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SANDY GORDON

773-334-1941 h/o
312-316-0303 cell
sandyATsandrasite.com




Summary: A producer with a diverse background including television series, commericals, feature films, live events, and in-depth post-producing experience. For bio and reel please visit www.sandrasite.com.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Executive Producer / President 2009-present Top Bunk Entertainment

Television development and production company

  • Develop and pitch television series
  • Established business plan and created base structure for new company
  • Conceptualize and budget for series
  • Write treatments
  • Work with vendors to create one sheets and artwork
  • Produce and direct sizzle reels, pitch videos and one pilot episode

Producer (Freelance) -- 2006-present

Line producer, Agency producer, and post producer roles vary project to project. Scope of work includes commercials, documentaries, webisodes, and industrials.

Clients and products for production work includes but is not limited to:

Clients Products
Euro RSCG Chicago Anheuser-Busch
DDB ExxonMobile
EnergyBBDO Citibank
Foundation Post Hampton Inn
Hatch State Farm
222 Films Asset Campaign
Mad Mad Judy Loyola Hospital
Big Cameras Alcatel-Lucent
element79 S.C. Johnson
JWT Toys R Us
Burrell ZonePerfect
Ogilvy BlackBerry
Y&R JC Penney
Leo Burnett Wrigley
Draft/FCB McDonald's
Skeleton Crew Olay
Protokulture Miller
ONE Corona
  Bacardi
  Sears
  Blue Cross/BlueShield
  Allstate
  Macy's
  Google

Producer, The Whitehouse Post Productions - Offline Editorial -- 2000-2006

  • Post Producer in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, London and Amsterdam
  • Budgeted post production for international agencies & production companies
  • Worked with management to set facility rates and standards of operation
  • Negotiated deals with agencies and vendors
  • Issued and tracked purchase orders and invoices for billables and expenses
  • Managed start-up of new facility in New York and Amsterdam
  • Trained producers in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, London and Amsterdam
  • Co-Developed new bidding, actualizing and database software

i^3 - Online Editorial Post Production facility, Chicago -- 1999-2000

Assistant Production Coordinator -- 1997-1999

Sony Pictures Entertainment "Party of Five" (FOX), "Early Edition" (CBS) TV series, MGM Pictures "Return To Me" Feature film

Associate Producer -- 1997

KCOP-TV 13 (UPN O/O), "Ragtime: The American Dream" and "It's So L.A."
• Won EMMY award

Production Coordinator, KCOP-TV 13 (UPN O/O) -- 1997

"L.A. Marathon XII" live broadcast and "Mystere: Flower of the Desert" documentary special, Las Vegas Production Manager

Atlanta Paralympic Games, Opening & Closing Ceremonies -- 1996

World Cup Soccer 1994, Opening Ceremonies -- 1994

  • Provided creative content
  • Cast international talent
  • Coordinated costuming, staging, rehearsals, video production, props and final performances for 5000-person live performance
  • Managed volunteer and paid staff

Associate Producer, Thanjamin Incorporated -- 1994-1996

  • Created concepts and content for business theater and video productions across the U.S.
  • Created and Produced team-building corporate activities, corporate videos, live performances, and special events and conducted on-camera interviews
  • Trained staff on new technologies and software

Locations Manager and Locations Assistant, Feature Films, Chicago and Northern Indiana -- 1992-1993

20th Century Fox "Baby's Day Out", Warner Bros. "The Hudsucker Proxy", and Columbia Pictures, "Rudy"

AWARDS/MEMBERSHIPS

    • Author of two books:
    • EMMY award for Ragtime: The American Premiere 2-hour broadcast documentary
    • EMMY nomination for It's So L.A. 2-part broadcast special
    • Illinois Production Alliance (IPA), Member 2002-present, president 2007-2008
      • Work with state legislature & lobbyists to pass/renew state film tax credit
      • Strategize with members of film community to grow local industry
    • National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Member 1998-present
    • Women in Film (WIF) Member 2007-present
    • Entertainment Chair, Special Olympics Illinois Sports Celebrity Carnival 1998-2003

    EDUCATION

    Ithaca College, Bachelor of Science Television/Radio major, Spanish minor
    Ithaca College London Centre


 
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