Nate Lavey

Video Production Manager: February 2020 - July 2023 (ongoing freelance)

Columbia University | incite.columbia.edu

Film and coordinate video interviews for an oral history of the Obama administration, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and other projects.

Multimedia Producer: May 2016 – February 2020
Museum of the City of New York | mcny.org
Direct and produce short films for display in galleries and online distribution. Duties included: hiring and managing crews, shooting, editing, motion graphics, and design.

Video Producer: August 2013 – December 2015
The New Yorker | newyorker.com
Reported, produced, shot, and edited original documentary and scripted videos. Duties included all aspects of video production from identifying and reporting stories to editing and post-production.

Digital Media Producer: January 2011 – August 2013
Jewish Daily Forward | forward.com
Produced, edited and reported stories for online and print distribution. Focused on multimedia stories (podcasts, video, slide shows). Other duties included social-media management, online content management, copy-editing, fact-checking, and research.

Science Desk Multimedia Intern: Winter – Spring 2010
National Public Radio | npr.org
Produced multimedia packages, maintained in-house wiki, built web story pages, copy-edited reporter text, contributed to NPR’s health and photography blogs, and collaborated with radio producers to develop multimedia projects.

Member of the National Press Photographers Association and The Deadline Club

EDUCATION
Reed College, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 2007
Maine Media Workshop Filmmakers Certification, 2008

AWARDS
2014 Deadline Club Awards Finalist, Arts Reporting 2013
Ippie Awards for Ethnic & Community press
• 2nd place (multimedia)
July, 2013 – NPPA Monthly Multimedia, 1st Place
2012 Ippie Awards for ethnic & community press
• 1st place (best video)
• 2nd place (best video)
2012 Doha Film Institute Documentary Grant
2007 Recognition of Meritorious Scholarship, Reed College

SCREENINGS
Interference Archive
E-Flux
92Y TriBeca – Flaherty Film Seminar
NorthSide Film Festival Union Docs