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LEILI GUERANFAR    Resume

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Age: 34
Born: Tehran, Iran
Nationality: Swedish

Raised in Iran, Brazil, France.



EXPERIENCE :

Production | Post Production | Live Performances | Web Design | Radio | Film Festivals | Teaching | Administrative / Management

CREATIONS :

2009 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

EDUCATION :

School | Technical

PRODUCTION

Camera/DP

Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY / Pignans, France. 2009
"De tout et de rien..." : HD experimental portrait documentary on Jean Miotte, produced by Dorothea Keeser.
I am also author and director of project.

Factory Productions / Enjoy Models Management, Nice, France. 2008
Casting Shoot

Brooklyn Arts Council, New York, NY. 2008
"Child Of Man" : PS61 Ditmas Student Culmination, musical folk tale stage performance written by Ras-I-Levi.
In collaboration with teaching artist Pamella Allen.

Iroquois Avenue Productions, New York, NY / Switzerland / Paris, France. 2007
"Absinthe", feature documentary by Christopher and Seth Buddy.
(extra camera)

IF Productions, France. 2007
Forum International du Cinéma et de la Litterature.

Mediacom, France. 2006 - 2007
Live events:
    Vodaphone Sponsorshtip PR
    Société des Bains de Mer
    Naseba
    Dresdner Bank

Studio M42, Nice, France. 2006
"Cubiquity", video installation/performance/short film. A collaboration inspired, instigated, and hosted by Nadine Spinoza.

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco. 2006
"L'Optique du Marquis du Périer du Mouriez", video installtion.

Rock Live Festival, France. 2004 - 2005
Directing three-camera shoot of rock concerts.

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 2004
Lyric concerts.

LifeStories Productions, New York, NY. 2003
High-end wedding videos.

also see Creations

Script Supervisor

Imaginary Forms Productions, France 2005
"Solidtaire", feature fiction HDVideo.

DXLupus.org, New York, NY. 2002
Scripte and production assistant on interviews for website video library and medical conventions.

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POST PRODUCTION

Editor
most times includes motion graphics, sound design, and DVD authoring.

Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy, France. 2010
"Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi.
HD Video creation under the direction of Rudy Sabounghi. [in progress]

Yvoir Productions, Strasbourg, France. 2009
"La Cigale et les fourmis", HD feature fiction-documentary by Eric Schlaflang. [in progress]

Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY / Pignans, France. 2009
"De tout et de rien..." : HD experimental portrait documentary on Jean Miotte, produced by Dorothea Keeser.
I am also author and director of project. [in progress]

Boulibaï Vibrations / Haymanot Productions, Paris, France. 2009
"From Addis to Djibouti", short documentary on African Reggae in collaboration with Malik Boulibai.
(also co-producer on the project) [in progress]

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 2004 - 2009
Full Opera seasons from multi-camera shoot (recently from XDCAM).

Vaziri Productions, New York, NY. 2009
"From Kurdistan", 60min documentary on Music and Borders in Kurdistan directed by Persheng Vaziri.

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 2008
"The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Jean-Louis Grinda.
Creation of High Definition Video animations/compositing from ideas by Rudy Sabounghi.

Brooklyn Arts Council, New York, NY. 2008
"Child Of Man" : PS61 Ditmas Student Culmination, musical folk tale stage performance written by Ras-I-Levi.
In collaboration with teaching artist Pamella Allen.

Link TV, New York, NY. 2008
"Iran Encounter", 60min documentary in the context of the Cinema Verité Fetival in Iran.

Teatro dell'Opera, Rome. 2008
"Amica" by Pietro Mascagni.
Video creation from an idea by Rudy Sabounghi.

Imaginary Forms Productions, France. 2008
High Volume Video Editing for the Bureau de Verification de La Publicité.

Women's World Banking, New York, NY. 2007
Video clip for Gala Celebration honoring Ela Bhatt.

Iroquois Avenue Productions, New York, NY. 2007
"Absinthe", feature documentary by Seth and Chris Buddy.
(also co-producer on the project)

Zeitbyte Internet Video, New York, NY. 2007
High Volume Video Editing and Encoding for internet download/streaming.

East Wise Films Productions, Strasbourg/Paris. 2007
"La Cigale et les fourmis", teaser fiction-documentary by Eric Schlaflang.

