Adam Abelson

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Coordinator, Assistant Director, UPM, Grip and Lighting. Incredibly organized and always professional. My experience is across the board, and I bring a positive attitude.

WEB CONTENT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR
’08 BurlingtonFreePress.Com – Produced 10 online segments for the Newspaper’s website - 2-5 minute videos featuring State and city events, community services, festivals, and competitions. Shoot through edit. (http://vimeo.com/1727037)
’05 Magic Hat Beer #9 (co-director, commercial)
’05 Magic Hat Mardi Gras Parade (co-director, corporate promotional video)

PRODUCTION MGR., ASSIST. DIRECTOR OR COORDINATOR (NON-DGA)
’08 The Day the Revolution Began (museum exhibit video), 1st AD, Plate of Peas Productions
’08 Stand Out (ESL video series) Unit Production Manager, VPG Integrated Media
’08 ¡Fortuna! (Spanish Language video series) Coordinator/2nd AD, VPG Integrated Media
’08 Nakama (Japanese Language video series) Coordinator/2nd AD, VPG Integrated Media
’08 Golfer’s Warehouse (commercial) 2nd AD, Red Tree Productions
’07 “Chatham”, (feature film) 2nd 2nd AD, Dir. Daniel Adams, West Wind Productions
’07 “Bus #1”, (short) 1st AD, Dir. Hilary Graham, produced by Steven Spielberg’s On The Lot
‘06 “The Tao of Flossing”, (short feature) 1st AD, Dir. David Wendell

DV CAMERA OPERATOR
’07 Red Line, episode: O’Neil Racing School/VT Sports Car, WATV for Speed Channel
’07 NOPI Tunervision, episode: New England Dragway, WATV for Speed Channel
’06 Import Rally, episode: O’Neil Racing School/VT Sports Car, WATV for ESPN2
’04 Howard Dean 4 America, Burlington VT Speech, Dir. Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
‘05, Vermont Film Commission; Paid internship as Assistant to the Directors. Updated and maintained online location database, assisted with location scouts and VT production guide.

GRIP AND LIGHTING/CAMERA UTILITY/ASSISTANT
’09 The Road to Udon (Doc. Feature, VT/NY segments) State of the Art, Inc.
’09 Starrett Precision Custom Gauges, Captains of Industry
’09 Cambridge School at Weston (recruitment video) OptikNerve
’09 Touchstone ESL Video Series, Ch. 1 & 2, VPG Integrated Media/Cambridge Press
’09 IM Global, Thunder Sky Productions
’09 Cushing Academy (recruitment video), OptikNerve
’08 Stella: Live at the Wilbur Theater, Zoomari Films
’08 Renovation Nation 2, episode #201, Mike Mathis Prod. for Discovery/Planet Green
’08 L’Espalier/Sel De La Terre (web spots)
’08 Norwich University, ProVideo Productions
’08 Untitled DEA/Hell’s Angels Documentary (Boston portions), Avatar for Discovery
’08 VT Lottery: 2008 spot, Nomad Pictures
’08 Next World, episodes #4, 5, 13, CBS News Productions for Discovery Channel
’08 Husky Nation Video Magazine, So-and-So Productions for Northeastern University
’08 MASS General Hospital (internal communications), Playback Pictures
’08 F.L.I.R. Infrared Technologies, Thunder Sky Productions
’08 Yorio (music video, grip/electric), Green Card Pictures
’08 MA Lt. Governor on CASA Project (State project internal video)
’07-‘08 Ghost Hunters, (10+ episodes), Pilgrim Films and Television for SCI-FI Network
’07 Ghost Hunters: Live from Waverly Hills (Network Live Special), Pilgrim for SCI-FI/NBC
’07 Ghost Hunters: Revelations (Interview/Clip Show), Pilgrim for SCI-FI Network

