VIDEO PRODUCER

Brenda Razo

PROFILE
Creative and detail-oriented Producer with a strong and diverse experience with national and
international crews in social documentary lms and in wildlife conservation video productions.

SKILLS
Sony FS7, Canon R5, HDCam, Bolex S8, Sennheiser lavalier mics, Teleprompter, KinoFlo and LED
lighting. Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Lightroom, Final Draft, O ce, Belle Nuit Subtitler, SmartLF
Scanner Software, Scanner Software SilverFast, Movie Magic Budgeting, Final Draft, Trello.
Languages: English, Spanish.
EXPERIENCE
Arts and Film, Spanish-English Language Tutor, Bay Area/Mexico City — 2021- Present
• Art and Film, Spanish-English Language Tutoring online for kids and adults.

Producer and FundRacer for Two II Films LLC, Bay Area — June 2021- Resumes in October
• Producer and FundRacer for the music video “Let it Be Said” for Taking Down Giants
documentary lm by Deborah Charles.

• Researcher for upcoming projects.

Junior Researcher for Vice TV's "Black Market” episode, Bay Area — April 2021

• Junior Researcher for Vice TV’s episode “Black Market: Water Crisis” hosted by Michael K.
Williams, Dir. Winnie Cheung.
Director, Bark Productions; KC, MO — 2020
• Bilingual Director and Interpreter in Wearing Masks for COVID-19 TV ads for the Latino
community in KC.

Field Producer, Film Researcher, WildAid; SF, CA — 2015-2020

• Field Producer in Poaching Stills From Us All, wildlife conservation video and still photography
campaigns based in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania with local celebrities and children choirs.

• Field Producer in Between the Sea and Shore in Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia and
Indonesia. Research on young characters, coordinated and scheduled interviews with local
organizations in the Philippines and Malaysia.

• Story Producer Saving Our Porpoises in Mexico for the Celebrity Explorers series.

• Licensing archive footage and stills for di erent video productions. Working closely with
museums in Latinoamerica and South Asia.

• Talent Assistant. Interviewing talent on camera. O ered creative and technical advice. Research
on characters, coordinated and scheduled interviews with organizations such as Sea Shepherd,
Mexican Authorities.

• Film Researcher: Responsible for sourcing and licensing appropriate footage from museums
and art collections in South America, Asia and Australia. Collected and organized archival
material from newspapers and national libraries in the USA an South America.

• As 2 unit Photographer con gured and operated video equipment in di erent shoots in Mexico,
the USA, Asia, Africa. Shoot B-rolls, interviews, setting lights, micros, tripods, etc.

• Assistant Editor: Tagging, transcripts, translations of various interviews in Spanish/English.

Film Archivist, Indiplex; SF, CA —2017-2019

• Collected and organized archival of 16 mm material from CAAM for website.

• 16 mm Digital Film Restoration of historic home movie lms with imagery of president JFK in
di erent local towns campaigns.

Monitoreo Vaquita Educational Campaign; USA-Mexico— 2015-2017

• Director of educational and awareness campaign “Monitoreo Vaquita” in Mexico and the USA
for schools about conservation programs for the vaquita marina.

• DP, Editor of promo videos and still photographer for the campaign.

Field Producer, Film Researcher, Wild Lens Collective; USA-Mexico — 2015-2017

• Field Producer, Translator and Transcription for Soul Of The Vermillion Sea Documentary Film.
• Talent Manager. Research on characters, coordinated and scheduled interviews with
organizations such as Sea Shepherd, or the Mexican Navy.

Producer Coordinator for 43 Missing Students Stories; Mexico — 2015

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• Field Producer and Talent Manager. Research on characters, coordinated and scheduled
interviews in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico.

• Producer Coordinator 43 Missing Students, supported investigations and xer for international
journalists.

• Archive footage and stills for di erent video productions. Working closely with local TV archives.

Producer Coordinator Rompeviento Internet TV; Mexico — 2012-2014

• Producer and Talent Manager coordinated schedules for interviews, managed daily operations
on sets and conducted interviews for a local internet TV station specialized in children,
underrepresented audiences and political Mexican and international news.

• Set Producer: Coordinated and scheduled interviews for TV shows on set.

• Editor of promo videos.

• Researcher: Historical and cultural references fact-check, highlighting information, e-mailing and
calling politics experts in Mexico. Responsible for sourcing and licensing appropriate footage
from national historical archives. Licensing archive footage from Storyblocks, POND5,
Shutterstock.

• As an Assistant Photographer, Shoot B-rolls and interviews.

Assistant Photographer Gabriel Figueroa Flores Studio; Mexico — 2008-2011

• Assistant Photographer, Digital Film and Still Restoration, retouching and preparing prints,
organizing archives and deliveries.

• Photo Assistant for Gabriel Figueroa Flores, son of Gabriel Figueroa, famous Mexican
cinematographer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Producer Coordinator Salud TV; Mexico — 2007-2008

• Producer Coordinator. Coordinated schedules for interviews, managed daily operations on sets
and conducted interviews for a local internet TV specialized in seniors’, and women’s health.

• Archive footage and stills for di erent TV shows. Licensing from POND5, Shutterstock.

• Editor of promo videos.

Stop Motion Workshops; Mexico — 2007-2014

• Various Stop Motion Workshops for the French Embassy in Mexico for children.

• Stop Motion Workshops for children for Contemporary Art Museum in Mexico City.

• Stop Motion and Video Workshop for Mexico City Government.

• Stop Motion Workshop for children for Contemporary Art House, La fabrica, Queretaro, Mexico.

• Stop Motion Workshops for children for City Film Festival FICCO; National Autonomous
University, UNAM, Mexico.

EXHIBITS
• Young Photography, Arte Joven, University of Canberrra; Australia — 2014

• Photography, Punto en linea, on line magazine; Mexico — 2012

• Photography; Mexico — 2011

• Painting exhibition, Orfeó Catalá; Mexico — 2003

EDUCATION
• “Manual for Tourists, the relevance of audio in a script” Lucrecia Martel, Cienega Films — 2021

• Women Cinematography, HBLabs; MEXICO — 2020

• Photography Lighting Workshop; MEXICO — 2013

• Contemporary Art, National Autonomous University, UNAM, Mexico— 2011-2012

• B.A. Specialized in Painting and Video Production, UNAM; Mexico — 2001-2007

• Video Art Workshop, UNAM; Mexico— 2006

• Film Studies and Photography Workshop; ARTE7, Mexico — 2002-2005

• Stop Motion Workshop; La casa del cine, Mexico — 2001-2002

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