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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEDOCUMENTARY: "SISTER" Co- Producer / CinematographerA feature documentary about the global crisis in maternal healthcare.Independent Production, New York, NYMay 2009 - Present"VOICES OF THE HEART"Producer / Editor An exploration of Arapaho language on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.Bal-Maiden Films, Culver City, CA for Al Jazeera In EnglishJanuary 2009 - May 2009, Broadcast 2009Official Nominee for Best Documentary Santa Fe Film Festival 2009"THE PROBLEM OF PEACE"Line Producer / Editor A look at Kenyas post-election upheaval through the eyes of a high-school girl.Bal-Maiden Films, Culver City, CA for Al Jazeera In EnglishJanuary 2008 - December 2008, Broadcast 2009"STELLA'S STORY"Assistant Editor A story about the Kenyan Election of 2007.Bal-Maiden Films, Culver City, CA for CURRENT TVJanuary 2008, Broadcast 2008"IN SEARCH OF THE HEART OF CHOCOLATE"Editor / Associate Producer A short documentary about chocolate lovers.Sarafina Productions, Los Angeles, CAJanuary 2007 - September 2007ADVOCACY: "THE RFFA STORY: REAGANS DREAM"Producer / Editor A film chronicling the work of Rotarians for Fighting AIDS.Bal-Maiden Films, Culver City, CA for Rotarians for Fighting AIDS (RFFA)April 2009"NEVER GIVE UP"Editor A portrait of young Jamaican boy living with HIV.Bal-Maiden Films for the Elizabeth Galser Pediatric AIDS FoundationMarch 2007"EDDIBU" (The Gap)Assistant Camera / Associate Producer A short film about the personal loss and social cost of maternal mortality in Uganda.Sweet and Sour Productions, Vancouver BC, Canada for the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Uganda and the University of British ColumbiaOctober 2006 - January 2007Premiered at Montreal World Film Festival 2007"REJECTED"Assistant Camera / Associate Producer A short film about the successes of the Uganda Sustainable Clubfoot Care Project.Sweet and Sour Productions, Vancouver BC, Canada for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)October 2006 - January 2007"VOICES ON VIOLENCE"Director / Shooter / Editor / Media Consultant A short film/public service announcement emphasizing the importance of creating violence-free homes and communities.Raising Voices, Kampala, UgandaOctober 2006 - January 2007, Broadcast on Record TV Africa, 2007"KIDS IN NEED"Director / Shooter / Editor / Media Consultant A short film about the experiences of homeless children in Kampala, Uganda and the work one NGO is doing to assist them.Kids in Need, Kampala, UgandaOctober 2006 - January 2007FICTION:"LUMPY"Art Department Co-ordinatorAssisted in the operations of the art department.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1885300/February - March 2011POLITICAL:"TODAY WE MARCH, TOMORROW WE VOTE"Editor A short film encouraging SEIU members to vote in the historic 2008 election.Bal-Maiden Films, Culver City, CA for Service Employees International Union (SEIU)April - May 2009HANNAH-BETH JACKSON FOR CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE (Political Campaign)Producer / Editor Television and radio ad campaign for Hannah-Beth Jackson for CA State Senate.Bal-Maiden FIlms, Culver City, CA for SG&A CampaignsSeptember - October 2008"HOLLYWOOD TO THE DOCKS"Editor A short film about the union march from Hollywood to the docks of San Pedro.Bal-Maiden Films, Culver City, CA for the Service Employees International Union April - May 2008FINE ART: "KEIN AYAN HARA"Producer / Camera Assistant A short film exploring one woman's experience of childlessness.Sarafina Productions, Los Angeles, CAMay 2010 - December 2010BROADCAST CREDITS:"Voices of the Heart" (2009) Line Producer / Editor Al Jazeera In English"The Problem of Peace" (2009) Line Producer / Editor Al Jazeera In English"Stella's Story" (2008) Assistant Editor Current TV"Voices on Violence" (2007) Director Record TV AfricaEducation: University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PABachelor of Arts in Sociology, 2005Concentration: Structures of Opportunity and Inequality; Minor: Womens StudiesGPA: 3.9/4.0, Summa Cum Laude, Deans List and Distinction in MajorEQUIPMENT: Camera Package: Panasonic DVX100B with tripod, lavalier and boom microphonesEditing suite with Final Cut Pro 7 on Mac ProSKILLS: Editing Software: Final Cut Pro 7, HDLogVideo Cameras: Panasonic HVX200 and DVX100, Canon XL2 and GL1Photography: 35 mm and digitalLanguages: Spanish (intermediate) and Portuguese (basic)References available upon request.
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Swati Guild is a filmmaker and artist with a global perspective. Her projects span numerous media including documentary films, experimental video and street photography. Since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005, her documentary work has been broadcast internationally on Al Jazeera and Record TV, featured in film festivals in North America, Europe and Africa and used by nonprofits and community groups around the world. Most recently, Swati has worked as cinematographer and co-producer on the film Sister, which takes an intimate look at the global crisis in maternal and newborn health through the eyes of health workers in Ethiopia, Cambodia and Haiti.
