Eric Woltman

Director/Film Editor/Director of Photography/Sound Design

ERIC’S STORY

Eric Woltman believes that music, art, film and dance are all one of the same. He has been teaching music for eleven years and incorporates his love for filmmaking in the musical productions at Pleasantdale Elementary in LaGrange, Illinois, where he teaches kindergarten and first through fourth grade students. Exploring his interest in film, Eric went back to school to begin earning his second Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics. He has been working on a variety of different projects. Eric continuously opens himself up to the experiences and influences gained through the powerful art of filmmaking.

CREDITS / WORK EXPERIENCE (Abbreviated)

FILM:

MouthpieceSports.com & MLBtv 2008 - 2009
Freelance Sports Media Cameraman - Interviews/B-roll/editing with all major Chicago sports teams/athletes

• Camera Operator
• Editor

Lexoria Wedding Films 2008 - present
Freelance Wedding Video Cameraman - approximately 20 weddings shot to date.

• Camera Operator

Laughlin Films/Voltage Visual Studios - 2008
Independent Short Film - Morsels

• Director of Photography
• Gaffer

Ravensfilm Productions - 2008
Music Video – Fire in the Sky – promo piece for "The Fixer".

• Director of Photography
• Gaffer

Towers Productions - 2008
Animal Planet Television Series – Animal Witness – reenactment of a crimes.

• Assistant Cameraman
• Boom Operator

i do videography - 2008
Freelance Wedding Video Work - 2 weddings shot during the summer of 2008

• Camera Operator
• Editor
• DVD Author

One Productions - 2008
Commercial - Detox for Life

• Camera Operator

Hexxed Productions - 2007
48 Hour Film Contest – Pit Stop – A thriller/comedy that was submitted for the 24 Hour Film Project's Fall Shoot Out.

• Assistant Cameraman
• Boom Operator
• Grip
• Assistant Gaffer

Towers Productions - 2007
Court TV Network Pilot – Grave Justice – A reenactment of a crime.

• Assistant Cameraman
• Boom Operator
• Grip

Hexxed Productions - 2006
48 Hour Film Contest – Last Hand – An urban western that took first place at Chicago's 2007 24 Hour Film Project.

• Assistant Cameraman
• Boom Operator
• Grip
• Assistant Editor

Ravensfilm Productions - 2006 - 2008
Feature Length Film - The Fixer - Vic Simmons is a man with an emotionally dark, turbulent past, and that past has forged him into who is today. He's a licensed private investigator, but is known as "the fixer," a man people go to when they have been dealt with an injustice.

• Director of Photography

Pleasantdale Elementary School - 2006
Series of Short Narrative Films – A Christmas Carol – These short films were created to accompany seven songs performed by first and second graders at Pleasantdale Elementary. This was Pleasantdale’s very own rendition of A Christmas Carol, in which a student causes trouble the night of the big Christmas concert and is sent to the music room where she meets a ghostly classmate and the three spirits of concert past, present, and future.

• Director
• Director of Photography
• Sound Design
• Editor
• Compositor

Pleasantdale Elementary School - 2006
Series of Short Narrative Films – Pleasantdale the Musical – These short films were created to accompany seven songs performed by first and second graders at Pleasantdale Elementary. These films represented events that would happen throughout a typical day at school.

• Writer
• Director
• Director of Photography
• Sound Design and Soundtrack
• Editor

Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago - 2006
Narrative Film - RULES – A five-minute student film project at the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago. The film is centered around a boy that learns his lesson in the most unfortunate way. 

• Writer
• Director
• Director of Photography
• Sound Design and Soundtrack
• Editor

EDUCATION:

Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, IL – 2005 - 2006 – Visual Effects and Motions Graphics – sustained a 4.0 GPA after completing 12 classes
VanderCook College of Music – Chicago, IL – 2004 – Music Education – Master’s Degree
VanderCook College of Music – Chicago, IL – 1999 – Music Education – Bachelor’s Degree

EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE:

VIDEO CAMERAS: Canon Elura65, Sony DCR-VX2000, Song HDR-FX1
VIDEO SOFTWARE: Final Cut Pro 5, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects CS3, Apple Shake
DIGITAL IMAGING SOFTWARE: Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3
3D MODELING SOFTWARE: Maya 6, Poser 5, Vue 5
AUDIO SOFTWARE: Adobe Audition , Apple Soundtrack Pro

SPECIAL SKILLS:

PRE PRODUCTION SKILLS:  Producer; Budgeting; Writer; Location Scout; Production Design; Music Arranging
PRODUCTION SKILLS:  Director – Narrative Drama/Comedy; Cameraman; Special Effects Supervisor – Green Screen Capture; Musician – band/orchestra/chorus director, guitar, piano, percussion, woodwinds, brass, and voice; Dance – lindy hop/swing, ballroom, waltz, foxtrot, salsa, merengue, cha-cha, Viennese waltz, and American tango
POST PRODUCTION SKILLS: Editor, Special Effects – compositor, roto; Sound Designer