STEVE APTER
388 Park Avenue
HIGHLAND PARK, IL 60035
 Mobile:(847)217-5415
E-mail:  sapter01@gmail.com

TEACHING  EXPERIENCE

Instructor - Columbia College - Chicago, IL. Coordinators – Eric Scholl, Sharon Ross
      Teacher of twelve different classes in Television department.  Classes' curricula include all steps of pre-production, production, and post-production process, from concept through completion, as well as the study of aesthetics and storytelling.  Faculty supervising producer for department’s sketch comedy program.
       September 1998-Present.

Instructor - Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago, IL. Chair – Shayne Pepper
      Teacher of two classes in department of Communications, Media & Theatre: The Art of Film & Video and Introduction to Video Production.  Class curriculum for The Art of Film and Video includes study of history of film, as well as aesthetic study of film, including composition and codes/conventions of cinema.  Class curriculum for Introduction to Video Production includes all steps of pre-production, production, and post-production process from process through completion.  August 2005-Present.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Ability to Operate: Avid Video Editing System, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, several models of DV, HDV and HD cameras.

FREELANCE  AVID  EDITING  EXPERIENCE

Most recent clients include: America’s Film Fund, Exclaim, National Louis University, McDonalds, A & E Network, Allan Kartun – Director of The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien, Anixter, Inc., Monsanto Corporation, CORE Africa, Abbott Laboratories, Allstate, Frame One, Inc., Konami, Medline, Pivot Point International, Edward Heart Hospital, Allstate, The International Culinary Academy, National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependency, Partnership for Food Safety Education, Hazelden Corporation, and National Association for Children of Alcoholics.

AWARDS

2008 Midwest Emmy Awards – Outstanding Achievement for a  Documentary Program - Find Yourself a Dream: The Bob Love Story
1st PrizeGold Camera, Houston International Film Festival – Reflections From The Heart Of A Child
1st PrizeGold Camera, Award, U.S. International Film Festival – How To Love A Smoker
1st PrizeGold Camera, Award, U.S. International Film Festival – Our Smoking Video
1st PrizeGold Camera, Award, U.S. International Film Festival – How To Become An Alcoholic
Award For Creative Excellence, U.S. International Film Festival – When Nobody’s Looking

EDUCATION

Governors State University, University Park, IL. May 2008 – Present. Cumulative GPA 4.0/4.0.
- MFA Candidate in Independent Film and Digital Imaging.

Columbia College, Chicago, IL. September 1993 - January 1995. Cumulative GPA 4.0/4.0.
- Earned 2nd Bachelor of Arts degree in Television Production January 1995
- Member of Dean's List

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. Fall 1988 - Spring 1992. GPA in Major 3.6/4.0.
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema Studies, May 1992, with a concentration in film
  theory and American, French, and German film history, including a comprehensive study
  of the technical and thematic structure of films from these countries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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