- Phone
- Cell: 917-757-5996
- Address
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195 Prospect Park West #1C,
Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States of America
- Web Links
- http://www.alanamcnair.com
Alana McNair
Full Bio
Alana is a filmmaker, writer, musician and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. She has directed many film projects including the short films In the Bog, Existential Crisis, and Imminent Danger!, which screened at many festivals including the Broad Humor Film Festival, Etheria Film Festival, and Dragon*Con Film Festival, where Imminent Danger! was a finalist for Best Comedy Short. She recently created a documentary web series produced by the Facial Pain Association profiling patients living with Trigeminal Neuralgia. Her work as a playwright and performer has been produced in New York and other cities around the country, including the play Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy (starring Corey Feldman), Power Burn 3, Settlement, and Just Piddlin : a dirt road operetta. She has worked as a video editor on many short films and documentaries, and frequently works as a freelance video editor at CBS Sports Network and Conde Nast. She has taught film production in the Department of Visual and Sound Media at Seton Hall University and at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She is currently in development for her first feature length film as writer/director. You can check out some of her work at www.alanamcnair.com.
- Professional Credits
- Alana McNair
917-757-5996 / alanamcnair@gmail.com
www.alanamcnair.com
DIRECTING
Beyond Pain (Director/Writer/Editor)
Directed and edited this documentary web series about patients living with Trigeminal Neuralgia.
Tennie and the Videotape (Director/Writer/Editor)
Teaser piece for my feature film in development. / 4min / RED
In the Bog (Director)
Series pilot / 24 min / SONY F3
Imminent Danger! (Director/Writer)
Narrative short film / 16 min / 35mm
Festivals: NewFilmmakers NY, Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival (Best Comedy Finalist), Etheria Film Festival, Broad Humor Film Festival, Williamsburg Independent Film Festival, Emerald City Comicon
Existential Crisis (Director/Writer)
Narrative short film / 6 min / RED ONE
Festivals: Gasparilla Film Festival
Poo Done It? (Director)
Narrative short film / 3 min / Super 16mm
EDITING / SHOOTING
CBS Sports Network (Editor)
Currently edit features, highlights, and studio shows for sports network.
Mayhew-Breen Productions (Editor)
Currently edit short and long form commercials.
Conde Nast - GQ (Editor)
Edited the web series Upgrade Your Style.
Conde Nast - Golf Digest (Editor)
Edited a short documentary for the magazine.
Out There - Web Series (Editor)
Edited episodes of a web series created by Kyle Supley in which he interviews local NY art world celebs. The series is now streaming on Journy/Ovation.
YouTube Space NY (Editor)
Edited online content for numerous YouTube sponsored shows and events.
Reel Library - Nikita Group Media (Shooter/Editor)
Shot and edited numerous lifestyle web series.
Nightmare Haunted House (Director/Shooter/Editor)
Shot and edited promotional pieces and video installations for the theatrical event.
Molly (Editor)
Edited music video for Emily Kinney.
The Listener (Editor)
Edited narrative short film.
Rusk Falls (Editor)
Edited narrative short film.
Baggage (Editor)
Edited narrative short film.
TEACHING
Seton Hall University - SOUTH ORANGE, NJ
Full Time Term Position, Instructor of Visual and Sound Media August 2016 - May 2017
Taught courses in Narrative and Documentary filmmaking.
Awards: Dean s Travel Initiative Travel grant to SXSW 2017
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
Adjunct Professor, Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking January 2013 - May 2016
Taught courses in Video Editing and Digital Storytelling.
EDUCATION
Florida State University, College of Motion Picture Arts, MFA Film
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, BFA Drama
PORTFOLIO
www.alanamcnair.com/portfolio