Mediacom, France. 2006 - 2007
Live events:
    Société des Bains de Mer

Studio M42, Nice, France. 2006 - 2007
"Cubiquity", video installation/performance/short film. A collaboration inspired, instigated, and hosted by Nadine Spinoza.

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco. 2006
"L'Optique du Marquis du Périer du Mouriez", video installation.

Imaginary Forms Productions, France. 2005 - 2006
"Solidtaire", feature fiction HDVideo by Bahram Gueranfar.

Rock Live Festival, France. 2004 - 2005
From three-camera shoot, rock festival concerts.

Garage Second, France. 2004
Inaugural video clips.

FragileLittleMind Productions, New York, NY. 2003
"Jim Maguire, A Life on Wall Street", one hour video documentary by Brice Orvieto.

Crestfallen Productions, New York, NY. 2003
"Atonement", experimental fiction feature video by Jonathan Yevin.

Independant Media Center, New York, NY. 2002
"World Economic Forum" coverage. (guerilla editing)

Starmaker Productions NFP, New York, NY. 2002
"Sunset Town", short fiction film by Justin Swibel. (associate editor)

Readymade Productions, New York, NY. 2001
"For Life", one hour video documentary by Marcia Raymond. (Editing & Production Assistant)
"Teen Talk", televesion show pilote.
Animated Logo creation and website design.

Artist Reels, New York, NY. 2000 - 2002
Director of Photography Mike Gerzevitz.
Musician and singer Nicole Renaud.
Actress Angelica Torn.
Actor and Theatre Director Tony Torn

Edit Decisions Productions, New York, NY. 2000
"Design Obsession", short video documentary for a sequence of House & Garden.
Came in for 2nd cut, motion graphics, and image treatment.

IVI Films, New York, NY. 2000
"Canon" corporate video.

also see Creations

Assistant Editor

Goatworks Films, New York, NY. 2003
"Mondo Vino", feature video documentary by Jonathan Nossiter.

Red Turtle Productions, New York, NY. 2002
"In The Cut", feature fiction film written by Susanna Moore and directed by Jane Campion. (2nd assistant)

Spontaneous Generation Productions, New York, NY. 2001
"Pretend", multichannel (9 cameras) feature fiction video by Julie Talen.

Post Production Supervisor

Imaginary Forms Productions, France. 2006
"Solidtaire", feature fiction HDVideo. (co-supervisor)

"Jim Maguire, A Life on Wall Street", New York, NY. 2003
"Jim Maguire, A Life on Wall Street", one hour video documentary.

Readymade Productions, New York, NY. 2001
"For Life", one hour video documentary.

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LIVE PERFORMANCE

Stage Manager / Assistant Director-Choreographer

The Children's Theatre Company, New York, NY. 2007
In Association with the Baha'i Unity Center.

Monaco Dance Forum, Monaco, MC. 2006
In the context of the Tremplin Jeunes Ballets.
For L'École des Sables (Sénégal) and Le Centre de Danse Contemporaine de Tunisie.

Salle des Etoiles, France. 2004
Gala for the Forum International du Cinéma et de la Litterature.

Assistant Stage Manager

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 2007
Gala Lyrique.

Sound and Light Assistant

Villa Arson, Nice, France. 2004
Art show and concert.

Forum Grimaldi, France. 2004
Imagina Festival: European Digital Content Creation Trade Show.

Burning Man Festvial, Black Rock City, NV. 2003
Reverand Billy' s Gospel Choir, concert.

Lighting Designer

Balch Theatrical and Dance Group, Medford, MA. 1994 - 1996
Designed for shows and assisted on numerous productions.
Received Balch Arena award for excellence in lighting design.

Scene Shop Crew (painting & construction)

Balch Theatrical and Dance Group, Medford, MA. 1994 - 1996

also see Creations

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WEB DESIGN

Nadine Spinoza www.nadinespinoza.com

Gaetan Raffin Morlotti www.bouddhi.com

Science Of Seeds www.science-of-seeds.com

Rachel Chodorov www.rachelchodorov.net (maintenance)

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RADIO

Boulibaï Vibrations
Freelance coverage/interviews of Reggae artists (includes live music recordings):

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FESTIVALS

Associate Director of Programming / Print Traffic

Lake Placid Film Festival, Lake PLacid, NY. 2003 - 2004
Chief liason between Festival and filmmakers, producers, and film distributors. Responsable for print trafficking and screening schedules.

Transportation Director

Lake Placid Film Festival, Lake PLacid, NY. 2002
Coordinated transportation from and fro the Festival for filmmakers and guests.

