Patrick Rivera
Owner/Producer/Director/Camera Op/Editor · Trick Entertainment
Lake Forest, CA
In My Own Words
I am a producer, director, camera operator and editor known for groundbreaking documentaries, award winning television productions, and story-driven marketing and branding campaigns. My 30 plus years of experience as a filmmaker, musician, and marketing professional has earned multiple awards with multiple Telly Awards for television and film production, and an Aegis Award. I have worked on projects with prominent companies such as Amgen bio-pharmaceuticals, Arnold Schwarzeneggers, Arnolds Sports Festival, Fitness Rx for men and women, T3 Motion, DesMaDre Tequila, and The Mohawk Militia non-profit to name a few.
Work Experience
Owner/Producer/Director/Camera Op/Editor
Trick Entertainment1992 – Present
Project Management for the end-to-end process including all creative branding, marketing, strategic, social media and original content creation for clients and Contract oversight for all facets of contract development, including negotiation and closeout. Strategic planning of operations for various video content Coordinating outside vendors to produce video for promotion, entertainment, live events, TV programming, documentaries and motion pictures Strategic planning with outside producers, directors, audio engineers and camera operators; managed teams of video professionals on various projects Product knowledge of professional grade cameras such as Arri, Blackmagic, Sony and Panasonic 4K Raw and ProRes HQ formats Product knowledge of Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and Final Cut X
Producer/Editor
West Entertainment2016 – 2019
Project Management for the end-to-end process including all creative branding, marketing, strategic, social media and original content creation for clients and Contract oversight for all facets of contract development, including negotiation and closeout. Strategic planning of operations for various video content Coordinating outside vendors to produce video for promotional distribution Strategic planning with outside producers, directors, audio engineers and camera operators; managed teams of video professionals on various projects Decision making for creating edited content of major feature movies from Hollywood studios such as Dreamwork's, Fox, Paramount and smaller independent studios.
Producer/Camera Operator/Editor/Video Compressionist
Post Modern Group1995 – 2010
In charge of making recommendations on equipment purchasing decisions Responsible for in-house compression development; helped to create an in-house compression department and develop the right compressions for select clients Collaborated with other departments to produce video for promotion, events, education, and internal use Coordinated with outside producers, directors and camera operators; managed teams of video professionals on various projects Decision making for creating edited content of major feature movies from Hollywood studios such as Dreamwork's, Fox, Paramount and smaller independent studios. Media project manager of all Windows Media file content delivered to Airlines such as Delta, United, Lufthansa, British Air, and Virgin Atlantic Lead editor for language playbacks (Spanish, Hebrew, French, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Russian) for major and independent movies Lead editor for language subtitles (Spanish, Hebrew, French, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Russian) for major and independent movies
Education
Associate degree in Film and Music
Colorado Institute of Art1988 – 1989
Associate degree in Film and Music
Interests
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