Veena Rao 270 Fort Washington Ave. – Apt# 36 New York, NY 10032 (646) 894-0456 veen.rao@gmail.com http://www.veenarao.net Experience DraftFCB Healthcare; Associate Producer; New York, NY; Nov. 2006 – present; • Shoot and edit industrial videos for major ad agency, hire freelance production crews, editors, composers, and VO talent, act as a liaison between creative and production team, give creative input during various stages, budget production expenses Judith Helfand Productions; Associate Producer/Assistant Editor; Chicago, IL; July 2008-mid August 2008 • Worked out of Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) on a documentary in progress about the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave directed by Peabody Award-Winning Director Judith Helfand • Shot interview on DV, hired camera crew, did archival research, updated budged, researched story ideas, pre-interviewed potential subjects, dubbed tapes, logged footage and created character stringers Melting Planet; Transcriber, Researcher; New York, NY; September 2006-December 2006 • Performed research and various production tasks for Everything’s Cool, a film about global warming by Judith Helfand and Dan Gold that premiered at Sundance in January 2007 Simon and Goodman Picture Company; Post-Production Intern; New York, NY; February –June 2006; • Logged and digitized footage in FCP and did research for episodes of MTV’s Coming Out Stories and Academy Award Nominated short documentary Rehearsing a Dream • Attended to technical difficulties with deck and FCP Fusion Film Festival; Submissions Coordinator; New York, NY; January - March 2006; • Scheduled and organized faculty and industry judging for NYU’s 3rd annual festival, celebrating female filmmakers and encouraging collaboration between the sexes Asphalt Films; Production Assistant; New York, NY; June-September 2005; • Logged footage for documentary on 9/11 families, researcher, PA on shoots Filmography • Director: “The Art of Balance”; New York, NY 3/6-3/10/08 (premiered at Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, 4/26/08, screened at Dokufest in Kosovo, 8/08); “Mrs. Henderson’s Kids”; D.P.; Christopher Lajcin, DV thesis; Joliet, IL; 3/10-3/17/06 (aired on Current TV); “Chance Encounter”; D.P; Lorenzo Gattorna; 35mm MOS; Prague; October 2004 • Director of Photography: “Three Years”; Dir. Lorenzo Gattorna; Betacam; Prague; November 2004 • Assistant Camera: “The Tenants”; Dir. Serena Kuo, DV thesis; Harwinton, CT; June 2005; “Closely Quartered”; Dir. Laura Nemesi; 16mm; New York, NY; 3/18/05-3/20/05; “I Miss You”; Dir. Shauna McGary; 16mm; New York, NY; March 2004; “Queen Mother”; Dir. Sunita Prasad; 16mm; New York, NY; October 2003 Technical Skills • Proficient on PC & MAC, MS Office Suite, Adobe CS3 Master Collection, FCP 6, Avid Express Pro, DVD Studio Pro, HTML • Experienced with DV cameras (DVX100B, PD-150/170, XH-A1) and Arri S &SR cameras Education New York University, Tisch School of the Arts B.F.A. in Photography and Imaging; Film and T.V. – May 2006, GPA: 3.6/4.0 Chosen from numerous applicants to represent NYU in 2 of Tisch’s International Study Programs: • The Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU); Prague, Czech Republic; Fall 2004 Semester • St. Petersburg Theater Art Academy; St. Petersburg, Russia; Summer 2003 Semester Honors and Awards • Best Sports Genre for “The Art of Balance” in the 2008 International Documentary Challenge • Awarded the 2003 Tobias Award (an annual award for excellence in photography at NYU) for Chess Kids photo essay Exhibitions • “Transformations”; Group Show; Tisch School of the Arts; NYC; September and October 2007 • “Fragments of the Façade: Photographs from Madison and 5th Avenue”; Senior Thesis Exhibition; NYU; Winter 2006 • “Dreamland”; Group Show; Galleria Illy; NYC; November and December 2005