Welcome to the official website of filmmaker Geoff Ross. I am Geoff Ross and I will be speaking to you in third person today. Or maybe not. Nope, doesn't look like it. I was born in Lake Bluff, Illinois which is a north shore suburb of Chicago (3rd largest city in the United States). At age 12 in 1995 I (along with my family, of course) packed up shop and moved to Rochester, Minnesota. It was there I stayed until graduating from Mayo High School in the spring of 2001. In the fall of that same year I entered the prestigious New York University Tisch School of the Arts for film production. For all intents and purposes that brings up to this very moment. Below you'll find a listing of my various film-related experience. If you happen to be in need of a writer, director, or editor feel free to drop me a line.
--geoff ross
:: Education ::
New York University Film/TV Production (BFA) NY, NY
I will graduate in spring 2005 from the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
:: Experience ::
IFC Films Marketing Intern February to June 2004, NY, NY
•As an intern I worked on the marketing campaigns for Fahrenheit 9/11, Touching the Void, Intermission, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and other IFC films. My principal responsibilities included distributing screeners for festivals, premieres, and other press events, communicating with clients and other IFC departments, and getting theater owners to show our promotional materials.
Singularity (Drama, 8min., 16mm) Director/Writer 2004, NY, NY
•My NYU film 3rd-year narrative film screened at Arlene's Picture Show in New York City on April 24th, 2004, the Vienna Independent Short Film Festival in Vienna, Austria on June 7th, 2004, the First Take International Student Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on July 20th, 2004, and on December 8th, 2004 it will screen at NewFilmmakers at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City.
inked (Doc., 5min., miniDV) Director/Editor 2003, NY, NY
•My NYU film 2nd-year documentary screened at the Free Range Film Festival in Wrenshall, Minnesota on July 30th, 2004. It marked the first time since high school that one of my films played in my home state of Minnesota.
Post Bulletin Newspaper Film Critic 1999-2001, Rochester, MN
•During high school my film reviews appeared every Tuesday in Rochester's local newspaper.
KTTC-TV (NBC) Floor Director 1999, Rochester, MN
•While still in high school I floor directed weekend evening newscasts, operated studio cameras, and organized tapes for broadcast.
:: Skills ::
Final Cut Pro, Avid, Steenbeck flatbed editor, Photoshop, web design and development (GoLive, Dreamweaver, etc.), Microsoft Office suite, Arri 16mm motion picture cameras, miniDV camera systems, and ENG camera systems