- Edward Symes
Edward Symes (born August 31, 1981) is a producer, director, cinematographer, and founder of [http://www.hereandnowfilms.com Here and Now Films] .
His 2008 documentary, [http://www.losmedicosmovie.com "Los Medicos"] , followed a U.S. medical team working in a public hospital in rural Guatemala. Faced with a crowd of more than a thousand, and only one week to help, the film captures the humanitarian ideal as it collides head on with the scope of need and the complex nature of giving. The film premiered at the Jackson Hole Film Festival.
He began his career as an assistant to Academy Award winning documentary producer [http://www.gpifilms.com Grace Guggenheim] and then continued on to work as assistant editor for CBS News Productions in New York City. After leaving CBS, he focused his efforts towards online video, web design, and internet distribution, ultimately, creating online content for the
United Nations Development Programme and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_HOPE_USA Project Hope] .As a cinematographer Symes worked on the global music project
1 Giant Leap "- [http://www.whataboutme.tv/ What About Me?] "documenting music contributions byBoots Riley ,Michael Stipe ,Eugene Hutz ,Baaba Maal , Jhelisa Anderson,Haale , Miles Solay, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_%28rapper%29 Speech] . Interviews for the film included Earle Sebastian,Daniel Pinchbeck , and Anthony Lappe among others.In 2007, he created short documentaries for various non-profits working domestically as well as internationally in Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Guatemala often collaborating with filmmaker Michael Fasciano. Their documentaries [http://current.com/items/76318982_stop_and_think "Stop and Think"] , [http://current.com/items/76430422_rest_when_you_re_dead "Rest When You're Dead"] , and [http://current.com/items/76366502_rebuilding_rwanda "Rebuilding Rwanda"] aired simultaneously on the broadband and cable networks of
Current TV .[http://current.com/items/76430422_rest_when_you_re_dead "Rest When You're Dead"] , an eight minute documentary video pod, followed Garth Stewart, a student at Columbia University, as he recounted his experience joining the army, fighting in Iraq as a mortar gunner during the invasion in 2003, and his political ambitions. The piece documents in
cinema verite the early stages of a budding politician.In 2008, he traveled as cameraman with
Time Magazine reporters covering homeland security contractors and politicianRon Paul for Time.comHe served as a teacher assistant for over a dozen courses at the [http://www.theworkshops.com International Film and Television Workshops] in Rockport, ME. He attended
Kenyon College and NYUTisch School of the Arts at the ICA in London, UK.DEFAULTSORT:Symes, Edward
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