BCK Bio-Resume 4-19-14

Bruce Kubert: Résumé/Bio
Filmography/Videography
Current Pre-production and Filming, Working Title: “Ida Rolf: Of Grace and Gravity.”
Produced, Written and Directed by Bruce Kubert. (www.ofgraceandgravity.com) Dr. Rolf was
an extraordinary woman, a visionary whose understanding of fascia and its role in the human
mind/body experience was years ahead of its time. This film will explore her life’s work through
interviews with individuals who had direct experience training in Structural Integration with Dr.
Rolf.
Current Pre-production and Filming, “Yoga in the Shadows.” Produced, Written and Directed
by Bruce Kubert. (www.yogaintheshadows.com) Yoga is an ancient science of the mind only
recently recognized in Western culture for its ability to “rewire” the brain. This film looks at
various researchers and programs that are investigating and integrating Yoga into programs of
rehabilitation and recovery.
Current Pre-production. Kickstarter campaign video for Shanna Trumbly.
www.trumblydesigns.com.
2014 Web Video for Tom Clark. www.divinelightaltars.com “Divine Light Altars, Honoring
Your Potential.” TRT: 3:20.
2013 Co-Writer, Editor, Associate Producer and Production Designer. “Uma’s Breath.” TRT:
28.00. Filmed entirely by amateur videographer David McGough on his trip to the Kumbh Mela
and through India with Uma Hulet (www.umadeviyoga.com ). I was handed the footage and an
idea around which to structure the film; an ancient Yoga Sutra by Patanjali. What emerged was a
free form, impressionist explosion of sound and color. An example of non-linear storytelling.
2012 Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Production Designer. “Tiger in Bhakti Clothing.” TRT:
3:30. IndieGoGo campaign video (indiegogo.com/projects/tiger-in-bhakti-clothing). In late
December of 2012, Uma Hulet and David McGough approached me about creating a video to
help them raise money to film their pilgrimage to India.
2012 Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Production Designer. “Juston: Men’s Program.” TRT:
3:20. “Diana: Woman’s Program.” TRT 3:00. “Mentorship Program.” TRT: 3:10.
Three short films for Sponsors, Inc. (www.sponsorsinc.org).
Sponsors, Inc. provides transitional housing and employment opportunities to people who are
released from Oregon prisons and jail in Lane County, Oregon.
2012 Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Production Designer. “What is Yoga Union?” TRT:
6:20. “Community.” TRT: 4:15. “Transformation.” TRT: 4:55.
Three short films for Yoga Union Community Wellness Center (www.yogaunioncwc.com).
2012 Editor. Kickstarter campaign video for Jaya Lackshm’si ‘Kirtronica’ Album.
(kickstarter.com/projects/kirtronica-album).
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2011-2012 Consulted as Editor and Writer for the Tibetan Children’s Education Fund
(www.tibetchild.org). The Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation (TCEF) is a nonprofit
corporation founded in 1995, dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture by educating and
assisting Tibetans, raising awareness of its culture, and by empowering Tibetans to manifest
these.
2010-11 Co-Director, Cinematographer, Editor, DVD Designer. “Qigong for Back Pain.” An
instructional video created for health practitioner William K. Wan, Elite Acupuncture Center--A
Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Pain Relief Clinic.
2010 Cinematographer, Editor, DVD Designer. Oregon Research Institute’s Tai Chi and
Parkinson's disease research project. Directed by Fuzhong Li, Ph.d, Research Scientist at Oregon
Research Institute.
2010 Co-Producer, Co-Writer, Co-Director, Editor and Cinematographer. “The Last Season:
The Eugene Emeralds and Civic Stadium.” TRT: 33:00. The Em’s have played baseball in Civic
Stadium since 1969 and it seems as though 2009 will be their last. Selected to participate in the
5th Annual Baseball Film Festival at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum (2010).
Official Selection 4th Annual Columbia Gorge International Film Festival (2011).
2010 Editor, Associate Producer and Production Designer. “What Happened, Dad?: The Story
of a High School Football Brian Injury.” TRT: 43:00. Produced and Directed by Ralph Conradt.
The largely unregulated and unsafe nature of high school football safety is revealed after an
Oregon athlete suffers a "severe traumatic brain injury.” Premiered at the 2010 Eugene
International Film Festival. Awarded the Best Family Issue Feature.
