My name is Mame and…

I'm a recovering filmmaking addict (award-winning short documentarian and big-budget VFX artist) turned marketing and advertisement creative who can't quit films/the art of visual stories. I worked on my first big movie set at 17, just before I became a 3-year sound apprentice to mixing legend Richard Portman in college, and have collected over 40 film and series credits (see IMDb), so quitting’s hard, people! …Thank you for joining me here in LA's first open, 12-step meeting for Film Industry addiction! 

After receiving my BFA in Film, I began working in visual effects, 3D animating Hugh Jackman's Wolverine claws and then race cars and CG stunts in the Fast and Furious series. A few years later, I was nominated for a Visual Effects Society VES Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Series for my work with big movie and series producer Dean Devlin. I have been told I am the first woman nominated for a VES Compositing Award but don't quote me on that!

After working on sets in nine countries across the world and with A-list talent and creatives for Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, and Warner Brothers, I transitioned to marketing and advertising. There I began work as a Creative Director of Branding and Digital, Creative Content Director (video, stills, and writing), Art Director, and commercial and editorial Photographer and Producer for several high-profile brands, including ROBIN PICCONE, Grammy Award Winner Charlie Puth, art and fashion icons Fischerspooner, Elle Magazine, Us Weekly, and Refinery29.  

I have now shot over one hundred thousand images and dozens of videos for fashion brands (campaigns, lifestyle, ecom, and social content), fashion editorials, entertainers, and entertainment editorials. I simultaneously worked as creative director for most of these shoots, creating high-ROI digital and social campaigns and sending metrics through the roof (creating posts averaging 1.2 million likes per 24 hours for and gaining 3+ million followers for Charlie Puth)! Please see my LinkedIn profile for more on metrics and my specific work. 

More recently, I've fused my filmmaking and ad/marketing passions working with incredible 360 teams to supervise and produce thousands of high-impact, data-driven video advertisements and promotional videos (movie ads/spots, trailers, BTS, interviews, etc.) for Sony Pictures via Sony Creative Marketing's labor force, New Wave Entertainment (creative agency and post-production house). 

It's been a busy life, but to answer what's genuinely on every recruiter's mind, YES! I have way more years of experience in Adobe Creative Suite than I'd like to admit! … and my favorite creative tool at the moment is DaVinci Resolve.