Resumé April 2007
Jonathan Paul Carlson email: jon@joncarlson.com
2122 Penn Avenue South office: 612 377-8820
Minneapolis, MN 55405-2456 fax: 612 377-8170
home: 612 381-1954
PRODUCER * WRITER * DIRECTOR * PHOTOGRAPHER * EDITOR
Sole Proprietor EPIC Media
6/73--present 2122 Penn Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55405
studio: 612 377-8820
An independent video and film production company, EPIC Media provides complete production services for clients. We are recognized for our educational and natural science programs for broadcast, cable, govern- ment and industry. The company creates work in all video formats—broadcast/cable/consumer, finishes productions via Firewire (Final Cut Pro HD) and RGB (*edit), and owns an extensive Betacam stock library.
Our recent education programs include Harvard College (2003), the admissions video for Harvard College; Deris Cusub-New Neighbors (2003), Somali tenant/landlord training; and The Urban Teacher (2000) and The Nursing Program (2000), documentaries for Minneapolis Community & Technical College.
Recent natural science programs include Wild and Forever Free (2001) and An Urban Family Outdoor Skills Weekend (1997) for the Wisconsin DNR; Rain in the Forecast (1998), Electric Weather (1998), Wonder in Winterland (1998), Behind the Scenes at Underwater World (1997), and How's the Ol' Man (1997) for KARE TV (NBC); and Wild Turkey World (1997) for national cable distribution.
EPIC Media creates the annual TV and radio commercials for Home Shows in 18 U.S. markets.
Adjunct Faculty: Visual Comm, Digital Arts Univ. of Minnesota, The College of Visual Arts (StP),
8/99—present (part-time) Augsburg College, Mpls Community & Technical College
• teach the art and technology of visual communication and production--writing, producing, motion/still photography and graphics, linear and non-linear editing; advise faculty and staff on equipment and budgets
Manager/Producer-Writer/Project Coordinator WCCO Television (CBS, Channel 4)
7/88--7/96 Weather, Community Relations Departments
• managed and produced station projects that maintained and expanded its unique franchise, notably
a series of Feedback 4 meetings that resulted in a nationally recognized 'family-sensitive' newscast.
• wrote and produced Watch 4 Storms, a natural science series about severe weather (1994),
and wrote and photographed a CD-ROM with the Minnesota Zoo for the CBS Foundation (1996).
• managed WCCO's long-standing current events education efforts, maintained the FCC public file,
coordinated special events, and produced public service announcements and promotion spots.
• managed six staff meteorologists; wrote and produced feature material for daily weathercasts. • created a series of natural science stories that reached as many as 40,000 schoolchildren when broadcast, and won an Environmental Education Award from the U.S. EPA (1993). Water 4 Ever received a Nat'l Education Assoc. Award for the Advancement of Learning through Broadcasting (1990).Shows (2,500 copies) from that series have been distributed to schools in 24 states.
• advocated, designed and managed the construction of a 4,500 sq. ft. rooftop garden used to produce daily gardening features that led to Rebecca's Garden, a nationally-syndicated gardening show.
Photographer/Editor WCCO Television (CBS, Channel 4)
7/77--7/88 Public Affairs, Local Programming Departments
• photographed and edited cinema verite documentaries, and feature material for local and national broadcast; worked on The Moore Report, PM Magazine, Incredible Kids and numerous specials. • received national and international recognition, including an Emmy (1987), a Dupont-Columbia Award (1986), and a UPI International Award (1986) for Best Documentary.
EDUCATION
B.A. in Philosophy, 1972 (cum laude in General Studies) Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
M.A. thesis complete (73 graduate credits, 3.89 GPA) Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Journalism-Mass Communication, 1973-76, 2004-7 (major--History of Photography/Film Production) Speech-Communication, 1973-76 (major--Broadcasting/Television Production)