Co-Director: Marcia Scott
At UC San Diego, Marcia Scott studied composition with Chaya Czernowin, Josh Levine, and Erik Ulman
..........................................................improvisation with George Lewis
..........................................................voice with Carrie Stellflue
..........................................................dance with Tonnie Sammartano & members of Lower Left
...................................................performed with dancers Erin Ming Lee, Amanda Waal, Alicia Marvan, & Jessica Benson
............................................................................musician Michelle Lou
Scott is currently making films
..........................codirecting Poto
..........................learning anatomy
......................................how to stand
......................................French
......................................optical printing
......................................color
......................................Feldenkrais with Agusta Moore, Paul Rubin, Julie Casson Rubin, Deborah Bowes, and Cliff Smyth
......................................Heidegger
..........................collaborating with dancer Erin Ming Lee
....................................................composers Erik Ulman & Carolyn Chen
....................................................photographer and lighting designer Tom Ontiveros
..........................singing in a band with filmmaker Christopher Bannister
EDUCATION
B.A., Music Composition, University of California, San Diego (with honors)
Foreign Language courses: French 1–3 (currently taking 3B); German 1.
Design courses: Adobe Photoshop 1; Adobe InDesign.
Film courses: The Image of Time with Jeffrey Skoller; Film Theory with Gregg Rickman; Film Studies 1 with Susan Tavernetti;
.....Film History 1B, Video Production 1, and Final Cut Pro 1 with Kristin Tripp-Caldwell; 16mm Production 1 with Dennis Irwin;
.....The Dziga Vertov Group Jean-Pierre Gorin; Music and Sound in the Movies with Erik Ulman; Memory in Post-War German
.....Cinema with Cynthia Walk.
Film seminars: Optical Printing with Alfonso Alvarez; Sound Recording with Patrick Bowsher.
Editing course: The Versatile Copyeditor with Amy Einsohn.
Art courses: Marcel Duchamp with Sheldon Nodelman; Visual Arts 1–3 (historical survey).
PRINCIPAL TEACHERS
Music: Chaya Czernowin, Josh Levine, George Lewis, Erik Ulman
Dance: Tonnie Sammartano, Nina Martin, Jane Blount
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS
A (2006, mini-DV, 3 minutes, silent) (premiered at the 3 x 3 Video exhibition, EFA Gallery, New York, November 2006)
A cup of tea for Carolyn. (2005, mini-DV, 4’48”, collaboration with Carolyn Chen) (premiered at the Foothill Video Festival, Los Altos, April
.....2005)
drainage; portals; and a nonabsorbable suture (redux) (2003) for Solo Violin (premiered by Erik Ulman, Urbana, 2003)
My Hip’s Pleasure (2002) for Solo Dancer (premiered by Erin Lee at Sushi, San Diego, 2002) (Center for Moving Arts and San Diego
.....Dance Festival)
drainage; portals; and a nonabsorbalbe suture (2001) for prerecorded voices, dancers, and video (premiered by Marcia Scott, Ben
.....Carson, Cristyn Magnus, Lance Wetley, Erin Lee, Amanda Waal; La Jolla, 2001)
SELECTED PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY
7 1/2 CENTS: Walking in a Circle or a Diagonal Line by Erin Ming Lee, OM Factory, New York City, January 2007
Faculty Winter Dance Concert, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, March 2001
Student Spring Dance Concert Annex, Studio Dance Theater, La Jolla, May 2001
Only (1947) by Morton Feldman, Mandeville Recital Hall, La Jolla, 2001
The Garden by Elena Bernardi, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, 2000
Student Spring Dance Concert, Mandeville Auditorium, La Jolla, May 2000
Student Spring Dance Concert, Mandeville Auditorium, La Jolla, May 1999
Tending the Keep by Sawako Nakayasu, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, May 1999
SELECTED WORKS
seed (in progress, mini-DV)
WALKING IN A CIRCLE OR A DIAGANOL LINE (2007–8, mini-DV & .AVI, 6’25”)
Los Altos (2008, mini-DV, 3”, collaboration with composer Erik Ulman)
Queens (2008, mini-DV, 3”, collaboration with composer Erik Ulman)
Buena Vista (2008, mini-DV, 3”, collaboration with composer Erik Ulman)
A confession (2004–8, mini-DV, 21’2”)
A (2006, mini-DV, 3’, silent) (premiered at the 3 x 3 Video exhibition, EFA Gallery, New York, November 2006)
A cup of tea for Carolyn. (2005, mini-DV, 4’48”) (premiered at the Foothill Video Festival, Los Altos, April 2005)
Suspicious: Prologue (2005, 16mm, B&W, 3’23”)
drainage; portals; and a nonabsorbable suture (redux) (2003) for Solo Violin (premiered by Erik Ulman, Urbana)
My Hip’s Pleasure (2002) for Solo Dancer (premiered by Erin Lee at Sushi, San Diego, 2002) (Center for Moving Arts and San Diego
.....Dance Festival)
drainage; portals; and a nonabsorbable suture (2001) for prerecorded voices, dancers, and video (premiered by Marcia Scott, Ben
.....Carson, Cristyn Magnus, Lance Wetley, Erin Lee, Amanda Waal; La Jolla, 2001)
Git Along (2000) for Carillon (premiered in La Jolla, July 2000)
trash (2000) for a group of musicians and 3 dancers (premiered by Amanda Waal, Erin Lee, Elena Bernardi) Mandeville Annex Gallery,
.....UCSD
beginnings (2000) for 6 players (one electronics) (premiered by UCSD ensemble; La Jolla, 2001)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Review: Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum’s Milk in the Land: Ballad of an American Drink by (PFA), in Film Arts magazine, Vol. 31,
.....#1, January/February 2008.
