Kamilah Shani Autmon

Chicago, Illinois

Cell 773-972-8453

some.art.worker@gmail.com

Education 1999-2005 Recipient of dual BFA degrees in Graphic Design and

Photo/Film/Electronic Media with a Minor in Studio Arts

from the University of Illinois at Chicago

Work Experience 2007 Williams-Labadie ~ Freelance Video Developer

2006-present Hazardous Sports ~ Freelance Graphic Designer

2004-2005 University of Illinois at Chicago ~ Film/video lab assistant

Assisted students and faculty with equipment and lab problems,

light clerical duties, handled equipment rentals, maintenance of

lab and film/video equipment

6-8/1999 Frankel ~ Archival photographer

Arranged photo shoots in the audio/visual department,

set-up equipment for presentations

Related Experience 2006, 2007 Midwest HD EXPO ~ Production Assistant

Assisted with minor set up and arrangement of vendor booths, provided information to expo attendees, organized display of

expo literature, verified attendees and monitored foot traffic

Production Assistant for the following:

2007 ~ AP Tour (Bands You Need To Know) ~ Chicago (P.A. and camera assistant)

~ Making The Band 4 Casting Tour ~ Chicago (production P.A.)

2006 ~ Amitabh Klemm on the set of The Art of Stalking (set P.A.)

~ Bad Penny Films on the set of Chasing Robert (set P.A.)

~ Squid Brothers on the set of Karma Café (set P.A. and wardrobe continuity)

2005 ~ Brian McQuery on the set of Vacant (art department set P.A. and set photographer)

~ Edgar Arceneaux on the set of The Alchemy of Comedy…Stupid (set P.A.)

Gallery Exhibits 2006 Hold Fast Screening ~ Group exhibit at Heaven Gallery

2003 Group exhibit in the New Works Gallery

Special Skills Operation of an animation camera, slide assembly, darkroom

skills (b&w, color),

printmaking, film editing on a Steenbeck

flatbed editor, transferring film to a

digital format, shooting 16mm film with a Bolex Reflex and a CP-16, recording

with a mini DV

camcorder (1 and 3 chip), 16mm magnetic film, constructing and

stretching canvases

Computer Skills QuarkXPress, Adobe Software, Final Cut Pro, After Effects,

Pro Tools, SoundEdit 16, Maya, iDVD, Word, HTML

Working knowledge of Flash, CSS

Computer Platforms Mac OS 8-X, Linux, Windows XP

Award Spring 2005 Talent Tuition Waiver ~ UIC Film/Video Department

References Available upon request