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MAURICIO BALVANERA |
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Emeryville, CA 94608 |
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EDUCATION |
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University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1996 - 2000 |
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BA in Film and Television Production |
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Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica, CA, 2005 - 2007 |
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Computer Science |
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
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Revision3, San Francisco, CA |
October 2007 |
| Editor/Producer | |
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Video Editor on various shows on Revision3.com including The Onion AV Talk, Diggnation, Destructoid, Tekzilla, The Ben Heck Show, Tom's Top 5, popSiren, Systm, Diggnation, Internet Superstar, Web Drifter and PixelPerfect.
Co-creator of Appjudgment, our in house mobile application review show. Creator and Producer of Unboxing Porn, a fun, tongue in cheek look at new techy, geeky products. - |
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Desperate Housewives, Universal City, CA |
2004 - 2007 |
| Lead Music Editor | |
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Edited and tracked score for ABC's hit TV show. Coordinated with producers, directors, editors and composers during tight deadlines. Prepared set playbacks and co-supervised final audio mixes. Managed two assistants in archiving and editorial tasks. Edited music with composer Steve Jablonsky.
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Criminal Minds, Hollywood, CA |
2005 - 2007 |
| Lead Music Editor | |
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Edited and tracked score for CBS's top 10 show. 30-50% of the show was tracked from existing score. Edited music with composers Marc Mancina, Mark Fantini, Stephan Fantini, Scott Gordon.
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Activision/Infinity Ward "Call of Duty 2", Encino, CA |
2005 |
| Dialog Editor | |
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Edited and tagged voice assets consisting of over 1600 lines of dialog for this award winning first person shooter video game, using custom made scripting and databasing techniques.
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Helix Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
2007 |
| Post Production Sound Supervisor | |
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Production sound recordist, sound supervisor and foley artist on various projects for the CGI house including short films, and in store TV spots. http://site.helix.la/
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Micdi Productions, Inc, Burbank, CA |
2001 - 2007 |
| Music Editor/ Lead Technical Adviser | |
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Aided 5 additional music editors in their editorial tasks, much like a music editor co-op. Authored music cue sheets for BMI and ASCAP music licensing. Administered company Web/FTP and AFP server. Supervised and documented technical work flow procedures. Created and maintained company weblog and wiki. Created the company's cueing database program. Additional credits may be found at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051286/
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Faction / Point 360, Brentwood, CA |
2000 - 2001 |
| Assistant Avid Editor | |
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Offline assistant and Tech for this commercial house behind Puma, IBM, and BMW commercials.
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Boxing's Been Good To Me, Los Angeles, CA |
1999 |
| Sound Designer | |
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Recorded and created boxing audio assets for this award winning short film. http://www.bigshelby.com/boxing/crew.html
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Game Day, Los Angeles, CA |
2000 |
| Sound Effects Editor, Foley Artist | |
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This project created an opportunity to build a diverse sound library in Southern California's Camp Pendalton marine base airstrip. Access was granted to record stereo images of huey helicopters, boot camp ambiance, and firearms.
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San Francisco Arts Academy University, San Francisco, CA |
2007 - 2008 |
| Final Cut Pro / Avid / Pro tools Lab technition | |
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Tutor and hardware/software engineer in the Motion Picture Lab, for the city's infamous creative arts school.
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AWARDS AND HONORS |
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2002 MPSE Golden Reel Award, "Best Music Editing in Television Episodic" - 'Change a Comin', American Dreams.
2005 MPSE Golden Reel Award, "Best Music Editing in Television Episodic" - 'Cold Snap', American Dreams. 2006 MPSE Golden Reel Nomination "Best Music Editing in Television Episodic" - 'Sorting the Dirty Laundry', Desperate Housewives. A member of the audio team for 2006 Game Of The Year, "Call of Duty 2". |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Featured in Mix Magazine "Spotting for Episodic"
http://bg.mixonline.com/ar/audiospottingepisodics/index.htm Digidesign Online Magazine "Pro Techniques" http://www2.digidesign.com/digizine/archive/digizine_june04/protechniques/ |
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SKILLS |
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Independent DJ/Podcaster
Substantial File Maker Pro Database experience Mac expert and PC proficient Mac Server administrator Bilingual (English, Spanish) Pro Tools 7 Proficient. Tradition and new media balanced experience. |
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REFERENCES |
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Heather Frank,
Executive Producer
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Stephanie Hagen,
Producer
Post Production Desperate Housewives tel: 818-733-4381 Universal City, CA - |
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Mike Olman,
Lead Rerecording Mixer
24, Desperate Housewives, Battlestar Galactica tel: 818-766-2884 Universal City, LA - |
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Robb Navrides,
Supervising Sound Editor
Technicolor Sound tel: 818-563-4751 Los Angeles, CA - |
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