Samantha Purdy

DGA 2nd AD / 2nd 2nd AD for film, television & commercial productions. Work hand in hand with the Director, the producing team, and the department heads to coordinate and plan for the physical production component of filming

• Break down scripts and create storyboards and shot lists.
• Prepare the call sheet & track daily progress against entire schedule.
• Ensure safety of crew with risk assessment and performing safety meetings.

Tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. Also, setting background actors, talent logistics and on set safety.

• Non union AD / Set Production Assistant for film, television & commercials.
• Talent logistics, checking in background actors, cast contracts, SAG paperwork.
• Standing for 16+ hours sometimes 6+ days per week while remaining focused.

Responsible for the ideation, planning, production and editing of all video content for the Common Sense Media brand.

• Three years of professional experience in video editing and asset Management with some combination of sound mixing and compressing videos.
• Track and report VOD partner metrics for English and Spanish-language videos.
• Uploading videos, creating images, managing metadata, and tracking view metrics for site, social, affiliate, and partner platforms.

Plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script; coordinating writing, directing, editing; and arranging financing

• Responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development
• Produced & Edited 2 award winning short films
• Ghost in the Gun (2019) - Has won 83 film festival awards since release
• Creep (2019) - Winner of Best Short Film, Scary Cow Film Festival 2019.