Laurel Schneider Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Newark, California, US

Responsible for bidding/scope of work, budget, schedule, pre-production, production, post through delivery. Crew & vendor hiring, production insurance and travel and crew pay as necessary.

Acted as Production Company, Producer and Co-Creative in making 4 seasonal Pep Boys commercials for broadcast tv.

Acted as Production Company and Producer to create corporate marketing film.

Acted as production company for creation of marketing/corporate identity film. Also acted as co-creative with Director and Agency personnel. Production involved travel, formal & informal interviews and extensive searches & licensing of archival film & stills.

Producer for Bot & Dolly's work on Alfonso Cuaron film "Gravity". Company developed robotic rigs for live-action camera and lighting control, along with a Maya software interface to create complete CG environments.

Development and use of shot-tracking databases to coordinate between multiple vendors across 400+ shots. Involved digital asset tracking and management between vendors (with multiple vendors working on the same shots), between vendors and the VFX department and between the VFX department and Editorial. Responsible for management of small staff, cooperation.

Producer at digital facility in London, responsible for client communication and work reviews, crew scheduling and on-time, on-budget delivery. 2D & 3D digital effects work. || Facility VFX Supervisor: Adam Gascoyne

Producer at London digital effects facility. For this project I was an additional producer, bidding on and delivering newly awarded work when original production team had reached capacity. Was responsible for client communication and work reviews, crew scheduling and on-time, on-budget delivery. Work involved a sizable amount of look development with both.

Shot-tracking between multiple vendors across 400+ shots. Involved digital asset tracking and management between vendors (with multiple vendors working on the same shots), between vendors and the VFX department and between the VFX department and Editorial. VFX and other departments, and between VFX and Studio executives and post-production personnel.) Came.

Acted as Los Angeles representative for London VFX company, facilitating virtual work-in-progress reviews and remote live color-correction. Also facilitated digital asset transfer, QC and delivery.

Responsible for bidding additional work, shot tracking, budget & schedule, client interface

Live-action plate shots in Los Angeles, for London-based VFX facility. Afterward, I represented company in work reviews with the filmmakers. VFX Producer & Supervisor: Dennis Michelson

Supervision on large "4-walled" VFX units; miniatures and miniature special effects built/created & filmed on-site. Supervision of VFX, Camera, Grip/Electric & SPFX crews; adherence to existing schedules and budgets. Responsible for all aspects of additional location facility/shoot; (Location Scouting & Contracts, Permits, Safety, Crew Travel, Budget.

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Helped create systems, protocols and templates for client communications, project bidding, budgeting, cost tracking and accounting.

Live Action Plate Shoot alongside 1st Unit, involving Technocrane, helicopters, and other specialized VistaVision camera rigs. Took on AD responsibilities for our unit during shoot. || VFX Supervisor & Producer: Dennis Michelson

Coordinated shoot of miniatures and miniature special effects (pyrotechnics). Involved in/responsible for Location contracts, Permits, Safety personnel & equipment, Camera/Grip/Electric/Special Effects personnel & equipment.VFX Producer & Supervisor: Dennis MichelsonMiniatures: Stetson Visual Services

Helped create & refine general operational practices from accounting (cost tracking, payroll, invoicing, sales tax reporting, sales vs. service tax law adherence), HR and employee health insurance, to social event planning.Also involved in all work that was project-specific: bid and contract writing, client status reporting, coordination of personnel.

Shop coordinating, Pre-internet sourcing of often hard-to-find materials and suppliesModel Shop Supervisor: Mark Stetson

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Communication Arts (Film & Television)

Writing Comedy

Comedy Improv