Resume


 
 
 
Norman H. Strassner

510 East Sutton Circle, Lafayette, CO  80026

Phone: 303-440-3830, Web site: www.strassner.com,  Email: norm@strassner.com

 

 

Objective

To use my extensive knowledge and combined experiences in business, media production and post-production, communications, writing, directing, photography, web site design and computer programming to explore and develop new markets for new and existing products and services, and improved methods of content delivery and communication.

 

Strengths

Passion, creativity, time-based completion of tasks, coordination of people and workflow, and troubleshooting.  Proficient in Adobe After Effects and CS4, and Final Cut Studio.

 

Professional Experience

1999 - Present      Strassner Entertainment Group, LLC dba Flashback Video Productions
Producer/Director/Editor/Writer/Graphics Artist/Web Designer.   Concept-through-completion, design and execution of small and large scale video programs for corporate, small business, government and educational entities.

 

1978 – 1999          Freelance and Contracted Director and Editor – Hollywood, California

Participated in the production of hundreds of hours of television for companies like

Paramount Television, NBC, ABC, and CBS Television Networks, plus countless freelance assignments.  Please see partial credit list, attached.

 

2000 - Present      Executive Vice President - Fascinating Learning FactoryBoulder, CO
One of two founders of this non-profit corporation which finds, and finds support for, educational programming for television and the Internet.

 

1995 - 1997           Videomedia, Inc. - San Jose
Director of Broadcast Editing Products Supervision, support and sales of Strassner Editing System products.

 

1989 - 1995           Strassner Editing Systems - Los Angeles – Owner
Merged with Videomedia, April, 1995
Software author/developer and manufacturer of high-end, professional videotape editing controllers.  Distributed worldwide.

 

Education           University of Colorado, 1975, cum laude, psychology and communications

 

Unions and Guilds

Directors Guild of America (DGA-West)

Motion Picture and Videotape Editors Guild, (I.A.T.S.E.  Loc. 776, inactive)

 

Copyrighted Software titles

CASE I Edit Controller, professional videotape editing software.

Strassner Editing Systems, SES line of professional videotape editing software.

StudioHeart and EdiQit Windows based professional videotape editing software.

EDLXLAT Edit Decision List translation software.

Various support programs for Videomedia's V-LAN synchronization hardware.

Awards

                              Numerous Tellys, Communicators, Summit, and Aurora Gold and Platinum awards

                              for various productions.  Psy Chi Honors Society.

Media Samples

                              Samples of my work can be seen at www.flashback.tv or www.strassner.com.
Internet Movie Database record: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1630711/