Romie Says

link to 5-MINUTE DIRECTOR’S REEL

408 Highland Ave, Winchester, MA 01890

(781) 640-9897 - romiesays@gmail.com

EDUCATION

London Film School (2009) Master of Arts in Filmmaking

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

Writer, Ratcatcher. Feature screenplay. Top 10 finalist, American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest.

Visiting Artist, ICA Boston (2013). Led workshops/interactive art projects in the Art Lab. Suggested recent and under-seen short films to be shown at the museum.

Second Unit Director, After the World Ended (2013). Feature. HD. Directed by Tony Ukpo.

Writer/Director, Hayseeds & Scalawags (2011). Feature. HD, Shot on location in Whitney, TX.

Visiting Artist, Dallas Museum of Art (2009-2010). Created/showed interactive video and sequential art in the Center for Creative Connections. Taught filmmaking workshops for visitors of varying ages and skill levels. Oversaw creation of narrative short films to be shown alongside selected works in the permanent collection.

Writer/Director and Editor, “Aperture” (2009). 9 mins. DV and digital stills, shot on location. Edited using Adobe Premiere Pro.

Writer/Director and Sound Editor, “The Sleeping People” (2008). 16 mins, Color 35mm, combined studio and location. Sound edited on Protools; mixed for Dolby 5.1 at Pinewood Studios. Based on a Jonathan Lethem short story. Special Selection of the London Film School.

Camera Operator, “Play” (2008). 12 mins, b/w 35mm. Studio camera: Panaflex Gold camera on Arriflex geared head and studio dolly. Location camera: SuperAmerica Movie Cam on Ronford fluid head. Director: Muriel D’Ansembourg. Festival Selection.

Cinematographer, “Projectionists” (2007). Documentary. 5 mins, color DV, shot on location. Shot using Sony PD 170. Director: Christopher Schneider. A collaboration with the ICA London.

Writer/Director and Editor, “The Origin of the Milky Way” (2007). 5 mins, color 16mm, shot on location. Edited with Final Cut Pro. Specially Commissioned by the National Gallery, London.

RELATED WORK

First-round judge, Women in Film & Video New England’s Tenth Annual Screenwriting Competition (2012)

Founder of film collective Rocker Box Gasket

Poetry co-Editor, Strange Horizons (2012-present)

Associate Editor of online genre fiction magazine Reflection’s Edge (2004 -2010)

Member of experimental theater troupe Abbreviated Enlightenment (2004-2005)

Crewmember and actor in more than 100 short films

Multiply-published short story author and essayist

Editing experience with Avid and on Steenbecks

EXPANDED RECENT FILMOGRAPHY

Writer/Director/Actor, “Ten” (2012). An official selection of The Brattle Theater’s Trailer Treats Smackdown.

Actor, Paris 60 (2012). A mix of documentary and fiction. Director: Tony Ukpo

Director/Editor, “Additional Time” (2009). Dance film. 5 mins, color HD, shot on location, edited with ProTools. A collaboration with the Dallas Museum of Art, the installations of Olafur Eliasson, and the Arts Magnet High School Dance Department.

Producer, “Sketches” (2009). 6 mins, color DV, shot on location. Director: Ciro Faienza.

Producer, “Us Minus” (2008). 18 mins, Color HD, shot on location. Director: Heather Pauley.

Sound Recordist , “The Second Marriage of Golden Lotus” (2008). 14 mins, color 35mm, studio. Nagra V digital recorder. Director: Shuang Zou

Grip/Jib Operator, “The Day I Met My Mother” (2008). 16 mins. 35mm Panaflex Gold camera, studio dolly. Director: Stuart Wolpert

Stills Photographer, “Intolerable” (2008). 8 mins, color HD. Studio only. Stills camera: Nikon D40X with 50mm Nikor fixed lens. Director: Daniel Gonzalez.

Actor, The Journal of Alan Strange, Lost in Time Episode 3 (2008). Science fiction web series. Director: Tony Ukpo.

1st AD and Zoom Operator, “French Exchange” (2008). 12 mins, b/w 35mm, combined studio and location. Included club scenes, child actors, car scenes, and no weather cover. Director: Sasha Collington.

Sound Recordist, “Zabriskie Bomb” (2008). 12 mins, b/w 35mm. Studio only. Nagra V digital recorder. Director: Marco Devetak.

Gaffer, “12:30” (2008). 14 mins, color 35mm. Location only. Director: Flora Lau.

Camera Operator and Foley Artist, “Imaginary Friends” (2007). Documentary. 12 mins, color 16mm. Shot on Aaton XTR. Director: Sasha Collington. Festival Selection.

Cinematographer, “Sorry” (2007). Documentary, 16min, color DV, location only. Shot on Sony PD 170. Director: Claudio Lamperti.

Gaffer, “Shelter” (2007). 9 mins, b/w 35mm. Studio and location. Director: Eduardo Hunter-Moura.

Gaffer, “The Visitor” (2007). 12 mins, b/w 35mm. Studio only. Director: Orsolya Nagypal.

Gaffer, “Yumna” (2007). 12 mins, b/w 35mm. Studio and location. Director: Oliver Hermanus.

Director of Photography and Foley Artist, “Two Lovers” (2007). 3 mins, color 16mm, shot on location. Director: Birgitta Bjornsdottir. Specially Commissioned by the National Gallery, London.

Camera Operator, “Patterns” (2007). 4 mins, color 16mm, shot on location. Shot using Aaton XTR. Director: Hena Chowdhury. Specially Commissioned by the National Gallery, London.

Cinematographer, “Embers” (2006). 5 mins, b/w 16mm, shot on location. Shot using Aaton XTR. Director: Steve Rayner.