Ashley Maria

Film Maker

Yours Truly



 



 


Ashley Maria

Skills and Relevant Experience
SKILLS Avid, Final Cut Pro, ProTools, Sony EX-1 HD, Quantel Editing System, MS Office application
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE  
  Sony Television Drama Development Temp Assistant
(Spring 12)
 
Student Assistant to Don Hall, USC
(Fall 11)
Teacher's assistant in sound tutorials and mixing sessions for undergraduate students at USC
  Sony Television Development Intern
(Fall 11)
  Playtone Intern
(Spring 10 - Summer 10)
Script coverage and assist in various production departments
  Mark Burnett Productions 
(Summer 09)
Casting Assistant, Assistant to the Executive Producer for MTV's Bully Beatdown  reality TV show.
  Zemeckis Equipment Center
(Spring 09 - Present)
- Check out, clean, care for student film equipment
  truTV Reality TV Show
(Fall 08)
- Production Assistant for Tough Jobs. Now All Worked Up.
While wearing a bullet proof vest I drove crew to real-time film shoots of property seizure, responsible for making sure release forms were signed
  EditOne Media
(Summer 06 – Fall 08)
- Production Coordinator (August 08 – December 08) Produced commercials, documentaries and corporate informational videos
- Intern (As needed Summer 06 – Summer 08)
Edited demos and documentaries. Examples: part of the on-site production team for Bloomberg Television and Semi-Conductor Research Corporation
  Current Television Intern
(Fall 07 – Spring 08)
- Student Executive Producer / Student Outreach Representative for Current.com and Current TV.
- Produced short form documentaries called “pods” for Current TV Network. Awarded
Best Video Diary for Shot Dead at UNC pod.
  UNC Student Television Crew Member
(Fall 04 – Spring 08)
- Producer, director, editor, actor and camera crew for
General College; a tongue-in-cheek soap opera shown monthly on UNCs Student Television (STV)
- Awarded STV ‘Stevies Award’ for
Best Student Director and Best Show. Host, writer and director for Bluelite District comedy show shown monthly on STV
  Carolina Comedy Festival Committee
(Fall 05 – Spring 08)
- Liaison with national comedians to coordinate their trip to UNC
- Organized seminars and classes with the writers and producers of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, and The Office
 

ESPN Intern
(Summer 07)
- I was 1 of 123 Interns chosen from over 10,000 applicants
- Produced online and Video-on-Demand media for ESPN shows such as Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn segments for the half hour show airing on ESPN2
- Interviewed red carpet premiere attendees for ESPN’s Bronx is Burning television show; a 3-minute highlight film of the interviews was shown online on the ESPN website
- Attended seminars to learn about different aspects of the ESPN company

 

Stage Manager for ESPN / Kwokman Productions
(Fall 06 - Fall 07)
-Assisted on-air talent and Phil Dean to produce live ESPN shows of College football games

  Full Frame Film Festival Fellows Program
(Spring 05, 06, 07, 08)
- Awarded
Fellow; the only freshman student from UNC Chapel Hill accepted
- Interacted with and learned from documentary filmmakers from around the world
Interviewed about my experience by Reel Carolina magazine; article printed June 2005.
  Assistant Director for UNC Student Films
(Spring 07)
White Lies, Open Ends