JAKE ELSAS
jake@7minutecinemas.com

FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE (Selected)
College$ense Editing, Audio Sweetening, Compression CUNY GEAR UP/HESC (current)
LessonLab Classroom Videos Videographer, Editor, Transcriber LessonLab, Inc./Pearson (current)
Project Condor Director, DP, Editor 7MC/Dr. Wilderness, Inc.
Instrumental Treason
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
7MC (2004)
Battle of LA Videos Videographer Pak's Karate Studio (2004)
GM Pak's Healing Videos Videographer Pak's Karate Studio (2004)
Robert Baxt Promos Editor Robert Baxt (2003 – 2004)
Chaminade Awards Banquet Videographer Chaminade College Preparatory (2003)
Critical Condition Videographer GRB Entertainment Productions (2003)
Holding Up The Sky Videographer, Editor Voices Carry, Inc. (2003)
Masquers Cabaret Shows Videographer Masquers Cabaret (2002)
Cycle the Americas Director, Videographer, Editor 7MC/CTA (2001)
Experimental Music in the Bay Area Videographer Severe Tire Damage (2000)
Hunting & Fishing in the West Videographer JB Productions (2000)
Throw It Away
Writer, Director, Editor
7MC (1999)
Boyz on Bykes Writer, Director, DP, Editor 7MC (1998)
La Passante
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
7MC (1997)
Shiva
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
7MC (1996)
Kristy Edmunds Performance Videographer Portland State University (1995)
Epilogue
Writer, Director, DP, Editor
7MC (1995)
Isaiah
Direcotr, Videographer, Editor
7MC (1995)
Animus
Writer, Director, Videographer, Editor
7MC (1994)
A Banquet of Elegancies Writer, Director, DP, Editor 7MC (1993)

SKILLS
  • Wrote, directed, shot, edited, produced, designed sound/lighting for film and video
  • Extensive computer experience: AVID, Premiere, ProTools, Final Cut Pro, Cleaner, Windows Media Encoder
  • Extensive singing and acting experience
  • Accomplished in Russian language and literature

EDUCATION
1997 – 2000 California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA); MFA — Film/Video
1993 – 1997 Northwest Film Center (Portland, OR); Certificate Student
1990 – 1991 Gotham City Improv (NYC); Improv techniques
1985 – 1989 Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH); BA Russian Language and Lit.
1981 – 1985 Phillips Andover Academy (Andover, MA)

AWARDS
  • Hollywood Foreign Press Scholarship; CalArts — Valencia, California (1998 – 2000)
  • La Passante — Accepted into Spoleto Arts Festival; Spoleto, Italy (1999)
  • La Passante — Accepted into Etiuda '98; Krakow, Poland (1998)
  • La Passante — Regional Winner/Nominated for National Student Academy Award; Los Angeles, California (1998)
  • Marilyn Day Scholarship Award; NWFC — Portland, Oregon (1995)