Education
The University of California — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
M.A. candidate, Moving Image Archive Studies, class of 2016
New York University — Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY
B.F.A., Film & Television Production, class of 2010
Professional Experience
Vidiots Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Inventory Project Intern, June 2015-present
- Developed metadata fields and cataloging procedures for VHS collection assessment
- Trained volunteers to catalog according to those procedures
UCLA Film & Television Archive, Los Angeles, CA
Graduate Student Assistant, March-July 2015
- Edited a video sequence from about 3 hours of raw footage
Chicago Film Archives, Chicago, IL
Processing Archivist, January-December 2013
- Inspected and cataloged over 200 film items from the Ruth Page collection
- Inspected and cataloged over 100 film items from the Chicago Academy of Sciences collection
- Recanned films and made tape repairs as needed
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, Conover, WI
Head of Video Program, summers 2011-2012
- Programmed and taught moviemaking classes to children of grades 7-11
- Supervised other instructors and coordinated with camp administration
Tactic Company, New York, NY
Film Classification Researcher, April-June 2011
- Researched 465 films of varied genres
- Classified each film according to a controlled vocabulary
Film-Makers’ Cooperative, New York, NY
Intern, February 2009-May 2010
- Inspected, cleaned, and cataloged film prints, making tape repairs as needed
- Prepared prints for shipping
- Wrote and proofread company documents
Presentations
Silverlake Independent Jewish Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
Sunday Symposium: “The Wandering Jew: Portrayals of Jews in 1930s Cinema”
October 18, 2015
Courses
- Access to Moving Image Collections (MIAS 250)
- Archaeology of the Media (MIAS 220)
- Archival Administration (MIAS 240)
- Archives, Records and Memory (IS 431)
- Digital Asset Management (MIAS 298)
- Ethics of Film Restoration (MIAS 210)
- Film and Society: Exhibition and Moviegoing (FTV 219)
- Film Programming (FTV 298A)
- Media, History and the Archive (FTV 211A)
- Metadata (IS 464)
- Moving Image Archiving: History, Philosophy, Practice (MIAS 200)
- Moving Image Cataloging (MIAS 230)
- Preservation of Heritage Materials (IS 432)
- Research Methods & Resources in Film & Television (FTV 200)
- Technical History of Cinema and Related Media (FTV 298A)
Professional Development
- Nitrate Picture Show, Rochester, NY, April-May 2016
- Orphan Film Symposium, Culpeper, VA, April 2016
- AMIA Conference, Portland, OR, November 2015
- Home Movie Day at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, October 2015 (volunteer)
- The Reel Thing, Los Angeles, CA, August 2015
- Bastard Film Encounter, Raleigh, NC, April 2015
Skills
- Materials inspection and repair
- Cataloging
- Inventory documentation
- Data entry
- Film and video editing
- Extensive, detailed cinema knowledge
Programs
- Microsoft Office
- Collective Access
- FileMaker Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- AVID
- ProTools
Languages
- English (native)
- Hebrew
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