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UNIONS: Local 771, N.Y.C.
Local 776, L.A.
PHONE: (212) 517-7223 '
(Motion Picture Editors -
(Machine on Phone) Status: Editor, First Class)
B E T H E M E R S O N
THE FOLLOWING ARE FILMS ON WHICH I HAVE BEEN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
(Responsible also for Sound Effects & Music) :
"FACE TO FACE" AT&T Short on the Picturephone
Leo Trachtenberg, Producer
"THE SHIELD" Eye Safety Short For Industry
Leo Trachtenberg, Producer
"TOKEN SPOKES" A Full-Length Feature Film
Curtis Imrie, Director
Kingsley & Peter Swann, Producers
"SUNSEED" A Full-Length Feature Documentary about the
"Spriritual Renaissance in the U.S." and
the caning of Swamis and "Gurus" to
the U.S. in the 60's and 70's.
"THE SECRET OF THE ROYAL MAZE" A Short Subject Film about the Tarot
Alice Kent, Producer
"CONCERN FOR TOMORROW" An American Cyanamid Documentary
Hamilton Productions
"KYPSELI, A DIVIDED REALITY" A One hour Documentary for the National
Endowment for the Humanities
Paul Aratow, Producer
"ROYAL VIKING STAR LAUNCH" Royal Viking Lines
"MARKETING FORECAST FILM" Foremost Dairies, 1973
"BIG BLUE MARBLE" Wbrld Wide Children's TV
I.T.T. , Producer (Hank Fownes)
Staff Editor, 1974
"JER)ME WALDIE" California Gubernatorial Primary Campaign.
Mr. Waldie ran against Jerry Browne.
I created Mr. Waldie's tv image from very
loosely shot documentary follow footage.. .
I scripted and cut 6 spots.
"A.D.R. POSTPRODUCTION Commercials
"ARIES BORADCAST SYSTEMS Commercials (SFX & MUSIC EDITOR)
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Beth Emerson
Singing Resume
Beth Emerson is a Singer & Songwriter from New York City who has
been living in South Florida for two and a half years.
The following are Venues where I have sung for the five years prior to
arriving in Miami Beach:
Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar
The Village Underground (with Ron Grant & Cheryl Pepsi Riley)
The Bitter End
Uptown Grand
BB King's
Creole
One 81
Peter Dillons
Arturos
Café Wha
The Groove
Zinovia
The following are Venues where I have suisince arriving on the Beach:
Piano Hollywood — Seminole Hardrock Hotel & Casino
Van Dyke's - Lincoln Road
The Loew's Hotel
Magnum Restaurant & Lounge
Studio
Mova
Sing Sing
Clandestinos
The Vagabond
Newport Beach Hotel
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I sing Soul, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Funk, Pop, Disco, etc.
Am available with a piano player, band, or tracks.
Beth Emerson: Email: MissBliss72(Ur�,yahoo.com. 786 239 9625
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Beth Emerson
7110 Bonita Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33141
Contact Info: Height: 5'4"
Cell: (347)239-6445 . Weight: 105 lbs..
Bus: (212) 713-5574 Eyes: Dark Brown
Email: BethEmerson @aol.com Hair: Brownw.hilites
Facebook—YouTube SAG: NY058018
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Film: Role: Misc.
Pain Gain Woman on Balcony Miami/w.The Rock
Raging Bull Cigarette Girl Marty Scorsese
They All Laughed On Skates! Peter Bogdanovich
Annie Hall Beach Beauty Woody Allen
Manhattan Audience @ Comedy Show Woody Allen
Stardust Memories . Mafia Wife Woody Allen
Zelig . • Crowd/Hitler Scene Woody Allen
BIG Passerby Porn Shop Penny Marshall
Bright Lights Big City In Restaurant w.J. Robarts-Michael J. Fox
Planes Trains Airplanes Thanksgiving Shopper John Hughes
So Fine Garment Buyer w. Ryan ONeal bare ass
Falling In Love Grand Central Station w. Meryl Streep/R. DeNiro
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The Warriors Teen Gang Member on nyc subway
The Wanderers Bowling Team Member Philip Kaufman
If Ever I See You Again Audience Member Joe Brooks
The Butcher's Wife On Skates Dancing in St. W. Demi Moore/J. Daniels
Mo Better Blues Music Lover in Jazz Club Spike Lee
Inside Man On Promendade w.doggie Spike Lee
Alexander's Ghost Vampire in Vampire Factory Frederick Hobbs/Indie
Acting Training: Warren Robertson & Frank Corsaro
Music: Am a trained Musician,Singer, and Composer, many years
Education: NYC Private Schools& Bennington College
Languages: English, French,Some Italian
Dialects: Various (Brooklynese, French, etc.)
