Nicolas Cadena Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

–Adjunct instructor of Film and Television Production at Tisch School of the Arts–Teaching a freshman production course on Audio Storytelling and Production

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Based in Brooklyn, NY, MONO NO AWARE presents monthly artist-in-person screenings, organizes affordable analogue filmmaking workshops, facilitates equipment rentals, operates a film distribution initiative, plans cinema field trips, and hosts an annual exhibition for contemporary artists and international filmmakers whose work incorporates Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm or altered light projections as part of a live performance or installation.- Instructor for Intro to 16mm Color Filmmaking

-Program Officer for Redford Center's civic engagement original documentary series "Power the Vote: Community Power". Lead for all aspects of the program in line with funder goals including: series production, project management, asset development, stakeholder management, reporting, event coordination and timeline completion. -Screening and Review Committee: Redford Center Grants-Manages organizational relationships and artist relations with commissioned filmmakers-Coordinates screenings, panels and events around Redford Center original content at film festivals and environmental movement happenings-Collaboration Manager: IF/Then + Redford Center Nature Access Pitch event at DOC NYC 2021-Managed RFP and commissioning process for five-part original content web series on clean transportation-Produced & Directed short film for clean transportation initiativeVideo work samples:

•Developed and oversaw over 100 local community partnerships for StoryCorps' Mobile Tour, securing maximum participation by diverse communities across the country.•Planned and coordinated special recording engagements for each stop – including field recording days for outreach partners and production interviews for the Production department.•Designed outreach goals and reporting metrics to meet funder goals.•Developed resources for outreach partners, including StoryCorps App related trainings and workshops, tools for community-based recording and archive projects, all to support continued partnerships with StoryCorps after Mobile tour stops•Supervised a team of field producers/facilitators in doing community outreach and research.

Greater New York City Area

•Facilitated, recorded and archived over 300 oral history style conversations now archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. •Managed and coordinated community-based outreach partnerships and events.•Trained partner organizations on how to create community oral history archives.•Project Managing and producing for the oral history project: ENBY Spoken Histories.•Acted as a public liaison between participants, national partners, and StoryCorps Staff.•Edited audio with the intent of production and national broadcast on NPR.•Member of the StoryCorps Accessibility Work Group and DEI committee.Samples of recorded and facilitated interviews:

Mexico City

•Coordinator of urban/cultural regeneration projects.•Conducted extensive qualitative field research to develop contextually minded urban development projects that could be implemented in Mexico City.•Produced project proposals and recommendations based on ethnographic field research alongside cultural institutions and consultant groups.

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

• Assistant Coordinator for two projects: I BANAL de Arquitectura & Anteproyecto. - I BANAL de Arquitecuta was a recipient of a grant by the Graham Foundation• Worked closely alongside curators, artists and cultural institutions to organize in programming, logistics, and dissemination of events through social media.•Documented projects through photo/video work.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

•Project coordinator for CC-Catálogo Contemporáneo. •Researched independent Spanish language publishers of art books across Latinoamerica.•Coordinated and helped lead a workshops on art pedagogy in Cordoba, Veracruz, at the Centro Cultural Casa Balthazar•Produced and edited short social media video segments to promote CC-Catalogo.

Greater New York City Area

Intern at a distribution company in New York specializing in art house and foreign language films. Helped organize theatrical screenings across the country.

Greater New York City Area

Assistant to Producer on the documentary A Sinner in Mecca during post-production. The film went on to premier at HotDocs 2015 to positive reviews.

Greater New York City Area

Intern at a distribution company in NYC specializing in documentary and educational cinema.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Bookseller & Film buyer for McNally Jackson Books.Monitored sales and placed orders for DVDs & Blu Rays from distribution companies.

Bachelor’S Degree, Politics & Film And Television Production (Double Major)

Specialization, State, Public Policy & Development

Specialization at the Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies (CIDER) at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá Colombia