCRIPTS FOR MR. AFFLECK, PROVIDING COVERAGE, COORDINATING WITH SCREENWRITERS, AGENTS AND STUDIO EXECUTIVES ON FILM AND TELEVISION PROJECTS.

• MANAGED ALL ASPECTS OF MR. AFFLECK’S PERSONAL AND PROFESSION LIFE; PROVIDING SCRIPT NOTES FOR PROJECTS, SETTING MEETINGS, AND ALL TRAVEL COORDINATION.

FICTION PICTURES LOS ANGELES, CA

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR WINTER 2015 – SUMMER 2016

• ASSISTED PRODUCERS IN COORDINATING MUSIC VIDEOS, COMMERCIALS AND TELEVISION SPOTS BY PREPPING BUDGETS, COMMUNICATING WITH CLIENTS, HANDLING FILM PERMITS, AND PAYROLL PAPERWORK.

• WORKED WITH WEB DESIGNERS TO CONSTRUCTION FICTION PICTURES WEBSITE, ORGANIZING THE LAYOUT, DESCRIPTIONS, AND ORGANIZATION OF VIDEO CONTENT.

SKILLS & CREATIVE

THE SEVEN THOUGHTS LOS ANGELES, CA

WRITER, & EDITOR WINTER 2024 – PRESENT

• SELF PUBLISHING AN ENTERTAINMENT & POP CULTURE NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE ON SUBSTACK.

“THICK AS THIEVES” LOS ANGELES, CA

WRITER, PRODUCER, & DIRECTOR SUMMER 2019 – WINTER 2020

• WROTE, DIRECTED & PRODUCED THE ROMANTIC COMEDY “THICK AS THIEVES,” A HEIST COMEDY. AVAILABLE ON VIMEO.

• OUR FILM WAS THE WINNER OF BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY AT BOTH PORTLAND COMEDY FESTIVAL & LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL, AS WELL ACCEPTANCES INTO OVER A DOZEN FESTIVALS WITH NUMEROUS ACTING AWARDS FOR THE LEADS.

• WAS NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE 12 NEXT GREAT FILMMAKERS AT THE BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. SKILLS: DETAIL-ORIENTED, CREATIVE COPYWRITING SKILLS, WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF SEO AND AN ABILITY TO PUNCH AND COMPELLING HOOKS FOR THE MODERN INTERNET COPY LANDSCAPE • EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING STORY ANALYSIS AND INSIGHTFUL NOTES FOR TELEVISION AND FEATURES + DIRECTION IN MULTIPLE MEDIUMS • STRONG EXPERIENCE IN CRAFTING WELL FORMATTED SCRIPTS AND EDITING VIDEO CONTENT. HIGHLY EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH FINAL DRAFT, COORDINATING WITH WRITERS ON EDITS AND REWRITES. • ABLE TO WRITE IN MULTIPLE MEDIUMS, AT LENGTH, WITH SPEED AND EFFICIENCY. EDUCATION

BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK ME • MAJOR: ENGLISH & THEATER MINOR: FILM STUDIES • BACHELOR OF ARTS, MAY 2014

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