Skills: Singing, Dancing, Rollerdancing, Boating, Rowing,Swimming,
Yoga, Good Driver(have license), Office, Hospitality,Tutor
Dog Trainer, Horseback Riding, etc. (please ask me)
Nb: Have done time in many areas of life, and as such have become
Highly adaptable. Have produced own Events,written and
Produced own tv show (early cable, musical show)
Am a good Leader or Follower; am a Team Player, and love and
Understand the film making(&tv) process, can assume role
Assigned as a part of whole. Been out singing 5-6 nights a week
In NYC before coming to Florida in September, 2011.
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Beth Emerson/Areas of Life
The Following are "Areas of Life" in which I have worked:
I know "something about" how things work in each of these
Areas of Life, some of which I am more versed in than others.
TECH:
Motion Pictures •
Editing
Acting
Writing
PA
Assist. Prod.
Assist. Dir.
Distribution
(20th Fox, MGM, Indie Prods.)
Film Editing (my first "Trade" — ages 18 to 30)
Dramatic Feature
Documentary Feature
DocuDrama
Short Form Documentaries (15 to 60 Min.)
Industrials
Commercials (15, 30, 60, 90 sec. Spots)
TV (Big Blue Marble, ground breaking Children's Tv,
CBS Sports Spectacular, Love's The Only Way, etc.
Political TV Ad Campaign for Cal Gubernatorial
Candidate.
TV My show Love's The Only Way which I wrote, hosted,
Sang on, produced, and "directed" was a pioneer,
And made TV Cable History in 1981 (predated MTV etc)
Advertising
Administration
Reception
Librarian
Asist to Owner (wrote all checks, supervised Admin
during vacations.)Same firm offered me
Copywriting job.
Market Research/Media Buying etc. etc.
Coordinated with Copy & Art Direction on various
Production Coordinator (various Indie projects)
Retail & Sales
I have also worked in Retail (starting at Sachs Fifth Avenue
when still in High School), at Vidal Sassoon, in Fashion, in Art,
etc.
Have had a great deal of Public Contact working on films, in
Hospitality, on Events, in Retail, and in Outside Sales (going
door to door to Retail for a Start-up).
Art & Design
I have always been a "doodler", especially after stopping
editing of film (so many "images" to process), and that is how I
began making Collage Art which I am also known for.
Music & Entertainment
Since Songwriting and Skating monopolized my time and
Energy, I have had a spotted "career", and have perhaps
taken the path (Singing more publicly) that I have since taken
more later (started singing on tv at age 6.... Am a Late
Bloomer).
Community Participation,
I have always been active in the Community I am in, whether
it is in my few blocks ("hood") such as 73rd & Madison Ave,
NYC where I was based for 23 years, or other. That is how I
became one of the Original Skaters in our Pop Idiom in 1980
when it burst forth, and I had the good fortune of living a
stone's throw from the Skate Circle in Central Park (hence,
one of the "founding mommies" of the Culture!
Have begun Community Service in High School where my
good grades got me out of school to do other things (help at a
Community Center at the Projects where kids had no one
home after school), go to Museums to do research for
Theatrical Productions, shop for fabric for costumes on the
Lower East Side, etc. It is thus that I learned to be
Resourceful.
It is my desire to stay involved in Community Affairs here on
Miami Beach while I am residing here. I bring experience and
skills that are rarely found here in the
fabric of this wonderful new "City".
From what I hear, Miami Beach may be 100 years old, but is
really only about 15 in its present "incarnation". I believe its
true "Magic" is its lazy, small town, aspect.
It has already been built to the sky along the Ocean and Bay
(east and west boundaries). Let's be mindful of what we wish
for, as not every place has the same purpose in Nature's Grand
Scheme of Things. The planet is frenetic enough already.
