* LAST UPDATED JUNE, 2009 *
OBJECTIVE: |
To work as an Assistant Editor.
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EDUCATION: |
B.S. Business Management, Pamplin School of Business
B.A. Communication
Summa Cum Laude, Top Academic Honor, both degrees
Overall GPA .3.9 / 4.0, Dean’s List every semester
Dual Honors Degrees, Commonwealth Scholar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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| INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: |
Assistant Editor, NBC's & Seinfeld's Marriage Ref, 2009
Casting Assistant, ABC's Supernanny, 2009
Assistant Editor, ABC's Supernanny, 2009
Assistant Editor, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, 2009
Assistant Editor, The Terminators, 2008-2009
Assistant to Senior Vice President of Production and Development, Universal Pictures
Post-Production Assistant, DreamWorks' Tropic Thunder, directed by Ben Stiller, 2007-2008 (nine months)
Post-Production Assistant, Walt Disney's The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner/Ashton Kutcher, 2006
Production Assistant, TRP Yoga DVDs, 2007
Production Assistant, Production, King Video Productions, 2006-2007
Production Assistant, Production, Documentary Filmed at Virginia Tech, 2005
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RELATED EXPERIENCE: |
Avid Class: Moviola MC 101 -- Avid Editing / Assistant Editing
Grand Prize Winner of Nation-Wide "Film Your Issue" Competition, Summer 2006
. . . . * National competition inviting all U.S. students to make a one-minute movie on any "issue"
. . . . * Judges included President Barak Obama, George Clooney, Brian Williams, Walter Cronkite, Mayor
. . . . . Villaraigosa of LA, the Dalai Lama, among others
. . . . * Presented winning film and gave acceptance speeches at United Nations Headquarters in NYC, .
. . ... * in Hollywood with the Mayor of LA, and during Sundance Film Festival in Park City.
. . . . * Leaton has been featured in dozens of media outlets, including newspaper and magazine articles, and on TV and
* . . . . radio interviews (available by clicking HERE)
. . . . * GRAND PRIZE: Received an eight-week paid internship at Walt Disney's movie studios in LA
2007 judge of Film Your Issue, and judge of various student film/video contests at Virginia Tech
Filmed and Edited a 90-second spot of Virginia Tech's Candlelight Vigil, shown to 71,000 people at Penn State's
. . . . . football stadium, and used as a commercial on TV stations around the US, 2007
VTTV, the on-campus television station, January 2004 - May 2005
. . . . * Worked 100 extra hours to earn $1,000 to donate to the station
. . . . * Technical Director, Commercial Producer, Sound
Independent Project, "UGANDA" Summer 2005
. . . . * Created half hour documentary at orphanage in Uganda, and the trailer won "Film Your Issue"
Videographer/Editor, Midlothian High School Athletic Department, September 2000 - June 2002
Photojournalism Camp, Corcoran School of Art, studied with White House Press Corp, June 2001
Film Camp, New Millennium Studios, main editor of film project, July 2001
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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
AND HONORS: |
Served as the Undergraduate Representative to the Virginia Tech Alumni Advisory Board, 2006 - Present
College Ambassador for College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech, August 2004 - May 2007
. . . * One of 30 top students chosen to represent the college
. . . * Chosen to be one of four members on the Ambassador Coordinating Board
. . . * Selected to deliver keynote address at college awards ceremony
Association of Motion Pictures at Virginia Tech, January 2004 - May 2007
Peer Tutor (T.A.), Intro to Communication, Dr. McCallister, August 2003 - December 2003
. . . * One of two top freshman students chosen from a 500 student lecture class to return the following year as
. . . . a tutor
Leadership Program, Virginia Tech, August 2002 - May 2003
Member of three Vocal Groups, including VT's premiere vocal jazz group, New Virginians, and top classical group,
. . . . Chamber Singers, August 2002 - May 2003
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AWARDS: |
Grand Prize Winner of "Film Your Issue," Nation-Wide Film Competition, 2006, one of five winners of 350
. . . . entries, and winner of the Grand Prize Disney Internship
Best in Festival -- First Place of 46 Film Submissions, Progeny Film Festival, April 2005
MSN Award for Integration of Film and Media (a sub-contest within Film Your Issue), 2006
Ed Ewing Service Award, Given by Department of Communication at Virginia Tech, 2007
Best Cinematographer, Progeny Film Festival, April 2006
Best Editor, Progeny Film Festival, April 2004
Beta Gamma Sigma, Highest Recognition in Business Schools
Omicron Delta Kappa, Highest collegiate honor for leadership
Recipient of four merit-based scholarships, June 2002 - April 2005
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, February 2003 - Present
Youth Services Citizen Board Nomination, Outstanding Young Person Award, May 2002
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