Description
Special Skills
• Photography – Nikon SLR Digital Camera
• Artist (paint, sketch, pastel)
• Photoshop
• Proficient in Final Cut Pro 5
• DVD Studio Pro
• Steenbeck 16mm Editing Bay.
• Hand processing and developing various film stocks.
• Altering the developing process to create artistic experimental film.
• Experienced production assistant.
• Experienced boom operator.
Employment
Operations Manager (Telecine & Editorial for Film/Video), Laser Pacific Media Corporation (A Kodak Company), Los Angeles, CA 11/08-1/09
Contact: Jane Swearingen, VP Sales and Company Operations, 323.462.6266 ext.# 2443
Jeff Wire, Senior Operations Manager, 323.462.6266 ext.# 2106
Assistant Manager Library Services, Laser Pacific Media Corporation, 12/07-11/08
Contact: Mick Montgomery, Director Company Operations, 323.462.6266 ext.# 2103
Chris Thomas, Manager Library Services, 323.462.6266 ext.# 2217
Library Services/Driver, Laser Pacific Media Corporation, 11/06-12/07
Contact: Mick Montgomery, Director Company Operations, 323.462.6266 ext.# 2103
Boom Operator, Final Song, 35mm film, Los Angeles, CA, 02/09/07-02/15/07
Stuart Paul (dir.), Contact: Daniel S. McCoy, Sound Mixer/Production, Tone Mesa Recording
Daniel@tonemesa.com, 818.326.2892
Sound Mixer/Boom Operator, Kiss and Tell, DV, Los Angeles, CA, 10/2006
Rebecca Fishman (dir.), Contact: Prema Trettin, Production Coordinator, Oasis Commercials
323.683.5025
• Sound Mix and Boom
• Assist grip department
Boom Operator/Production Assistant, Long Ago, 35mm film, Los Angeles, CA, 10/2006
Christy Wegener (dir.), Contact: Rachel Garza 323.817.4638, Melissa Downing 510.847.1539,
Producers
• Boom Operator.
• Production Assistant work.
• Assist grip department.
Post Production Assistant, Ring of Fire Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 10/2006
Contact: Andy Gorzalski, Manager of Operations, andy@ringoffire.com, 323.966.5410
Intern/ Time Code Sequence Editor, Rocket Pictures, Denver, CO, Summer 2002
• Logged and transcribed footage.
• Organized footage for editors.
• Organized tape library.
Customer Service Rep, Blockbuster Video, Boulder, CO, 2004-2006
• Cashier.
• Organized stock.
• Assisted customers.
Stocker/Delivery, Guiry’s Color Center, Boulder, CO, Summer, 2005
• Driver and delivered supplies.
• Stocked and unloaded supplies.
Driver, Abo’s Pizza, Louisville, CO, 2001-2004
• Driver and delivered supplies.
• Stocked and unloaded supplies.
References
Jeff Wire, Senior Operations Manager, Laser Pacific Media Corporation (A Kodak Company)
Richard Buchanan, Chief Operating Officer Management Services, Ascent Media/Hallmark Entertainment.
Daniel McCoy, Tone Mesa Media Group, Sound Mixer/Recordist—Two Time Emmy Award Recipient, Grammy Award Winning Work, Daniel@tonemesa.com.
Recognition/Awards
Godo Art Gallery, The Dark Side of Light - Selected Photographs, Glendale, CA
Contact: Vaan Manoukian 818.636.1218
University of Colorado Goldfarb Award: Best Advanced Narrative Film, Professors’ Choice – The Fair and The Forsaken – May, 2006
University of Colorado Goldfarb Award: Best Advanced Narrative Film, Students’ Choice – The Fair and The Forsaken – May, 2006
Education
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Film Studies/Production
Jeffrey Benegar has been in the industry since 2006.