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KNUTSON
THOMAS
Producer - Director - Videographer - Editor
Production Manager
Thomas Knutson is an award winning video production professional working in the Northern Atlanta area. He is a Producer and Production Manager with broad professional experience in copywriting, videography, lighting, editing and directing. His specialties include start-to-finish production of television commercials, long-form direct response advertising and live-streamed multi-camera events.
Experience
Education
THOMAS KNUTSON
Suwanee, Georgia
Mattel, Inc.
2019 | AV Technician
Supported live streamed corporate meetings and multi-camera events as an AV technician and production specialist.
Tentek, Inc.
2019 | Video Production Specialist
Produced and directed live streamed corporate meetings. multi-camera events and social media marketing videos.
Ten-X
2005-2018 | Sr Broadcast Services Manager
• Supervised in-house Production Department personnel
• Managed daily Video Production/Post Production workflow
• Designed and equipped in-house green screen “insert stages”
• Produced an internal news program streamed to corporate offices
• Produced ongoing multi-camera live events
• Edited hundreds of television commercials, and corporate videos
• Installed and maintained all in-house video production equipment
Adelphia Media Services
1997-2005 | Commercial Producer
Produced over 1500 television commercials (writing, shooting and editing) in West Los Angeles market including Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and South Bay beach cities
King Videocable
1994-1997 | Commercial Producer
Wrote, shot and edited over 500 commercials for Minneapolis area cable system
Jones Intercable
1993 | Production Technician
Launched new commercial production department for rural Minnesota cable system
University of California - Los Angeles, Extension
2007-2012 | Business & Management of Entertainment
St. Cloud State University
1988-1991 | BS Mass Communications
Nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC)
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
1986-1988 | Computer Programming/Journalism
Moviola - Hollywood, CA:
Avid Xpress
Video Symphony - Burbank, CA:
Final Cut Pro/After Effects
Post-Op Video - Burbank , CA:
Media 100
Learning Tree - Chatsworth, CA:
Photoshop
Technical
Awards
Non-Linear Editing
Motion Graphics
Photo/Graphics Editing
Audio Sweetening
Videography
Lighting
Live Switching
Live Streaming
Culver City Film Festival
2017 | Grand Prize, Documentary
My Life With Rosie (Editor)
Stevie Awards
2017 | Bronze
Ten-X TV (co-producer) -- Awarded for excellence in internal communications
Hermes Creative Awards
2017 | Gold
Communicator Awards
2017 | Award of Distinction
AVA Digital Awards
2017 | Award of Distinction
Marcom Award
2016 | Gold
Ten-X TV (co-producer) -- Awarded for excellence in internal communications
Southern California Cable Association
2005 | LCA Award
2002 | LCA Award
Telly Award
1995 | Bronze Award
Minnesota Community Television Award
1995 | Professional Advertising
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