Qualifications: I have extensive background in audio/visual equipment including operation of and use of cameras, lighting, sound equipment, computers, software, hardware, electronics, carpentry, mechanical engineering, electricity usage and applications.
Film Work History
December 2006
Crackhead
Director: Daniel Murphy
Video Editing, Asst. Director
October 2006
LokAdjust
Director:Bruce Plasket
Sound, Video Editor
October 2005
The Devil On The Mountain
Director:Steven R. Monroe
Props Assistant
January 2004 – April 2004
Shonto Preparatory Schools
Special Film Projects
Casting Calls and Production
January 2000 - Present
NewMexicoActors.com
Founder of
Local Film Project Casting Calls,
Background Actors Assistance for Features
November-December 2001
Bully Magic
Director: Paul Glickman
Pyrotechnics
August – October 2001 Dbl Rein Beau
Director: Lyn Owen
Assistant Director, Background Actor Casting, Sound
July 2001 The Wrong Guy
Director: Jim Terr
Electrician, Production Assistant
June 2001 Maniacs
Director: Curt Cressler
Background Actor Support
July 1993 Cheatin Hearts (A.k.a. Paper Hearts)
Director: Rod McCall
Production Assistant
Related To Film Work
Feb. 2002 – May 2003 Photography Lab Director
Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club
Instructions on darkroom photography, video applications, still
digital & 35 mm cameras to
students from ages 9 - 16
Mar. 1998 – Present Head Technician / Owner
Dial-A-Tech / JNS Video and Multimedia Productions
Repair, Maintenance, upgrading of computer hardware and software.
Including networking, 1
on 1 instruction, Various software and uses of various hardware
operations. Videos of wedding
home inventory Specialty videos and various scanning and video
applications.
J. NATHAN SIMMONS
P.O. Box 1332
Page, AZ 86040
(928)645-2413 or Cell (505)577-3106
Education:
2007:
Film Technician Training Program, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe,
NM
89 – 90: Associates in Video Electronics, Video Technical Institute, Dallas, TX
87 – 88: Studied Scriptwriting & Audio/Visual, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
86 – 87: Associates
in Electronics, Francis Tuttle Vocational Technical, and OKC, OK
Computer Skills:
Machines: Most PC’s, Clones, Macs, Apple, and IBM 36& 38
Software: Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect 6.0, MSWorks,
and Excel. Peachtree Complete, XtreeGold, Adobe
PhotoShop, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, MIRC, Netscape,
Microsoft Money, Quicken, Quickbooks,
AutoCAD, Lightwave3D, Premier, 3D Studio Max Microsoft Office
and most Internet and business software.
Ebay, Internet Commerce
Operating Systems: MSDos 3.3 – 6.22, IBM Dos, and Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Networks: Microsoft Network, LANtastic, and Novel
Special Skills:
Basic to advanced electronics, parts ID, and soldering,
analog & digital electronics. Operations of oscilloscopes / vectorscopes
/ waveform monitors. Frequency and audio generators. I have installed scanners,
printers, modems, soundcards, memory, motherboards, and various software.
I have also performed multi channel audio equipment, lighting operations,
character generator, shooting and editing of various projects.
Volunteer Experience:
Live Performance Video Taping of local bands, Northern New Mexico
Video Personnel for the Special Olympics of Texas
Councilor’s Aide for American Institute of Foreign Study, Europe
(France, England, and Switzerland)
Community film projects ICTN Irving, Texas
Instructor Computer Education, OKC, OK
Gaps between jobs at the locations above I was working on motion
pictures as talent
References upon request