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DAVE GARDNER
Writer/Producer/Director
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
719-576-5565
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1982 - present Visions West (Dallas, Colorado Springs, Atlanta)
Founder & Owner, Writer/Producer/Director
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Responsible for 100s of turnkey corporate film and video projects
1982 - 1986 ABC News Freelance News Crew
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Occasional assignments out of Dallas/Ft. Worth News Bureau
1981 - 1982 Ellis Outdoor
Productions (Dallas)
Mgr., Producer/Director, Director of Photography, Editor
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Corporate, advertising, cable and broadcast assignments primarily in the action/sports/adventure genre
1979 - 1981 Public
Communication Foundation for North Texas (Dallas)
Co-Producer & Director of PBS Series "Here's to Your Health"
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Directed celebrity guest hosts, live-on-tape studio interviews, and location documentary segments at the nation's leading medical centers
1976 - 1979 SEDCO
(Dallas)
Producer/Director/Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
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Responsible for all aspects of production of global documentaries, training and marketing videos for world's largest offshore drilling contractor
1975-1976 Texas Instruments (Dallas) Director
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Directed training and employee communication videos at in-house studio
1974 Public Communication
Foundation for North Texas (Dallas)
Producer, "Morning Edition"
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Produced morning news/commentary program on KERA-FM public radio in top-10 market
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1999-2000 International Association of Business Communicators
District Director and International Executive Board
1998-1999 International Association of Business Communicators
Member of the Year, US District 5
1998-1999 International Association of Business Communicators
Chairman, US District 5 Silver Quill Awards
1994-1995 International Association of Business Communicators
President, Southern Colorado Chapter
1987-1989, Dallas Producers Association
1991-1992 President
1985-1986 Society for the Advancement of Management
President, Dallas Chapter
1978-1979 International Television Association
President, Dallas Chapter
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Diamond Shamrock - ABC's of Corporate Video
IABC Tulsa - The Big Idea
IABC Southern Colorado - The Big Idea
IABC Dallas - The Big Idea
IABC US District 5 Conference
IABC Southern Colorado -- Producing Videos
IABC Chapter Leaders Institute - Strategic Planning
IABC Colorado - The Big Idea
EDUCATION
B.F.A. Broadcast/Film Arts at Southern Methodist University
Scripps-Howard Journalism Grant recipient
National Merit Finalist
