William Michael Finnegan

48 High Street, Long Crendon, HP18 9AF, UK • UK: 07538-593-528 • US: 877-238-3836 •

Employment

Tamarack Media Cooperative

Co-founder and Member/Owner, November 2003 – present

Duties: Filmmaker and communication consultant.

Notable Projects:

  • Restoring America’s Serengeti: Best PSA, 2005 International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF)
  • EnvironMentors Investigators: participatory youth video project screened in the 2005 and 2006 DC Environmental Film Festivals
  • Co-PI, 2005 NSF ISE Planning Grant to develop a new model for web-based science education
  • Building Community with Greenspace:appeared in 2006 Natural Heroes public television series
  • Journey of a Lifetime: broadcast on Radio 4 in 2006 through BBC/Royal Geographical Society
  • DREAM Environmental Productions: received 2007 EPA Environmental Education grant
  • 2007 New Voices Award Winner, J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism, American University
  • Wetlands & Wonder: Merit Award for Conservation Message, 2009 IWFF
  • 2010 TogetherGreen Fellow from National Audubon Society and Toyota
  • Biophilic Design: Premiered at 2011 GreenBuild Film Festival, Toronto; Official Selection at 2011 Architecture and Design Film Festival, New York/Chicago, and 2012 DC Environmental Film Festival; currently distributed through Bullfrog Films
  • The Trailbuilders: Premiered at 2012 Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival.
  • Second Chance: Finalist of International Documentary Challenge at 2014 HotDocs.

Champlain CollegeBurlington, Vermont

Adjunct Instructor, September 2006 – 2009

Duties: TaughtVideo Communication and Advanced Audio/Video Editing courses at private college.

Pincus & Small FilmsRoxbury, Vermont

Associate Producer and Additional Editor, April 2007 – April 2008

Duties: Manager of various elements of post-production for feature documentary on Hurricane Katrina Diaspora entitled The Axe in the Attic. Responsibilities include footage and music clearance, assisting with editing, submissions to film festivals and broadcasters, coordinating recording of original soundtrack, graphics design, online edit, and audio mix, and creation of film website.

Urban Resources InitiativeNew Haven, Connecticut

Environmental Education Teaching Intern, September 2001 – May 2003

Duties: Taught inner-city New Haven children about urban resources and assisted development of curriculum and evaluation strategies.

Cross Current ProductionsPortsmouth, New Hampshire

Educational Outreach Coordinator, The Livable Landscapes Project, June 2002 – September 2002

Duties: Wrote teaching guide to accompany New Hampshire Public Television program. Assisted production of the documentary, including work as additional cameraman.

SMASH Entertainment GroupBoston, Massachusetts

Associate Producer, The Patent Files: Looking for the Edge, February 2001 – August 2001

Duties: Assisted the research and production of History Channel documentary, maintained budget, managed legal issues and obtained broadcast rights for visual materials.

Production Assistant, This Week in History, September 2000 – January 2001

Duties: Performed Internet and library research on historical inventions, gathered and prepared images and footage for editing, and maintained database and archive of visual materials.

Interlock MediaCambridge, Massachusetts

Production Assistant, The Coolidge Chronicles, June 2000 – September 2000

Duties: Assisted research and pre-production planning for conservation documentary.

Southern African Environment ProgramCape Town, South Africa

Dickey Center for International Understanding sponsored Internship, March 1999 – June 1999

Duties: Prepared content for website and documented township environmental education program.

Education

Yale School of Forestry and Environmental StudiesNew Haven, Connecticut

Master in Environmental Science, September 2001 – May 2003

Coursework: Social ecology, environmental education, monitoring and evaluation, statistics, GIS.

Accomplishments:

  • Hixon Fellowship for Multimedia Environmental Education research
  • Evan Frankel and William Waxter Scholar
  • Carpenter/Sperry/Mellon Research Grant
  • Studied under Wangari Maathai and traveled with small delegation to Kenya

Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire

A.B. for major in Environmental Studies, with honors, cum laude, September 1996 – June 2000

Accomplishments:

  • Stefansson Fellowship for Thesis: Caribou Co-management in NW Alaska
  • Philip R. Jackson Award for Superior Product Design in Engineering Science
  • Downey Family Prize for Excellence in Environmental Studies

University of Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe

Dartmouth College Foreign Study Program, January 1999 – March 1999

Co-authored comparative analysis of national parks in Southern Africa and produced a short documentary on the foreign study program.

Other Skills/Experiences

  • Proficient in Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Motion, Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, ArcGIS, HTML, JavaScript, C++, Mac and Windows OS.
  • Four years of study in Russian.
  • Travel in China, Thailand, New Zealand, Ireland, UK, Egypt, Southern and East Africa, Patagonia, across US and Canada.

References

Dr. Stephen Kellert

Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Social Ecology

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

301 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: 203-432-5114

Email:

Barbara Moran

Writer/Producer (formerly at Smash Entertainment Group)

12 Adella Place, Allston, MA 02134

Phone: 617-233-8400

Email:

Ed Pincus

Producer/Director

Pincus & Small Films

111 Pincus Road Roxbury, Vermont 05669

Phone: 802-485-8428

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