LUCY THANE'S CURRICULUM VITAE
Unit 73a Regent Studios, 8 Andrew Road, London E8 4QN Mob. 07890 990 274 looscy@yahoo.co.uk
Fifteen years experience in film and video making, arts management, training and events organisation. Increasing interest and participation in Dance and Live Performance. Self-motivated and excellent in groups.
SELECTED EMPLOYMENT:
1993+ Independent Filmmaker/ Video Artist/ Consultant Freelance
1994+ Editor, Freelance, (Further Details on Request)
1994+ Production Manager, Freelance, (Further Details on Request)
1998-2003
Director, Sidecar Ltd. (Studio PUR) Video production, Training and Hire
Often working with "at risk" young people incld. refugees and young offenders
Funders included: London Arts, Arts council, CIDA, Film London, the Learning trust, Hackney small grants, Corporation of London. Position including:
Equipment hire and technical support: Extensive knowledge of DV cameras, sound and lighting equipment, video editing and projection
1994-1998
Curator, Artists Television Access, San Francisco
Gallery/ Arts cinema with video and computer facilities. Position included:
1996-1998
Avid/Protools Tutor, Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Introduction to digital editing
1995-1997
Teacher, International centre for Digital Art, S.F.
Computer training on HTML, Director, Photoshop and Premiere
1991-1992 Production Assistant, the Production Centre
Managing film edit suites and production offices and liasing with clients
1990-1991
Production Assistant, Working Title
1987-1990
Researcher, International Institute for contemporary research
1986-1987
Assistant Editor, Roger Cherrills (commercials, promos)
SELECTED FREELANCE WORK:
2008 Performer, Youmebumbumtrain, improvised live performance
2008 Performer, Handbag, Geraldine Pilgrim, improvised live performance
2008 Camera, Pregnant Breakdancers Flashmob, Oxfam
2008 Director, Documentary and Video for Live performance, There ain't no black in the Union Jack, Hackney Empire , PAN centre for intercultural arts
2008 Editor, Rumpelstiltskin, After they left, Silversmith Dance company
2008 Video for Devised Theatre, Don't Kiss Me, Director, Antonia Windsor
2008 Production Manager, The Revenant, Cowboy Movie, Anja Kirchner
2008 Steward, Spaces Between, Site-Specific Dance, Athina Valha,Royal Festival hall
2005 Camera/Editor Illusion Flamenca Promotional dance video
2004 Project Manager Wandering Rocks, Revolving Doors 19 international site-specific artists throughout Dublin, Ireland
2004 2 nd Unit Director Guantanomobile Project British interviews about prisoners at Guantanomo bay for U.S. Web/ Video tour project
2004 Assistant to the Director a Hartley Story Dir: Nicky Lianos, © Film or Die
Live action/ animation short film about love, agoraphobia and goldfish
2004 Director The making of The Illiterate Dir: Orson Nava, © National Film & TV School. Documentary about a short film about dyslexia, bullying and school
2002 Project assistant/Teacher/Editor Pehla Pyar "Bollywood short" Dance Drama production training with refugees and students
© Trinity community centre, L.W.T.
2001 Editor Video for Theatre: excerpts for Mincemeat © Cardboard Citizens
2001 Editor Breaking the Boundaries, © Black filmmaker
A documentary by and about Turbo D and his group of east London break dancers
1999 Project manager/ Teacher Media Mix Live performance and video training with Southwark, Lewisham and Lambeth young people © Young Vic Theatre, L.W.T.
2009 Improvised Performer, Improvisation Group , Greenwich Dance Agency
2008 Curator/Artist, First Thursdays, Your Peer Group, Monthly Live Art Events
2007+ Director, Baby and the Bathwater, Site-Specific Video/Performance Trilogy
2006+ Director Red Shoe Films Dance Film/Live performance collaborations
2006-7 Illustrations , The EEL Magazine
2005-6 Director Creatures, Video collaboration with dancers Rachel Sweeney and Marnie Orr
2005-6 Director Pool of London Documentary
2004 Director Experimental Playground, © Snug and outdoor
Documentary about the creative redevelopment of a primary school playground
2002 Director/Editor/Teacher Dreams, Struggles and Survivors, © The Children's Society. Documentary about a young refugee's conference, their stories and their talents
2000 Organiser Shoreditch Shorts Video Challenge , Shoreditch and Hoxton festival
2000 Director The Experimental Project, © Hackney Learning Partnerships
A documentary about a public art programme to create a new vision of playgrounds
1999 Director As Is Your Due, © University of Cambridge
A documentary about the 50 th anniversary of degrees for women in Cambridge
1997 Director She's Real, © Artists Television Access
A documentary about dyke punk culture in the U.S.A
1997 Performance, Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner, The Lab, San Francisco
1997 Performance, Costume, live sculpture, Pussy Dress , based on paintings by Fragonard
1997 Curator/M.C. Wallflower Filmmaker's Collective , film and music, Somar Gallery
1997 Curator/M.C. , Lick 'n' Flicker , perfomance/Screening with Miranda July at Mother Bar NYC, Lesbian and Gay experimental film festival
1996 Tour of She's Real across the US with films and local performers
1993-1998 Shoot the Women First , open access film and live performance events in various venues in London, NYC and San Francisco
1993 Director Bikini Kill in the U.K., © Northern Media School
A documentary about British and American Riot Grrls
FULL TIME EDUCATION:
1987-1990 BA hons. Economic and Social History and Film Studies ,
University of East Anglia, Norwich
• Film and TV Production, Northern Media School, Sheffield
SELECTED SIGNIFICANT CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS:
2008 Ballet, Renato Paroni, Central School of Ballet,
2008 Contemporary Dance (Graham), Genevieve Grady, Katja Nyquist, The Place
2008 Solo Improvisation, Andrew Morrish, Shahar Dor
2008 Action Theatre, Improvisation, Kate Hilder, Moving Arts Base
2008 Physical theatre training, Barbara Kukovec, one-to-one
2008 Performance Art, Guillermo Gomez-Pena , LA Pocha Nostra, NRLA, Glasgow
2008 Bharat Natyam, Anousha Subramanyam , The Place
2004 Flamenco and Bulerias, Centro de Baile Jerez, Spain
2003-2006 Flamenco Dance , Nuria Garcia, Escuela de Baile, London
2005-Now BodyWeather Training, Marnie Georgette Orr
2004-Now Contemporary Dance (Various), The Place,
2008 Afro-Brazilian Dance, Beatriz de Sousa Fernandes , The Place,
2008 Gary Steven's Live art performance lab, ArtsAdmin
2004-2005 Jane Turner Performance Labs (Wendy Houston,Monica Bharadwaj)
2008 Directors and Actors Training, FilmFarm, Kotla, Poland
1996 Sound and Performance, Pamela Z, The Lab, San Francisco
1995 Avid Editing, City College, San Francisco
1994 Director, Photoshop, HTML, International Centre for Digital Art, SF
OTHER SKILLS/ INTERESTS:
REFEREES:
Shabnam Shabazi
info@creativestatesinternational.com
Nikki Tomlinson, Artists Adviser, Arts Admin (on sabbatical)
nikki.tom@virgin.net
