1. DREW WILLIAM HIGGINS320 S. Ardmore Ave. Apt#107, Los Angeles, CA, 90020 | C: 717-989-3031 | Mr.DrewHiggins@gmail.com
I am a Creative Producer working in Hollywood Entertainment. I have Quality Control experience in the Video Game Industry and in assisting Information
Technologies as an Office Manager in an international Trading company. I am an Artist that can shoot, write, edit, draw, act and animate stop-motion and
motion graphics; I have a B.A. in New Media and an M.F.A. in Directing Motion Pictures and Television. My goal is to bring my clients’ creative visions to life.
LINKS
Demo Reel – https://vimeo.com/drewwilliamhiggins/reel Music Video – https://vimeo.com/drewwilliamhiggins/dowhatyougottado
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewwilliamhiggins IMDB – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2094035/?ref_=fn_al_nm_3
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
CAMERA
OPERATOR
–
Culture
and
Main
–
White
Rose
Community
Television
(Ch.18
WRTC)
-­‐
York,
PA
08/2014
–
01/2015
- Director,
Interviewer
and
Camera
Operator
for
“York-­‐fest”
Art
Festival.
Interview
with
Best
New
Artist
- Camera
Operator
for
Fashion
Week
and
1
st
Friday.
Fashion
Show,
Bands,
B-­‐roll,
and
Interview
footage
covering
all
of
the
nights
events
- Studio
Camera
Operator
for
live
Culture
and
Main
Halloween
Show
DIRECTOR
/
PRODUCER
/
EDITOR
–
U.$.@.:
The
Opportunist
Prophet
–
Film
(DirtyFork
Labs.)
-­‐
Lancaster,
PA
01
–
05/2013
- Writer
/
Director
/
Actor
in
Dystopian
Science
Fiction
Mock-­‐umentary
Master’s
Film
Thesis
Project
- Editor
and
Animator
for
the
entire
film
- Composed
and
performed
parts
of
the
Film
Score
1
st
ASSISTANT
CAMERA
–
San
Francisco
Fashion
Shoot
–
Web
Commercial
(Simone
Associates)
-­‐
Lebanon,
PA
10/2012
- Acted
as
Grip
and
Lighting
Dept.
and
Assisted
Camera
Operator
with
shots
and
fetching
lenses
RESEARCHER
/
ALT.
HEALTH
/
STUDENT
–
U.$.@.
Series,
Existential
Salad,
Totally
Ill
Editing
Techniques,
–
Student
Films
–
San
Francisco,
CA
2008
–
2012
- Worked
on
Student
Films
with
Academy
Students,
learned
to
shoot,
light,
and
edit
films,
how
to
write,
research
and
fund
Motion
Pictures
- Studied
Psychology
and
Philosophy
(Hagel,
Heidegger,
Freud,
Nietzsche),
Human
Figure
Drawing,
Animation
and
Puppet
Making
- Practiced
Alternative
Health
solutions
like
Meditation,
Reiki,
and
dieting
with
Organic
and
G.M.O.
free
foods
LOGGER
/
DRIVER
–
I
<3
NY,
Flavour
of
Love,
My
Fair
Brady
–
Reality
TV
(51
Minds
/
VH1)
-­‐
Los
Angeles,
CA
04
–
06,
09
–
10/2006
- Ran
episodes
from
Post-­‐Production
Office
to
Producers
throughout
Los
Angeles
area,
ran
all
office
errands
- Art
Swing
for
My
Fair
Brady,
Art
Swing
and
ran
all
set
errands
- Logger
for
all
5
camera
departments,
logged
footage
on
the
fly
within
the
I
<3
NY
house
LOCATIONS
SCOUT
/
DRIVER
–
Top
Chef
II
–
Reality
TV
(Magical
Elves
Ent.
