Brandon Daniel

Founder & CEO of Ametsa Media // Director, Producer, DP, Filmmaker

Vancouver, Washington, United States

About

Commercial and film director with extensive experience in commercial production, narrative film & documentary production, and interactive media. Skilled in commercials, film, color correction, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, and creative collaboration. You'll also see him scratching a left-brain itch: demonstrated experience in full-stack software development and leading agile dev teams.

Experience

  • Founder & CEO // Director at Ametsa Media
    May 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

    Full-service video production for brands and agencies. A passionate team of artists and storytellers who help brands stand out in the crowd. Well-versed in collaborating with in-house creative teams as well as operating as a full turn-key production house from concept to execution. Responsibilities: - Directing daily operations and strategy - Creative collaboration on concepts, co-writing, co-producing - Directing commercials and films - Cinematography - Fine/final edit, color correction, mixing/audio mastering, intermediate motion graphics

  • Software Engineer, Agile Team Lead at Brandon Daniel Consulting
    Jan 2005 - Present · 21 yrs 6 mos

    - Custom web and mobile apps. - Full-stack development. - Leading agile teams. Experience includes: Linux, C, C++, C#, Unity, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, CSS, JavaScript, Git, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache, Nginx, Wordpress plugins dev

  • Brandon Daniel Photography (11 yrs 6 mos)
    • Photographer
      Jun 2005 - Nov 2016 · 11 yrs 6 mos

      Keywords: portraiture, modeling, low-light, theatre, headshots, landscape.

    • Editor
      Jan 2011 - Jun 2016 · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Software Engineer at Flying Rhinoceros
    Jun 2011 - Jun 2016 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Lead software engineer at Flying Rhinoceros. I developed the latest incarnation of the Fraboom.com front-end from scratch, and the platform upon which all of Fraboom's live events run, as well as miscellaneous live event implementations, games, and web sites. Languages, technologies, and tools used: Flash, ActionScript 3, JavaScript, PHP, Flash Media Interactive Server, Git, Pivotal Tracker, Lua, Spine, MySQL

  • Bittner & Lohr New Media (6 yrs 10 mos)
    • Cinematographer
      Sep 2009 - Jun 2016 · 6 yrs 10 mos

      Cinematographer for Frailty, a short film which won the Director's Choice Award at the 2012 Rincon International Film Festival in Puerto Rico. Cinematographer for Ingenium, a low-budget feature-length science fiction film with production value, cinematography, and visual effects which rival those of films with much larger budgets and crews. DP for the following music videos for It Boys!: * Guy's Don't Like Me * Burnin' Up * Start the Party

    • Editor
      Dec 2011 - Apr 2012 · 5 mos

      I was the editor of this film, which won the Director's Choice award at it's premiere in April 2012 at the Rincon International Film Festival. IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316649/

    • Cinematographer
      Nov 2011 - Nov 2011 · 1 mo

      For this project I flew to Puerto Rico with the rest of the filmmaking team to work with award winning director Angel Manuel Soto. We shot this short film in the heart of Old San Juan. The film won the Director's Choice award at it's premiere in April 2012 at the Rincon International Film Festival. IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316649/