Stories. Who doesn’t love a good one? As long as it draws you in, nobody minds if it’s not really even true. I know I sure don’t! I was pretty young when I was informed by my parents (a few hundred times) that I had a problem (I preferred to call it a gifting) with telling stories. (Pronounced by my Aunt Kaye as “sto-reez”)
I wouldn’t necessarily call it LYING, but more of an inner hunger to capture the attention of a crowd (of 1 or 51…sure didn’t matter to me) while I spun a yarn about my grandmother coming over to Georgia on the Mayflower. I may not have had a knack for dates, history, or the age of my grandparents, but I sure had one for telling a darn good story.
About
Contract Writer [2014 - Present]
Story Oak Media
Form Films
Retro 8 Films
Director of Media for 'KidStuf' [2011 – 2014]
Director of a media team that conceptualized, created and produced nine :45 multimedia productions annually. Geared toward elementary school children, productions were broadcast simultaneously across five different campuses and streamed online to a combined audience of 10,000.
Staff Writer/ Director for KidStuf [2007 – 2011]
Writer for a monthly live-action, Christian-based multimedia stage program. Aimed toward elementary school children, productions were broadcast simultaneously across three different campuses, and streamed online to a combined audience of 8,000. Responsibilities also included writing and directing website content, including videos, promotional pieces, and creative at-home activities for families.
Program Director/ Writer for Xtreme [2002 – 2007]
Writer, producer and director of media content for a weekly multi-faceted, one-hour live program to an audience of 1,000 middle-school students. Programs included onstage personality and live band. Responsibilities also included writing, shooting and editing title packages for weekly series and speaker content.
Set Designer / Prop Master for "Bigstuf Camps" [2000 - 2001]
Designed and oversaw construction of sets and props
Education
Shorter University [1995-1999] BFA in Theatre Performance
Skills
Proficient in Final Draft
Prop Design and Construction
Casting
Leading teams of editors, animators, & audio engineers
Directing actors and voice talent
Working under multiple deadlines
Writing on multiple projects
Producing a project from conception to delivery
Working under multiple deadlines
Collaborating with a team
I'm always in search of a good laugh... and fresh, boiled peanuts.
“An idea that is not dangerous, is unworthy of being called an idea.”
– Oscar Wilde
