Summary
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Work History
Timeline
RECOGNITIONS
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Christopher Pomerenke

Multi Faceted Creative Professional
Phoenix,AZ

Summary

25 + years creative and performance driven success in Film/Television/Music/Radio/ Marketing and Promotion.



Skills

    Feature Filmmaker - Commercial Director - Documentarian - Reality Television Producer - Screenwriter - Promotor and Marketeer - Film Editor - Television Producer - Songwriter - Multi-Instrumentalist - Salesman - Radio Advertising/Spot Producer - Performance Artist - Event Booker - Recording Studio Owner - Theatre Director - Actor - Composer - Venue Management - Public Speaker - Creative Team Leader - Casting Director - Life Long Touring Musician - Music Video Director

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Work History

"Queens of Country" (Feature Film)

Director/Writer/Producer


  • Wrote, directed, and produced this Award Winning quirky indie (5$Mill) comedy.
  • Hilarious and wild romp follows a young woman who finds a lost ipod in small town Arizona that she is convinced belongs to her soulmate
  • Worked with Hollywood casting director, Heidi Levitt (The Artist, Natural Born Killers, Born on the Fourth of July) to hand pick a comedy ensemble led by Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex, True Blood, Cloverfield), Ron Livingston (Sex and the city, Office Space, Adaptation), Matt Walsh (The Hangover, Veep), Joe Lo Truglio (Superbad, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Wanderlust) and Wanda Jackson to star in this narrative comedy feature film, Queens of Country
  • Original score by Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)
  • Tribeca Films project.


"Blood Into Wine" (Documentary Film)

Director/Writer/Producer
  • Wrote, directed, and produced this international theatrical release to over 150 screens in the U.S. alone
  • Award Winning documentary tells the story of rockstar-turned-winemakers' (Maynard James Keenan of TOOL) life as a pioneering vintner making fine wine in rugged Arizona.
  • Village Voice called this smart and funny film “a Rock n Roll version of SIDEWAYS”
  • Comedys’ brightest talents appear in the form of Tim Heidecker and Eric Warehiem (Tim and Eric Awesome Show), Bob Odenkirk (Better Caul Saul, Mr. Show) Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, The Simpsons, Zoolander) MIlla Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fifth Element, Hell Boy) and Fairuza Balk ( The Craft, Almost Famous, American History X)
  • Blood into Wine, was the most seen documentary film of 2010

"The Heart Is a Drum Machine" (Documentary Film)

Director/Writer/Producer
  • Wrote, directed, produced this internationally released documentary film that asks "What is Music?".
  • Hand selected and interviewed an eclectic mix of over 100 musicians, actors, scientists, celebrities and fans in effort to bring to the big screen the "magic of music". Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings), Jason Schwartzman (Hunger Games), Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers), George Clinton (Parliment/Funkadelic), Eddie Kramer (Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendricks), Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), MTV’s Kurt Loder, Modest Mouse, Limp Bizkit, Jimmy Eat World, MGMT, Helmet, Bijou Philips, A Perfect Circle, X, Fishbone, Spoon, Sleater-Kinney, Metalocalypse, The Cult, Earth, Wind & Fire, Guns N Roses, Testament, The Dandy Warhols and Nine Inch Nails are just a few of the faces who show up in this award-winning and internationally-distributed documentary that Wired Magazine called “a head trip about the heart that would make Carl Sagan proud”
  • Original score by Steven Drozd (The Flaming Lips) and Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer)

"Hardcore Pawn" (TruTV Cable Series)

Segment Producer
  • Segment Producer for hit reality TV series Hardcore Pawn (TruTV)
  • Cast real life characters hoping to make a deal at Detroit's' largest and most outrageous pawn shop located on famous 8 Mile.
  • Responsible for casting individuals offering unique items with outrageous stories for TruTV's most watched series.
  • Worked with the Story Producer and Director to put fascinating people, their stories and their wares, on camera
  • TruTV is owned by Warner Brothers/Discovery and airs several Hardcore Pawn spin offs.

