Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Websites
Accomplishments
Certification
Filmmaking, Writing, Scripts, Editing
Timeline
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Jagannathan Ramamoorthy

Palmdale,CA

Summary

Industrious Creative Director offering an aptitude for developing innovative methods to bring creative visions to life. Possessing 30 years of demonstrated success in network, television and film projects to add value to the production and creative teams.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Creative Director

Spundana-Improvisations
Palmdale, USA
07.2016 - Current
  • Training String Instrumentalists in a rare genre of Indian classical music, audio-video recording and editing artistry, screenwriting, storytelling and editing films and television pilots, producing skills and accounting / finance aspects for the entertainment industry professionals.

Music Composer / Violin Soloist

Hollywood Film Musicians Association / Local 47 Union
Encino / Hollywood, CA, USA
11.2003 - Current
  • Provided music composing and violin / vocal solos to various blockbuster feature films, commercial audio albums, and television pilots.

Music Teacher / Faculty - North and South Indian Classical Violin / Vocal - University Level

Various Educational Institutions (CalArts, CSUN, UCLA, Durfee Foundation, Clairemont, Otis)
Greater Los Angeles and Orange Counties
11.2002 - Current
  • I have been training string instrumentalists (Violinists, Violists, Sitarists, Guitarists, Cellists, and other instrumentalists) in the traditional North and South Indian genres of classical music, with an emphasis on my own lineage and traditional music system called the GAAYAKI-ANG
  • Over the last 21 years I have trained over 50 such musicians at the university and stage performance levels.

Education

Master's - World Music Performance, Jazz Improv, Composition, String Ensemble, Crossover

California Institute of the Arts
05.2004

Bachelor's - Commerce - Advanced Accounting, Money & Banking, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Taxation, Trading

G.S. College of Commerce - Rani Durgavati University
06.1986

Skills

  • Audio - Video recording / editing - Pro Tools / iMovie / Garageband - 10 years
  • Screenwriting / Final Draft Report / Other Script Writing Software - 10 years
  • Accounting, Budgeting, Scheduling, Financing - Films / TV pilots only - 10 years
  • Voiceover Artist - Dialogues / Narration Script / Summary / Synopses - Films and TV only - 10 years
  • Presentation Decks, PPT slideshows, Audio-Video Pitch Decks - 10 years
  • Music Composition and Recording Artistry - Trance-Traditional / Indian Classical - 10 years
  • Avid and Premiere Mastery
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Deadline-Oriented
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Team Development
  • Creative Team Collaboration
  • Staff Recruitment
  • Project Management
  • Budget Adherence
  • Deadline-Driven
  • Assignment Delegation
  • Standards Implementation
  • Project Management Expertise
  • Strategic Communications
  • Design Background
  • Campaign Development Expertise
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Television Promotion

Affiliations

  • Advanced Accounting
  • US Immigration Law understanding, expertise for F-1, H1B, O-1 Visas, Green Cards in EB1 Category, Path to US Citizenship
  • Budgeting and Scheduling, Screenwriting, Script Breakdown, Scenarist, Final Draft Report, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Garageband.
  • PPT, Pitch Decks, Presentations, Canva, Grammarly, MS Office.

Accomplishments

  • Master Musician Fellowship - Durfee Foundation
  • Scholarships - CalArts
  • LA Treasures Awards - 2004 / 2007
  • India's Premier Music Award - (Sur Mani) The Pearl of the Musical Pitch perfection - Mumbai - 1996

Certification

  • Master Musician Fellowship - 2006-07
  • CalArts MFA Degree - 2002-2004
  • Bachelor's Degree in Commerce - Jabalpur, MP, India

Filmmaking, Writing, Scripts, Editing

* Audio - Video recording / editing - Pro Tools / iMovie / Garageband - 10+ years

** Screenwriting / Final Draft Report / Other Script Writing Software - 10+ years

*** Accounting, Budgeting, Scheduling, Financing - Films / TV pilots only - 10+ years

**** Voiceover Artist - Dialogues / Narration Script / Summary / Synopses - Films and TV only - 10+ years

****** Presentation Decks, PPT slideshows, Audio-Video Pitch Decks - 10+ years

******* Music Composition and Recording Artistry - Trance-Traditional / Indian Classical - 10+ years

Timeline

Creative Director

Spundana-Improvisations
07.2016 - Current

Music Composer / Violin Soloist

Hollywood Film Musicians Association / Local 47 Union
11.2003 - Current

Music Teacher / Faculty - North and South Indian Classical Violin / Vocal - University Level

Various Educational Institutions (CalArts, CSUN, UCLA, Durfee Foundation, Clairemont, Otis)
11.2002 - Current

Master's - World Music Performance, Jazz Improv, Composition, String Ensemble, Crossover

California Institute of the Arts

Bachelor's - Commerce - Advanced Accounting, Money & Banking, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Taxation, Trading

G.S. College of Commerce - Rani Durgavati University
Jagannathan Ramamoorthy