Experience

Director/Co-Writer, ZMD 2008
A feature film produced by John Sinno about a young Iranian-American girl, Frida Abbas, who is blamed for a zombie epidemic that destroys the small town of Port Gamble. For More information please visit IMDB.

Director/Cinematographer/Editor, Lagotek Demo Video 2008
Directed and edited the demo video for the wireless whole home automation company Lagotek.

Camera Operator/Editor, Seattle.Net 2006
Shot and edited two 5 minute promo videos about the city of Seattle for the website Seattle.net.

Director/Camera Operator, Profession Journalist 2006
Shot and directed a twenty-minute segment for a primetime program for a major Russian television network called NTV. The show was broadcast to a large nationwide audience in February of 2006.

Director/Editor, Lagotek Commercial Video 2005
Freelance job for shooting and editing a promotional video for Lagotek home security company

Boom Operator, Full Disclosure 2005
Boom operator for the short/comedy ‘Full Disclosure’.

Editor, At the Back of the North Wind, University of Washington 2005
A feature-length movie produced by the University of Washington and written and directed by Noel Paul, teacher of the Digital Arts and Experimental College (DXARTS). I was personally asked to edit the feature by the director using Final Cut Pro.

Editor, ‘Chandana’ Promotional Video 2005
Freelance job for editing a promotional video for famous Bollywood actress Chandana Dixit.

Editor, Sounds Ready 2005
Freelance job for editing the demo reel for the sound recording/design company, Sounds Ready.

Editor, “Felliniana”, University of Washington 2003
A montage video of clips from films by legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini compiled together to accompany a live orchestra at a special tribute event at the University of Washington entitled ‘Felliniana’. The faculty member in charge of the event, Lance Rhoades, personally asked Kevin Hamedani to edit the video that previewed in front of a live audience including special guests Fellini co-writer Gianfranco Angelluci, actress Barbra Steele (’8 1/2’), and academy award winning composer Nicola Piovani (’Life is Beautiful’, ‘Intervista’).

Write/Director/Editor/Composer, The Unfinished Novel by the Man Who Ate Himself 2004
A 60-minute drama about an aspiring author who seeks psychiatric help for his Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder that prevents him from finishing his novel. I produced this film during the summer and previewed it to University of Washington Cinema Studies Professors and students the following winter.

Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington 2002-2003
One of twelve students chosen from over a hundred applicants to attend a yearlong intensive video production program lead by Professor Shawn Brixey. I produced over 6 videos including the documentary ’The Love of C.A.’ which won the Seattle Student Film Festival Prize in 2003.

Education

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
B.A Comparative Literature: Cinema Studies. Graduated with Honors.

Skills

Digital Video Editing (Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and Vegas Video).
Cinematography (Panasonic DVX 100, Sony VX 2000, Canon XL 1 and 2, etc.)
DVD Mastering and Production (DVD Studio Pro.)
Guitar/Piano/Music Composition.
Location Sound Recording/Sound Mixing.