Davin Hutchins

Current

Director, ITVS / PBS Independent Digital Distribution Lab at ITVS
Filmmaker / Social Entrepreneur / New Media Consultant at NomadsLand LLC

Past

Guest Lecturer (International Information Programs) at U.S. Department of State
Adjunct Professor, Film and Broadcast Production at American University
New Media Consultant / Broadcast Trainer (Rotational) at Internews

Managing Producer at American News Project (ANP)
Director and Producer at The Art of Flight - NomadsLand Films
Segment Producer / Field Producer / Writer at TechTV
Segment Producer / Field Producer / Writer / Associate Producer at CNN

see less...

4 more...

Education

The American University in Cairo
California State University-Fresno

Recommended

14 people have recommended Davin

Connections

405 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

My Website

Davin Hutchins’s Summary

http://twitter.com/nomadsland

Davin Hutchins is a filmmaker, producer and entrepreneur specializing in news, documentaries and new media with an emphasis on international social issues, media training and online delivery platforms. He currently runs NomadsLand LLC, a company designed to connect nonprofits, social enterprises and responsible tourism companies with a global network of social issue filmmakers.

Hutchins is also currently the Director of the Digital Distribution Lab at PBS & ITVS.

Hutchins has fifteen years experience in television journalism and has worked with CNN, CNN International, BBC World, Headline News, TechTV, Witness, Internews and Huffington Post. His assignments have taken him to Egypt, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Iceland, France, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

In 2008-09, he was Managing Producer at American News Project in Washington, D.C. He produced investigative video reports which appeared on outlets like the Huffington Post, Al Jazeera English, CNN and center-left independent media sites. His online reports have tallied more than two million views. The project was funded by the Schumann Center of Media and Democracy (Bill Moyers, President) and the Tides Center.

Among career highlights, Hutchins directed The Art Of Flight in 2004-05, his debut feature documentary which featured at AFI Fest Hollywood, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and Bangkok International Film Festival. It is available on Amazon, iTunes and SnagFilms. He also trained journalists in the West Bank, Syria and Jordan in 2007-09.

Hutchins holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Middle East Studies from the American University in Cairo and two Bachelors of Arts Degrees in Journalism and History from California State University: Fresno.

Davin Hutchins’s Specialties:

Videography (Sony HDV and AVCHD cameras), Non-linear editing (Final Cut Pro 6.0.5, Adobe Premiere CS4), Online video (Brightcove, Flash 10, h264, Amazon S3, On2 Flix Pro), Social networking platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Twitter, Ning, KickApps and Clearspring), Lynda.com Training (CSS, HTML, XHTML); International travel and work experience especially in Middle East

Video Reel:
http://www.nomadsland.com/profile/DavinHutchins

Davin Hutchins’s Experience

Director, ITVS / PBS Independent Digital Distribution Lab

ITVS

(Non-Profit; Broadcast Media industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)

- Help independent documentary producers transition from the traditional public media model to the new public interest digital marketplace
- Maximize digital brand, promotion, and revenue opportunities for independently produced documentaries
- Help define PBS and ITVS roles in building a lasting, healthy ecosystem for independent public interest documentary work in the digital age
- Work with iTunes, Amazon, Hulu, SnagFilms, PBS Video to raise profile of independent documentary titles
Filmmaker / Social Entrepreneur / New Media Consultant

NomadsLand LLC

(Media Production industry)

