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DAVE REISS
127 Gibbons Blvd, Cockeysville, MD 21030
Email: dr@davidreiss.com Tel: 301-806-2843 Web: www.davidreiss.com

EDUCATION
D.C.D., Doctorate of Communication Design, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 2005. M.S., Master of Science in Film Production, Boston University, Boston, MA, May 1990.B.A., Bachelor of Arts/Visual Media, American University, Washington, DC, May 1986.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Towson University, Electronic Media & Film dept., Fall 2005 - present. Tenure Track.
Teaching Assignment: Introduction and advanced undergraduate video and television production courses including:
Corporate Video EMF 437: An advanced HD corporate communications production course based on creating short documentary style videos for local non-profit client projects. This course is offered both in the Spring and Fall, with an average of ten (10) videos produced by senior EMF students each year.
Previous Client HD Projects include: Gunpower Falls Conservancy, Maryland Zoo, B-More Dog Education program, and the Central Baptist Male Chorus of Baltimore.
Electronic Field Production EMF 373: Intermediate video production course.
Film & Video Production EMF 222: Intro video production course.
Academic student advisor to over 40 students, as well as faculty advisor for Student Run Television Station WMJF-TV. Planning Committee Member. Lead faculty member for High Definition Video Production.

Visiting Assistant Professor, American University, School of Communications, 2004-2005. Teaching Assignment: undergraduate and graduate digital media production classes for Film & Media Arts program, including introduction survey course in Visual Literacy. Graduate student thesis project advisor. Developed new digital media production courses. Provide information on various digital media technology and applications to department and staff. Utilized distance education on-line Blackboard 5 and 6 software for course instruction.
Adjunct Professor, American University, School of Communications, 2003-2004. Teaching Assignment: advanced graduate film and video production class for MFA program, including instruction for both documentary and narrative styles of filmmaking.

Adjunct Professor, George Washington University Documentary Center, 2003. Teaching Assignment: video production including camera, lighting and sound recording for intensive 6-month program. Also taught AVID digital video editing and audio mixing. Director of Production of final student film, “Opening Moves”.

Instructor/Trainer, David Reiss Media Productions, Washington, D.C., 1997 to present. Teach an independently developed series of workshops on AVID Symphony, Media Composer, MCXpress, and Digital Media Production. Clients include Connecticut College, Freedom Forum, National Geographic Channel, and NBC-4/WRC-TV.

FILMOGRAPHY
Writer/Producer/Director & Editor
Hope: Then & Now, HD & Multimedia, 2010
Howard County Public Schools Engineering HD Film: Production Summer/09.
INCUBATOR: 51-minute HD Science Fiction Film: Submitted to Festivals 2009.
Meals on Wheels PSA, HD Production May 2009.
Maryland Film Industry Coalition Video, HD Production Spring 2008.
Sachs Scooter Promo, HD Production 2007. (47,500 YouTube Views.)
Baltimore County 9-1-1 Public Service Announcement (PSA), 2006.
Baltimore County 9-1-1 Recruitment Video, 2005. (7,800 YouTube Views.)
Salvatore Aquia Scholarship Video, 2006. (3,000 YouTube Views.)

AWARDS
Faculty Film Award at the 2010 Women and Minorities in Media (WAMM) Festival, Accolade Faculty Feature Film Merit Award 2009, Utopia Film Festival 2009, Award of Excellence at the Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts 2008. Two Communicator Awards 2008, Award of Distinction in EDITING. Two DV Awards 2006. CINE Golden Eagle, 2006. World Gold Medal, New York International Film & Video festival, 2004. CINE Golden Eagle, 2003. CHRIS Award, Columbus International Festival, 2002. Grand Prize - Multimedia, New York Film & Video Awards, 1999. Gold CINDY Award, Association of Visual Communicators, 1999. Communicator Crystal Award. 1998. Association of Visual Communicators, Regional Cindy Award, 1998. Aurora Award. 1998. Certificate of Film Excellence, and the MDC Esplanade Film & Video Expo, 1989

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Producer/Director/Editor/Owner, Cooper Films, MD. 1996 to present. Create professional broadcast-quality productions for a wide variety of clients, including National Geographic Channel, NBC4/WRCTV, Discovery Channel, Newseum, Freedom Forum, FOX-TV/WCVB, MCI-WorldCom, Greer & Associates, AOL, URC, ADA, Creative Logic, Meals on Wheels, Maryland Film Industry Coalition and McNeil Lehrer productions.
Freelance Video Editor, 1996 to present. Edit in AVID and/or Final Cut Pro professional broadcast-quality productions for a wide variety of clients, including Freedom Forum, Discovery Wings Channel, Greer & Associates and Macneil/Lerher Productions. Currently under contract with Maryland Public Television.
AVID Department Manager & Senior AVID Online Editor, Waveworks, Inc., McLean, VA, 1993-1996. Edited various projects including long-format episodic television series, commercials, multi-layered opens, industrials and corporate videos. Managed staff and systems for three Avid suites.
Test Engineer/Consultant, Avid Technology, Tewksbury, MA, 1992-1993. Test engineered the re-designed Media Composer 5.0 computer editing system. Responsible for providing feedback on Beta versions.
Producer/Director/Editor, SRS Films, Boston, MA, 1991-1993.
Media Production Coordinator, Boston University Productions, Boston, MA, 1991-1992.
On-Camera Host, WCVB, Channel 5-ABC, Boston, MA, 1989-1990.

