C. Mason LeCompte

Email: cmasonl@hotmail.com

BA, Film, Art and Creative Writing Minors, May 1998

Hollins University, Roanoke, VA

Semester abroad, Paris Spring 1997

Cum Laude and Departmental Honors

 

FILM, VIDEO, AND TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

Numbers, CBS, Los Angeles, CA, Second Unit Director. Winter 2006

On The Lot, Mark Burnett/ Steven Spielberg, Los Angeles, CA, Set PA, Spring 2007

Numbers, CBS, Los Angeles, CA, Post PA, Managed music library on AVID, Researched stock footage, and dubbed video. Summer 2006-Spring 2007

The Apprentice 6, Reilly Worldwide, Los Angeles, CA, Set PA, Summer 2006

Bonnie Hunt Pilot, Touchstone Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, Post PA, Obtained and delivered elements, organized Post Production Binder and inventory. Spring 2006

FRACTURE, New Line Cinema, Los Angeles, CA, Set PA, Locked up set, recorded hours worked by crew, copied and distributed shooting schedule. Winter 2006

Extreme Engineering, Discovery Channel, Newport News, VA, Set PA, Managed release forms and carried equipment for crew. Winter 2005

T.C.C. Television Commercial, MRB Films, Norfolk, VA, Set PA, Selected wardrobe, provided craft services, scouted locations and locked up set. Summer 2005

Miss America Foundation, Roanoke, VA, Operated Camera for Miss Virginia Teen and Pre-Teen Pageant. Summer 2005 and Summer 2004

U.S. Military Television Commercial, Gartner, Newport News, VA, Set PA, Dressed the set and provided craft services as well as transportation for Producers. Spring 2005

Trading Spaces Family, TLC, Virginia Beach, VA, Set PA, Painted and used power tools to help construct sets for Designers. Summer 2003

Prime Media Productions, Smithfield, VA, Wrote scripts for television commercials, operated video camera and edited programs in Adobe Premiere. Spring 2003

Fine Line Features, New York, NY, Office Intern, Prepared Press Packets. Winter 1998

Gersch Talent Agency, New York, NY, Office Intern. Winter 1998

SPENCER AND VENUS, CBN, Virginia Beach, VA, Second AD. Summer 1997

VIRUS, Universal Pictures, Suffolk, VA, Set PA, Summer 1997

Coastal Video Productions, Virginia Beach, VA, Set and Office PA, Attained props, provided craft services, logged video and scouted locations. Summers 1996-1997

Aria Pictures, Norfolk, VA, Set and Office PA, Organized files and fielded calls for Academy Award winning Director Antonio Zarro. Summer 1996

 

ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS

VAMP, A Mason LeCompte Production, Newport News, VA, Wrote, produced, directed, edited, marketed and distributed feature movie. Fall 2001-Winter 2006

OUIJA, A Mason LeCompte Production, Roanoke, VA, Wrote, produced, directed and edited feature movie. Winter 1999-Summer 2000

Dream TV, TCI Cable, Santa Fe, NM, Produced weekly television show for local public access station. Spring and Summer 1999

BIRTH OF VENUS, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, Wrote, produced, directed and edited short student film. Spring 1998

 

SKILLS

      • Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Adobe Photoshop CS 2