If it ain't broke, why fix it?
Beth Emerson/Overview
I have always been a member of the World Cultural Community. In
addition to the work I have done in Creative: Singing, Songwriting,
g g� �' g,
Rollerdancing, Film Editing, Film & TV Production, Acting,
Screenwriting, Collage, Crafts (Knit, Sew, Crochet, Weave,
Woodworking, etc. etc.) Piano, Composition, and Working as
tech/"crew" on many productions, Events, and Films, I have worked
briefly (long enough to learn a few things) in the following:
Law— Following branches of Civil Law:
Commercial Real Estate Law
Coop and Condo Conversions
LLT (Landlord/Tenant Law)1
Maritime
Corporate
Estates & Trusts
Labor Law
Litigation
Medical Malpractice (Drs. & Medical Offices Practice)
Real Estate (Mortgages for Banks: Greenpoint, Dime, etc.)
Finance — Investment Banking: with Principles (Mr. Gutfriend &
Salomon e.g.)
Salomon Brothers (Real Estate Finance, Municiple Finance,
Conference Planning, Legal (Lease/Purchase for huge
orders of equipment etc.), "Technology" (Manuals, etc)
Mitsui Real Estate Sales (owned the Exxon Building and almost
Every Golf Course in USA c.1987)
Bear Stearns — I worked on the Trump Deal for 59th &
Columbus Circle which was blocked by irate Residents
(sound familiar? #54) because it would cast a huge
shadow on Central Park. Trump's Deal was
blocked, but years later (early 2000s) Time Warner
Building was built by another Developer. It was
An inevitability, just like one more "High Rise" on O.T.
Citicorp — Now Citigroup — in: Real Estate Finance =
Worked with Computer Programmer (early days of
computers) to input Lists of sources for R.E.
Financing: Japanese Banks, Savings & Loans, Pension
Funds, Merchant Banks, etc.
Film Distribution: (See attached for Production & Post Production)
Twentieth Century Fox Annual Marketing Exhibition.
I was Production Manager— Liason between the Studio
And their Archives of Stills, and the Entire Production
Crew at ABC Century City where ALL the Motion
Picture Distributors (all major chains and smaller ones
Too) convened for a 5 day Conference re: All New
Releases.
My work resulted in Huge "Flats" about twenty feet high with
Stills (some chosen by me— Film Editor for over 12 years
At this point in time) which were like huge Art Sculptures
In the Exhibition Halls. It was a huge Success!
MGM/Licensing:
Worked in Merchandising & Licensing.
Also worked on the Launch of Rocky V
Film Editing (see attached partial resume): I have worked both in
Dramatice Feature and Shorts as well as Documentary, Industrial
Films, Commercial and Experimental ("Underground" films).
I had made Editor on both coasts (NY Local 771 and LA Local 776) by
the time I dropped out to focus on Music (Songwriting in particular),
my first and lifelong Love!
Retail & Sales:
I have worked at Sachs Fifth Avenue while still in school. They
Offered me a job straight out of High School. I had already
Worked in Small Leather Goods and for the President when
His Secretary left for vacation. He had requested my help!
Have had other Sales & Retail jobs from time to time (Cold
calling on Retailers for a Start-up, , Booking Sponsors for Tennis
Tournament, Food & Beverage, Art/Antiquities Gallary (79th &
Madision), Vidal Sasoon (Hair Care), Selling One of a Kind &
Limitted Edition Art Deco (Jewelry, clothing all hand made by
B.E. small time sales.... Trendsetting, Groundbreaking
Designs.... Starter of"fads!
Advertising:
I worked one Summer in a major ad agency, Richard K. Manoff,
Clients were Welch's Grape Jelly, Bumble Bee Tuna (like that!)
I did: Reception, Library, Marketing, Media Buying (buyinv tv
Spots), and worked closely with everyone, Art Direction, Copy
Writing, Talent & Casting, etc. I was just going into Senior Year
Of High School, and it gave me a great foundation in Reality!
Later I workd at another agency on a temporary assignment for
The Creative Director. He found me writing a 40 page Treatment
For a Screenplay I was co-writing at the time, asked if he could
Read it and offered me a 90,000 dollar Copy Writing Job
Which I had to decline. I have always needed to go back into my
"creative space" which means,not having imposed schedule.