2008-09 Producer, Director, Writer and Cinematographer. “A Journey in Light.” TRT 36:00. This
documentary is a visual exploration of the fascinating process of creation, examining the life and work
of the sculptor Stephen White. Premiered at the Eugene Celebration Film Festival 9/5/09. Aired on
OPB as part of the Oregon Lens Series in 2011.
2008 Editor. The Director’s Commentary audio track to Neal Miller’s “Raising Flagg.”
2007-8 Editor and Cinematographer. “The Fog Belt.” TRT 10:00 and “Western Hemlock Zone.”
TRT: 10:00. Written, Directed and Produced by Whitey Lueck as part of a series entitled “Trees
Across Oregon.”
2007-8 Director, Writer and Editor. “Accountability in Action”, TRT 45:00. Contracted by the
Oregon State Department of Corrections and distributed with the 2008 annual report to Legislators and
other interested parties, this documentary describes the Oregon Accountability Model.
2006 Editor. “Every Picture Tells a Story”, TRT 45:00.
In examining several stories covered by the Photojournalists at the Register Guard Newspaper in
Eugene, OR, this documentary explores the emotional impact of looking through the lens at human
joys and suffering. Directed by Dr. Daniel Miller. Aired on OPB as part of the Oregon Lens series.
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2005 Director of Photography and Co-Editor. “Footprints in the Struggle: The Story of Beatrice
Cannady”, TRT 9:00.
Beatrice Cannady was one of Oregon’s pioneer African civil rights advocates, helping found the
Portland chapter of the NAACP and was the editor/owner of the newspaper The Advocate.
Aired on OPB. Nominated for Northwest Student Emmy Award.
1984 Producer, Director, Editor, Negative Cutter. “Variations on a Landscape,” a 6 ½ minute TRT
Experimental film. Premiered Millennium Film Workshop, March 24, 1984. Also screened at the
Collective for Living Cinema, New Filmmakers Showcase, May 20, 1984
1983 Director of Photography, Co-Editor and Negative Cutter. for a 27min TRT Film entitled
"M.O.M. 'N P.O.P. PART II." Directed by avant-garde music composer Sorrel Doris Hays.
1982-1983 Created several short Super 8mm exercises and a 15 min. TRT documentary entitled "Not
a Fish Story" about a local fish market.
Professional Experience
2005-Present Independent Producer, Freelance Videographer and Editor, Documentary Filmmaker
and Writer. Web Video creator and Branding Consultant.
2011-12 Contract Editor for Iris Educational Media.
2007-11 Parabolic Mic Operator for Fox Sports Network.
1991-2005 Owner/Operator of Mornings Sun Organics Farm and Nursery. Located in the foothills of
the coastal mountains outside Drain, OR. Morning Sun grew a wide variety of Certified Organic
vegetable and herb starts for wholesale distribution throughout Douglas, Lane and Benton counties
and retailed at the Lane County Farmers’ Market in Eugene. The farm also grew Purple Italian Easy
Peel Garlic which was distributed throughout the United States through various seed catalogues.
1990 Farm Operations Manager for a commercial scale Shiitake Mushroom farm in Cottage Grove,
Oregon.
1986-1990 Moved to an agricultural cooperative in Oregon and, in that context, learned Organic
commercial agricultural techniques.
1984 Premiere showing of "Variations on a Landscape" at Millennium Film in New York City on
3/24/84. Also showed at the New Filmmakers Showcase at the Collective for Living Cinema in NYC
on 5/20/84.
1984-6 Freelance negative cutter for various independent and student film projects.
1983 Director of Photography, Co-Editor and Negative Cutter for "M.O.M. 'N P.O.P. PART ll.", a
27min TRT autobiographical film Directed by Musical Composer Sorrel Doris Hays, a protégé of
Henry Cowell. Premiered in Bremen, Germany.
1980-1985 Production Assistant to Polish artist Krzysztof Wodyczko, noted for his projections of
slides onto Public Buildings.
1980-81 Edited Deep Sea Mining compendium. Created layouts for charts and maps for subsequent
book.
Other Experience
1999-2001 Board of Directors, Oregon Tilth Certified Organic.
1996-1997 Board of Directors, Lane County Farmers Market.
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Education
2005
1991-94
1983-84
1982-83
1981
1980-81
U Of O—School of Journalism
Eugene, Oregon
Post Baccalaureate Study in Electronic Media
Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon
Farm Business Management Program
New York University
New York, N.Y.
BFA, Filmmaking
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Communications Major
Columbia University
New York, N.Y.
Freshman Undergraduate
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Nova Scotia, Canada
Attended part-time, Multi Media Student
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