Nathan Roman Kuruna

nathan.kuruna@gmail.com ¥ (215) 796-0977

 Online portfolio: http://nathankuruna.com

 

Offering 8+ years of video production and multimedia design for television, print, and the web.  This includes animation, videography, editing, graphic design, photography, illustration and special effects.  Special effects work includes flash animation, green screen, stop motion, model and costume building.

 

Work Experience

Currently engaged in freelance graphic design, web and photo/video production for various clients including Hot Cup

     Records, The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg Academy, Playworld Systems, East Snyder

     Park, and Longpoint Environmental Training.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education- GovernorÕs Schools of Excellence

     Acted as producer, camera, and editor for a series of 30+ video segments and photos designed to

     give potential student applicants a feel for the day-to-day activities of the eight Pennsylvania GovernorÕs Schools of

     Excellence. Redesigned promotional print materials for statewide distribution and worked extensively on their new

     http://pgse.org.

The School District of Philadelphia- The Charter High School for Architecture and Design, Franklin Learning Center

2004-2006 As a full time teacher, taught students about the study and creation of various forms of art, design, and media, including drawing, animation, film/video, sculpture and mixed media.

Original curriculum included graphic design, character design, Flash basics in intro to animation unit as well as photography, page layout and publication design in a yearbook class.

The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts

2003-2005 Was responsible for all aspects of the creation of media tools to better market the program in Pennsylvania High Schools. This included a communications video and website. Shot 81 hours of footage, conducted 32 interviews, edited it all into a 33 min video to be distributed statewide.

2002- Served as a male resident director. Was jointly responsible for the well being of approx 80 boys in the male dorm, hospital trips, activity planning, general discipline, etc.

2001- Served as ATTRA (teaching assistant) in the graphic design classroom.  Helped teach students about various pieces of software. Was responsible for several boys in the male dorm. Taught portions of a "Film Criticism" elective (continued this in '02 and '03).

The Entertainment Source, LLC

2004- Works as an editor and cameraman, filming and editing various social events. Responsible for keeping track of the company's equipment, collecting and cataloguing footage, making dubs for other editors, authoring DVDs of events, and some care and maintenance of equipment. Also contributed design elements leading to a new website.

GreenWorks Television Production

2002/03- Web Designer, Associate Producer, Production Assistant, Graphic Artist, Editor, Animator. Developed/designed web pages, animated for television and the web, edited segments for the television show, dubbed tapes, performed general office tasks.

Education

1998/2002-  Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science,  Film & Video Production (Cum Laude)

1997- Selected for the 1997 Pennsylvania GovernorÕs School for the Arts*

1994/1998- Selinsgrove Area High School, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Related Coursework

Basic Television Studio, Fundamentals of Video Production, Dramatic Video Production, Documentary Video Production, Photography, Basic & Advanced Filmmaking, Lighting for Film, Design I, Design II, Scriptwriting I, II, Introduction to Playwriting, Computer Imaging I, Painting I, II, American Classic Cinema, Latin American Cinema, Contemporary Cinema, The Western, The Documentary Tradition, Film Comedy, Art History I, II & III

Computer Skills

Operating Systems: Macintosh OS, Windows

Software Experience Includes: FinalCut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign,  Soundtrack Pro, FTP Pro, Corel Draw, Microsoft Word, Toast, Fetch, Netscape, Explorer, Cleaner EZ, Dreamweaver, Imageready

*Special Honors

2004- "Going Home" selected for the DC Independent Film Festival

2003- "Solace" selected for the DC Independent Film Festival

2002- Given the "Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and Video" Drexel University

  Mad Dragon Film Festival, Drexel University

     2002- Banyan Award for Excellence In the Field of Special Effects, Senior Project Honorable mention - "Solace"

     2000- Best of Festival for "Daily Grind"

Special Skills                                         

     Theremin player, balloon animals

                                                                                                                                       References available upon request.