Creative Director & Editor
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Creative Director at Compass Rose Media
- Creative Director at Jono | design
- Past
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- Hip-Hop Teacher at BPC Middle School
- Director at Before North productions
- Video/Web Designer & Developer at Studio Holladay
- Cinematic Media Specialist at Creative Explosions
- Director at Before North productions
- Director at Before North productions
- Education
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- University of California, Santa Cruz
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Jono Schaferkotter’s Summary
"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made films were magicians."
As a creative director with a background in magic, my work history spans from no budget indie films to large scale commercial work with well recognized brands such as GE, Microsoft, Seagate, Rambus and Intuit. Whether I'm writing, directing, designing, or sawing an assistant in half, I try to be true to the client, the piece and make something I'll want to show my friends.
I'm currently working on ...
• writing music
• developing a few short films
• potential music videos and spec spots
• financing/marketing another feature film
• finish writing the first 100 pages of my new book
• my new website and others...
Jono Schaferkotter’s Specialties:
Writing, Directing, Editing, Shooting, Storyboarding, Animating, Sound Design, Stop Motion, Painting, Sculpting, Welding, Set Construction & Choreography.
Jono Schaferkotter’s Experience
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Creative Director
Compass Rose Media
(Privately Held; Media Production industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Creative Director, Writer, Editor and Designer.
www.compassrosemedia.com
• Directing & editing commercial videos
• Directing creatives for interactive online projects
• Motion graphics design & animation -
Creative Director
Jono | design
(Media Production industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Creative Director
www.schaferkotter.com
• Music Videos
• Short and Feature Films
• Commercial, Instructional and Spec Videos
• HTML/Flash Website Design & Creation
• Animation and Rotoscoping
• Print collateral and Photography
• Theater production Media -
Hip-Hop Teacher
BPC Middle School
(Primary/Secondary Education industry)
May 2008 — May 2008 (1 month)
Dance Teacher
Guest teacher for a week at a private middle school in SF
13 classes ( 15 - 20 kids each ).
• hip-hop
• stomp
• intro to break-dancing -
Director
Before North productions
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2006 — June 2007 (8 months)
"The Beginning" (102 min.)
Director, DP and Editor.
www.beforenorth.com
• Pre: Nov. '06 - Jan '07
• Production: Jan. '07 - April '07
• Post: April '07 - June '07 -
Video/Web Designer & Developer
Studio Holladay
(Design industry)
October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)
Video and Web Designer.
www.studioholladay.com
• Television Commercials (shooting, directing, editing)
• Tradeshow & Demo Reel videos
• HTML/Flash websites, ads, widgets, coding consultant. -
Cinematic Media Specialist
Creative Explosions
(Graphic Design industry)
September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)
Director, Editor and Web Designer.
* Print work design for fliers, web distribution, magazine collateral, and tradeshow banners.
* Graphic and film intros for websites.
* Tradeshow commercials, community videos, speech videographer.
* Flash website design/creation/and developer. -
Director
Before North productions
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2004 — July 2005 (9 months)
"The Ballad of Jacob Wonder and Wesley Precious" (99 min.)
Director, DP, Writer, Editor and Set Construction/Design.
www.beforenorth.com
• Pre: Nov. '04 - Jan '05
• Production: Jan. '05 - May '05
• Post: May '05 - July '05 -
Director
Before North productions
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2003 — May 2004 (7 months)
"One: A story of six" (107 min.)
Director, DP, Writer, and Editor.
www.beforenorth.com
• Pre: Nov. '03 - Dec '03
• Production: Dec. '03 - April '04
• Post: April '04 - May '04
Jono Schaferkotter’s Education
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University of California, Santa Cruz
BA , Art (mixed-media sculpture) , 2001 — 2005
Received the "Porter College Service Award" upon graduation.
Special Exhibitions:
• Faculty Gallery: New Works
• Public Art: Westlake Elementary
Open Studios:
• Mixed-media Sculpture (May '02)
• Charcoal & Painting (Dec '02)
• Mixed-media Sculpture (March '03)
• Digital Video (May '03)
• Metal Sculpture (March '04)
• Interactive Installations (May '04)
• Woodcut Printmaking (Dec '04)
• Public Art (March '05)
• Bronze & Printmaking (May '05)
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