Objectives

To continue working, through my own projects and collaborations with others, to advance the more genuine, direct voice and soul that independent cinema makes possible.

Skills

• HD and DV documentary style Camera Work
• Production Sound Recording for film and video
• Documentary Editing
• Documentary Feature Direction
• Docublogs

Film Projects

Note: This list is not comprehensive and does not include commercial work.

Director

New American Story w/Bill Bradley - 2007

Desc: Series of online videos following book tour

Code-A-Thon - 2006

Desc: Video blog from League of Technical Voters event

The Dicky Box - 2005 - 2008

Desc: Feature length documentary following boy sealed in plexiglas-walled yuppie apartment

T.T.D.S - 2004

Desc: Short spoof on medical fear films.

Ask America - 2001 - 2002

Producer: Kerry Glamsch

Desc: Doc style series working to create dialog between disparate cultures within America.

The Tao of Beer - 1998

Producer: Elaine Mark

Role: Director, DP

Desc: Video short about the oneness of... ALL things.

Producer

Blaze Foley - 2000 - 2008

Director: Kevin Triplett

Role: Co-Producer

Desc: Feature film about songwriter Blaze Foley who was shot in Austin in 1989

Pleasureland - 2000

Director: Bryan Poyser

Role: Co-Producer

Desc: 16mm short film commenting on the addictive nature of media and the loss of personal connection with the outside world.

Editor

The Dicky Box - 2005 - 2008

Director/Editor: Kai Mantsch

Desc: Feature length documentary following boy sealed in plexiglas-walled yuppie apartment

Glitter Monkey Rodeo - 2005

Director/Editor: Kai Mantsch

Desc: A glimpse of the Austin Burning Flipside experience

Dirt - 2004

Director: Jeff Bowden

Role: Post Production assistant

Desc: Follows group of stock car racers in small town Texas

Governor's Commission on Disabilities - 2002

Role: Editor

Desc: Instructional video for use in teaching high school media students how best to present persons with disabilities.

Camera

Of Dreams and Suicides (temp title) - 2008

Director: Harpreet Kaur

Camera: Kai Mantsch & Suzanne Matarazzo

Desc: Feature documentary following 12 children who shed light on farmer suicide issues in Punjab region of India

New American Story w/Bill Bradley - 2007

Director/Camera: Kai Mantsch

Desc: Series of online videos following book tour

Code-A-Thon - 2006

Director/Camera: Kai Mantsch

Desc: Video blog from League of Technical Voters event

SBC Blueroom - 2005 - 2008

Role: Camera

Desc: A series of interviews and live video of major label recording artists for SBC Blueroom online

The Dicky Box - 2005 - 2008

Director/Camera: Kai Mantsch

Desc: Feature length documentary following boy sealed in plexiglas-walled yuppie apartment

Ask America - 2001 - 2002

Director/Camera: Kai Mantsch

Producer: Kerry Glamsch

Desc: Doc style series working to create dialog between disparate cultures within America.

Musicals, Performances, Children's Recitals, Commercials, Weddings - 2003 - present

Desc: A variety of additional camera work

Location Sound

SBC Blueroom - 2005 - 2008

Role: Production Sound Mixer

Desc: A series of interviews and live video of major label recording artists for SBC Blueroom online

Slam Planet - 2004

Director: Kyle Fuller

Role: Production Sound Mixer

Desc: Following two teams of slam poets through nationals

Hotel Room - 2004

Director: Frederic Haubrich

Writer: Henrik Johansson

Role: Production Sound Mixer

Desc: A young man on a business trip checks into a hotel where things aren't quite what they seem to be.

Meat Market - 2003

Director: Chris Ohlsen

Role: Production Sound Mixer

Desc: High-Def short about selling out

Blank Pages - 2003

Director: Alan Klenk

Role: Production Sound Mixer

Desc: Short noir

Make A Wish - 2002

Director: Sharon Ferranti

Producer: Lauren Johnson

Role: Production Sound Mixer

Desc: Lesbian horror feature film shot on Super 16mm.