July 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

CAIRO, EGYPT; DUBAI, UAE; WASHINGTON D.C.
-- 2002 - 2006 - Founded NOMADSLAND FILMS - Directed the The Art of Flight, a documentary about Sudanese refugees in Egypt - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), AFI Fest Hollywood, Bangkok International Film Festival - Initially distributed by Seventh Art Releasing
-- 2005 - 2006 - Attended programming markets: MIPDOC (Cannes), Sunnyside of the Doc (Marseilles) and IDFA's Docs For Sale (Amsterdam)
-- 2002 - 2007 - Produced print and video news features for IRIN News, BBC World, WGBH Radio's The World, IranVNC, Travel Today Egypt, Business Today Egypt, Egypt Today
-- 2005 - 2006 - Produced commercial projects: Dubai Holding, Dubai Industrial City, Dubai International Film Festival with budgets in excess of $100,000
-- 2007 - Launched NOMADSLAND LLC and designed NOMADSLAND.COM - an online network for social issue filmmakers and nonprofits (http://www.nomadsland.com)
-- 2009 - Founded NOMADSLAND CONSULTING for international new media training (http://consulting.nomadsland.com) Clients: The Aspen Institute, Internews, U.S. State Dept., The Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training
-- 2009 - Launched site for NOMADSLAND (BETA) - a video platform for non-profits and social enterprises to complement filmmaker network
Guest Lecturer (International Information Programs)

U.S. Department of State

(Government Agency; International Affairs industry)

July 2009 — July 2009 (1 month)

- Designed seminar and conducted working groups for print journalists, bloggers, university students and television producers in Syria and Jordan on new media trends, especially open source software, social networking and mobile Internet
- Worked with the U.S. Embassies in Amman and Damascus to deliver 2 to 3 presentations per day to dozens of Arab media professionals
Adjunct Professor, Film and Broadcast Production

American University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)

- Teaching graduate level students in the Department of Communication in video journalism, production and new media
- Helped spearhead interactive website about guns and gun culture in America
New Media Consultant / Broadcast Trainer (Rotational)

Internews

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 10 months)

-- Trained Palestinian broadcast journalists in photography, non-linear editing skills, writing skills, programming development, workflow and video publishing on the Internet
-- Completed four intensive tours training stations in Ramallah, Nablus, Jericho, Hebron and Bethlehem to coordinate for common programming initiatives
-- Taught multiple stations to use peer-to-peer technology to transmit TV quality video across the West Bank to avoid checkpoint delays
-- Co-designed website in open-source Joomla to showcase Internews work and Palestinian programming to the world
-- Consulted on "Forgotten Chords" - Palestinian documentary that opened the Al Jazeera Television Festival
Managing Producer

American News Project (ANP)

(Media Production industry)

January 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 3 months)

- Managed video reporters and produced investigative video reports (www.americannewsproject.com)
- Hutchins' reports aired on Huffington Post, Washington Independent, The Real News, Talking Points Memo, Democracy Now, CNN, Al Jazeera English
- Spearheaded development on core website functionality utilizing open-source Drupal 5, Brightcove, YouTube HD, Democracy In Action CRM software; managed Drupal developers
- Built database of more than 600 professional freelancers worldwide
- Produced reports from conception to original HD videography to scripting to editing on Final Cut Pro 6.0
- Covered 2008 Presidential election attending several Obama, McCain and Palin political rallies
- Hutchins' video reports tallied more than 2 million views
- Project funded by Schumann Center For Media and Democracy (Bill Moyers, President) and the Tides Center

Video Reel:
http://www.nomadsland.com/profile/DavinHutchins
Director and Producer

The Art of Flight - NomadsLand Films

(Media Production industry)

June 2003 — February 2006 (2 years 9 months)

- Directed the The Art of Flight, a feature-length documentary about Sudanese refugees in Egypt and American foreign policy mistakes in the Middle East
- "The Art Of Flight is a guerrilla documentary that was shot illegally in Egypt on camcorders and a laptop. The film serves as a back story to the 2006 massacre of Sudanese refugees in Cairo. The filmmaker was nearly arrested three times during the course of shooting. This feature length film tells the story of three people, a refugee from southern Sudan, a human rights activist from northern Sudan and an American journalist in self-imposed exile, all living in Cairo. For very different reasons, the trio has found themselves struggling to survive in Egypt, a U.S. financed dictatorship which has reluctantly become their home."
- Co-wrote and produced original score - Available on iTunes and Amazon
- Film was accepted by International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), AFI Fest Hollywood, Bangkok International Film Festival
- Initially distributed by Seventh Art Releasing
- Currently available on SnagFilms, iTunes and Amazon
Segment Producer / Field Producer / Writer

TechTV

(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

March 2000 — April 2002 (2 years 2 months)

