David S Waxman

David S Waxman stands with a shoulder-mount Pro HD camcorderI am a broadcast, digital video, and social media producer; a writer of broadcast television and radio scripts; a platformagnostic broadcast video editor; a project manager; an interviewera storyteller; an award-winning documentary filmmaker; and an educator.

 Select Production Skills

  • Preproduction: scheduling; budgeting; scriptwriting; location scouting; talent recruitment & training; crew recruitment & training
  • Production: directing crew; coaching talent; field camera & lighting; single & multi-cam studio directing, camera, audio, and teleprompter
  • Postproduction: project management; media asset management; Premiere Pro; Avid Media Composer; Photoshop; After Effects; Final Cut Pro

 20+ Years of Production Experience

Producer, Writer, Editor
Local Now, Atlanta, Georgia

Freelance Television Producer
The Weather Channel, Atlanta, Georgia

Owner, Producer, Director, Editor, New Business Development Specialist
Waxman.TV, Santa Rosa, California

Instructor of Digital Video Post Production
Santa Rosa (California) Junior College

Senior Television Producer, Producer-Director-Editor, Project Manager
NorCal Public Media (PBS – NPR), Rohnert Park, California

TV Production Educator, Curriculum Developer, Project Manager
Petaluma (California) Community Access TV

Television Studio Production Specialist
City & County of San Francisco

Freelance Multimedia Producer
San Anselmo, California

Video & Multimedia Editor
Looking Glass Productions, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Freelance Video Editor
Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Community TV Studio Coordinator
Comcast Cable, Inc., Palatine, Illinois

Broadcast Production Assistant
WSIU (PBS – NPR), Carbondale, Illinois

Video Journalism Teacher
Elementary School District 102 After-School Program, Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Video Production Assistant
Patriot Productions, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Education

Southern Illinois University
College of Mass Communication & Media Arts
B.A. Radio-Television
December 2001

Volunteer Experience

Board of Directors, Full Radius Dance Company, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Chair, Individual Fundraising Committee
  • Member, Marketing Committee

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

  • Vice President, Board of Governors, Northern California Chapter
  • Elected Member, Board of Governors, Northern California Chapter
  • Member, Education Committee
  • Volunteer, Emmy Awards Gala
  • Judge, Emmy Awards for various categories and chapters

Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Rescue, San Francisco, California

Through The Looking Glass, Berkeley, California

Superfest International Film Festival, Berkeley, California