Documentaries • Film • Film Production • Camera • Commercials • Producing • Editing • Video Production • Entertainment • Short Films • Broadcast • Final Cut Pro • Cinematography • Post Production • Video Editing • Feature Films • Avid Media Composer • Narrative • Cannon C300 • Sony Fs100 • 5D/7D Dslrs • Premiere • Fs700 • Video • Media Production • Storytelling • Camera Operation • Videography • Photography • Adobe Premiere Pro • Premiere Pro • Lightroom and Photoshop • Director • Editor
Languages
English
Awards
Academy award and emmy award nominee, international documentary association (ida) winner, best documentary short
Interests
Social Services • Children • Economic Empowerment • Civil Rights and Social Action • Politics • Education • Environment • Poverty Alleviation • Science and Technology • Disaster and Humanitarian Relief • Human Rights • Animal Welfare • Arts and Culture • Health
Portrayal Films, Inc. since Jun 1997
ABOUT SARA NESSON
Education:
Studio Arts Center International (SACI) 1996 - 1997
University of Vermont 1993 - 1997
Arts and Science, Film, photoghrapy, art history
Skills:
Documentaries Film Film Production Camera Commercials Producing Editing Video Production Entertainment Short Films Broadcast Final Cut Pro Cinematography Post Production Video Editing Feature Films Avid Media Composer Narrative Cannon C300 Sony Fs100 5D/7D Dslrs Premiere Fs700 Video Media Production Storytelling Camera Operation Videography Photography Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro Lightroom and Photoshop Director Editor
Interests:
Social Services Children Economic Empowerment Civil Rights and Social Action Politics Education Environment Poverty Alleviation Science and Technology Disaster and Humanitarian Relief Human Rights Animal Welfare Arts and Culture Health
Languages:
English
Awards:
Academy Award and EMMY Award Nominee, International Documentary Association (IDA) Winner, Best Documentary Short
Youtube
Pilgrimage Through Kham: A Medical Mission in...
Upaya Zen Center - www.upaya.org email:upaya@upay... This preview is ...
Category:
Travel & Events
Uploaded:
10 Mar, 2007
Duration:
10m 29s
Being With Dying
www.upaya.org [email protected] filmed/edited by Sara Nesson This is a p...
Category:
People & Blogs
Uploaded:
07 Jul, 2007
Duration:
7m 41s
Poster Girl - by Sara Nesson - Trailer
This is a short sequence from the film POSTER GIRL directed by Sara Ne...
Category:
Film & Animation
Uploaded:
19 Nov, 2010
Duration:
1m 5s
In the Shelter of Each Other
www.upaya.org [email protected] film/editing by Sara Nesson This is a sh...
Category:
People & Blogs
Uploaded:
07 Jul, 2007
Duration:
6m 24s
Q&A with director Sara Nesson on her film POS...
Check out the Stranger than Fiction series at: www.stfdocs.com. In thi...
Category:
Entertainment
Uploaded:
31 Mar, 2011
Duration:
8m 40s
Poster Girl Oscar Symposium
www.myetvmedia.c... Listen to the fascinating symposium with the dire...
Category:
Film & Animation
Uploaded:
14 Mar, 2011
Duration:
1m 54s
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Sara Nesson
Work:
Portrayal Films - Director/Producer (2009)
About:
Sara Nesson is the founder of Portrayal Films, a boutique production company that creates thought provoking and entertaining documentaries, commercials and narratives, including the OSCAR and EMMY nom...
Tagline:
Where films move, empower, inspire.
Bragging Rights:
Was nominated for an Oscar and 2 Emmys, and won the International Documentary Association award for Best Documentary Short, for POSTER GIRL
to Iraq. After a tour manning a machine gun and examining dead civilians, Murray returned home a physical and emotional wreck. Director Sara Nesson's documentary earned well-deserved Oscar and Emmy nominations, shining a needed light on a VA system that provides more frustration than assistance.
The short contenders are terrorist tale "Killing in the Name" by Jed Rothstein; Murray profile "Poster Girl" by Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block; refugee account "Strangers No More" by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon; relocation saga "Sun Come Up" by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger; and environmenta