Co-curator

Resonant Wave Festival, Berlin, Germany. 2002
Responsable for the selection of works by New York resident artists.
Grant application editor.

also see Creations

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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Teacher

Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. 2000-2002
"After Effects and Digital Video Editing". Non-linear editing, motion grahics, compositing, and sound design.

Lab Supervisor

The Knowledge Union Media Labs New York, NY. 1999-2001
Hardware and software troubleshooting, equipment maintenance, user assistance with application and classroom support.

Teacher Assistant

The New School, New York, NY. 1999-2000
Digital Design.
Audio Production.
Projects in Digital Audio.
Web Design.

Volunteer Staff

Legacy High School for Integrated Studies, New York, NY. 2000
Assisted High School children in then recently built multimedia labs/library.

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OFFICE

Assistant to Artistic Director

JIKI Creations, France. 2004 - 2007
Fashion Atelier.

Office Manager

Print-2-Print, New York, NY. 2001
High-end printing, scanning and retouching house.

Assistant Manager

Republic National Bank of New-York. 1996 - 1998
Customers account management, public relations liason with full access and usage of bank internal data systems, as well as Bloomberg and Reuters.

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CRÉATIONS

2009

Cube Considered
Cuiquity videos selected to screen on Monkey Town 4-screen theater space in the context of diverse collection of video works with the cube as the predominant motif and subject.
Brooklyn, New York

2007

Cubiquity
Images and editing - video installation/performance/video. A collaboration inspired, instigated, and hosted by Nadine Spinoza - in collaboration with choreographer Eric Oberdorff, argentinian dancer Mayra Morelli, and dancers from the Ballets de Monte-Carlo Gaetan Morlotti and Acier Uriagereka. (Nice, France)

2006

Post War Dreams
Video creation for live dance. Choreographer: Eric Oberdorff for La Compagnie Humaine. (Nice, France)

2005

Corps à Corps
Video creation for live dance. Choreographic artists : Jerome Meyer and Isabelle Chaffaud - A Korzo and tanzhaus nrw co-production. (Den Haag, Holland)

24/24
Video creation for street performances by dance company Kubilai Khan Investigations. (Toulon, France)

J'ai mis quelqu'un dans ce ballon, video projection with live dancer and live spoken word.
Struck a chord, video installation.
Serafina, video.
Invited to participate in Rui Horta's COLINA Project - an experimental multi-disciplanry laboratory hosted by the tanzhaus nrw. Collaboration on several projects and created the above. (Dusseldorf, Germany)

Too close
Experimental Video with dancer Gaetan Morlotti from the Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

Quarante Cinq
Video Improvisation with dancer Gaetan Morlotti. (France)

Man Ual
VideoDance with dancer Gaetan Morlotti. (France)

2004

Mad Ame
Experimental short video - what moves with you, the storm of a still life performed by dancer Kathi von Koerber (Keasha KvK), was selected for the Tiburon International Film Festival. (San Francisco, CA)

Also selected for Mire.Couleurs, a film festival organized by the mixed-media research association Le Logoscope, and screened in the context of the Monaco Dance Forum. (Monaco)

2003

Jumbotron.1
Supervised editing and created sound mix on short video directed by Eric Zechman - was selected for the Slamdance Festival as part of their ANARCHY online film competition.

Lexxicon the Dead
Audio sculpture - inspired by/under the spell/with the words of australian innovative poet, composer and performer Chris Mann. (New York, NY)

Mad Ame
selected for Microcinema International, a film festival that curates, exhibits, promotes, and distributes innovative international moving image artists via alternative worldwide screening venues, including the web. Also selected for their Independent Exposure Compilation 2003, a touring screening program of independent films, videos, and digital art. (San Francisco, CA)

2002

Motion graphics video was selected by the Ideagarden for a mixed-media installation in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District. Resulting installation featured kinetic sculptures, flowing ambiant soundscape, and an array of miniature LCD monitors mounted above elevators, each displaying a variety of international artists' work. (San Francisco, CA)

LAX
Video production and DVD authoring for an installation by glass sculptor Hans Frode (Sweden via Brooklyn, NY)

The Sequel
Invited by WAXworks (Williamsburg Art Nexus) to present a video and sound installation for the dance forum. (Brookyln, New York)