KEY SET PA
’08 World’s Deadliest Catch: After the Catch II, Silent Crow/Original Pictures for Discovery
’08 GMC/Saturn (web promotion series, Boston segments) Strader Films
’05 “Love Thy Neighbor” (Feature), CTV/Life/Lifetime/Hallmark

SET PA, FEATURE FILMS
’06 “Normal Adolescent Behavior”, Dir. Beth Shachter, New Line Cinema
’06 “Shuttle”, Dir. Edward Anderson, Moody Street Pictures

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, TELEVISION
’08 The Science of Alzheimer’s (Documentary Feature, Boston segments) HBO Films for HBO
'08 Engineered, episode: Cabot Cheese, Clockwork/Atlas Media for National Geographic
'08 Hasty Pudding Awards: Charliz Theron, J. Arnold Productions for Access Hollywood/NBC
’07 Anthem 2.0 – New England Patriots (channel promos), NFL films for NFL Channel
’07 DirecTV/COX Communications (promotional spots), Serious Fun Productions
’07 NOVA: ScienceNOW, episode: Sleep, NOVA/WGBH for WGBH
’06 Trading Spouses, episode #300, Rocket Science Laboratories for Fox Television
’06 NYSERDA NY State Energy Star Initiative, Red Tree Productions
’06 Mega Movers, episode #20-02: RI Bridge Project, Blue 44 for History Channel
’05 Critical Rescue, episode #2203: Submerged, New Dominion for Discovery Channel
’05 Martha Stuart Living, episode: Ice Fishing in Vermont

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, COMMERCIALS, CAMPAIGNS, AND OTHER
’08 Casual Male XL - Sales Training Video Series, Clawhouse Productions
’08 Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Element Productions
’08 South Shore Hospital, Cohn and Company
’08 Bank Of America: What If campaign, Red Tree
’08 Ocean Spray Cranberry Juices/Christmas campaign, Red Tree
’08 Bingham & Associates (corporate internal), Picture Park
’08 Ocean Spray Blueberry Juices (’08 campaign), Red Tree
’08 RGA: Push the Button, Dirt Road Productions
’08 Lexus Automobiles, Boxer Films
’08 Jack Reed for Reelection, Bright Idea Creative
’08 Combe España/Hemoal y Algasiv, Picture Park
’07 Shreve, Krump & Low Jewelers, Digital Flannel Productions
’07 Leahy Clinic, Radical Media
’07 United States Marine Corps, What What Films
’07 Peyton Manning for Nerf Footballs, Wave Films for Hasbro Toys
’07 Sovereign Bank, Prologue Films
’07 BJ’s Wholesale (product spots), Stone Media
’07 Hewlett-Packard Printers (in-house corporate video), Cole and Co. Media
’07 Reebok (in-house corporate video), Sleeping Tree Productions
’07 Girl Authority (music video/commercial), Let’s Get Together, Zoomari Films
’07 Sun Microsystems: Black Box, Group X
’06 Sheldon Whitehouse for Senate, Z Creative
’06 Vermont Lottery: Winfall, Nomad Pictures
’06 Bernie Sanders for Senate, entire campaign (Key PA), Bright Idea Creative
’06 Peter Welch for Congress entire campaign, Laguens-Hamburger Strategies
’06 Rich Tarrant for Senate, entire campaign (Key PA), Strategic Perception, Inc.
’06 Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 2006 campaign, Verde Group
’06 Heritage Ford of South Burlington, 2006 campaign, Verde Group
’06 Vermont Eye Lasik, 2006 campaign, Verde Group
’05 Vermont Lottery: Fun and Games, Nomad Pictures
’05 Vermont Lake Monsters Baseball ‘06, Verde Group
’05 Kinney Drug Stores

Burlington College, Burlington Vermont, BA, Film Production and Cinema Studies.
Sharon High School, Sharon MA

-Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel.
-Photoshop, Illustrator, 6 years on Final Cut Pro, LiveType.
-French (high intermediate)
-Strong written communication skills

Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts

French: F
English

Basic Driving (PLG)