COURTNEY HARMEL - RESUME

43 SECOND AVENUE 5TH FLOOR 212-614-0590
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 charmel@nyc.rr.com

Courtney Harmel offers more than 15 years of production experience working in television, digital video production and the internet as a producer, DP/videographer/camera operator and editor. She’s experienced in ENG, cinema verite`, documentary, studio and multi-camera shoots. As a content editor she's experienced cutting in long and short form. Courtney works as an all-in-one-band or as part of a crew.

Clients & Collaborators

ART, THEATRE & ENTERTAINMENT


• Manhattan Cable Television
• Black Entertainment Television
• Oxygen TV
• BET.com
• Japan Society
• Maysles Films
• Keith Haring Foundation
• Museum of the Moving Image
• Rubin Museum of Art
• Big Apple Circus
• Wooster Group
• Mabou Mines
• Limelight
• Choreographer Yoshiko Chuma
• and the School of Hard Knocks
• Working Pictures Productions
• Ovation TV
• Performers: Anne Magnuson, Grace Jones, Joey Arias
• Nawang Choephel – Tibet in Song
• Adelle Lutz – The Peace Piece
• Asia Society
• The Willoughby Sharp Show
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FASHION & DESIGN


• Isabel Toledo & Rubin Toledo
• Rocawear
• Barneys
• Screaming Mimi’s
• Fiorucci
• Vivianne Westwood
• Rico Puhlman
• Andre Walker
• Don’t Bungle the Jungle Benefits
• Liz Diller and Ricardo Scofidia

EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CORPORATE


• Rush Communications
• Edelman Public Relations
• Cliquot, Inc.
• Eisenman Associates
• Columbia University School of Architecture
• Nancee Oku Bright, Director of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations
• Brain Education Center, California State University
• BioMaps Institute, Rutgers University
• New York University, TV and Media Center
• Conde` Nast Publications, Inc.: Self, Modern Bride, Gourmet, Lucky, Vogue, House & Garden,The New Yorker.
• Facing History and Ourselves
• St. Vincent’s Services
• SHARE
• Gary Null and Associates
• Roz Courtney Consulting
• Joseph Freeman & Associate
Ovation TV “Mr. Prince”

Editor for the documentary “Mr Prince” about the theatre director Hal Prince 2009
Produced by Working-Pictures Productions for Ovation TV

Tibet in Song 2009

Additional Editor for Ngawang Choephel’s documentary “Tibet in Song”
that won a Special Jury Prize in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival

The Universe of Keith Haring 2009

A film by Cristina Clausen – footage I shot of Madonna performing
At Keih Haring’s Party of Life at the Paradise Garage in 1984 is used in the film.

Asia Society 2009 –

Contract Shooter/Editor for Asia Society Online

Gourmet Magazine 2004-2008

Produced single and multicam shoots, of the Gourmet Institute Weekend
edited videos of the event for marketing & digital content

Turnhere.com/Newyork.Citysearch.com 2007 - Present

Contract producer, DP and editor producing online restaurant and business promos

Japan Society 2007 - Present

Contract producer, DP and editor – Documented Japan Society’s Centennial Year 2007
DP and editor for a multicam shoot of Harry Partch’s “Delusion of the Fury” produced
by Japan Society. Contributed to the Lincoln Center’s Library of the Performing Arts

TV and Media Center, New York University 2006 - Present

Contract producer, DP and editor – producing videos for departments throughout the University for NYU TV and internet. DP for multicam shoots of the NYU Masterchef Competitions from
2007-2009 and editor for videos of the competition.

Yahoo’s NetRoadshow 2000- Present

Contract Videographer for Netroadshow, shooting IPO’s and management presentations for financial institutions for streaming media.




360 HIPHOP.COM 2000 – 2001

Producer, DP, videojournalist and editor for Russell Simmons interactive net-television website. Developed, shot and edited content on music, lifestyle, culture and politics.

PSEUDO.COM 1998 – 2000

Producer, DP and editor for interactive net-television web site. Shot and edited content on technology, the arts and culture. Trained staff in digital video production for the web.

“THE MAKING OF THE NEW YORK SKYRIDE” 1996

Creative Consultant and DP for the commercially available documentary on the making of the first “experience” ride in New York City, located at the Empire State Building.

“The Story of Healing Ground Zero” NYC Wildflower Productions 2003

DP for a film about volunteer healthcare workers that offered aid to people in New York City after 9/11 using traditional and alternative forms of healing.

Work in Progress

“A Cupcake Made of Thread”
A documentary about Linda St. John outsider artist, clothing designer author of the memoir
“Even Dogs Go Home to Die”.

“The Peace Piece”
A documentary about artist/activist Adelle Lutz

GALLARY EXHIBITIONS:VIDEO INSTALLATIONS
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• Dragshow Video Vérité 2009 -
• Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts,
• Bruno Walter Auditorium June 18, 2009
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• The Kitchen: The Goddesses Go On Vacation January 2002
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• The Peace Piece, The Cashama Gallery September 2004
• touring 2005 -2006 in Disarming Images: A Project of Artists Against War
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• Downtown NY 1984, The DownTown Show, The Grey Art Gallery at NYU January 2006-Nov 06
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA and Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX