1. KATIE ORJONIKIDZE-CASEY
(917) 803-7566 Katieorj777@yahoo.com
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / WRITER / EDITOR /
JOURNALIST / CINEMATOGRAPHER
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 Producing – excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
 Project Management – Plans and navigates websites for manage projects.
 Marketing and Advertising.
 Screenwriting – translating touching stories from real life to film
 Directing – ability to bring actors full performance to the surface
 Editing – telling a powerful story with the most concise cuts
 Journalism - passionate no-nonsense coverage of cutting edge stories
 Videographer - Creates interesting shots by using artistic and technical
decisions
EDUCATION
 BA of Film Production, Brooklyn College, (CUNY) -2013
 Feature and Doc. Film Directing, Tisch School of the Arts, (NYU) –
2004
 M.A of Journalism. Tbilisi State University, Georgia – 1996
INTERNSHIPS
 Brooklyn College Digital Media Department CUNY (2012-2013)
 Back Road Entertainment, Lake Life (reality TV Show) (2014-2015)
WORK
• Political reporter in daily newspapers (over 10 years)
• Freelance producer, director, writer, editor (8 years –present)
• Judge at NYC indie Film Festival (2 years - present)
• Kid’s film studio instructor at “Dancing Crane Studio” (2 years-present)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
8 years of project management experience. Worked effectively with up to 50
young filmmaker’s from all over the world. Planned and navigate Websites to
generate fundraising strategies and managed for various projects. Expert
judgment, scope planning, schedule development, budget and cost control.
Ability to communicate, collaborate and influence across groups. Solve problems
as a technical also creative aspect. Strong communication, presentation,
analytical and problem solving skills. Managing Websites and Social Networking
Sites, Social Media for each project separately. Keep them active and continually
update.

2. The Parrot (2008) /
https://vimeo.com/99393923
• All aspects of the motion picture production process, including creative,
financial, technological and administrative.
• Coordinating, supervising and control of all talents and crafts.
• Actively apply festivals all over the world.
• Managing travels, screenings and presentations.
•Launched email marketing, PPC advertising and social media marketing campaigns
•Created email newsletters, RFPs and marketing collateral
•Managed a small team responsible for event planning and fundraising
Build new Websites, website design, update weekly and even daily based of the
event and screenings.
Nana (2014)
https://vimeo.com/111317187 (password is Nana)
 Raising funding;
 Building and developing a network of contacts;
 Using computer software packages for screenwriting, budgeting and scheduling;
 Hiring key staff, including a crew.
 Controlling the budget and allocating resources;
 Pulling together all the strands of creative and practical talent;
 Maintaining contemporary technical skills;
 Managing social media and Websites regularly.
Georgian Bread (2016) (password is - Bread)
https://vimeo.com/158639523
 Organizing shooting schedules - dependent on the type of producer and availability of
support staff;
 Troubleshooting;
 Supervising the progress of the project from production to post production;
 Holding regular meetings with crew members to discuss characters and scenes;
 Bringing the finished production in on budget.
Build new Websites, website design, analytics reporting target and reaching a
larger audience.
Manage production workflow from creative brief to delivery.

3. JOURNALISM
Accredited political journalist at Parliament of Georgia (1992-1998) covering hot
political debates and discussions in Georgia’s parliament, taking interviews from
high-ranking political figures and covering stories about Post Soviet immigrant
life in USA for Georgian newspapers “Akhali Taoba” and “Kviris Palitra” (1999-
2004)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Final cut pro 7/ Adobe Premiere/ Photoshop/ Budgeting/ Scheduling/ Microsoft
Office 2000/ Microsoft Office XP / Microsoft Office 1997, Internet Explorer/ MS
Word/Outlook, PowerPoint.
FILM CREDITS
 MORNING DETOUR (2007) - Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/DP - 5
min.
 THE PARROT (2008)- Writer/Director/Producer/Actress. -30 min.
 BROOKLYN HOME MYSTERY (2010) – Director/Producer/Editor
 LOVE AND AUTUMN (2010) – Director/ Producer/Editor-(16mm)
 ARTIST AND THE BIG CITY (2011)-Writer/Director/Producer/DP/
Editor
 STORIA DE AMORE (2011)-Author/Director/Producer/Editor - 10
min.
 NANA (2014) –Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/Production Designer -
30 min.
 GEORGIAN BREAD (2016), Writer/Director/Producer/ Editor - 22
min.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
 Outstanding Achievements in Producing/Produc.Design
/Screenwriting
 Emerging Female Filmmaker’s award from - New York Woman In
Film &
Television
 Royal Reel Award - Canada International Film Festival
LANGUAGES
English, Russian, Georgian