thomas fondano

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EDUCATION
  • Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) 9/00–5/06
    MFA: Computer Graphics and Interactive Media, 2006.
  • DIS (Copenhagen, Denmark) 6/01–8/01
    studied Scandinavian Design and Digital Design
    projects included Digital Diary and Museum of Domestic Design
  • Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) 0/95–5/99
    BFA: Film, Photography & Visual Arts, 1999.
    Senior film: Right Now Takes No Time At All

FILMS & VIDEOS

  • 2002 Monkey / 2.5 min / miniDV
  • 2002 The Way I See It And The Way You Heard It / 6 min / shot on16mm film / edited on miniDV
  • 1999 Right Now Takes No Time At All / 10 min / 16mm
    Official Selection, 2002 Underneath Cincinnati Film Festival
    Best of Cine–X, 1999 Olympia Film Festival
    Honorable Mention, 2000 New England Film and Video Festival
  • 1998 Grave / 4 min / 16mm

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 7/03–5/05 Student Assistant Webmaster
    Pratt Institute
    Scanning, image manipulation, web coding using HTML, PHP, SSI, CGI–PERL
  • 9–12/03 Stills Animation
    American Masters: Judy Garland: By Myself
    WNET Thirteen, Educational Broadcasting Company
    Scanned, retouched and composited photos, video compositing and animating.
  • 4–6/03 Stills Animation
    American Masters: Henry Luce & Time-Life's America: A Vision of Empire
    WNET Thirteen, Educational Broadcasting Company
    Scanned, retouched and composited photos, video compositing and animating.
  • 2/03 Art Department Assistant
    Smash The Kitty, independent short film.
    Assisted production designer in building sets, graphic design and production of newspaper props and signage.
    General production assistance.
  • 7/02 Art Department Assistant
    Tudor Productions/Grey Advertising
    Pall Mall Film Ad
    Assisted propmaster in selecting, gathering, designing and prepping props.
    General production assistance.
  • 5/02 Video Editor
    Pratt Institute, Dept. Of Computer Graphics & Interactive Media
    Video and audio editing and mixing for video of student work.
  • 12/01 Media Encoder
    Pratt Institute, Dept. Of Computer Graphics & Interactive Media CG Radio Website
    Encoded AIFF audio and Cinepak video clips as Real Media
  • 10–12/00 Graduate Assistant to Professor Claudia Herbst
    Pratt Institute, Dept. Of Computer Graphics & Interactive Media
    Submitted computer animation to festivals.
  • 6/98 Production Assistant
    HBO/Evolution Film and Tape
    HBO One Man Show comedy specials
  • 5–8/98 Intern
    Evolution Film and Tape
    Database research (Lexis–Nexis), assisting producer, data entry, various office tasks.

SKILLS

  • OS Proficient: Macintosh, Windows
  • Proficient: After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, BBEdit, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat, Filemaker Pro, Office, FTP clients.
  • Working Knowledge: Javascript, JAVA, DHTML, PHP, CGI, PERL, DVD Studio Pro, Quark Xpress, Lexis/Nexis databases, Director, Peak, Deck, ProTools.