Pete Berg

Contact

• Email: peteberg@gmail.com
• Phone: 607.222.9845
• Address: 5529 Sunnyslope Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91401
• Website & Online Portfolio: www.peteberg.net

Education

Ithaca College – Bachelor of Science, Television & Radio (May, 2007)
• Concentration in Video Production; Minor in Screenwriting
• Cumulative GPA: 3.85 - Magna Cum Laude

Professional Experience

"The Lazy Environmentalist" (Sundance) – Associate Producer (2009 - 2010)
• Environmental series produced by Free Range Media, highlighting easy and cost-effective ways of going green.

New Horizons Pictures – Web Producer (2009)
• Building a new online multimedia site for Roger Corman’s library of over 400 films.

Last Lantern Productions – Producer, Web Developer (2009)
• Produced various client-based video, photography & web projects.

“Hope For Your Home” (TLC) – Segment Producer (2008)
• Cable reality series about the U.S. mortgage crisis, produced by Actual Reality Pictures.

The G Group – Reality TV Think Tank Member (2008)
• Responsible for creating and developing original Reality TV concepts.

“Flip That House” (TLC) & “Greenovate” (Discovery Home) – Associate Producer (2008)
• Field produced, conducted interviews and filmed for two series at Actual Reality Pictures.

Evolution Film & Tape – Production Assistant (2007)
• Reality TV dating competition: “Date My Ex: Jo & Slade” (Bravo)

IB Productions – Editor (2007)
• Lead editor of Ithaca College video admissions campaign: “How I See IC”

Actual Reality Pictures – Production Assistant & Intern (2006)
• On set, post-production and office intern Actual Reality Pictures (arp.tv); hired as full-time PA when my term was up.
• Worked on the following reality tv shows: "Flip That House" (TLC); "Do Or Dice" (Bravo); "The Dave Ramsey Project" (CBS); "126 Rivington" (HBO)

Out of Pocket Films / "Welcome To Paradise" - Intern (2006)
• Independent feature film produced on the Sony Pictures lot. (outofpocket.com)

Log In Productions – Assistant Editor / Intern (2005)
• Independent documentary production company in Spencer, NY. (logtv.com)
• Assistant editor for feature-length documentaries: “Borderline”, “The Legacy of Jedwabne”, “Portraits of Emotion”, “Eco-Village”

Independent Experience

Ithaca College Television (ICTV) Series (ictv.org)



“The Race” – Producer / Director / Lead Editor (2006 – 2007)
• Produced two seasons of a reality travelogue series where teams of two race across New York State in an elimination-style competition.
• Managed crews of 50 (season 1) and 70 (season 2), and edited 200 hours of footage into 10 hour-long episodes; Seen by 30,000+ viewers.
• Featured on “Reality Remix” (Fox Reality Channel), MSNBC.com, Reality Blurred, Fuse Magazine, WTVH Syracuse, WROC Rochester, and other media outlets.
• Awards include: 2008 College Broadcasters Inc. award; 2007 PEGASYS award winner; 2007 ICTV winner for “Best Show”, “Best New Show”


“Unicorn Boy” – Creator / Producer / Director / Animator (2005 – 2006)
• Animated comedy series about a boy who was born with a unicorn horn. This was ICTV’s first ever entirely-animated program.
• 2006 PEGASYS award winner: “Best Comedy” & “Best Educational Access”


Director for several ICTV series:
• “If It Floats” (2007); “The Screening Room” (2005); “Better Safe Than” (2005); “These Are The News” (2005); “The Solarium” (2004)

Educational and Volunteer Work

Teacher’s Assistant – Ithaca College (2006 - 2007)
• Instructed students and aided professors in Nonfiction Production and Experimental Video courses at Ithaca College.

Educational Media Institute – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2006)
• Volunteer instructor and video producer for the Ethiopian public education agency.
• Trained Ethiopian video producers on the use of production equipment.
• Produced a short documentary about EMA, which aired over Ethiopian satellite TV.

Documentary Productions



“The Dirty Dozen” – Producer / Director of Photography / Editor (2005)
• Forty-minute documentary following a flag football team over an entire season.


“Hate Radio: Infesting The Airwaves” – Producer / Editor (2004)
• Documentary pilot investigating underground white supremacist radio stations.





Travel & Language



• Extensive international travel experience, including: Ethiopia (2006); Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Tibet, Nepal, India (2008); Canada and Mexico. Willing to travel for work.
• Speak basic level Spanish; 6 years of training.



Skills



• Web design: HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP and Perl CGI scripting, Flash
• Screenwriting: Experience writing scripted television, features and reality tv scripts.
• Video cameras: Sony V1U & DSR; Panasonic DVX100 & AG series, JVC GY-5100.
• Video editing software: Final Cut Pro, Vegas Video, Avid, Avid Express DV
• Television Studio: Grass Valley Kayak switcher, Chyron CG, studio audio & cameras
• Other software: After Effects, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office



Honors & Awards



• 2008 - College Broadcasters Inc. Award for “Best Special Broadcast” (The Race)
• 2007 – Ithaca College Television-Radio Dept. “Senior of the Year”
• 2007 – ICTV “Senior of the Year” and “Outstanding Commitment”
• 2007 – Peggy R. Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership
• 2006 – Inducted to Phi Kappa Phi & Lambda Pi Eta communications honor societies
• 2005 – College Broadcasters Inc. Award for “Best Student Media Website” (ictv.org)
• 2003 – Ithaca College Park Scholar Award (full ride scholarship to Ithaca College)
• 2003 – Eagle Scout Rank, Boy Scouts of America
• 2003 – Salutatorian of Owego Free Academy high school class of 2003.