-- Produced news pieces for TechTV, a basic cable network (50 million households) devoted to technology news (owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at the time)
-- Part of Tech Live launch – 8 daily hours of news; coordinated with Washington, New York and Seattle bureaus
-- Produced reports on dot-com collapse, tech industry layoffs, venture capital, online business models, Sept. 11, entertainment technology
-- Filed video reports for both 24-hour cable network and website
Segment Producer / Field Producer / Writer / Associate Producer

CNN

(Public Company; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)

1994 — 1999 (5 years )

CABLE NEWS NETWORK - CNN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
1996-1999
CNN INTERNATIONAL / HEADLINE NEWS, WRITER / PACKAGE PRODUCER
- Wrote stories/packaged reports for half-hour newscasts at Headline News - 1999
-Coordinated with producers in Berlin, London, Hong Kong and Atlanta for new regionalized morning and primetime newscasts and interviews for CNN International – 1997 - 1999

1997-1998
CNN NEWSROOM, FIELD PRODUCER / REPORTER
-Reported and field produced feature stories from Kuwait, Iceland, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, North Carolina, Florida, Montana, Utah and Colorado for CNN Newsroom - 1997 - 1998
-Wrote and edited packages on: international travelogues, digital technology, independent filmmaking, human rights

1994-1996
CNN USA, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
- Supported executive producer, line producer for newscasts; began career as script ripper and satellite feeds coordinator
- Produced a freelance Hi-8 video news series from Kuwait

Davin Hutchins’s Education

The American University in Cairo

Masters , Middle East Studies , 2002 — 2004

Graduate Coursework: Islam In International Politics, Human Rights In The Middle East, Middle Eastern Politics, Economic Development In The Middle East, Independent Study in Documentary Filmmaking, Comparative Religion

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL/WORK EXPERIENCE: Egypt, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Iceland, France, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy as well as locations throughout the United States

LANGUAGES:
English (Fluent), Modern Standard Arabic (Advanced), Egyptian Arabic (Spoken)
California State University-Fresno

Bachelor , Journalism - History (Double Major) , 1990 — 1994

Activities and Societies:

Undergraduate Coursework: Modern Middle East History, Modern European History, Modern Germany, Modern Russia, World Wars I & II, Comparative Religion, History of Journalism, Television and Newspaper Production

Other Activities: Writer / Executive Editor of Insight University Paper; Joe Alex Morris Journalism Internship in Kuwait (National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations); Dow Jones Copy Editing Internship at the Modesto Bee; Dateline NBC / Now with Tom Brokaw Internship in Washington D.C.

Additional Information

Davin Hutchins’s Websites:

My Website

Davin Hutchins’s Groups:

International Documentary Association, Women in Film and Video, DC Film Alliance, DC Film Salon

International TV Professionals
Institute for Int'l Film Financing (IIFF)
International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs
Drupal
TechSoup (now TechSoup Global)
Digital Media: Video Content Distribution Experts
ThoseinMedia
Documentarians
NomadsLand Network
CMS User Group
Film TV Professionals
Media Professionals Worldwide
Documentary filmmaker group
Social Enterprise
Open World Initiative (OWI)
Philanthropy Network
Nonprofit Professionals Forum
Social Entrepreneur
DC Media
Bridgestar: an initiative of the Bridgespan Group
BoardSource
CNN Alumni
CSRwire, The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
Foundation Network - MojaLink
Non Profit Network - MojaLink
Social Enterprise Network - MojaLink
WordPress
Social Capital Markets Conference (SoCap09)
IMP - Interactive International Media Professionals
DC Drupal
Documentary.org - International Documentary Association
Web 2.0 for Nonprofit Organizations
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Non Profit & Philanthropic Job Board
Justmeans - Green, CSR, Good Work, Sustainability, and Social Enterprise News and Updates
Friends of ICFJ (The International Center for Journalists)
Social Responsibility Marketing Group
Innovation in Journalism
EDN - European Documentary Network
Beyond Profit
Jobs for Change
Social Action Marketing for Sustainable Development