Dear sir,

I'm a recent transplant back to the bay area after a couple of years and am looking for shooting work.  Being a motorcycle enthusiast myself, this position sounds like a perfect fit for me.  Looking forward to hearing more about the contracting work and speaking with you on the phone.  Sorry, reel is DVD hard copy only.  Thanks so much.

Best,
Taylor Fitzgerald
917.848.3169


I am a native Montanan working in the film industry for eight years,
shooting and editing HD 24P, HDV, Betacam SP, Super 16mm, for a variety
of projects, documentary, news, fiction film, commercial, and
industrial.  Networks include:  HBO, NBC, OLN, ESPN, Discovery, CNN.

I have experience with the latest FCP and Avid systems, also Premiere,
After Effects, Live Type, DVD Studio Pro, Cool Edit Pro, and Pro Tools.

I have produced, directed, and shot films in Ireland, France,
Denmark, Turkey, Australia, Mexico, Canada, and in America coast to
coast.  I love travel and am a self-contained shooting unit with SONY DV
equipment and MAC laptop editing station.

My strength as a DP is being able to shoot great looking footage on a
low budget.  I can light and shoot quickly, direct teams of gaffers,
grips, and assistants, and can deliver all of this in hostile
environments.

My strength as an editor is working fast to assemble a rough cut, then
the patience to make every final cut work to each frame.  I keep a keen
eye on the continuity and flow of the scene, but usually cut to the
performance and beats of the actors and narrative.

I have a BFA in Motion Picture and have won first place at a Jackson
Hole film festival for my senior thesis project.  It was also shown in
the Ohio Independent Film Festival.  A Columbia University grad student
film I shot was recently shown in Portland at a film festival.  Two
other CU grad films I shot have shown around the country in New York
LA, and San Francisco.  My own project, a PBS-style historical fiction
film on the life of Johnny Appleseed, which I wrapped late 2004 is in
post.

Resumé
"Taylor Fitzgerald"


Taylor Fitzgerald
ofarrellfitz@hotmail.com

Mobile:  917.848.3169

23 VALLEY ROAD
ATHERTON, CA 94027


FORMAL EDUCATION:

BFA Motion Picture / Video
Emphasis:  Cinematography / Film Directing
Graduated Montana State University Bozeman May 2003

MFA Film program Columbia University, New York
(Accepted)



RECENT CINEMATOGRAPHY WORK:

Columbia University Grad student fiction films:

'Tracks'  Director:  C.C. WEBSTER
24P DV format
25 min. 2005
Pennsylvannia / New York City (on location / sets)

'Rupture'  Director:  TOBIN ADDINGTON
24P DV format
25 min. 2005
Connecticut / New York City (on location / sets)

'Near the End of August'  Director:  TOBIN ADDINGTON
24P DV format
20 min. 2003
Montana / New York City (on location / sets)
*Sent to Portland Film Festival*

Other fiction films:

'Johnny Appleseed'  Director:  TOM BERNINGER
30P DV format
30 min. 2005
Ohio / Kentucky (entirely on location)

'The Witch of the West'  Director:  TAYLOR FITZGERALD
16mm film
10 min. 2003
Australia / Montana / Utah (entirely on location)
*First place winner, Jackson Hole Video Slam*
*Official Entry Ohio Independent Film Festival*
*Nominee for Best Picture, Cinematography, Sound Design, 2003 Tracy
Awards, Bozeman, MT*


NONFICTION EXPERIENCE:

'Hellgate High' Rose Parade Documentary 2005 (Anaheim, California)

'Charlie's Lake' / Feature Doc about cerebral palsy (Billings, MT)

'Off the Hitch' Airstream RV and Trailer documentary
                                                                     -
(Jackson Center, OH)

'Concrete Walls of Secrecy' Juvenile Correction Documentary

 - (Miles City, MT)

NBC Television Photojournalist 2003-2004 (Billings, Montana)

AVP Tour (Pro Beach Volleyball)
                       Cincinnati Open (Cincinnati, OH AVP Tour 2005)
                         --Seen on NBC, and OLN, nationally

Corporate Training Films - Abrakebabra franchise (Dublin, Ireland)
                      - Meadowlark House Cancer Center (Billings, MT)

Music Videos - (Turkey, USA)
Sales Videos - (Billings, MT)
Wedding Videos - (Cincinnati, OH) / (Bozeman, MT)
Broadcast TV Commercials - (Bozeman, MT) / (Cincinnati, OH)

REFERNCES:

Dennis Aig, Professor of Film, MSU Bozeman
406.570.9505

Blair Martin, News Director, KULR 8 (NBC affiliate)
406.656.8558

CC Webster, Columbia Grad Student / Writer and Director
917.514.8067

Brigid Kelly, Producer of 'Charlie's Lake'
323.270.7940

Tom Berninger, Director
513.390.7490