Keeping Score

Ken Cravens Producer/Director/VFX/Editor/Engineer/Composer/Artist
Ken@CouchFireMedia.com

Ken has been working video production for over 25 years. He has done everything from help build the infrastructure and technical support of internet streaming TV networks like TheLip.TV, Ora.TV, The Young Turks to creating media content with well known networks like Disney, Universal Studios, MTV in TV production as VFX, Design, Engineering, Concepts, Producing, Directing, Editing, Set Design, and much more. Specializing in live TV, content design, interviews, scripts, video production, media production, presentations, and fashion, he is technically skilled in production workflow having worked on feature films, animation, industrial and many other types of media projects. Ken has worked with Politicians and PACs to elect more women into political office in Kentucky. Ken currently works on educational content that encourages and supports Equality, Civil Rights, Title IX, STEM education, and promotes better health practices and exercise in the region.
Ken has worked with Damon Wayans, George Takei, Joe Berlinger, Peter Fonda, The Bad Brains, Gilby Clark, Love and Rockets, Sam Gleaves, John Cleese, Danny Trejo, Danny Devito, The Local Honeys, Emilio Estevez, Joe Wilson, Mel Gibson, Sir Mix-A- Lot, Rosanne Barr, Matthew Weiner, Fantastic Negrito, Tears for Fears, The Wooks, Tyler Childers, Andy Beshear, Charles Booker, Bob Odenkirk and many more in his professional life.

Producer/Director/Editor/Cinematographer

University Of Kentucky Department of Orthopaedics - Lexington, Kentucky (2014- Current)
Assisted Orthopaedic surgeons with creating informational videos and photography for use in educational practice, published in textbooks, medical journals, and articles. Helped create presentations, websites, videos, logos, GFX, posters, and VFX, presented internationally and to educate University or Kentucky residents and surgeons. SMRI - Active Women’s Health Initiative (Non Profit) Lexington, Kentucky (2018- Current)
Duties include flier and logo generation, web support, video production, and event coverage. A group of researchers, clinicians, and professionals who are working together to improve the health of girls and women through research, outreach, and educational efforts. The mission of the Active Women's Health Initiative (AWHI) is to optimize health and promote physical activity and wellness for girls and women across the lifespan

ProgressKentucky.org - Lexington, Kentucky (2020-2021)
Live and edited informative media content production. Duties include writing and producing content, commercials, animation and general media. Progressive activists in Central Kentucky who led the Mitch McConnell Retirement Committee (MMRC) focused on the 2020 election have now expanded their efforts and launched Progress Kentucky. Progress Kentucky works to educate and engage voters across our commonwealth in order to advance a progressive political agenda at the state and national level.

The Jones Report - Louisville, Kentucky (2020-2021)
Live video and media content for a livestream podcast media news company

The Ditch Fund - Washing DC (2020)
Media content generation for the PAC

Momentum Appalachia - PAC - Lexington, Kentucky (2019)
Each election cycle we endorse select Democratic, Appalachian women candidates and provide technical and financial support for their progressive campaigns. Campaign, Promotion, Digital, Social Media, Websites including tailored toolkits and supporting candidates in the way they need.

Red Barn Radio - Lexington, Kentucky (2014-2016)
Live multi-camera weekly musician showcase. Videos included Tyler Childers, The Carter family band, The Local Honeys, live Christmas specials, and Grammy Nominated Trio Brasileiro...

www.blackballuniverse.com- Oakland, California (2002-Current)
Produced and created music videos, EPKs, and other media for 3 time Grammy award winner Xavier Dphrepaulez front man for Fantastic Negrito.

TheLip.tv - Beverly Hills, CA (2011 – 2013)
Built and engineered a live streaming TV production studio from the ground up. Worked closely with producers, hosts and crew to create over 500 videos.
Duties included meeting deadlines, creating show opens, lower thirds, graphic design, video editing, show layout and design, set lighting, set design, computer maintenance, street interviews, troubleshooting and maintaining video equipment, video acquisition, live stream setup and maintenance for 5 simultaneous video streams, h264 processing, studio production workflow, multi-cam location shooting, working with amazon AWS, Wordpress, iTunes, FCP, setting up Ooyala, Ustream, Justin.tv, Livestream, Tricaster setup and use, Touchstream setup and use, Ivga, networking, audio acquisition, quality control.

ZombieMeister Productions - New Albany, Indiana (2010 – 2011)
Producing, shooting, and editing a feature film. Duties included copyright licensing, music acquisition, cinematography, hiring talent and crew, as well as animating and post production.

Bloodshot Pictures - Los Angeles, CA (2007 – 2009)
Duties included: Producer, feature film editor, film composer, cinematography, visual FX

As Production, Editor, & Visual Effects
Ora.tv - Burbank CA (2012)
Helped engineer a live streaming TV production studio from the ground up. Ora TV is a television production studio and on-demand digital television network launched in 2012 by television host Larry King.

Radical Entertainment Design - Thailand (2010)
Multi-language feature film editing, worked closely with the director and producers in Thailand, designed and created VFX, coordinated three different edit projects and over 30 terabytes of media. Streamlined
the post production process.

Disney - Los Angeles (2008)
Visual effects editing. International communication with animation department in India.

