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Michael Graf

Melrose,FL

Summary

I'd love to join your team! I've worked for the past two decades collaborating with clients to produce video content that met or exceeded their expectations. I'm easy to work with and regardless the complexity of the project, I always carry a very positive can-do attitude.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Video Producer

Citibank
10.2015 - 07.2025

Produced high quality videos primarily for the communications teams of senior level directors and executives. I routinely produced content for the Branch Network, Branded Cards, Wealth, Operations and Technology. Routinely, I helped develop and revise scripts, produced voice overs and in general, drove streamlining of often overly complex concepts into a workable reality from start to finish using multiple Adobe applications. The studio I had access to comprised of several Canon C300II systems, Arri lighting, chroma key backgrounds, Senheisser microphones and various style teleprompters.

Freelancer

Self-employeed
02.2013 - 08.2015

I produced television commercials and web content for a variety of companies located in Jacksonville. Primarily, a few Ford dealers, a chain of amusement parks, lawyers, and pest control companies.

Media Manager

Digital Video Arts (DVA)
09.2003 - 02.2013

This was a change of career path for me. Primarily, I processed requests for video duplication, or dubbing. This however was a time when high end Sony HDCAM SR was beginning to become the industry standard, and DVA had several edit suites dedicated to HDCAM, as well as Sony DigiBeta. There, I helped with productions for several national Ford dealers, the Jacksonville Jags and the NFL daily.

Other

Various
07.1988 - 08.2003
  • Sight and Sound - AV Technician / Jacksonville Florida FL 2003
  • Boca Resort - AV Technician / Boca Raton FL 2001-2003
  • Multi Image Group - Color Lab Manager / Boca Raton FL 1996-2001
  • JJ Reprographics - Black & White Lab Manager / West Palm Beach FL 1994-1996
  • Olan Mills - Photographer / West Palm Beach & Margate FL 1991-1994
  • Al Friedman Photography - Photographer / Ventura CA 1988-1991

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Industrial And Scientific Photography

Brooks Institute of Photography
Santa Barbara, CA
02-1990

Skills

  • Adobe Premiere Pro / Proficient
  • Adobe After Effects / Proficient
  • Adobe Character Animator / Proficient
  • Adobe Audition / High-level
  • Adobe Photoshop / High-level
  • Adobe Illustrator / Mid-level
  • Storyboarding / Mid-level
  • Script polishing / Proficient
  • Client communication / Proficient

Interests

I've always been comfortable behind the camera Even in middle school, I was a proficient stop-motion horror and Sci-Fi film producer - some were actually pretty good!


When I was a teenager, I desperately wanted to work at ILM for LucasFilm, or for Douglas Trumbull, who made the effects for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner, but when I attended Brooks Institute, I realized that those days of film making were numbered


I love French Cuisine MG, Triumph and the Ford Model A are all cars I've owned and loved I'm still passionate about racquetball and dream of being able to play as well now as I used to

My parents owned a couple famous restaurants; Buena Vista in Nassau Bahamas and Bernard's in Boynton Beach Fl

Timeline

Lead Video Producer

Citibank
10.2015 - 07.2025

Freelancer

Self-employeed
02.2013 - 08.2015

Media Manager

Digital Video Arts (DVA)
09.2003 - 02.2013

Other

Various
07.1988 - 08.2003

Bachelor of Arts - Industrial And Scientific Photography

Brooks Institute of Photography
Michael Graf