Resume

PUBLICATIONS

Crawdaddy!: Assistant Editor (february 2008 -— august 2008). Edited, fact-checked, and wrote reviews and other articles. Published articles online using a content management system. Wrote and inputted daily web updates. Explored creative ways to drive online traffic.

Wax Poetics: Intern and contributor (february -- may 2007). Copy-edited articles and wrote online product descriptions. Conducted interviews and contributed stories to the magazine.

The Source: Intern and contributor (november 2005 -— april 2006). Reported on the Murder Inc. Records money-laundering trial in Brooklyn, New York, which developed into a cover story based on my reportage and interviews. Contributed profiles, reviews, and other articles.

Contributed to: McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Neon Tommy, SF Weekly, Citysearch (New York and San Francisco), Not For Tourists (Brooklyn and San Francisco) Shecky’s 2007 Bar, Club, & Lounge Guide: New York, Hoodstar, Examiner.com, and The Eyejammie Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop (pending publication).

FILMOGRAPHY

Flat Tire: Producer, writer, director, music director (los angeles, 2009; spittal hill productions). FlipCam and cell-phone, five mins. Documentary/comedy. Produced for USC Specialized Journalism new media seminar.

LA Today: Co-producer, co-director, music director (los angeles, 2009). Digital video, 12 mins. Experimental silent documentary. Produced for USC Cinematic Arts’ TV Documentary course.

Ponzi: Art of the Soft Sell: Screenwriter (paris, 2008; dir. felix piñeiro for e.i.c.a.r./prole hq productions). HD video, 24:30 mins. Short film; political satire. Debuted at Cannes Short Film Corner 2009.

Rizla and McGee: Screenwriter (paris, 2007; dir. felix piñeiro for e.i.c.a.r./prole hq productions). HD video, 15 mins. Short film; action/comedy.

The Misadventures of Frank and Martha: Screenwriter (paris 2007; dir. felix piñeiro). HD video, six mins. Short film; political satire. Debuted at Cannes Short Film Corner 2008.

DC Ducks: Co-writer (boise, idaho; dir. alex exline for doa films). Digital video, 2:30 mins. Music video for the Shitty Osmonds.

Soccer Practice: Co-producer, line producer (new york 2002; dir. peter martinez for urban myth media). Digital video, four mins. Music video for Johnny McGovern.

Alive: Production assistant (new york 2002; dir. peter martinez for urban myth media). Digital video, four mins. Music video for Kevin Aviance.

MEDIA SKILLS

Digital video and 16-mm film production; digital and 35-mm photography
Basic web design and desktop publishing
Final Cut and Avid video editing software; digital and analog audio recording experience
Some DJ experience (live and radio)
Recorded and played on a variety of musical projects

EDUCATION

M.A., Specialized Journalism (The Arts), May 2009:
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication
Thesis: “Pulp to Celluloid: Images of Fictional Cities”

B.A., English (Literatures, Languages, and Criticism), January 2007:
City University of New York at Hunter College
Cum Laude; With Honors in English

Studied abroad, Fall 2004: University of Stirling, Scotland, UK

New York Film Academy, 2000. Filmmaking workshop. Produced three 16mm short films.

ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

Welsh Arts Council fellowship: Summer 2009. Traveled to Wales to explore Welsh arts critically and discuss Welsh culture, arts, and politics with Welsh arts critics. The program also included one week in Washington D.C. to survey and participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival exhibit on Welsh culture.

USC, Annenberg School for Communication, Phi Kappa Phi: 2009.

Hunter College, CUNY, Public Leadership Program: 2006. A six-week seminar on the media’s effects on campaign politics that concluded with a student-run discussion and interview with 2004 Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards.

About

I built Inky Hill on Dreamweaver, with a camera and a lot of clips. The redesign put the thing on a new, easy-to-read chassis, which was a liquid column CSS layout built by Matthew James Taylor, who maintains a site of nice, free web design tools. The fonts come from Google font api and Typekit.

Contact

David MacFadden-Elliott
davidmacfadden AT gmail.com