DANIEL A. BYERS


60 Fremont Street
Providence, RI 02906
401-536-4584

Education:  
2008    Brown University, Providence, RI.  BA in Literary Arts: Honors in Screenwriting.  Coursework in Film and Video Theory and Production, Electronic Writing, Screenwriting and Playwriting, Animation, Visual Art, New Media Art. 

Professional Experience:
2008-Present: Freelance Film Studio, Bifrost Films. Clients include PBS Documentary (Helen Whitney): Position: PA, Key grip, Videographer; Fangoria Entertainment:: Color Correction and Motion Graphics Intro for pilot of 'Misskatonic Theater'; Circus Theatrics:: Created series of short promotional trailers; Brown Peer Mediation Project:: Created promotional video for the BUMPS program; Prospect Pictures: Position: Motion Graphics Artist, and Others.

2009-2010: The Circle: Adventure/sci-fi miniseries. Funding from Brown Creative Arts Council grant and several donors. Oversaw a production team of over 50 people, sold out screenings at the Cable Car Cinema, Providence. Position: Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, FX. The Circle Website

2006-present    Head Designer, Brown University Robotics Lab, Providence, RI.  Responsible for hiring and managing a small team of artists.  Videos created for department have been shown at the 2007 annual Robocup convention, won an award at the AAAI convention, and aided in large grant proposals to DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the ONR (Office of Naval Research).
Also designed the Brown Robotics Web Page.

Head of Department: Professor Chad Jenkins

Summer 2008 & 2009    Teacher Assistant and Director of Production for the Brown University summer class, Acting for Camera.  Created two web series with the actors in the class.
Professor: Lowry Marshall

Awards & Recognition:

2010   Short film “Nineteen” selected for YouTube revenue sharing due to high volume of viewer hits.
2009   Short film “Goodnight Doom” selected for IMDB status.
2009   Best of Providence finalist, Best Special Effects, and Best Genre Match award in Providence 48 Hour Film Festival '09
2008   Best of Providence finalist and Best Genre Match award in Providence 48 Hour Film Festival '08
2008 & 09   Best Student Video Award at the annual AAAI convention video competition.
2007   Grand Prize Winner, Ivy Film Festival 48 Hour contest
2007   Best Art Direction, 48 Hour Film Festival, Dunedin, New Zealand.