Peter Gutierrez

Current

Principal at Find it in Film
Consultant at Skyline Publishing Solutions
Editor and Writer (Self-employed)

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Past

Editor/Project Editor at Prentice Hall

Education

Princeton University

Recommended

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Connections

199 connections

Industry

Publishing

Websites

Peter Gutierrez’s Summary

Media literacy teacher since 1990 and educational publishing professional since 1993 now helps major publishing and media companies develop or adapt products to emerging 21st century literacies and new forms of high-interest media. Such media includes comics and graphic novels as well as digital video and audio. Consulting, content development, and writing about comics and movies are the areas in which I probably work the most. My company, Find it in Film, has a mission of supporting educators to access the richness of content area information in both mainstream and educational visual media. Member of NAMLE, AFI, IRA, ISTE, NCTE, NCSS, and ACSD.

Peter Gutierrez’s Specialties:

Script and manuscript creation, editing, and rewriting/doctoring. Product development and marketing solutions that help open new markets for visual and print media publishers and distributors; adapting and presenting content in engaging ways to build knowledge powerfully and make learning fun.

Peter Gutierrez’s Experience

Principal

Find it in Film

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

February 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Currently building a Web-based interface through which educators can share teaching ideas based upon classic films. For an invite to view a demo version of this service, please send me a message and I'll provide a link. Although Find it in Film works largely within education, its broader mission concerns the real-world impacts of visual media. This means advocating media literacy in various forums, presenting workshops to teachers and directly providing enrichment courses to students that deepen their understanding of pop culture and media messages--to "arm" them with ideas. But it also means helping nonprofits run or establish film festivals that bring powerful movies directly to audiences. The ultimate goal? Inspiring them to take action that builds empathy and ends suffering. That's also a kind of education.
Consultant

Skyline Publishing Solutions

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

May 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)

Assist print and media publishers, editorial development houses, and nonprofit and educational organizations in designing curriculum, building editorial processes and content, and creating effective marketing materials and messages. Project areas include product prototyping, viability and competitive analyses, and instructional design.
Editor and Writer

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

October 1995 — Present (12 years 11 months)

Film and pop culture journalist and author/editor of nonfiction books, comics, short fiction, and film treatments/scripts. Specialities include criticism, interviews, designing editorial processes, and mentoring young writers and editors. Vast experience in developing instructional materials for the K-12 market. Subject areas include film and the fine arts, reading and language arts, social studies and science. Work published by Harcourt, Prentice Hall, Scholastic, The Financial Times, Firefox News, McDougal Littell, Crusade Comics, National Geographic, and many others.
Editor/Project Editor

Prentice Hall

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

September 1993 — October 1995 (2 years 2 months)

Developed multimedia writing program and its accompanying print ATE, grades 6-12.

Peter Gutierrez’s Education

Princeton University

BA, Psychology, Film, 1983 — 1988

Activities and Societies:

President, Film Society
Editor, Nassau Literary Review

Additional Information

Peter Gutierrez’s Websites:

Peter Gutierrez’s Groups:

National Council of Teachers of English, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Association for Media Literacy Education, National Council for the Social Studies, International Reading Association, American Film Institute