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Freelance Director/Producer/Editor

Freelance & Contract

• First point of studio/client contact
• Films (narrative & documentary),Television, Commercials, Case Studies
• Responsibilities include development, pre-production, budgets, casting, crewing, set construction, travel, locations, post production, QC
• Book and manage freelance crews across all departments
• Ensure timelines are communicated and adhered to from project inception through delivery of final assets
• Develop and implement processes to improve workflow, profitability and adherence to client security protocol
• Manage studio/client expectations
• Post-producer role includes editing, visual effects, photo retouching and color grading
• Review and approve crew schedules, freelance/vendor invoices and petty cash 
• Coordinate and manage distribution of creative briefs
• Receive, maintain inventory and ship product samples
• Generate shot lists based on creative direction and client correspondence
• Execute final invoicing of projects
• Experience in Movie Magic, BlinkBid, StudioBinder, Final Draft, Celtx, AirTable, Microsoft 360, Adobe CC
• Clients include NBC, CBS, National Geographic, PBS, Electric Entertainment, Facebook, Microsoft, Nike and Intel

• Oversee story and pre-production development
• Book and manage freelance crew, including DP, field audio, production assistants, cast
• Ensure timelines are communicated and adhered to from project inception through delivery of final assets
• B-camera operator
• Editing docuseries segments and story assembly
• Asset management, story edits, color, post effect and QC

Director/Producer/Editor

• Director and producer for the streaming program Cultured Cooking
• Motion and FX producer for the non-profit organization's messaging campaigns and social media programming,
visual content, promos and live event captures
• Book and manage freelance crew, including stylists, production assistants, cast
• Ensure timelines are communicated and adhered to from project inception through delivery of final assets

Producer/Director/Editor

- Producer: March 2020 to September 2020
• Serve as first point of client contact
• Generate estimates in a timely manner for both motion and still projects
• Book and schedule multiple overlapping motion and photo shoots on a daily basis
• Manage scheduling of studio staff
• Book and manage freelance crew members including stylists, production assistants, cast
• Ensure timelines are communicated and adhered to from project inception through delivery of final assets


• Develop and implement processes to improve workflow, profitability and adherence to client security protocol
• Manage client expectations
• Visual effects, photo retouching, editing and color grading
• Review and approve crew schedules, freelance/vendor invoices and petty cash
• Coordinate and manage distribution of creative briefs
• Receive, maintain inventory and ship product samples
• Generate shot lists based on creative direction and client correspondence, including conference calls and emails
• Carry out final invoicing of projects
• Be knowledgeable of studio pricing, profit needs and overall budgets; conduct job costing and profitability
analysis as needed
• Duties also include studio tasks including studio calendars, phone calls, deliveries, production meetings,
supplies, craft services and general studio maintenance
• Clients included Microsoft, Nike, Under Armor

studio staff

Editor for the feature film, spanning six years of expeditions to Peru to discover a lost temple in the Andes
Mountains
• Asset management, story edits, color, post effect and QC

Editor, Lost Temple of the Inca

• Book and manage freelance crew members including field audio, production assistants, cast
• Ensure timelines are communicated and adhered to from project inception through delivery of final assets
• Editing docuseries segments and story assembly
• Asset management, story edits, color, post effect and QC

Associate Producer/Editor

• Oversee story and pre-production development
• Book and manage freelance crew members including DP, field audio, production assistants, cast
• Ensure timelines are communicated and adhered to from project inception through delivery of final assets
• B-camera operator and field audio
• Editing docuseries segments and story assembly
• Asset management, story edits, color, post effect and QC

Producer/Editor

• Production design assistant to Tom Sanders for the film Mortal Engines (2018)
• Creation of vehicles, character designs, city scapes and world building
• Asset management
• Scheduling meetings
• Research library management

Production Design Assistant

Find out detailed information about Martin Vavra, Freelance Director/Producer/Editor in Portland, OR

Martin Vavra: Freelance Director/Producer/Editor in Portland, OR

Martin Vavra

Oregon St. Univ

Southern Oregon University