Jeffrey R. Handel
Film & Photography Experience/Coursework
American Society of Cinematographers
- Student Heritage Award Nomination (2008)
Boston University
- Film Production I, II, & III, Lighting, Cinematography, Photojournalism (B&W 35mm), Understanding Film (Film Studies), American Films of the 1970's (Film Studies), Films of Stanley Kubrick (Film Studies), Films of Alfred Hitchcock (Film Studies), Screenwriting I
Cramer Productions
- Production Assistant to Directors, Camera Department, Producers, and Editors on commercials and industrials.
Northwestern University National High School Institute, Media Arts Division
- Screenwriting, Editing (Final Cut Pro), Sound Design, Lighting, Film Industry, and Film Theory
Culver City High School Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA)
- 25-30 hours/week in addition to college preparatory classes
- Young Filmmakers, involving production of three 16mm films and numerous DV films
- Screenwriting, World Cinema, Sound Design, Film Production, Lighting, American Film History, Video Editing (Media 100)
Film Production
Fratelli Breaks (2007) (Super 16mm) - Cinematographer, Executive Producer; nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Student Heritage Award
Bounty (2006) (16mm) - Cinematographer, Executive Producer; won 1st place Boston University COMSA Film Festival
Connect (2005) (16mm) - Writer/Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Producer; selected and screened at the Boston University Film Production I Festival.
Sub Rosa (2003) (Super 16 mm) - Editor, 1st Assistant Camera
T.P. (2002) (Mini-DV) - Writer, Director, Cinematographer; won Best Comedy at AVPA award ceremony
And So It Goes (2002) (Super 16mm) - Producer, script supervisor, location scout; accepted into Big Bear International Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival
Kill Your Radio (2002) (16mm) - Second Unit Director; won 2002 Media Arts Award for Best Picture for High School Film, presented by the California Community Colleges
Equipment & Software Knowledge
- 35mm & Digital Still Photography
- 16mm & Super 16mm film
- Mini DV
- Aperture, Pro Tools, AVID, Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
Education
- Boston University, Bachelor of Science Film Production and History Minor, 2007; Fall 2005 Dean's List, Spring 2007 Dean's List
- Culver City High School, Culver City, CA, 2003
- Northwestern University National High School Institute, Media Arts Division, Certificate of Completion, Summer 2002