Hoover Girl - 2002

Director/Producer: Lori Marsh

Role: Location Sound Recordist

Desc: A woman comes to terms with memories of her dead father. Short.

Blaze Foley Documentary - 2001 - 2004

Director: Kevin Triplett

Role: Sound Engineer / Editor / Interviewer

Desc: DV documentary about an Austin musician and local character living in Austin in 70s and 80s

http://www.abraxasproductions.com

Dogs Bark - 2001

Director: Rebecca Fulton

Role: Location Sound Recordist

Desc: DV Feature. Ensemble comedy about mother-daughter relationships. Featured at 2002 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival

Out of Bounds - 2001

Director: Geoff Marslett

Role: Location Sound Recordist

Desc: DV short sports comedy for Austin filmmaker collection to be released as feature.

Princess Peanut - 2001

Director/Producer: Lori Marsh

Role: Location Sound Recordist

Desc: Short children's fantasy film set in 1930's.

Killa B's - 2000

Director: Daniella Masterson

Role: Production Assistant/Grip

Desc: Felicity meets Sex in the City in this web based comedy series. Digital production for web release.

Triple Threat - 2000

Directors: Joshua J. Smith, Wayne McClammy

Producer: Thomas Young

Role: Sound Recordist

Desc: 30 min digital short. 80's teen comedy with a Hong Kong action bent about a roller skating competiton.

Across the Room - 2000

Directors: Matthew Clark, Cody Lindsey

Role: Sound Recordist

Desc: Digital feature shot in Houston, Ft. Worth, and Austin Texas about a family coming together after a father's death.

A Burning Kind - 2000

Director: Greg Gilpatrick

Role: Sound Recordist, mouse wrangler

Desc: Digital short about a boy learning to cope with desire, rejection, and death.

A Common Confusion - 1999

Director: Spensor Parsons

Role: Sound Recordist, Grip

Desc: Short 16 mm film based on a Franz Kafka short story.

Appetite for Construction^* - 1998

Director: Greg Gilpatrick

Producer: Angela Lee

Role: Sound Recordist

Desc: Short 16mm film about a suburban girl's seduction by the fantasy of the poor drifter.

^*Currently showing on the Sundance Channel

Projection

Projection Manager for AGLIFF Film Festival - 2007

Created a complete set of procedures and technical solutions. Purchased, rented and managed equipment. Trained and managed staff. Repaired equipment as needed

Radio

WPGU Radio Champaign/Urbana 1991 - 1994

Role: Producer (Commercials/Promotions/Announcements)

Produced numerous commercials and promotions. Organized voice talent and production assistants. Wrote and edited copy.

WPGU Radio Champaign/Urbana 1991 - 1994

Role: Night Rock DJ

Answered phones, chattered endlessly and played from a wide variety of musical formats including CD, vinyl, cassette and cart.

WDBS College Radio 1991 - 1992

Role: DJ for local music show "The Garage" showcasing Champaign/Urbana talent.

Television

Austin Sessions 2000

Director: Jeff Shaevel

Producer: Kevin Triplett

Role: Audio Assistant, Production Assistant

Desc: Running project. On location multi-camera digital television show featuring Austin musicians, comics, etc.

The College Box 1992 - 1994

Role: Camera Op, Sound Editor, Assistant Producer

Desc: Music video show featuring VJs on location around campus and at Atlanta "Freaknik" Black College Spring Break.

Special Features 1992 - 1995

Role: Camera Op, Live Sound Mixing, Editing

Desc: A variety of live shows featuring muli-camera and multi-mic studio setups. Examples include an all-day telethon, a call in/interview show about the internet (in 1993) etc.

Organizations

• SxSW Theater Manager 1996 - present
• Cinemaker Coop
• Austin Film Society
• Austin Community Access Center Producer

Education

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric / Computer Science: May 1995

Hobbies and Interests

• Backpacking and Climbing, Korean Martial Arts, Beer Brewing, World Travel
• Guitar and Dumbek, Unicycling
• Writing (short stories, music, poetry, screenplays)