Michael A. Olson #6 Douglas Woods Manor SE, Calgary, AB T2Z 2E7

(780) 686 – 3439 (cell), nexus72@gmail.com

PROFILE

I bring 16 plus years of knowledge and work experience to the motion picture and audio-visual trades. Having worked on everything from TV/film production to studio prep and assembly, from live concerts to corporate installations, my skills and talents are as varied as the projects.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Editor (contractor), Darklight Productions, Alberta, April 2005 - Present Edit programming in the form of vignettes and dramatic corporate pieces. Edit live music performance and behind-the-scenes documentary pieces. Edit music videos and other dramas. Edit corporate bits for web. Edit commercial pieces and even more epic things like the Alberta Film and TV Awards Reels and entertainment trailers. I even edited a feature length movie.

A Selection:

Corporate Video, Live Events, or Documentary Poetry Week – McGrew Meets City Hall* Edmonton Poetry Festival Beth Portman Live at the Yardbird* Beth Portman Carrie Day “Immaculate Night” CD Release Carrie Day Cultural Competency Series (11 vignettes)* University of Alberta “The Pharmacist” Trailers (4) Domino Film & Television Surrey Sports* City of Surrey 2006 Alberta Film and Television Awards (Reels) AMPIA The Craving documentary* Darklight/Panacea Soul Crusher documentary* Darklight/Junkies Rush

Drama

Rabbit Food (Award winner) Michelle Graff Colony (Award nominee)* Michael Olson Mom Cycle (Broadcasting) Michelle Graff Pitter Patter (Broadcasting) Michael Olson

Music Video “Glimpse of Heaven”* (Award nominee) Carrie Day “Broken Pieces”* (Broadcasting) Junkies Rush “Relax” (Broadcasting) Junkies Rush “Believe”* (Part of a documentary) Paracidic

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Videographer (contractor), Darklight Productions, Alberta, April 2005 - Present Shoot live music performance and behind-the-scenes documentary pieces. Shoot music videos and other dramas. From run n’ gun to in-house studio bits, and interviews.

A Selection: WAABstock 2011 Music Festival Wade Christensen Beth Portman Live at the Yardbird* Beth Portman Carrie Day “Immaculate Night” CD Release Carrie Day Mom Cycle Michelle Graff Soul Crusher documentary* Darklight/Junkies Rush “Broken Pieces”* Junkies Rush “Relax” Junkies Rush “Believe”* Paracidic Acklands Grainger AGM 2010 Darklight Productions Premier’s Conference 2007 Axe Productions Norquest Nurses Training Video Idea Factory Studio Camera 1996 Shaw Television

Sound Mixer & Boom Operator (contractor), Darklight Productions, Alberta, April 2005 - Present Capture, record, mix, and boom sound on various television reality TV shows, documentaries, dramas, commercials and corporate videos. Clients include ANAID Productions, Discovery Channel, CBC, CTV, Global, Reel Girls Media, Aquila Productions, HDTV Productions, Prairie Dog, Kelly Brothers, SAW Communications, Zoom Communications, Panacea Entertainment, Keen Eye, Holiday Films, Joe Media, Lionsgate. In case I missed a few…

A Selection: Documentary/Reality TV Hail Mary, Quon Dynasty, X-Weighted Series ANAID Productions Blackstone Series – New Media, EPK (all of season 2) Prairie Dog Intervention Canada Doc Productions Lie Detective Series (8 full episodes + 5 part episodes) Reel Girls Media The Craving documentary* Darklight/Panacea Corporate/Commercial (just a few) “CAPP – Oil Sands” Series of 5, “Ride For Cancer”, “Alberta Agriculture”, “Telling Story – Cross Cancer Institute”, “Joe FM Commercial”, “Denny Andrews Commercial”, “Alberta Lotteries”…

Long Form Drama (Mixer) The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet D: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2nd Unit Mixer, Alberta) Below Zero Twilight Pictures Boom Operator Hobby Goblins Series Synchronicity Enterprise Caution: May Contain Nuts Series Going Nuts Productions Mixed Blessings Series Prairie Dog Fear Itself Series (2nd Unit Boom) Lionsgate Television

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Technical Coordinator and Manager (contractor), Darklight Productions, Alberta, April 2005 - Present Installation and execution of edit equipment. Manage technical upkeep and work flow. Prep and execution of complex audio record and capture equipment (microphones, wireless devices, and digital recorders). This includes work on various TV shows for various networks, National and International. Prep and execution of lighting and camera equipment (includes field monitors).

Audio/Video tech (contractor), IATSE, Alberta, July 2007 - Present Install various Audio and Video equipment for corporate gatherings and big event concerts (Rexall Place, Shaw Conference Centre, various hotels, and everywhere else in between). Includes work for AVW Telav & Mediaco, who do corporate installations.

Technical Coordinator (contract), National Film Board of Canada, Edmonton, March 2006 Set up and run all video playback for oral presentations.

Technician (contract), Moby Disc, Edmonton, June 2005 - August 2005 Setup of all DJ gear and live video screens and projectors.

Technician/Camera Operator (contract), Axe Productions, Edmonton, May 2005 Setup live video screens, projectors, and broadcast cameras. Camera operating during major event.

Technician (contract), Lunchbox Theatre, Calgary, September 2002 – May 2003 Set up and run live audio and lights for plays. Hang and focus lights. General Maintenance.

EDUCATION

Red Deer College – Motion Picture Arts Applied Degree (Production), 2003-2005 - Star of the Future Award - Jason Lang Scholarship - President’s honor Roll – Winter 2004 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Career Development Grant (One of four AFA

Grants) Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) – Cinema, Television, Stage and Radio Arts, Film/Video Major, Diploma 1994-1996

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) – Industrial Electronics 1993-1994

SKILLS

Audio, Video, Studio, Live, Production, Broadcast, Editing, Camera, Directing, Writing, Producing, Coordinating, Guiding, Managing.

REFERENCES

Upon Request

* (pieces with asterisks are in the demo)