Martin Automotive Group - Bowling Green Ky (2010)
Duties Included: Television Commercial production, editing, graphic design, animation, video acquisition, sound mixing, color correction

Fallout Entertainment - Los Angeles (2003 – 2006)
Duties included: Treatment writer, music video director, video treatments, online conform and color correction, post production supervisor, cinematography, casting director

Six14 Productions - Los Angeles (2003 – 2013)
Duties included: Media sales, film editor, cinematography, visual FX, film lighting

The Product Factory - Los Angeles (2007 – 2008)
Duties Included: Online conform for HD output and broadcast, animatic editing, DVD extras, trailer editing, visual FX, feature film editor

Tomas Pictures - Los Angeles (2004 – 2006)
Duties included: Feature film editor, visual FX

Very Abridged Project List

Director/Editor/Visual Effects
Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner - Beverly Hills, CA (2011-2013)
Media Mayhem is a weekly show hosted by Allison Hope Weiner, a lawyer and journalist who’s covered Hollywood for more than fifteen years. The show gives the audience a chance to see what goes on behind the scenes in the media world. Through interviews with journalists, lawyers, writers and other people who work in the world of media, Allison reveals why certain stories are published. Interviews included Matthew Weiner, Bob Odenkirk, Mel Gibson, George Takei, Rosanne Barr and hundreds of others.
Bring Your Own Documentary with Ondi Timoner - Beverly Hills, CA (2011-2013)

BYOD is hosted & produced by Ondi Timoner, director of “DIG!,” “JOIN US” and “WE LIVE IN PUBLIC,” and has the rare distinction of winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance twice. Each week the show explores a different documentary filmmaker or aspect of filmmaking, with special guests and a live Q&A– diving deep into creative process and the business realities of producing and distributing documentaries. Interviews included DA Pennebaker, Joe Berlinger, Eugence Jarecki, Les Blank, Jehane Noujaim, and hundreds of others.
The Wine Down - Beverly Hills, CA (2011-2013)

The Wine Down is a moment in your week and ours when we discuss the world of delicious things. We are interested in anything that is fermented, distilled, grown, nourished, and served. Each week we strive to share with you our interests and experiences and we hope that you will do the same with us as well.

Complete Control - Beverly Hills, CA (2012) Complete Control was a weekly show hosted by comedian and musician Joe Sib. The show is an interview show that puts punk rock bands, extreme sports, and comedians on the same stage to discuss current events.

Music Videos as Director
Laura Jane, The Journey - Music Video - (2008)
Nick Black, Sorry - Short Film - Los Angeles, CA (2007)
First single from our debut record "Hollow". Song featured on Lars and the Real Doll film.
Crack Smack Sugar Shit Pops - Blood Sugar - Music Video Feature Film (2007)
Black Ball Universe Records - Angry Ant Publishing

As Editor and Visual Effects
Glory Days - Feature Film - Thailand (2010)
Twenty years after an acrimonious break-up, rock band "The Spiders" are asked to re- form as the subject of a Concert Reunion & Reality Show. However, the band's original producer and songwriter is now living in Thailand, forcing the four remaining members to abandon their mundane lives, to once more pursue their quest for those "GloryDays".

R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly - Feature Film - Santa Monica, CA (2008)
When he discovers two young ghosts living under his bed, 11-year-old Max agrees to help the sibling spirits solve the mystery surrounding their demise if they help make his life easier at school in this adaptation of writings by author R.L. Stine.

Wolverine and The X-Men - Animated TV Series - Los Angeles, CA (2008)
To bring down the powerful Mutant Response Division and ward off a catastrophic future seen by the missing Professor Xavier, Wolverine reunites with Storm, Rogue, Cyclops, Beast and the other X-Men to wage a war against the enemies of humanity.

Saving Jane - Girl Next Door - Music Video Los Angeles, CA (2006)
Rock - (C) 2006 Universal Records a division of UMG Recordings Inc. Universal Music Division Special Digital Projects As seen on MTV's TRL

Japan - Feature Film Phoenix, Arizona (2006)
Code name "Japan" is a contract killer on a job. Starring Peter Fonda and Shane Brolly (Underworld) Japan find himself jet-lagged in the middle of the night and forced to eat in the hotel restaurant, room service been closed. There, he meets a man, Alfred. Alfred was recently evicted from their marital home by his now ex-wife and now lives at the hotel. A loner befriends another loner, and their unexpected friendship.

Devil’s Highway - Feature Film - Los Angeles, CA (2005)
While traveling through the cursed Old Highway 13 in New Mexico, each passenger of a bus to Las Vegas is attacked by an evil fiend that possesses and destroys their bodies. Starring: Shane Brolly, Natassia Malthe, Robert Miano

Sir Mix-A-Lot - Music Video - Los Angeles, CA (2003)
Rap - (C) 2003 Artist Direct

Notable Livestream Productions
The Young Turks, Presidential Election Night Coverage, 2012
2012 Larry King Now, 2012
Los Angeles Mayoral Debate at USC, 2013
Red Barn Radio Christmas Special on KET, 2014-2016

Awards
Official Kentucky Colonial 2021
Will There be Women at my Funeral (Short Film) - Winner Louisville Independent Film Festival 2020
Eclipse (Short Documentary) - Winner National Paddling Film Festival 2018
Glory Days (Feature Film) Nominated Web Series Festival Global 2015
Queens of the Dead (Feature Film) - Winner Louisville Independent Film Festival 2011 F8 (Short Film) - New York Independent Film Festival 2006
Devil's Highway (Feature Film) - New York Independent Film Festival 2005
An Evening with Ken Cravens (Event) - WKU Film and Video Festival 2003
The Broken Man (Narrative Short) - WKU Film and Video Festival 2002
The World According to Wat (Narrative Short) - WKU Film and Video Festival 2001 Waiting for the Bus (Music Video) - WKU Film and Video Festival 2000

Education
Western Kentucky University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Broadcast Journalism, Television, Film, Art, Graphic Design
Websites

www.couchfiremedia.com
www.trailsendlife.com
www.linkedin.com/pub/ken-cravens/4/406/797/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1818812/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Interests
bike riding, painting, writing music, hiking, photography, making cool content