role : director, writer, editor, animator
DANIELA REPAS
role : director, writer, editor, animator
DANIELA REPAS
OBJECTIVE
To apply and expand my knowledge of visual arts through collaboration as well as individual practice. Armed with innovative ideas, a critical eye and rock-solid skill set, I aspire to create projects that will challenge current thought and surpass all expectations.
EXPERIENCE
Lead Editor / Cinematographer / Cameraman 2012-Current
Blactop Films / Wind Media Productions
My responsibilities at Blacktop films include: editing, storyboard development and delivery, concept development, animation, working closely with the director and first AD, camera operating (location shooting), handling digital data (footage logging, coversion and encoding), delivering completed products to clients.
TA Video Installation / Video Concepts Class 2009-2010
Pacific Northwest College of Art
As a TA to a PNCA instructor and senior thesis chair Linda Kliewer my responsibilities included: assistance with the introduction of the course, assisting students with techical equipment (DV cameras, projectors, sensors), developing and realizing projects, solving techical and conceptual problems.
Curator / Gallery Owner 2005-2007
Weapons Art Gallery
As an owner of Weapons art gallery my responsibilities included: curatorial duties, creating an environment for collaborative work and community oriented workshops, exhibition coordinator, networking and managing the exhibitions, developing clientele.
EDUCATION
BFA in Intermedia Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2008
2010 - present
STRENGHTS
Large Scale Project Development : Conceptual Development : Storyboard Development : Creative Problem Solving : Idea Generation :
Figure Drawing : Perspective Drawing : Animation : Cinematography : Editing : Public Speaking
AWARDS
Best Documentary Short Film : Portland Underground Film Festival 2017
Audience Choice Award : Portland Underground Film Festival 2017
Best Installation : PLATFORM International Animation Festival 2007
Dorothy Lemelson Scholarship for Fine Visual Arts : Pacific Northwest College of Art 2005
Slovene Heritage Scholarship : Ljubljana University International Studies 1998
EXHIBITIONS
Cycles : Repetition&Redirection : The PAH Homestead : Auckland NZ 2017
PaperPlaneProject : USA, UK, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Israel, South Africa 2013
Authorized Personnel Only : Chambers Gallery : Portland, OR 2012
Pre-Nostalgic : Boundary Crossings : Portland, OR 2011
Authorized Personnel Only : PNCA Senior Thesis Exhibition : Portland, OR 2008
Reduced Conception : PLATFORM International Animation Festival : Portland, OR 2007
Once Upon A Time There Was A Country : Weapons Gallery : Portland, OR 2006
Possibility For Improvement : Squair Gallery : Portland, OR 2005
Group Exhibition : Five -A Gallery : Portland, OR 2004
Group Exhibition : Three Doors Red Gallery : Denver, CO 2003
Ljudi : Three Doors Red : Denver, CO 2002
Simbioza : Goulet 13 Gallery : Geneva, Switzerland1999
LANGUAGES
Serbo-Croatian
French
English
SOFTWARE
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Media Encoder
Final Cut Pro
Keynote
PowerPoint
2010 - present
FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTIONS AND SCREENINGS
Mnemonics : Portland Underground Film Festival : Portland OR 2017 : director/producer/writer/animator/editor
Bearing Witness : 48 Hour Film Festival : Portland OR 2017 : co-director/co-producer
Thank You For Supporting the Arts : feature documentary film : currently in production 2017 : lead editor/story editor/concept development/camera operator/prop design
Frozen Music III : Light & Music In Alvar Aalto’s Library : Bend Film Festival : Bend OR 2016 : lead editor/story editor/concept development
PNCA Scholarship Campaign : PNCA Gala : Portland OR 2016 : lead editor/story editor/camera operator
UBER + Special Olympics Campaign : Portland OR 2015 : lead editor/camera operator
State of Oregon Craft : Museum of Contemporary Craft : Portland OR 2015 editor/story editor/camera operator
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Pacific Northwest College of Art : Lemelson Scholar Guest Speaker, Video Installation Guest Speaker, Professional Development Guest
Speaker 2006 through 2017
The Art Institute of Portland : Theory and Practice Guest Speaker 2010
University of Oregon : Visual and Animated Arts Guest Speaker 2007
Portland Community College : Figure Drawing and Visual Arts Guest Speaker 2012
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Visual Art Source : A Line in the Quicksand by Richard Speer : essay on Mnemonics 2017
Willamette Week : Pick of the Week by Richard Speer : review of Authorized Personnel Only 2008
Renegade : Weapons by Ivana Repas : Review of Reduced Conception 2007
References Available Upon Request.