ZACHARY STOLTZFUS _

cell: (540) 820-7015 • email: zistoltzfus@yahoo.com

SUMMARY _
 Organized, efficient, and dependable worker
 Experienced in teaching skills and concepts to others as well as working as a team player
 Experience using Final Cut Pro, Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects
 Experience using 16mm and 35mm film cameras (Arri SR, Arri 35III, and Panavision GII)
 Experience designing and setting up lighting for film and video (Fresnels, Open-faces, HMIs)
 Experience using video cameras (Canon XHA1, Sony HDX and EX1, Panasonic HVX200)

EXPERIENCE _
STUDENT, TISCH FILM PROGRAM – New York University, Summer 2009 – Present
 Took Camera I and II, classes focusing on film and lighting theory with extensive hands on
experience using film cameras and various lights (Fresnels, Open-faces, HMIs, and Kinos).
 Took “Sight and Sound: Film” and “Sight and Sound: Studio” and gained experience
managing sets and people throughout the pre-production and production processes of small,
“no-budget” films.
 Took “Color Sync” and gained experience producing and directing a small budget film
 Worked as a DP on multiple classmate’s projects.
INTERN, BLACK20 MEDIA – New York City, Spring 2010
 Worked as an intern at a small production company creating comedy videos for the web.
 Gained experience using the Sony EX1, quickly setting up lights, building sets, and preparing
for productions (buying props, scheduling auditions for actors, ect.).
TECH ASSISTANT, TISCH SCHOOL – New York University, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
 Worked as an assistant, helping to troubleshoot equipment or software problems that arose in
the student editing labs on the 10th or 11th floors of the Tisch building.
TUTOR, AMERICA READS – New York, NY, Spring 2009
 Worked as an assistant in the classroom and worked on an individual level teaching children
math and reading.
 Taught and helped children comprehend and complete reading and math requirements.
VIDEOGRAPHER, MENNONITE MEDIA – Harrisonburg, VA, Summer 2008
 Organized, set up, and shot scenes for Mennonite Media to be used in a series of lessons.
 Set up lighting equipment, used a professional HD Sony camcorder (the HDV HDX series),
directed actors on scene, storyboarded, and contacted and organized filming dates with actors
(videos of this work can be seen upon request)
VOLUNTEER, EASTERN MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL – Harrisonburg, VA, Spring 2008
 Directed, produced, shot, and edited a three minute promotional video for the school that is
now shown at alumni gatherings to explain recent school building projects (video available
upon request).
 Directed, shot, and edited a short music video for a local chorus that was shown at a talent
show (video available upon request).
 Produced a twenty minute comedy spoof video shown at a school sponsored banquet.

EDUCATION _
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS) , New York, NY.
 Currently enrolled as a Junior (GPA 3.85) graduating 2012 with a BFA in Film and TV
EASTERN MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL, Harrisonburg, VA.
 Graduated 2008 with a 3.8 GPA, magna cum laude.