ALEXANDER HANINI
alex.hanini@gmail.com
SUMMARY
NYU graduate film and photography professional with strong skills in editing with Avid, Final Cut, Premiere, Photoshop and cinematography. Detail-oriented collaborator and problem solver.
EDUCATION
New York University
B.F.A., Film & TV - Tisch School of the Arts — 2014
Film & Television — 2012-2014
Photography & Imaging — 2010-2012
EXPERIENCE
Electric (applicant) March 2017—
Local 52, IATSE | On-set
Operating lights for studio movies and network TV. Rigging lights, running data and electrical power for lighting and general set use. Operating boom and scissor lifts (up to 125 ft). Applicant for union membership and electrical test (postponed). Projects include: Spider Man: Far From Home (NY Unit, 2019), West Side Story (2020), The Hunters (2020-, Amazon), Vox Lux (2018), Vampires vs. The Bronx (in post).
Lighting rental technician, June 2017 — Feb 2018
Steiner Studios | Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fulfilling stage and location equipment orders for G&E crews. Operating aerial lifts and forklifts. Barcoding and inventorying large quantities of new grip and electrical equipment.
Freelance Shop Assistant, B2C Sales, May — September 2016
Magnum Photos | Midtown, Manhattan
Writing product descriptions for the Shop website. Coordinating with the printer and framer for placement of orders. Following up with customers regarding shipping via phone and/or e-mail. Tagging products in Magnum Store backend and re-formatting product listings for the Shop in HTML.
Archival Intern January — March 2016
Magnum Photos | Midtown, Manhattan
Making posts for the archival calendar. Pulling slides, negatives and contact sheets from the archive for digital use and sent to photographers’ estates. Editing captions to Magnum’s standard format.
Editorial Photo Intern, May — August 2013
The New Yorker | Condé Nast, Manhattan
Editorial intern for the Photography Department. Attending Creative meetings, and Photography Department meetings. Editing and color correcting photographer’s work for upcoming issue. Edited 300 images to a final 8, under a tight deadline for a July 4 "Photo Booth" column blog post under four hours. Updating the Photography department digital tear-sheet spreads of all photographs in issues. Most frequent intern contributor with three digital magazine blog posts in one month. Click here for my contributions to The New Yorker’s Photo Booth.
SKILLS
Advanced skills in Avid, Final Cut; intermediate Premiere. Still & Moving Camera op (Sony FS100, Sony F5, Canon C100, DSLRs and mirrorless), TV Studio equipment.
Film and photography lighting, and zone system.
Photoshop and Lightroom.
AWARDS
MoMA Student Art Exhibition, 2010.
PDNedu Student Photography Contest 2010; published in Spring 2010 issue (p.33).
Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards 2010, National Winner, Silver Medal, Portfolio.
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2010, Winner, Gold Key, New York Region.
YoungArts 2010, National Honorable Mention. New York Regional winner.
New York City “Write a Play” Contest 2009, Winner High School Division, Stephen Sondheim Prize.
INTERESTS
Hockey, rowing, football, blues guitar, history, politics.