Mar Gonzalez

Experience

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  Illegal Invisible Ignited, LLC

  May 2014 - Aug 2015

  Producer

  Co-produced the feature film Transient. Transient is an independent feature film shot in Austin and McAllen, TX the summer of 2014. It has just recently finished post production and is set to run festival circuit during 2016 and get released soon after. My responsibilities as co-producer were running a Kickstarter campaign, which successfully raised a 5th of our budget. I and the director cast the entire film ourselves. I as well handled catering, our sustainability initiative, our social media, kept a record of our incomes and expenses, and lastly was a main location scout. Show less

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  Freelance

  Jun 2014 - now

  Cinematographer, Editor, Producer

  I have worked as a freelancer filmmaker across many roles and productions in the state of Texas and internationally as a producer, director, cinematographer, editor, and colorist to name a few. Diverse experience in corporate, commercials, feature films, music videos, and short films.

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  The Lemon Tree (2015)

  Mar 2015 - Nov 2016

  Producer

  The Lemon Tree is an independent short film directed by Amanda Yam. I worked closely with her to fully realize the project before we shot it in May 2015. We have played at the Austin Film Festival (2016) and the Austin Asian American Film Festival (2016) as part of the shorts programs.

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  Center for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  Videographer/Photographer

  I am in charge of all promotional video productions; including creative planning, coordinating, shooting and editing. The content I create usually serves to provide information about CWGS and the degrees it offers, as well as to promote it's events and on-going programs. I as well shoot portraits, group photos, and cover departmental events.

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  University of Texas at Austin - Liberal Arts ITS

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Camera Operator

  Operate cameras for live broadcasts of a variety of academic instructional courses. Liberal Arts ITS produces and manages online courses for UT Austin students.

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  Nixta Taqueria

  Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  Assistant Manager

  Managed day-to-day operations and engage with customers. Was in charge of facilitating monthly staff trainings to expand the skills of our team members. I helped to maintain and update our social media presence by crafting announcements and creating content as well as responding to our consumers on a regular basis.

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  Go-Valley Productions

  Mar 2020 - Sept 2020

  Assistant Editor

  Responsible for archiving and organizing footage on documentary projects in development and communicating with multiple directors at a time. In charge of editing timelines using Adobe Premiere according to director feedback and uploaded videos to Vimeo. Tasked with researching and locating archival footage on the internet and across several databases. Credited as an Assistant Editor for the short archival documentary Police Riot (d. Keith Maitland, 2020) that is currently being submitted for festivals. Show less

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  Assembly

  Feb 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Head Of Production

    May 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Production Coordinator

    Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
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  Atmosphere

  Nov 2022 - May 2024

  Video Editor