“What the Hell is That? A Conversation with William E. Jones,” in Film Arts magazine, Vol. 31, #1, January/February 2008.
Review: Andrea Nix and Sean Fine’s War Dance (United Nations Association Film Festival), Vol. 30, #5, September/October 2007.
Review: Paul Clipson’s Echo Park (ATA Film and Video Festival), in Film Arts magazine, Vol. 30, #5, September/October 2007.
Review: Lila Yomtoob’s High Life, in Film Arts magazine, Vol. 30, #5, September/October 2007.
Review: San Francisco Silent Film Festival, in Release Print, Vol. 30, #4, July/August 2007.
Review: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, in Release Print, Vol. 30, #4, July/August 2007.
Review: Screw Netflix! Movies Not Available on DVD (YBCA), in Release Print, Vol. 30, #4, July/August 2007.
Review: Jean Renoir in the Thirties (SFMOMA), in Release Print, Vol. 30, #4, July/August 2007.
“Cinema of the Occult: An Initiation into the Films of Kenneth Anger,” in Release Print, Vol. 30, #4, July/August 2007.
Review: Other Cinema’s New Experimental Works, in Release Print, Vol. 30, #3, May/June 2007.
Review: Jack Sullivan’s Hitchcock’s Music, in Release Print, Vol. 30, #3, May/June 2007.
“San Francisco Bay Area Film Festival Guide,” in Release Print, Vol. 30, #3, May/June 2007.
Review: Zoe Cassavetes’ Broken English, at filmartsatsfiff50.blogspot.com, May 4, 2007.
Review: Pedro Costa’s Colossal Youth, at filmartsatsfiff50.blogspot.com, May 2, 2007.
Review: Ken McMullen’s Arrows of Time, at filmartsatsfiff50.blogspot.com, April 29, 2007.
Review: Kim Klein’s Fundraising for Social Change, in Release Print, Vol. 30, #2, March/April 2007.
Review: Noir City 5 film festival, in Release Print, Vol. 30, #1, January/February 2007.
WORK EXPERIENCE
January–February 2008 Film Arts magazine San Francisco, CA
Interim Assistant Editor
Assigned, edited, and designed the March/April 2008 issue of Film Arts magazine (formerly Release Print) with Managing Editor Laurie
.....Koh while Editor Michael Read was on paternity leave.
Responsibilities included: ad placement; Indie Circuit (reviews of upcoming Bay Area screenings); the IF Pages (a compilation of
.....approaching deadlines for festivals, grants, and other film related opportunities); and feature-length articles and columns.
February 2007–Current San Francisco, CA
Freelance Editor and Writer
Edit Documentary Doctor Clinic columns, by writer and consultant Fernanda Rossi, once per month.
Assist Film Arts magazine with freelance editing projects as needed.
Write features and reviews on film topics.
Covered the San Francisco International Film Festival for the Film Arts blog.
Researched, compiled, edited, and formatted the San Francisco Bay Area Film Festival Guide.
Use The Chicago Manual of Style and The Copyeditor’s Handbook.
December 2006–Current Film Arts magazine San Francisco, CA
Editorial Intern/Community Editor
Assist in the editing and production of the bimonthly magazine.
Research, compile, edit, and format a listing of deadlines for film festivals and other opportunities.
Edit and coordinate book and film reviews.
Update the house style guide.
Archive.
Familiar with both hard copy and on-screen editing methods.
Use FileMaker Pro, InDesign, The Chicago Manual of Style, and The Copyeditor’s Handbook.
January 2004–Current Poto San Francisco, CA
Co-founder and Co-director of Poto (an arts organization)
Host a yearly artists’ residency in Grass Valley, California.
Co-responsible for planning concerts, film screenings, and presentations.
Liaison with vendors, donors, and owners of location.
Administrative duties include: all communications with our fiscal sponsor Intersection for the Arts; publicity; and maintenance of accounts.
Design and maintain website. Use GoLive and Photoshop.
June 2004–June 2005 Borland Software Cupertino, CA
Receptionist promoted to Facilities Coordinator
Coordinated between departments to ensure their needs and safety requirements were met.
Supervised the mailroom. Liaison with FedEx and Ikon.
Provided administrative support to the Director of Facilities.
Orchestrated multiple location moves (both domestic and international).
Proofread all documents issued from the facilities department.
Created and maintained a filing system for both domestic and international leases.
Required personability, resourcefulness, patience, and a proactive approach; also required considerable flexibility in meeting
.....contingencies and special demands.
May–June 2004 Manpower, Inc. Cupertino, CA
Temporary Receptionist for Borland Software
Introduction to some of the above-listed duties.
Oversaw the corporate office lobby and meeting rooms. Received guests and board members.
Received and shipped packages.
2002–July 2004 Progressive Secretary.Org Telecommuted
Advanced Corresponder and Staff Recruiter (volunteer)
Progressive Secretary is an emailing service for a range of progressive social and environmental causes.
Acted as an intermediary between participants and the software program.
Screened applicants based on their resumés and our correspondences.
Required attentive reading/interpreting skills; ability to write concise questions and communicate clearly.
2000–2002 Landmark Theatres San Diego, CA
Projectionist
Projected on carbon-arc reel-to-reel projectors and modern platter system.
Received, inspected, and built up (platter system) prints for projection.
Exposed to a range of domestic and foreign films and began developing my love of film.
Required ability to multi-task, work unsupervised, and solve problems under pressure.
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