Co-curator, grant application editor, and video creation for the The Resonant Wave Festival. In collaboration with the 23 Windows art collective and Amoeba Technology. An international research lab on body, motion, and streaming technology that included a 24hour marathon film and video festival. The two-week studio installation/performance was held at the Kultur Im Spannwerk arts center in the Kreuzberg section of Berlin. (Berlin, Germany)

Curator's pick for March 2002 Digital Pocket Gallery:
Files and folders are the 'digital pockets' of the internet artist. The hard-drive is an autobiography in coded form. Dreams, ideas and waste lie hidden in these cryptically labelled pockets that have become the maps and landscapes of our virtual lives. (online)

2001

Light Beat
A multichannel experiment - chasing the sun, gentle beats bring light to obscurely divided days - Screened at The Cave Gallery for the Witness Film and Video Festival: an invitation to respond to recent September events. (Brooklyn, NY)

Transferring and Flush
Projects from a series titled Abstract Venom, exploring the nature of the medium and abstraction of mental capacities, from I to eyes - Screened at Organic Visual Messages: Independent Short Films, Experimental Video and Multi Media Installation Festival, hosted by 23 Windows/Ransom Corp. (Brooklyn, NY)

Autopoiesis
my TheThis, an utterance, a 30mn audio-visual filling of gaps. Public screening of my private projection, Master's Thesis presentation. To be moved in a world with its own rules, without intersection to the proper world, metaphoric of resolutions.(New York, NY)

Précis de Décomposition (or Flush)
Audio-visual collage titled - juxtaposing Ludwig Wittgenstein's articulate logic to Cioran's poetic vagueness - and supervised lighting design for the thematic event: "Paris in the 20's or Berlin in the 30's" at CBGB's 313 gallery. The event was a fund raising evening of mixed-media and theatre for the Flux Factory (a not-for-profit arts organization - primarily an incubation and laboratory space for innovative and collaborative art works that are in dialogue with the physical, social, and cultural space of New York City). (New York, NY)

2000

Id
Audio sculpture on the theme of the body - presented the New School Media Studies first audio show. (New York, NY)

Id and Inamtes for 6mn66sec
selected for Pyromedia website. (New York, NY)

Inmates for 6mn66sec
Sound installation at the Flux Factory - The concept piece explores the terrors of intimacy. (Brooklyn, NY)

Cyberosis
Experimental video screened at a fundraising evening for the Flux Factory at the Galapagos Art Space. Exploring strategies of elucidation and the cybernetic understanding of systems. (Brooklyn, NY)

Nausea: nauseating mortality or american media
Audio montage - a peek into what could have been the awakening, alienation and death of American Media Artist, David Wojnarowitz.Selected for Immediacy, a quarterly, interactive online journal on media and culture. (New York, NY)

Feel
Video installation and projections at the Physical Arts Center for a fund raising multi-media event organised by Complacent. (Brooklyn, NY)

1999

"Billionaires for Bush (or Gore)"
Produced a video spot and radio spots for United for a Fair Economy - a political street action.
The video was screened throughout New York City and aired on free Speech TV during the democratic convention in Los Angeles. The radio spots were aired on various public radio stations in New York. (New York, NY)

Nausea: nauseating mortality or american media
Received an Excellence in Expressive Social Commentary for Mixed Messages, a selection of outstanding graduate student works within the Media Studies department. (New York, NY)

Cyberosis
Received an honorable mention for Mixed Messages. (New York, NY)

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EDUCATION

The New School | New York, NY | 1999 - 2001
MA, Media Studies.
Summa Cum Laude distinction.

Tufts University | Medford, MA | 1993 - 1996
BA, International Relations and Studio Art.
Cum Laude distinction.

Joint program with the Museum School Of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Led film discussions, assisted and advised freshman students in a European Film seminar.
Photographer for Tufts Theatrical Review.
Participant in the Global Environmental Program, Talloires, France/Geneva, Switzerland.

Menton, France | 1993
Baccalauréat A1 (Philosophy and Mathemathics).

Technical

Hardware:
DV DVCAM HDV Cameras | Decks | Tansfer Towers | Sound Boards | Audio Recording | Lighting

Software:
Final Cut Pro | Media 100 | Avid DV | After Effects | Motion | LiveType | DVD Studio Pro | Compressor | Toast | ffmpegX | HandBrake | ProTools | Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign | GoLive | HTML | Word | Excel

Other languages:
Fluent French | Strong Italian | Conversational Spanish | Knowledge of Portuguese and Farsi

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