Résumé

Lon McQuillin

P. O. Box 1676 San Mateo, CA 94401

www.McQPro.com


Samples of my work

The McQ Home Page

   
Summary Television producer, director, writer and editor with extensive experience in all areas of production, including entertainment, commercials, and corporate, industrial and educational programming.
3D Animation/Motion Graphics designer.
   
Credit Highlights

Senior Producer  Chaos Media Networks
 Video On Demand Cable Network Startup

Online Editor “People Say I’m Crazy”
 90-minute documentary on paranoid schizophrenic artist John Cadigan.
 Produced by Katie Cadigan and Oscar-winner Ira Wohl (“Best Boy”).
 Aired on Cinemax August 2004

Producer/Director/Editor “Mission Street Update”
 Weekly training program for the San Jose Police Department.

Editor “Hot Monkey Love”
 Independent romantic comedy produced by Cooper Entertainment Group.
 Shot on super 16 with transfer to BetaSP for editing.

Director/Editor “The Other Cafe’s Comedy Showcase”
 Eight-episode pay TV series seen nationally.

Director/Editor “It's a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”
 Music video by The Residents for Warner Bros. Records.

Producer/Director “It’s Intermission”
 Pair (indoor/drive-in) of 35mm theatrical promos.

Writer/Director/Videographer/Editor “Alaska Computer Training Series”
 Series of computer literacy training programs for State of Alaska Dept. of Education.
  Subsequently licensed and distributed by Apple Computer, Inc.

Director/Videographer/Editor “Profile in Comedy: Michael Pritchard”
 A profile of the comedian aired on KQED, Ch. 9.

Producer/Director/Editor “You’re in Control”
 Corporate training program for Fireman’s Fund Insurance.

Director/Videographer “London Metals Exchange”
 Public information program for Merrill Lynch, New York.

Producer/Director/Editor “Corporate Outlook Seminar 2”
 Major employee information series for Pacific Bell.

Writer/Producer/Director/Editor “Tooth or Consequences”
 Dental education program for The Video Company, Berkeley.

Director, Editor - Television Commercials
 Colony Wines, Texas Instruments, Atari, Dolby Laboratories, KBLX-FM, Audio Ecstasy,  Pacific Gas & Electric, Chevron Oil, Procter & Gamble, Inglenook Wines, and others.

   
Major Awards Gold Medal - International Film & TV Festival of New York
Silver Medal - International Film & TV Festival of New York
 for “Comedy Showcase”, episodes 3 and 5.

Bronze Medal - International Film & TV Festival of New York
 for “You’re in Control”.

Golden Reel of Excellence - ITVA International Videotape Festival
 for “Tooth or Consequences”.
   
Teaching/Training College of San Mateo
 Instructor, Telecommunications 232 (2nd semester studio production).

North American Television Institute
 Instructor in series of seminars and workshops presented in major U.S. cities.

Video Expo New York / Video Expo San Francisco
 Seminar & workshop instructor in various aspects of television production.

ITVA International Conference
 Instructor of various seminars and production workshops.

ITVA New Zealand National Conference
 Keynote speaker, workshop leader.

Los Angeles Videoshow
 Seminar instructor.
   
Books The Video Production Guide
 Howard W. Sams & Co.
 Television production & post production textbook. (five printings).

Computers in Video Production
 Knowledge Industry Publications.
 General guide to microcomputer applications in production.

The Handbook of Private Television
 McGraw-Hill.
 One of 28 contributors (Directing chapter) to corporate TV handbook.
   

Software
  Development

Developer of computer software for television editing and production, including Cutter (cuts-only linear videotape editing software), MovieTools (video editing utilies), and others.

Software designer for the Edit Master linear video editing system and developer of the Edit Lister list management software.
   
Software
 Proficiency
Avid, Final Cut Pro, Media 100, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Illustrator, ProTools, Strata 3DPro, Dreamweaver, DVD Studio Pro, BitVice, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Director, Media Cleaner, MS Office, PageMaker, et al.
   
Memberships

San Francisco Film/Tape Council.
 Board of Directors, 1985 - 1998.
 Vice President, 1997 - 1998.

   
Miscellaneous

Musician - Composer/Arranger