Jason Jacob Zucker
Address: 345 Hudson St. #3319-C, New York, NY 10014
Phone: 212-654-8141
Email: zucker.jason@gmail.com
Education _
NYU
Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY May 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Film & Television, GPA 3.6
Courses: Language of Film, Storytelling Strategies,
Sight & Sound: Television &
Film, Dramatic & Visual Writing,
Music for
Film & TV, Elements of Music, Post Production Workshop, Producing For Film, and Titles & Special Effects
Beachwood High School, Beachwood, OH June
2003
GPA
3.5, 1370 SAT (780 Math, 590 English), National Honors Society Member, Student
Council Officer,
Editor-in-Chief of The Beachcomber
(School Newspaper), Co-Founder of S.M.A.D. (Students Make A Difference),
Drama Club Member, Varsity Golf
Player, Junior Varsity Baseball Player, Junior Varsity Basketball Player
Projects _
Editor/Shooter/Producer _ _ _ __
VH1 News & Red Carpet
Edit and produce daily news packages featuring artists and other pop culture news. Shoot red carpets and other events.
*"Hard news about a fluffy world. VH1 News keeps you plugged into pop culture with compelling stories
and the latest scoop on the stars of pop music, movies and TV."
Director
Direct, produce, and edit short films and freelance projects.
Directed over 15 projects, including 6 16mm films, 2
short documentaries, 3 still image sequences, and
worked on many film sets. Also
scored several projects.
Producer
Abbey Road on the River
Produced and edited promotional videos and
commercials. Also produced on-site 3-camera shoots with
a Jib crane for over 20 bands. Project
included budget responsibility. Also maintain website on a regular basis.
*Abbey Road on the
River is the largest Beatles Tribute Festival in the world.
Editor
Tea Leaf Green: Live at Coda
Produced and edited
5-camera shoot of 33-song concert, and designed DVD with fully interactive
menus.
*Tea Leaf Green is an
up-and-coming jam band from San Francisco.
Liminal Group
Edited promotional videos for multi-platform leadership consultancy. Edited multi-camera seminars to be sold
on DVD and internet. Also helped produce multi-camera film shoots of leadership events.
Miscellaneous
Numerous videos for special
events including birthday videos, wedding videos, Bar and Bat Mitzvah videos,
and others. Also have made
several promotional videos for musicians.
Web Designer ___
JasonZucker.com and AbbeyRoadontheRiver.com
Created,
designed, and maintain both websites on a regular basis.
*Samples of the projects listed
above can be viewed on JasonZucker.com.
Work Experience
Editor/Shooter/Producer- VH1 News & Red Carpet Summer 2007 - Present
Media Director- Liminal Group Winter 2006 - Present
Owner and President- Memories Preserved (Video to DVD service) Summer
2005 – Present
Video Producer/Webmaster- Abbey Road on the River Summer
2001 - Present
Independent Videographer and
Editor Spring 2001 - Present
Intern- OHIO Edit Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
Volunteer- Tribeca Film Festival Spring
2004 and 2005
Intern- The Owens Group Fall
2002 – Fall 2003
Intern- Cleveland Film Society Fall
2001 - Spring 2002
Computer Skills _
Apple (Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro,
iMovie, Soundtrack, Appleworks),
Audio Editing (Pro Tools LE, Reason, Digital
Performer), Avid Express DV,
Adobe (After Effects, Premiere,
Photoshop, Illustrator), Macromedia (Dreamweaver, Flash),
Operating Software (Windows, Mac OS X), Microsoft (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
Other Skills _
Guitar, Piano, Banjo, and
Harmonica Player
Singer/Songwriter (Samples of songs can be heard at JasonZucker.com)