/
NBC)
-­‐
Los
Angeles,
CA
06
–
08/2006
- Locations
Scout
for
sets
and
restaurants
around
Downtown
Los
Angeles
- Pre
Production
Office
Assistant,
ran
footage
content
to
Universal
Studios,
performed
office
errands
- Emmy
Nominations
in
Outstanding
Cinematography
for
Reality
Programming
and
Outstanding
Reality-­‐Competition
Program
PRODUCTION
DESIGNER
/
ART
DIRECTOR
–
Magnus
Inc.
–
Film
(Gateway
Productions)
-­‐
Los
Angeles,
CA
06/2006
- Worked
closely
with
the
Director
on
his
vision
of
the
visual
aesthetic
of
the
film
- Built
all
set
props
that
needed
to
be
created
for
the
film,
including
lemonade
stands
and
flashy
promotional
signs
- Responsible
for
the
hiring
of
the
Prop
Master
who
filled
in
visuals
in
sets
with
trinkets
and
nostalgia
ART
SWING
/
DRIVER
–
“Pretty
Vegas”
INXS
–
Music
Video
(Scott
Duncan
Films
/
SONY
BMG)
-­‐
Los
Angeles,
CA
10/2005
- Drove
Camera
Truck
to
set
location
at
Van
Nuys
Airport
- Intense
14-­‐hour
Music
Video
Shoot
shot
within
an
airplane
hanger
ART
DIRECTOR
/
ACTOR
–
Chandler
Hall
–
Feature
Film
(Pollack
Pictures
/
Far
West
Productions)
-­‐
Los
Angeles,
CA
07
–
09/2005
- Moved
from
Art
Swing
to
Art
Director
in
3
days,
drove
police
vehicles
in
desert
chase,
drove
art
truck,
painted
sets,
tracked
budget
- Received
Taft-­‐Hartley
to
become
SAG
eligible
after
performing
in
scene
with
Sally
Kirkland
and
Michael
Bowen
EXPERIENCE
QUALITY
CONTROL
/
DATA
ENTRY
–
Assurant
Solutions
(Manpower
Temps.)
–
Cell
Phone
Refurbishing
-­‐
York,
PA
05/2014
- Performed
QA
and
Data
Entry
in
database
while
on
a
factory
line,
disassembled
and
assembled
phones
QUALITY
CONTROL
/
CUSTOMER
SERVICE
–
Bethesda
Game
Studios
(Kelly
Services
Temps.)
–
MMORG
Launch
-­‐
Hunt
Valley,
MD
04/2014
- Performed
QA
and
Data
Entry
live
during
gameplay,
responded
to
customers
in
character
ENERGY
SUPPLIER
SALES
–
Washington
Gas
and
Energy
Services
–
Gas
and
Electric
Sales
-­‐
Lancaster,
PA
11/2012
–
01/2013
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
–
WAAT
Media
–
Cellphone
Game
and
Entertainment
Websites
-­‐
Sherman
Oaks,
CA
01
–
06/2007
- Performed
QA
and
entered
all
bugs
into
the
Wireframe
Matrix
for
Programming
Dept.
GAME
TESTER
–
Electronic
Arts
(Command
and
Conquer
III)
–
Game
Studio
(RTS
Game)
-­‐
Playa
Vista,
CA
11/2006
–
01/2007
OFFICE
MANAGER
–
EWT
LLC.
/
Madison
Tyler
Holdings
LLC.
–
Stock
and
Commodities
Trading
-­‐
Beverly
Hills,
CA
01
–
05/2006
- Assisted
IT
department
on
hectic
trading
room
floors
where
time
is
money,
responsible
for
office
supplies
and
created
storage
facility
EDUCATION
The
Academy
of
Art
University
–
Master
of
Fine
Arts
in
Directing
Motion
Pictures
and
Television
–
Purchase,
NY
2008
-­‐
2013
State
University
of
New
York
at
Purchase
College
–
Bachelor
of
Arts
in
New
Media
–
San
Francisco,
CA
2002
-­‐
2005