Mike

EDUCATIONAdelphi University Garden City, NY Bachelor of Arts, Communications, GPA 3.9 (Summa cum Laude)Thesis: “Filmmaking Gone Wild! The Evolution and Revolution in Cinema”HONORSCalifornia Independent Film Festival Screening of 'Erie Road' (2006) Adelphi University Communications Departmental Honors Award (2006) Adelphi University Best Creativity in Film & Video Award (2006) Lambda Pi Eta / National Communications Honors Society (2006) Village East Cinema Screening of 16mm sound film “Heart at War”; NY International Independent Film & Video Festival (2005) Second Best Film at Adelphi University Fall Film Festival for “Heart at War” (2004) Quill Award for Outstanding Achievement, Delphian Newspaper (2004) Grand Prize Winner, SHOWTIME NYC Youth Video Contest (2002) Hudson Guild Award / short-comedy: “Runaway Wallet” featured in Museum of Television and Radio IMDB.com (2002)PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAssociate Producer/Assistant Director, Best Selling Author/Acclaimed Filmmaker Kenneth Del Vecchio's 35mm feature, 'Polycarp' (2007)Second AD/Script Supervisor, Acclaimed Filmmaker Kenneth Del Vecchio’s feature,“Pride & Loyalty” Starring Charles Durning IMDB.com 6/06)Grip/Dolly Grip, Independent Filmmaker Tze Chun 35mm short, “Cold Feet, Wet Dreams, and the Kitchen Sink”; Brooklyn, NY (4/06)Director of Photography, Academy Award Nominee Joan Stein’s documentary, “V-Day” (6/05)Production Assistant, Avrie Storcke’s film, “Live at Five” (won Columbia University Film Award) Starring Dylan Baker; New York, NY IMDB.com (8/04)Assistant Grip/Production Assistant, Academy Award Nominee Joan Stein’s short, “New York Minutes”; New York, NY IMDB.com (7/04)Film Editor, Student Academy Award Winner and Academy Award Nominee Joan Stein’s “Cultural Births: A Documentary”; New York, NY (7/03-8/03)Assistant Cameraman/Production Assistant, NYU graduate Chris Michael’s film, “Herb X”; New York, NY (11/00-12/00)RELATED EXPERIENCEAssistant Teacher, Introduction to Moving Images Workshop at Adelphi University (Fall 2005)Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Adelphi University Film & Video Festival: Erie Road, Erie Road Trailer (2006); 16mm Sound Film, Heart At War (2004); Fuqua (2005); Gone (2003)Photo Editor/Photographer, DELPHIAN, Adelphi University newspaper; Garden City, NY (1/02-5/04)Stage Manager, musical theatrical production, “Musical Comedy Murders of the 1940’s”;Fresh Meadows, NY (11/99-3/00)Video Editor for Arts & English Annenberg Program, Web site of Francis Lewis High School (www.artsgenesis.com/latticeworks); Fresh Meadows, NY (1/99-6/01)COMPUTER SKILLSMicrosoft Office, Final Cut Pro HD, Final Draft, Livetype, Soundtrack, Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Avid (Basic)http://youtube.com/watch?v=MSAnmn63AIM