Stephen Silver

Experience

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  HTV/KVHC Channel 15

  Apr 1995 - May 2013

  Co-founder/Co-owner

  Co-founded local broadcast station, set up studio and field production capabilities, designed and oversaw 2 facility expansions, and established post-production operations. Periodically acted as an operational and production consultant.

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  KVR-TV

  Sept 1997 - May 2001

  Various Positions

  Oversaw all aspects of low power broadcast station.• Station manager 00-01. Oversaw all staff and business operations. • Operations manager 99-00. Oversaw all technical operations, both broadcast and production.• Promotions manager 98-99. Oversaw all station promotions, including print, on-air, and live events. • Production department 97-98. Worked on various productions, including live sports, studio shows, and edited single camera productions.

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  KVUE-TV

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  Production Department

  Handled multiple aspects of studio production of live newscasts and events.• Floor manager, camera operator, tape operator, master control and audio.

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  MEDIVISION

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Production Director

  Oversaw all aspects of various productions for the medical field. • Scripted, directed, shot, animated and edited continuing medical education videos.• Found, hired, and supervised production personnel all over the country for various shoots.

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  The Editing Company

  Mar 2003 - Dec 2016

  Vice President/Senior Editor

  Supervised all aspects of production, post-production, and operations.• Performed post-production services for hundreds of projects, including editing, animating, audio recording/editing, graphics, mastering, closed-captioning, authoring, and duplication.• Handled planning, purchasing, and maintenance of all equipment. This includes designing and supervising the construction of a new 7500 sq. ft. facility with 3 SAN connected HD edit suites, audio suite and recording booth, 29' X 32' production studio, duplication, closed-captioning, and a centralized data/tape room.• Handled direction, shooting, and lighting of broadcast and industrial productions.• Oversaw budgeting, pricing, website, staff, and other operational issues. Show less

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  Various Companies

  Jan 2007 - now

  Freelance Director/Videographer/Editor/Animator

  Handled multiple aspects of production and post-production for various projects.• Directed and animated web explainer videos. • Directed, shot, edited and animated various corporate and narrative projects.• Created translated graphics and subtitles for corporate projects in a variety of languages.• DIT and teleprompter for location and studio productions

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  Multimorphic, Inc.

  Mar 2018 - now

  Creative Director

  Lead team of designers, engineers and software developers in developing next generation pinball games. • Developed storyline and gameplay rules. • Oversaw artistic direction of all asset creation.• Directed hardware and software development team.• Created animated, video, audio and print assets for games.• Created and directed all promotional assets and campaigns.

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  MediaTech Institute - Dallas & Houston

  Jan 2020 - now

  Instructor

  Instructor for numerous college level courses related to video production, including:• PROD 1351 - Introduction to Production• PROL 1342 - Live Production• POSP 1331 - Introduction to Post Production• COMP 2342 - Commercial Production• BUSV 1411 - The Business of Video• BUSC/IBUS 2164 - Business Communication• VFVX 1352 - Foundations of Visual Effects, Photoshop• AEVI 1362 - Intro to After Effects