EDUCATION

Academic

City College of San Francisco, California, USA

Cinema Department

Spring Semester 2005

Screenwriting

Basic Film Production

Summer Semester 2005

Basic Editing

Digital Film Editing (FCP)

Fall Semester 2007

Advanced Screenwriting l

Cinematography and Lighting l

Introduction to Film Studies

Film History l

Sound

Spring Semester 2008

Advanced Screenwriting ll

Advanced Digital Film Editing

Film History ll

Fall Semester 2008

Advanced Cinematography and Lighting

Pre-Production Planning

Workshops

"The Making of Crash"

Paul Haggis, Screenwriter and Director, Crash

48th International Film Festival San Francisco, April 2005

"A slice of American History"

Sam Green, Producer, The Weather Underground

SF Art Institute, San Francisco, April 2005

"The Story-Writing Art"

Robert McKee, Screenwriter

The Learning Annex, San Franciso, June 2005

"Writing a Great Screenplay"

Nancy Rae Stone, Janet Jeffries, Producers; John Kim, Screenwriter

Cinequest , International Film Festival, San Jose, June 2005

San Francisco International LBGT Film Festival, 2005

Several filmmakers after the projection of their work.

"The making of a low budget movie"

Nacho Vigalondo, Director; Hugo Serra, Producer

Alcine 35. Film Festival, Alcalà de Henares, Madrid, November 2005.

"Directing: How to deal with the process of production"

Ramón Salazar, Director, 25 cm.

Alan Berliner, Director

Ken Loach, Director

Clair Denis, Director

La Casa Encendida, Madrid 2006-2007

EXPERIENCE

Editor assistant :

Google. Video Department. 2/2009

Director assistant:

Documentary: "The price of Capitalism." 2,3,4/2009

Location assistant:

Ranch Production, Inc. 3/2008

Editor:

Experimental: Mr. Gary on the Feedback Show

Theater promo: Angelina, the Jittery Girl

Cinematographer and Editor:

Music Video: Sons of King Kong

Documentary: Lorenzo Herrera

Narrative: The Fix

Animation: Show Biz.

Screenplays: Heat, Sumergidos, Axfisia, The Fix.

EQUIPMENT

- Macintosh Power Book G4 12" Mac OS X version 10.4. Processor 1.5 GHz Power PC G4: memory: 1.25 GB DDR SDRAM.

- Monitor Sony, SDM-HS74P 17 inches.

- External Hard Drive: 300GB.

- Cables: fire wire as well as wires to connect computer and T.V. monitor.

- Software: Final Cut Pro HD, ILife, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, Fireworks 8, Flash 8 video Encoder, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.

- Camera: Cannon MV 890.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

- Masters Degree in Psychology. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1989. Specialization in Brief Therapy M.R.I. Palo Alto. California.

- I have worked as a Psychologist for 20 years within the context of Social Services and private practice. My work has been performed in London, Madrid and San Francisco.

- Translator. Two books, web sites translations, and several short translations related to cinema, travel and literature.

- Web designer. www.madrid-psychotherapy.com, www.mereditor.com

- References:

Lidia Sazjko, Chair of the Cinema Department at City College of San Francisco

Tel: (415) 239-3043; (415) 509-2678

e-mail: lszajko@ccsf.edu