Resume
Dana A. Rivera
www.danariverafilms.com
570-807-1811
Permanent Address
74 Symphony Circle, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
Campus Address239 Coddington Apt. A, Ithaca, NY, 14850
Education
Ithaca College, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca, NY, May 2012
Bachelor of Science degree in Cinema and Photography
GPA 3.734/4.000
Minor: Business Administration
Honors:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar
Dean’s List, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011
New York Women In Communications Scholarship Award, April 2008
Film Production
Maxwell (December 2011): A silent, stop motion animated film, created as a Senior Thesis Film. It features a young wealthy boy, living in a monochromatic world, who begins to see color as he realizes the reality of the poverty in his world.
· Screenwriter, Animator, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Character Designer
Para Cuba, De Maria (May 2010): A portrait of my grandmother, Maria Tosado. In photographs, archival footage, re-enactments and artifacts, she tells the story of her immigration from Cuba to the United States in 1957.
· Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Uncorked (September 2009-present): A fictional webisode series based on the wine industry in Ithaca, NY and produced by Park Productions.
· Prop Manager, First Assistant Camera, Grip, Gaffer, Production Still Photographer
Farewell (December 2009): A short fiction film that portrays the reaction of a middle-aged man who is told by a businessman that he is going to die. It explores the inevitability of death as well as the hope that it can inspire.
· Editor, Script Supervisor
Life is a Dance (April 2009): A short film about the visual and metaphorical relationship between dance and everyday life, produced for a cinema production class.
· Director of Photography, Editor, Scriptwriter, Director
Love At First Light (February 2009): A short film about a romantic relationship between two lamps, produced for a cinema production class.
· Director of Photography, Editor, Scriptwriter, Director
Television Production
The Show (Ithaca College Television 16 Show) Fall 2008
· Editor
Foodfight Face-Off (Ithaca College Television 16 Show) Fall 2008-Spring 2009
· Director of Photography
Employment
Teaching Assistant, Nonfiction Film Production, Ithaca College Spring 2012
· Assisted Professor Changhee Chun in teaching the fundamentals of nonfiction film production
· Worked projector to screen films
· Project and Video file management
Staff Member, Park Productions, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY Jan. 2009-Jan. 2011
· Various roles in production, marketing and planning.
Editing Intern, The Chapter Media, New York, NY May 2010-August 2011
· Video and Still Photo Editing
· Production Assistant
Operations Intern, Fingerlakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca, NY Dec. 2008- April 2009
· Operations and Event Management
Other Employment Experience
Sales Associate, Staples, Ithaca, NY August 2010-Current
· Worked register
· Assisted customers
Recreation Attendant, Fernwood Resort, Bushkill, PA, May 2009-August 2011
· Planned and hosted events held for resort guests
· Attended to the pools
Sales Associate, JCPenney, Stroudsburg, PA, Oct. 2007-Sep. 2008
· Worked register
· Cleaned and straightened store
· Supervised fitting rooms
Skills
· Skilled in Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Dragon Stop Motion
· Skilled in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Mac OSX
· Experience in Flash, and Adobe After Effects
Activities
Chair of Marketing, Colleges Against Cancer, Ithaca College 2008-Current
Volunteer, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY 2009-Current
Volunteer, Southside Community Center Fall 2011
Volunteer, St. Cuthbert’s Church Center, London, UK Spring 2011
Designer, The Ithacan 2008-2009