Aaron C. Wong
1436 SE Main St. Portland, OR 97214 (347) 661-7937 aaron@aaroncwong.com www.aaroncwong.com
Award-winning, formally trained filmmaker seeking creative production work
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
7+ years of production work in a range of environments including news, commercial/music videos,
videography/industrials, documentaries, and narratives
Comprehensive knowledge and experience with all aspects of production including development, preproduction,
on-set production, postproduction, and distribution/promotion
RELATED EXPERIENCE
CINEMATOGRAPHER HIGHLIGHTS
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY Recent cinematography work includes commercials for
Portland State University, Intel, Skanska, and YGH
OH BUGGY #1 Architecture, and the Nike Foundation
Commercial, Stop Motion, HD, July 2010
PSU EXTENDED STUDIES
Commercial, HD, July 2010 I SING OF A WELL, a narrative shot in Accra, Ghana, was
SUB ROSA nominated for Best Picture and Best Cinematography by the
Short film, HD, June 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards
THE GIRL EFFECT
Commercial, HD, May 2010
INTEL VIETNAM SCHOLARS Started production company studio.pebble in Portland, Ore.
Commercial, HD, Jan. 2010 that develops and produces commercials, music videos, and
PSU REC CENTER films. Duties there also include producing, writing, directing,
Commercial, HD, Dec. 2009 and editing
I SING OF A WELL
Feature, HD, July 2010
THE IMAGINALS Awards for work include a Regional Student Academy Award
Feature, HD, May 2009 for OH MY MOTHER and Best Cinematography for at the
OH MY MOTHER Savannah College of Design and Art Finals Show
MFA thesis, 35mm, May 2005
ASSISTANT CAMERA
1st Assistant Camera, Technical Adviser, and Editor on RED-
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY based feature film MEET JANE DOE currently shooting in
Portland
MEET JANE DOE
Feature, HD, July 2010
IN IT TO WIN IT Highly qualified in 1st AC, 2nd AC, and clapper/loader positions
Web Series, HD, Feb. - March 2009 having served as each for various productions
“MADELINE” – TICKLE ME PINK
Music Video, HD, Feb 2009
ABSOUTE TRUST Experienced with many types of formats including 35mm,
Feature, HD, March 2007 16mm, RED, H.264 HD (Canon cameras), HDDVCPRO, and
TRUST US HDV
Short, Super 16mm, July 2007
SIRI OKO FO
Short, 35mm, April 2007 While not a union member, trained as 2nd AC under 1st AC
AND THE WORLD GOES (Local 600 NY) Franzi Schimmer-Lewis for two years
Short, HD, July 2006
SHADES OF GRACE
Short, HD, July 2006 Notable awards and screenings: BOTTLENECK was a Regional
BOTTLENECK Student Academy Awards Finalist and MTVu Movie Awards
Short, 35mm, Jan. 2006 Finalist, SIRI OKO FO played at Boston, New Filmmakers,
Cannes, Urbanworld film festivals
OTHER As a production assistant duties performed include directing,
technical directing, camera, sound, lighting, grip, gaffing,
Production Assistant (Level II) editing, and graphics on location and studio, live and
Oct. 2008 – Present recorded, government/community-based news and
o CLARK COUNTY/VANCOUVER TELEVISION productions
(CVTV), Vancouver, WA
o PORTLAND COMMUNITY MEDIA (PCM),
Portland, OR Edited and prepared media for ABCNews.com, ABC News
Now, Nightline, 20/20, ABC Times Square promo billboard,
Producer/Editor Verizon Mobile TV, and other venues. Also created web
May 2007 – Aug. 2007 shows Week in Weird and Weekly Film Review with Bill Diehl
ABC NEWS, New York, NY
Gaffer/Grip Intern Interned during the production of the David Gordon Green
March 2003 directed Terrence Malick-produced feature film UNDERTOW.
UNDERTOW (Feature Film), Savannah, GA Trained for rigging, cabling, grip work, safety, and lighting
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Film and Television, MFA – March 2006
Savannah College of Art and Design Sept. 2002 – March 2006
English, BA – Sept. 2001 (Magna Cum Laude)
University of California, Los Angeles April 2000 – Sept. 2001
University of Memphis Aug. 1998 – Dec. 1999
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT SKILLS
PRODUCTION: FILM CAMERAS: VARIOUS:
Dragon Stop Motion; Apple Final Cut Panavision Panaflex G2 (attended telecine, digital intermediate, color
Studio 3 (Final Cut, Color, Compressor, Panavision workshop); Moviecam Super correction, media management, ingest,
Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio America; PanArri 35 3; Arriflex SB, BL, RED Workflow, green/blue screen,
Pro, Cinema Tools, Shake); Adobe After SRII, SRIII, 2C; Bolex; Bell and Howell lighting
Effects
DIGITAL CAMERAS: SOUND:
EDITING: RED Mysterium X; Sony CineAlta, EX1, location work (Zoom H4n and H2,
Final Cut Pro 7; Avid Systems (Nitris, EX3; Panasonic Varicam, SDX900, DVX- Fostex PD-6, FR-2; Tascam) and post-
Symphony, Newscutter, Media 100a, DV200, HVX200; Cannon GL1, production with Protools HD, Ableton
Composer, Xpress Pro) GL2, XL1S, T2i, 7D, 5D Live
OTHER: OTHER:
Adobe Production Suite (Photoshop, Steadicam Ultra training; Glidecam
Illustrator, InDesign) 4000, Panther, and Fisher Dolly
experience