Katie Smeraldo

Highly driven filmmaker with the desire improve craft through further education. Skilled in technical application of lighting and camera compositions. Intends to develop creativity and the skills to bring ideas to fruition.

• Gaffer - Me Auld Flower festival promo video
• Best Boy - Soulmate Wanted short film
• Best Boy - Ad for FAI Volunteers campaign
• Best Boy - Ad for Sum Up (Find Your Passion) campaign
• Spark - Dolorosa art shoot
• Gaffer - Folksong Music Video
• Best Boy - Ad for Brown Thomas
• Best Boy - Steelers and Dubliner Distillery Collab
• Best Boy - Free Gaff Season 2 (TV show)
• Best Boy - Ad for Avonmore Protein Milk
• Best Boy - Ad for Island's Edge
• 1st AD - Bloodspawn: Curse of Uktena (Feature Film)
• Gaffer- "My Mother" by Sarina (Music Video)
• DP/Director - Safarani Sisters (Short Documentary, on website:https://ktsmeraldo.wixsite.com/cinematography/cinematography )
• Director of Photography - Ruth and Azucena (Short Film, on website:https://ktsmeraldo.wixsite.com/cinematography/cinematography )
• Crew member at Pulse Media in Watertown, MA (09/01/20 - 03/01/22)
• Production Intern at AcidProd in Paris, France (03/01/20)

• District of Columbia Association of Land Surveyors, Washington, DC, Editor & Videographer, 10/01/18, Present Day, Sole editor for lecture series and a documentary for the DCALS education non-profit. Including rough edit, fine edits, color correction, sound mixing and editing, basic animation, etc. All done in Adobe Premiere. Occasionally videographer should the need arise, most recently on Final Point for Chas Langelan.
• Heritage, Emerald Park Ad, Co. Meath, Ireland, Best Boy, 03/01/23, 03/01/23, Assisted Gaffer with light rigging and design in an ad for Emerald Park (formerly Tayto Park) in Co. Meath, Ireland. Includes setup, tear down, and maintaining equipment. Last job in Ireland before moving back to the United States.
• Heritage, Guinness and Coke, West Cork, Ireland, Best Boy, 02/01/23, 03/01/23, Assisted Gaffer with lighting design collaboration and light rigging in a short film entitled Guinness and Coke. Includes setup, tear down, and maintaining equipment. Participated in tech reconnaissance.
• Stormlight, Pre-pay Power Commercial, Dublin, Ireland, Best Boy, 01/01/23, 01/01/23, Assisted Gaffer with light rigging and creative design collaboration in an ad for Pre-pay Power, includes setup, tear down, and maintaining equipment
• Brainstorm Productions, Scary Tales of New York, Wicklow, Ireland, Spark, 11/01/22, 11/01/22, Assisted Gaffer with lighting rigging for the serial TV show Scary Tales of New York, includes setup and tear down.
• Four Quadrant Films, Mustard, Storyland, Bray, Ireland, Best Boy/Spark, 09/01/22, 09/01/22, Assisted Gaffer and Director of Photography with lighting rigging and design collaboration for the TV pilot titled Mustard, includes setup, tear down, and maintaining equipment.
• Stopwatch Entertainment, Body Builders 3, Ballybunion, Ireland, Gaffer, 07/01/22, 07/01/22, Gaffed multiple scenes for children's science television show, including setup and tear down. Collaborated with the director and director of photography on multiple shots. Managed multiple trainees in an efficient manner while passing on skills for their own experience.
• Heritage, The Examiner Writer's Campaign, Kite Studios, Wicklow, Best Boy, 06/01/22, 06/01/22, Assisted gaffer and director of photography on lighting rigging, including setup and tear down. Worked in a large studio setting with elaborate rigging on light grids.
• Independent Project, Concrete, Boston, MA, Director of Photography, 05/01/21, 05/01/21, Planned and executed interview of musician in short form documentary. Planned and executed shots via shot list. Designed light-scape to capture emotional elements of the project. Used creative shots to express story elements. Edited in Premiere Pro. Link: https://ktsmeraldo.wixsite.com/cinematography/cinematography

• World Class Color Guard Performer

Organizations: Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps for outdoor; AMP Winterguard for indoor (currently)

Basically dancing but with equipment such as flags, rifles, and sabers

Link of current show as of March 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOk-CXtnIkE&t=345s&pp=ygUYTm90IGFtcCB3aW50ZXJndWFyZCAyMDI0 

• Occasionally Circus Performer (Hand Balancing)