Digital and Visual Media Expertise: Digital Economy - Distance Education - Mass Media and Culture - Mass Media History - Multimedia Learning and Design - New Media Design and Theory - Virtual Communities - Visual Literacy

DIGITAL MEDIA SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS
Digital Media: Apple Final Cut Pro HD Studio, Magic Bullet plug in LOOKS. AVID Media Composer, Symphony and Adrenaline - AVID DV Xpress Pro - AVID Ice Effects - GenArts Sapphire Effects.
Web/Video Apple Compressor, Macromedia Flash and Dreamweaver. HTML Programming.
Graphic Design Adobe Photoshop, Indesign & Illustrator.
Web Design Macromedia Dreamweaver and HTML code.
Operating Systems Apple OS 7.0-OS X - Windows Operating Systems (NT, 2000, XP & Vista)
Shareware Developer: Flash Virtual Demo Reel Version 1.0, with over 13,600 downloads from FlashKit.com. Flash Video Player with Text Field Version 2.0, with over 10,000 downloads from FlashKit.com.

EQUIPMENT
Cameras Canon 7D and 550D DSLRs, Panasonic HVX200, HPX-170 & DVX 100. Sony Betacam, JVC, Cannon, Panasonic Mini-DV, Sony DV-Cam) - VTR Decks (Digital Betacam, Betcam SP, DVC-Pro 25-50, Mini-DV, D1-5, Hi-8mm and 3/4”) - Engineering Equipment (analog and digital waveform and vector scopes).
Audio Equipment (lavalier and boom microphones, field mixers, multi-track analog and digital studio consoles, DAT recorders, DA-88 Multi-track players)
Lighting Equipment (Arri and Lowell field packages, and various studio lighting systems)
16mm Film Equipment - Cameras: Arri SR, S, and BL. Bolex and CP-16. Canon Scoopic. Sound: Nagra sound recorders, field mixers, microphones, and multi-track analog mixing studios.

TELEVISION: National Geographic Channel promotional commercials for various series including: Mysteries of the Deep; Taboo; Dangerous Jobs; Geodic Moments, and National Geographic Today. NBC4/WRC-TV promotional commercials for local news and special events. NBC4/WRC-TV sales video, Digital Edge Expo. Discovery Channel segments for Shark Week. The Discovery Wings Channel launch, series of promotional commercials.

MULTIMEDIA: Newseum Permanent Exhibits: September 11th Wing, Main Theater: Running Towards Danger, and Galleries: TV News and Humor, The Press and Civil Rights, The Black Press, History of Nightline, The Berlin Wall, and The History of Newsreels.

OTHER: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), ATA/NEA Merger documentary, Legislative Issue Videos. Fox Television International, pilot for internationally syndicated program, Manhunter. Fox Television International, 52 one-hour episodes of syndicated series, Manhunter. Fox Television, television pilot for syndicated series Final Justice. Fox Television, segments and recreations for America’s Most Wanted. Political Commercials including; Mike Bloomberg for Mayor, NYC; Debbie Stabenow for Senate (D-MI); Max Baucus for Senate (D-MT); Barbara Boxer for Senate (D-CA); Kent Conrad for Senate (D-ND); Byron Dorgan for Senate (D-ND); Debbie Stabenow for Senate (D-MI); Conrad Burns for Senate (D-MT); Max Baucus for Senate (D-MT); Dennis Moore for Congress (D-KS). League of Conservation Voters, series of environmental issue ads, Dirty Dozen. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, national conference video, Covering Kids. MCI Community Relations, educational program promotional video, Marco Polo. Planned Parenthood, historical documentary, Planned Parenthood Looks Back. Dramatic short film, Double Trouble. Documentary short film, Hope. Boston University, recruitment film, A Inside Look at Boston University. Northeast Broadcasting School, recruitment commercial, Behind the Scenes. MEDSTAR training video, Flying Right Helicopter Procedures. Children’s Hospital National Medical Center, historical video, Reflections.

PUBLICATION: Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, Fall 2007.
“Video-based Multimedia Designs: A Research Study Testing Learning Effectiveness"

CONFERENCES: Streaming Media East 2006, Panel Discussion Member: Streaming Strategies for Educators and Distance Learning. Ed-Media 2006, Presenter - Research paper for conference category Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications, “Three Types of Computer Video Environments: A Study of Effectiveness for Communicating Information.” Article also included in proceedings.