Los Angeles, CA 90026
323-660-7719
661-406-2476 cell
cegehring@adelphia.net
www.carolgehring.com
EDUCATION
2001-2003 California Institute of the Arts – MFA Film/Video
1996-2000 California Institute of the Arts – BFA Photography/Film/Video
EMPLOYMENT
2004-present - Independent Contractor
Producer, Director, Videographer, Editor, Photographer, Digital Colorist and Digital grading: for film, television, web, print, and multi-platform distribution. Genres: Documentary, Comedy, Reality, Promos, Pilots, and Narrative. Art Venues: Theater, Dance, Performance, and Music Videos. Client Focus: television, film industry, colleges, entertainment, institutions, education, green corporations, non-profits, and artists.
Client List: NBCUniversal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Monica College, Point 7 Entertainment, The Jackson's, African Film Commission – Cannes Film Festival, SOROS Foundation, Trip Dance Theater, Roads End Entertainment, Ford Amphitheatre, Power Up, Current TV, Hear Me, and A Window Between Worlds.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Programs
MAC/PC. Programs: Final Cut Pro, AVID, Motion, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, DiviX, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Photo Mechanic, Bridge, Word, Excel. AV/routing, patching, and dubbing, project codec’s, and network server management.
Cameras
HD and DVCAM video, various film cameras, Digital and Film Photography cameras
Production
Media Management – oversees all media assets: schedules, and prioritizes project workflow. Coordinates and manages assets in house: logging, tracking, and archival of all materials for current projects in post-production to meet deadlines of all deliverables. Creates music composition, and sound design. Imports music and graphics assets when needed.
Industry Knowledge
2006-2007 – NBCUniversal
Edits Photographic assets for national and international branding for marketing and distribution. Researches, approves, and generates creative photographic content for print, web, television, and multi-platform campaigns. Determines and prioritizes content based on network demands, and deadlines. Shows include: Heroes, 30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Friday Night Lights, all Law & Order’s, Monk, Las Vegas, Kathy Griffin, The Biggest Looser. Reports to SVP International Marketing and Executive Director of Photography, and Senior VP Entertainment.
Liaison and technical support for Universal, NBC, and New York. Established network server communications between Universal City, NBC Burbank and New York for successful transmission of all entertainment and publicity assets. Utilizes emerging technologies and programs to integrate on-line content.
Documentaries
2007
A Window Between Worlds, Venice, CA, Unmasking Me, Unmasking the Future,
Abused children appreciate art, and the creative act of mask making to work through childhood trauma.
2003
SEIU Justice for Janitors Campaign, Los Angeles, United for Justice, a look at the strikers uniting for equality in the work place.
2002
Verdugo Mental Health, Glendale, CA, Courage of the Heart, Mental patients writing their life stories for theatrical performance.
2000
Silverlake Film Festival, Silverlake, CA, Crashing the Party, an insider’s look from the protestors POV during the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
Documentary Producer/Editor/Writer Videographer - Produced live television cable broadcasts during the Democratic National Convention. SOROS foundation grant.
1999
Culinary Union, Las Vegas, 6 Years, 4 Months, 10 Days, the culinary union worker’s reflect on the longest strike in union history in America.
1998
Pageant Dreams, Los Angeles, later to become Miss Congeniality, follows a Los Angeles County woman posing as a beauty contestant, who uncovers the masquerade of the beauty pageant itself, and how it effected the lives of its contestants including her own.
Selected Work in Film & Video
2008
MIR FESTIVAL – Athens, Greece – Body – Director/Producer/Video Artist/Videographer/Editor
New Genre XV – Tulsa, Oklahoma - Out Like a Lamb – Video Artist
2007
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART – Art Scene: 25, L.A. Art Awards: Video Installation in the Contemporary Wing. Director/Producer/Video Artist/Videographer/Editor
TRIP Dance Theater – The Well- Concept and Creative Development, and Video Artist
2004-2007
TRIP Dance Theater – Breath & Bone – Director/Producer/Video Artist/ Videographer/Editor/Writer
The Unknown Theater, Los Angeles, Ivy Substation, Los Angeles, Joyce Theater, New York
2006
REDCAT at Disney Hall, Los Angeles – John Sinner, Director
If Water Were Present It Would Be Called Drowning – Producer/Video Artist/Editor.
2003
REDCAT at Disney Hall, Los Angeles - 25 - the film, Director/ Producer/Video Artist/Videographer/Editor - New Media Festival, Thailand, Weltbühne, Munich, Germany
on an abandoned mental hospital in CA, former domicile to numerous Hollywood celebrities.
2000
Blitzausstellung 32 Crash, Hanover, Germany
Daughter of Exile - Producer/Video Artist/ Editor/Videographer/ Writer
Awards, Honors & Commissions
Horton Award nomination – video - for TRIP Dance Theatre
Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarship MFA
Cal Arts Scholarship, Diversity Scholarship
Lulu May & Richard Von Hagen Scholarship, Cal Arts Scholarship