I respectfully declined a generous and fabulous offer.
It should be noted that the driving force in my Life is Music and my
love of Music. Once I had written over 50 songs (1980) I knew that I
had to let that guide me in major decisions. I have now written many
many songs as well as films, how to manuals, etc. and am content!
I do not feel driven to write anymore than I already have, although I am
not blocking anything either. I am ready to share the totality of my
experience by continuing to participate in Community Affairs, sharing
my gifts and talents, ideas and "vision" in the hopes I may help to
maintain a balance between Prosperity & Pupose, v. Vision, Wisdom
and "Aliveness". The latter always involves People, their creativity,
gifts, knowledge, humour, ideas and areas of"Mastery" plus OUR
willingness to come together, allow "groups" "teams" "committees"
"blue ribbon panels", "task forces" and just plain "friends & associates
and SHARE, CARE and support each other's "purpose" in Life instead
of"tearing down, sabotaging, or defaming, demeaning, destroying, and
all that "toxic", "dysfunctional" unnecessary activity and energy
expenditure.
As Abraham once said: "A House divided against itself cannot stand"
and as "Luther once said" "A House is not a 'Home'.... When there's
noone living there"
We can Bulid... then we must "activate" (bring Life/People in), then we
must "Promote" and THEN they will come and come back again and
again, happy as can be. •
We are in this together.
For that reason, I offer myself up to the above referenced Committees.
In addition, I am already "involved" with Parks & Rec, as the President
and CEO of Miami Beach Dance Skaters, Inc., whose first EVER Roll-
or-Dance Night was a huge Success even though it was almost rained
out.
This "Overview" is by way of introducing myself to those of you who
are working at City Hall, and may have a "subjective view" of yours
truly, as I have brief interaction with you at Meetings.
I have spent my life (since 1980 when EVERYTHING changed) since
my first 50 Songs manifested (by the end of 1980, also the first y
I have always been someone who gives 100% when and wherever I am
involved.
For that Reason, I am applying for three Committees here on Miami
Beach:
Budget Advisory - The culture of paying 4 x what things cost
in the Private Sector must end!
Transportation & Parking: I am already active in these
Matters, have attended several meetings of
Parking & Transpo, and bring a lifetime of
Walking miles and miles always, and over 30 years
of driving in NYC and across the USA & in Cal.
In NYC, plus a lifetime of taking buses and
Trains in NYC — plus over 30 years of
Hard core Skating (Rollerskating including
Street Skating, including three parades and
Thousands of hours with wheels on my feet
everywhere!!! (how I became "Rollergirl")
Cultural Affairs - The attached Resumes speak for themselves
It never was my intention to wind up with
Such a "Potpourri" of Experience. As is
Said, "Life is what happens while we are
Busy making other plans"!
I am already part of the Consciousness a Miami Beach that is whole and
not fragmented. That does not mean that every corner of the Beach is
"equal" to every other.
It is the Diversity, beauty, and Water that infuses every part of Miami
Beach which attracts Tourists and New Residents from all over the
world, not to mention the beautiful Climate. To sustain Community we
need "activities" and to manage our resources (natural & $$s).
I KNOW we have the Revenue Stream to manage ALL our NEEDS
here on Miami Beach.
Perhaps a good Overview, and Restructuring of Priorites that is realistic
in the Times and World Market we all inhabit at Present.
. . •
I did all the Bookkeeping at Mitsui Real Estate Sales, and have worked
at WR Grace both in Restaurant Group & Marketing..
Worked on Budget for a huge Film Studio Development Project for
Yugoslavia (hundreds of millions). It did not happen but the Budget
did.
Have also worked with Film Budgets.
When it comes to Money, Spending, Budgets, and Accountability,
Governments have latitude that the Private Sector does not have to
overspend and still "stay in business". I feel that needs to change both
in the Fed and at the Local
• Levels if we want this Country (City and
neighborhoods) to thrive and for its people to enjoy the Quality of Life
they deserve (if they are willing to participate) in this Modern Age.
Thanks for letting me share. I look forward to continue bringing my
experience, "vision" and "wisdom" into the mix here in Miami Beach.
Thank you for Community,
Beth Emerson
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