JUAN RECAMAN Director of Photography/ Editor

322 West 57th Street Apt 40Q New York, NY 10019 Tel: 917 361 4916

Email: namacer2@yahoo.com

http:// www.juanrecaman.com

 

SKILLS

 

Producer:

Television producer, specializing in documentaries and short videos format. Director and

producer of video portraits for Newscreen TV. Experience Photography production as well.

Camera:

Vast experience with DV and HD formats. Cameras including: Sony EX_1, EX-1,PD 170, Panasonic

DVX100, HVX-200, Sony HDR-FX1. Experience with Red Camera, Digital Tech. Comprehensive knowledge of lighting and Chroma key techniques. Three years of experience with professional TV camera at Brooklyn Community Television. Certified producer by BCAT.

Editor:

Seven years experience with editing documentaries and short video formats. Avid, Media

Composer, AVID XpressDV and Final Cut Pro editor. Solid technical knowledge of all videotape

and digital formats ( including RED codecs) as well editing and graphics systems. Comfortable working independently or in a team-based environment on projects that are either scripted or not.

Other skills include: Motion, After effects, Photoshop, DVD Studio, Compressor for Web publishing,

site design, Go-live and Dreamweaver.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, New York, NY

Producer 2009 Award video portraits

Ongoing

 

ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES New York, NY

Editor-freelance for PRESCRIPTIVES, MAC, ORIGINS, CLINIQUE

January 2008- ongoing

 

JUDY WERTHEIN. New York, NY

Editor and DP: ÒApparition...The returnÓ and ÒThis functional familyÓ , Ó IMMER WIEDERÓ

Feb 2007- 2009

 

PRECIPICE ALLIANCE, New York, NY

Director of documentary: ÒIndestructible LanguageÓ

Sept 2006- Feb 2007

 

NEWSCREEN TV, Orlando, FL / New York, NY

Producer and Editor: Cultural programming.

Jun 2004-Jul 2006

 

PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY

Substitute Instructor, Introduction to Video.

Jan 2006

 

JOEL STERNFELD photographer, New York, NY

Editor

Editor of documentary film ÒUndomiciledÓ.

Jan 2002-Dec 2004

 

CLARISSA SLIGH artist, New York, NY

Studio Assistant

Designed Web site: www.clarissaslight.com, digital printing and book design.

Sept 2002-Oct 2003

 

PETER RAD photographer, New York, NY

Photography Assistant

Camera formats including medium, large format and high end digital backs

Hasselblad/Phase One 25. Experience in griping and lighting techniques.

June 2002

 

GRAHAME WEINBREN Film And Video Artist, New York, NY

Technical Assistant

Working in his interactive piece FRAMES, an art installation that combines software, digital

video and sound at the performance space, The Kitchen in New York City.

Nov 2002

 

MARY LUCIER, artist, New York, NY

Editor Assistant

Assembling DVD/Work archives.

Nov 2002

 

POST-TYPHOON SKY, New York, NY

Production Assistant & Editor Assistant

Organized archives and digitized footage.

Jul 2002-Jan 2003

 

CORRA FILMS, New York, NY

Production Assistant

Assisting in production of film, ÒFRAMESÓ by Henry Corra about artist Grahame Weinbren.

Dec 2002-Feb 2003

 

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY (ICP), New York, NY

Education Department, Community Programs

Documentarian

Produced and edited documentary REVISIONS 2002, a collaborative project between ICP and

El Museo del Barrio that teaches photography techniques and writing to young students.

April 2002-September 2002

 

90 MILES. DOCUMENTARY FILM, New York, NY

Directed By Juan Carlos Martinez

Post-Production Intern

Logged and digitized footage with Avid Media Composer.

May-Jul 2000

 

EDUCATION:

 

 

SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE,

Skowhegan, Maine

2003

 

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY

M.F.A. Photography and Related Media

2002

 

LONDON INSTITUTE, London, England

Certificate in Professional Photographic Practice

1998

 

UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANDES, Bogot‡, Colombia

B.S. Electrical Engineering

1997