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Daniel Finley

Director/Photographer

Phone: 646.922.4016 — Email: dannyjive(at)gmail(dot)com

 

Directing Highlights:

Pieces of Me — Music Video
Rock/Indi/Pop music video for New York based band, Monroe.

Sh*t Butter Lovers Say — Short Film
Internal client pitch for McCann Erickson.

Play ‘N Lounge — Internal
Internal video illustrating the creative process between Gettys and Hilton.

95 Airs — Music Video
Hip hop music video for New York based artist, Money Raye.

High Society — Music Video
Soul/Rock music video for Chicago musician, Obisoulstar.

Get it 2nite — Music Video
Hip hop music video for Chicago based rapper, Ceddy Lo.

Party All Night — Music Video
Hip hop music video for Chicago based rapper, Syn Evanz.

The Scorpion and the Frog — Short Film
Short film written and funded by Rev Villar Productions. Co-Produced by Richard Cohen.

Lullaby for Mamma — Music Video
Music Video for Chicago folk artist, Lani Montreal.

EBF — Electronic Press Kit
Electronic Press Kit exhibiting songs and live performances of the band EBF. Used for promotional purposes.

Bataan — Documentary
Documentary segment featuring inner city youth interviewing Filipino WWII Veterans who survived the Bataan Death March.

One Night Stan — Short Film
Comedic Short Film about one man’s attempt to recover from a botched one night stand.

Badong — Live Show
Two camera recording of the 1st annual Badong Fundraising Performance. The show exhibitedChicago musicians, poets, and performers in order to raise money for Pintig Cultural Group.

The Loss of Light — Short Film
A dramatic horror film about a photographer who’s camera reveals the fate of his subjects.

Another Day at the Office — Short Film
Comedic Short Film about office workers using underhanded tactics to cement an opportunity for promotion.

Suspicion — Short Film
Dramatic suspense short film about a small town boy who discovers there’s more to his life then what it appears to be.

Other Experience Highlights:

Photographer
  • Shot portraits for several musicians and CD covers.
  • Published in various magazines including N’Digo, Hush Chicago, Me: In Focus, and ePO Germany.
  • Inducted into the Nikon Emerging Photographer Hall of Fame.
Motion Designer
  • Freelance designer for TV news magazine “Need to Know” on New York’s PBS Channel l3.
  • Freelance for Pie Face Pictures. Clients included Chicos web ads and internal projects.
Video Editor
  • Edited various freelance projects from real estate to documentary to short narrative.
  • Assembled commercials for new business proposals at DDB Needham Chicago. Used analog, ¾ RM-440 machine and non-liner Avid system.  Clients include: Budweiser, Discover Card, Helene Curtis, and State Farm Insurance among others.
Actor
  • Performed on-camera for the past seven years in industrial films, commercial, and films.  Clients include: Empire Carpets, United Airlines, and the feature film ‘Lady in the Box’.
  • A member of the Screen Actor’s Guild from 2000-2006.
Writer
  • Published and award winning writer and playwright. See below for details of awards.
  • Currently have 12 short screenplays written, five of which have been produced and the latest of which has wonChicago’s CAAP Grant.
  • Currently have 5 feature length screenplays written, one of which was optioned by Magnum Pictures.

Education:

Harold Washington College 2010-2011
Photography and Japanese

Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design 1994-1996
Double Major in Illustration and Drawing

Affiliations:

American Society of Media Photographers — Member, 2011 to Current
Screen Actor’s Guild — Member, 2000 to 2006
Pintig Cultural Group — Member, 1999 to 2007

Skills:

Film related software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress, Blender 3D, Lightwave, Swift 3D, Final Draft, FadeIn, Corel Painter, Cool Edit 2000, Pinnacle Systems, Mediamatics DVDexpress, Cleaner EZ5, Sorenson Squeeze, Sonic DVDit, and Impression DVD.

Office related software
Windows operating system, Mac operating system, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Dropbox, Evernote.

Awards/Published:

  • Inducted into Nikon’s Emerging Photographer Hall of Fame (2011)
  • Photography exhibited at Brooks Institute (2011)
  • Published in Photographer’s Forum magazine’s Best of College Photography (2011)
  • 4th place in Photographer’s Forum 31st Annual College Photography Contest (2011)
  • Emerging Photographer of the Year finalist for Scott Bourne & Photofocus.com (2010)
  • Jerrita Hall feature editorial and cover published in Me: In Focus magazine (2010)
  • Modern Pin-up fashion editorial and cover published in Hush Chicago magazine (2010)
  • Future Hustle fashion editorial published in Hush Chicago magazine (2010)
  • Romance on a White Couch fashion editorial published in Hush Chicago magazine (2010)
  • “The Scorpion and the Frog” official selection of the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival (2009)
  • Liquid Gold photo editorial published in N’Digo magazine (2009)
  • Quincy editorial published in ePO magazine (2009)
  • Placed in top 10% in the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship (2008)
  • Placed 15th in Red Inkworks top 50 finalists (2008)
  • Finalist in Wisconsin Screenwriter’s Forum/ChicagoScriptworks Staged Reading contest (2007)
  • Quarter-Finalist in Wisconsin Screenwriter’s Forum Annual Screenplay Contest (2007)
  • Quarter-Finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest (2007)
  • Placed in the top 25% of Expo’s Screenplay Competition (2006)
  • Published One Night Stan in “New American Scurvy 3” (March 2004)
  • 2000 Grantee of the Chicago CAAP Grant for the script The Loss of Light