Base

Role

Crew Member

Male or Female?

Male

First and Last Name:

Val Blakely

City:

Los Angeles

Role:

Other Role, Title or Designation:

PA, G&E, AD, Director, Photographer, and Entry-Level

About Yourself:

About You:

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
After a 20-year environmental career, I resigned to pursue a career in film and television production, and
photography. I bring experience in photography, customer service, project management, event coordination and administration honed through years of service as an environmental specialist, a planner, and a self-taught photographer. I am passionate, creative, and authentic with experience in short film developments,
communication, collaboration and problem solving, and production assistant for television and a web series.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FEATURES
Hot (November, 2013) Key Grip / Electric (11 days) Glydascope Magnet LLC, Director: Victor Warren, D.P: Howard Wexler

It’s Not A Date (October, 2013) Production Assistant (2 days) / Grip & Electric (13 days) UFO Pictures, Director: Barry Pollack, D.P: Stefan Silvers

TELEVISION
American Idol (August, 2013) Season 13, EP Round
Production Assistant (2 days) American Idol Productions
Supervisor: Joe Williams (APM)

American Idol (July, 2013)
Season 13, Initial Round
Production Assistant (2 days) American Idol Productions
Supervisor: Joe Williams (APM)

MUSIC VIDEO
Air Dubai “Soul and Body” (September, 2013)
Set Production Assistant (1 day)
We Will Shoot You Productions
Director: Frank Door
Producer: Kate Morgan

WEB SERIES
HP’s “Integrity Matters” Pilot (May, 2012)
Set P.A. / 2nd AC (1 day) Resound, Inc and MDS Innovations
Director: Tony Dolan

SHORT FILMS
Trapped (2013) Grip / Electric / P.A. (2 days) Director: John Charter D.P: Quinn Feldman, D.P.
Dear America (2013) Key Grip / Electric (4 days) Director: Sam Maher D.P: Heidi Zimmerman
Twerk-O-Matic (2013) Grip (1 day) Director: Prestone Purchase Producer: Mike Swiatek D.P: Phil Jackson
Flapjack (2012) Director, Writer (5 days) Blakely Pictures
Hope (2012) Story Editor (1 day) Tarik Haddad
The Beautiful Fate (2011) Story Editor MPTART Productions
Hard Dix Life (2011) 2nd AC, P.A. (1 day) Tizia
Baby (2010) Assistant Director /
Still Photographer (3 days)
David Allen Poff
Mystical Marge (2009) Assistant Director /
Still Photographer (2 days)
Regal Beagle Films
Crossing Paths (2008) Director (1 day) Blakely Pictures
Under the Light (2008) Director (1 day) Blakely Pictures
Weirdo (2007) Director (1 day) Blakely Pictures
The Gather (2007) Assistant Director (1 day) Ming Wang
Waiting (2005) Director (1 day) Blakely Pictures

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
September, 2003-2013 Environmental Specialist I, City of Fremont, Supervisor: Kathy Cote
September, 2000-2003 Planning Intern City of Fremont, Supervisor: Jeff Schwob
August, 1993-2000 Open Space Planner I Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, Supervisor: Larry Coons

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MFA in Motion Pictures and Television Directing, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, 2012
Certificate in Cartographic Communication, California State University, East Bay Hayward, CA 1999
BA in Environmental Studies, Physical Environment, California State University, East Bay Hayward, CA 1995
AA in Environmental Studies, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 1993

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Adobe Lightroom 5 – Microsoft Office Suite – Adobe Photoshop Elements – Advantage – ArcGIS – Filemaker
Pro – Novel Groupwise – Adobe Acrobat Professional – Aperture 3 – Silver Efex Pro 2 – Screenwriter 6 – Final Draft – Celtx – MetroScan – Tidemark – HP Reflection – PC – Mac – Canon HDSLR

AFFILIATIONS
Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com, 2009 to Present

REFERENCES

Kenn Ferro
Cinematographer
Professor and Department Head
Academy Of Art University
(415) 618-6448 (Work)

Samuel T. Fisk
Screenwriter and Professor
Academy Of Art University
(415) 618-6448 (Work)

Jeremy Parsons
Cinematographer
(415) 577-9679 (Cell)
[email protected]

Jodi Tyler
Film Director
(650) 238-7821 (Cell)

George Schminky
FX Makeup Artist
(415) 290-5377 (Cell)

Dr. Dave Larson
Associate Professor/Dean,
California State University – East Bay
220 Robinson Hall, Hayward, CA 94542
(510) 885-3193 (Work)