CBS RADIO

Marketing And Promotions Coordinator
  • Managed interns while doing large scale promotions and marketing events during live broadcasts for CBS Radio in Phoenix, AZ
  • KOOL (Oldies) 94.5 FM & KMLE (Country)100.7 FM
  • Occasionally getting on the mic to rouse large crowds at stadium sized events.

BARRETT-JACKSON AUTO SHOW/ PHOENIX ART MUSEUM

Television Commercial - Director/Writer/Producer
  • Wrote, cast, and directed commercial for the Phoenix Art Museums partnership with the world renowned Barrett-Jackson Auto show
  • Cast look-a-likes to portray famous artists as auto mechanics
  • Sourced and staged a priceless Vintage Ferrari in the main concourse of the Phoenix Art Museum for this surreal and sexy television spot

Funny or Die Presents (TV Series)

Director/Producer
  • Freelance writer for the wildly popular comedic Film/Television production company founded by Will farrell (Saturday Night Live, Anchorman, Elf) and Judd Apatow ( Knocked Up, Bridesmaids, 40 year old Virgin)
  • Recreated the famous “Worst Wedding DJ Ever” viral video for Funny or Die Presents, Starring Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex, Cloverfield, Party Down) and Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Reno 911,Pineapple Express)
  • Actor Ron Livingstons (Office Space, Sex in the City, The Conjuring) strange rendition of the viral video, “Cat Plays Keyboard”, is placed absurdly at the end of this viral “Wedding” video


"MISSION: ORGANIZATION" HGTV Cable Series

Camera Operator/Production Assistant
  • Operated B Unit camera and served as Production Assistant on this Home and Garden Television Series in which living spaces are redesigned to improve organization - one room at a time
  • A Nancy Glass Production

"The Joe Show" - A Sheriff Joe Documentary

Sound Engineer
  • Sound Engineer for a Randy Murray Production
  • The Joe Show is a shocking and wildly entertaining documentary on America's most controversial Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, and his ring-master's approach to modern media, politics and law enforcement.
  • Award winning Documentary features appearances by Ted Nugent, Larry King, Steven Seagal, Hugh Downs, Mitt Romney, Noam Chomsky.

The Edge 106.3 KEDJ-FM

RADIO COMMERCIAL PRODUCER
  • Freelance commerical radio spot producer

Timeline

"Queens of Country" (Feature Film)

Director/Writer/Producer

"Blood Into Wine" (Documentary Film)

Director/Writer/Producer

"The Heart Is a Drum Machine" (Documentary Film)

Director/Writer/Producer

"Hardcore Pawn" (TruTV Cable Series)

Segment Producer

CBS RADIO

Marketing And Promotions Coordinator

BARRETT-JACKSON AUTO SHOW/ PHOENIX ART MUSEUM

Television Commercial - Director/Writer/Producer

Funny or Die Presents (TV Series)

Director/Producer

"MISSION: ORGANIZATION" HGTV Cable Series

Camera Operator/Production Assistant

"The Joe Show" - A Sheriff Joe Documentary

Sound Engineer

The Edge 106.3 KEDJ-FM

RADIO COMMERCIAL PRODUCER

RECOGNITIONS

RECOGNITIONS

  • Member of of the Advisory Committee for the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Honorably recognized for contributions to the local arts community by Janet Napolitano (Governor of Arizona, Secretary of homeland Security).
  • Film's have been made Official Selections at festivals such as: Sedona Film Festival, Prescott film festival, Northwest Film Forum, North Carolina's River Run Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Dal- las International Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, San Francisco Noise Pop Film Festival, Paso Robles Digital Film Festival, Orange County Film Festival, Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, CMJ Music Mara- thon, Musixine Film & Music Festival (Oulu, Finland), Trail dance Oklahoma Film Festival, Kuchnia TV festival (Warsaw, Poland), Oenovideo Festival (Paris, France) and many others.
  • The film Blood into Wine received the 2010 National Gold ADDY Award for post digital special effects for title sequence. Along with winning Best Documentary at Oenovideo Festival (Paris, France) and at Trail Dance Okla- homa Film Festival.

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