Craig Forrest

• Catalyst for annual So Cal media conference concentrating on church media production, web savvy and communications strategy. • Networked ministries, a university, churches, workshop leaders & vendors to connect together for a 1st time hands-on media conference.

Battle-tested producer, director or crew member for network, agency, commercial, corporate, humanitarian + faith-based projects. • Produced scores of projects concept to completion, directed talent, lived in edit suites, coordinated logistics, wrote features, narration, spots, fundraising .

• Produced weekly syndicated tv program, Answers With Bayless Conley, seen in 100+ countries. • Managed 7 member media staff going through major transition and quickly achieved stability, consistency and professionalism. Positioned staff + projects to quality level whereby team won 3 TELLY awards.

• Series Producer for VideoView, a corporate video magazine distributed to offices & news bureaus in 83 countries. Stories covered 3rd World famine, disaster relief, urbanization, terrorism. • Produced ambitious 3 video series on-location in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe & Asia.

• Directed French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic & Indonesian programming - taped & live-via-satellite. • Coordinated 31 person production dept, booking of 3 multi-camera studios & 3 broadcast editing suites + crewing numerous overseas & domestic remote shoots.

Celtic Cinema, British Cinema, Film Noir, Silent Films Era

Journalism/History