6605 N RUSTIC OAK CT, PEORIA, IL 61614
E-MAIL: kateburgauer@gmail.com



KATE BURGAUER



EDUCATION

2002 - 2006:

University of Miami, Miami, FL
Double Major: Motion Pictures and Creative Writing
Minor: Theatre
B.S. Communications
Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Summer 2004:

FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
Film Production

Summer 2003:

University of Westminster, London, England
Film Production

Summer 2001:

New York Film Academy, Los Angeles, CA
Film Production

1998 - 2002:

Peoria Notre Dame High School, Peoria, IL


AWARDS RECEIVED

2006 — Outstanding Senior, School of Communications

2006 — Outstanding Senior, Motion Pictures & Video-Film Dept

2005 — Best Feature Screenplay — “VINYL”

Canes Film Festival 2005
sponsored by UM School of Communications

2004 — Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Production

Awarded by the UM School of Communications

2004 — Golden Key International Honor Society

2003 — Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting

Best Undergraduate Screenplay
Awarded by the UM School of Communications

2003 — Alpha Lambda Delta — Freshman Honors Society

2002/2006 — President’s Honor Roll ; Provost’s Honor Roll


SIGNIFICANT WORK EXPERIENCE

ART DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION ASSISTANT — feature-length production of “Miami Vice” — Miami, Florida, Fall 2005

SCRIPT AND STORY EDITING — 10 projects completed as of September 2005 — Richard Rappaport, Attorney at Law (Adorno and Yoss), Miami, Florida

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT — Eurovision’s international broadcasts of U.S. Presidential Debates — Coral Gables, Florida, Fall 2004

PRODUCTION DESIGNER — Arctic Wilderness Productions — “The Predator’s Return” — Aventura, Florida, Fall 2004

MENTOR — Miami Children’s Museum Film Workshop — Miami, Florida, 2003 to present

PRODUCTION RUNNER — ABC Sports, Miami Hurricane home games — Fall 2003

TECHNICIAN — Film Equipment Room, University of Miami — 2003 to present

LAB ASSISTANT & DIGITAL MEDIA CONSULTANT — University of Miami, Foreign Language Lab — 2002 to present

SUMMER STAFF CAMP COUNSELOR overseeing horse program — Camp Ondessonk, Ozark, Illinois — 2000 to 2006

GREETER & CASHIER — Hallmark Frames Plus, Peoria, Illinois — 2000 to 2002


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

2003/2004 — President of UM Filmmaker’s Association, Wednesday Movies Supervisor for Cinematic Arts Commission, Active Member of Miami Chapter of Food Not Bombs, Book Buddies Participant

2002/2003 — Secretary of UM Filmmaker’s Association, Active Member of Cinematic Arts Commission, Active Member of Miami Chapter of Food Not Bombs


PRODUCTION CREDITS

“Mosaic” (2006)
Produced at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
twenty minutes, Super 16mm film
[Writer/Director].

“Miami Vice” (2005)
Produced in Miami, Florida
feature-length film, HD / high definition video
[Art Department Production Assistant].

“W.C.” (2005)
Produced at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
short film, Super 16mm film
[Production Designer].

“Previous Tenant” (2005)
Produced at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
twenty minutes, Super 16mm film
[Set Dresser/Costumes].

“The Legend of the Tooth Fairy” (2004)
Produced at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
twelve minutes, Super 16mm film
[Production Design/Art Direction].

“A Key Western” (2004)
Produced at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
twelve minutes, 24P Digital Video
[Assistant Director].

“The Life and Times of Jennings Jameson Joseph” (2004)
Produced at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
twenty minutes, Super 16mm film and 24P Digital Video
[Set Dresser].

“The Predator's Return” (2004)
Produced at Aventura, Florida (Arctic Wilderness Productions).
Ten minutes, 35mm film.
[Production Design].

“Cover to Cover” (2004)
Produced at FAMU, Czech Republic.
Five minutes, digital video.
[Writer/Art Direction].

“Slice” (2004)
Produced at the University of Miami.
Seven minutes, 35mm.
[Writer/Director].

“Rose” (2004)
Produced at the University of Miami.
Twenty minutes, 35mm.
[Production Design/Art Direction].

“Un Cuento” (2003)
Produced at the University of Miami.
Twelve minutes, 24P Digital Camera.
[Producer].

“Above the Pub” (2003)
Produced at University of Westminster, London.
Six minutes, digital video documentary.
[Sound/Assistant Editor].

“When You Say Nothing at All” (2003)
Produced at the University of Miami.
Four minutes, 16mm non-sync sound.
[Writer/Director of Photography].

“Scraps” (2003)
Written at the University of Miami.
Thirty-page script for short film.
Won Award for Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
[Writer].

The Chapman’s Music Video “Losing Again” (2002)
Produced at the University of Miami.
Three and a half minute music video, 16mm film.
[Producer].

“A Rise in the Polls” (2002)
Produced at the University of Miami.
Twelve minutes, 16mm sync sound.
[Assistant Director].

“Words to Live By”, “Dirty Laundry”, and “Blind Date” (2001)
Produced at the New York Film Academy Summer Program in Los Angeles, CA.
Three to five minutes each, 16mm, non-sync sound.
[Writer/Director].


PUBLICATIONS

2006: OPERATION COWBOY: full-length script and Graduate Thesis
story of the Allied rescue of Lippizaner stallions near the end of WWII.

2006: Eden: a two-act play based on Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve
winner of the 2006 Horizon Theatre Young Writer's Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia.

2003: “Birds of a Feather” sold to The Edge Magazine.

2002: “Blank Canvas” sold to Gael Magazine.

2001: “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream” sold to Eureka Literary Magazine and nominated for an Illinois Arts Council Award.

2000: “Refrigerator Material” sold to Gael Magazine, TeenInk Magazine, and Peoria Metropolitan Magazine

2000: “A Hallmark Moment” sold to TeenInk Magazine

2000: “Screaming Eagle” sold to The Harrow and Downstate Stories.

2000: “See No Evil” sold to Algernon and Solar-X.

1999: “Bread and Circuses” sold to Challenging Destiny and Downstate Stories

1998: “Purple Mountain’s Majesty” printed in Visionair


LANGUAGES

Fluent in French


HOBBIES


Horseback riding, writing short stories, production design, hiking, reading, studying French, and traveling.

Travels have included:
much of the U.S., Australia, Canada, Central America, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

England — summer 2003
Prague, Czech Republic — summer 2004