VideoTakes, Inc.
As a Producer and Writer at VideoTakes, Inc., Andrea has combined her love of non-fiction media with her passion for environmental action. Using breathtaking HD footage of landscapes and wildlife, she produced two 10-minute videos about the dangers of oil and mineral development in the Alaskan wilderness. She also wrote and produced Changing the Landscape: 10 Years of Impact and Learning in USAID’s Global Conservation Program, a film for USAID about a project that incorporated six international non-profits to conserve landscapes and sescapes around the globe. This video was shown at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Sapling Pictures
Andrea was an Associate Producer at Sapling Pictures, where she helped to create promotional spots for the Discovery Channel shows MythBusters, Deadliest Catch, Time Warp and Prototype This.
National Park Service
During her work as an Associate Producer for the National Park Service, Andrea traveled to Montana and South Dakota to film Land of Dreams: Homesteading America, a video about land use and the legacy of the Homestead Act.
Independent Productions
Among Andrea's independent productions are Extreme Commuting, EcoViews, On, Ona and Of Politics and Prose. Please visit the Portfolio page for more information about these videos.
Additional Work
Andrea was a Production Assistant at several west coast production companies including Chambers Productions, where she set up lights and ran camera for promotional videos, and World of Wonder Productions, where she worked in post-production on such shows as Transgeneration and One Punk Under God. Andrea also spent a year on the evening news at KVAL-TV, where she did everything from run camera and direct talent to man the audio booth and Chyron.
