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Hello! I'm Simone Goldsmith. Currently based in Sydney (Australia), I'm working as a freelance associate producer for Channel 9 News.

I've been living in Tokyo (Japan) the last four years, completing a Media and Communications degree at Temple University, Japan Campus.

My passion is documentary film making, which so far has taken me to villages in rural Kazakhstan; garbage dumps and slums in Indonesia; garment factories in Bangladesh and landfill sites in India.

I'm currently in the post-production stage of a documentary for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on refugees living in Tokyo.

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Urban Villages

Temple University, Japan Campus received a grant to produce mini documentaries on the most pressing issues facing Asia's fastest growing cities. I produced the Jakarta, Indonesia shoot which focused on water and sanitation. I also produced and directed the Bangladesh shoot on women and their livelihoods in Dhaka, as well as the Delhi shoot which investigated waste managament.

Global Lives Project

The Global Lives Project is a non-profit organisation that films 24 hours in the life of ten people around the world. The footage forms a video library of human experience, designed to show the diversity of the globe and to take you out of your world and into someone else's.

I produced the Kazakhstan shoot and coordinated the translation of the Lebanon and Japan shoots. In Feburary 2010, I attended GLP's World Premier event in San Francisco, USA and helped make the short video on the right for a symposium at Temple University, Japan Campus.

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Refugees International Japan - Journey to Hope

I was in the design team for this innovative, inspirational and informative mobile exhibition. Freight containers, which were placed in and around Tokyo, were filled with displays that aim to give a taste of the refugee experience.

Wakai Politics X Pecha Kucha

A joint venture between Pecha Kucha and The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus. I presented pictures and footage of the Urban Villages Project, a series of documentaries on issues facing Asia's fastest growing cities.

Fare for Fair, Tokyo

Assistant Coordinator of this charity event which featured delectable Middle Eastern fare; live entertainment by oriental dancers, musicians and DJs; a short day-in-the-life documentary of a Palestinian refugee girl in Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut, and multimedia works made by youth during a digitial workshop. Proceeds went to Social Care, a non-profit Shatila- based organization committed to supporting refugees through education in the arts and sciences.

Pecha Kucha Tokyo

Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", Pecha Kucha rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. I presented about a digitzal workshop with Palestinian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon.

Lecture for Michigan State University

Presenter at an online lecture for the Communications and Asian Studies departments at Michigan State University. With Temple University, Japan Campus professors Ron Carr and Irene Herrera, we presented on journalism in Japan, the Global Lives Project and the Urban Villages Project.

HODGEPODGE

Public Relations team coordinator for this live music and art event that aims to bridge the world and Japan's music and art scenes.

FILM March 2011: Camera Operator for Sky News Italy's coverage on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read about my experiences HEREFeb 2011: Production Assistant for The Room. Produced by Ryu Shimizu. Directed by Toshiyuki ImaiNovember 2010: Camera Assistant for Risala Media Productions' representation at ROBOCON, TokyoOctober 2010: Camera Operator at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' 2010 Refugee Film FestivalCamera Operator at The Politics of Popular Culture by the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies Wakai Project

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Education January 2009 - present: Temple University Japan, Tokyo (on scholarship) Media and Communications major 1994-2007 - Redlands School, Sydney, Australia November 2007 - Completed Higher School Certificate Languages English: Native Japanese: AdvancedFrench: IntermediateWork ExperienceAugust 2011 - present: Freelance Associate Producer at Channel 9 News Sydney, AustraliaJuly 2011 - Ausust 2011: Internship at Channel 9 News Sydney, AustraliaAssisting reporters and camera operators with stories; conducting interviews and research;August 2010 - January 2011: Internship at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Tokyo JapanExternal Relations and Refugee Film Festival departments. Developing a 15-20 minute documentary on the life of refugees living in Tokyo and for the film festival, filming the festival and providing overseas guest coordination and office support. April 2010 - present: Student Lead Producer, Camera Operator and Photographer on Urban Villages, a year-long Temple University Japan Campus project that reports on the most pressing issues currently facing ten megacities in Asia and their residents. The Jakarta shoot investigated water and sanitation, the Dhaka shoot looked at women in the urban informal sector and the Delhi shoot was about waste management. March 2009 - March 2011: Internship at Global Lives Project, a non profit collaboration that records 24 hours in the lives of people who roughly represent the diversity of our planet's population .Producer of the Kazakhstan shoot (September 2009). Camera and photography assistance during production.Post-Production Coordinator of the Lebanon shoot. In charge of public relations and event organization, for example, Fare for Fair, a Tokyo-based charity eveningFebruary 2010: Flown to San Francisco for Global Lives Project Global Premier. Whilst there, I presented at Global Lives Filmmakers Forum at UC Berkley with Cultural Analysis; An Interdisciplinary Forum on Folklore and Popular Culture, and also presented at Global Lives for the Future forum. I helped edit together a 3-5 minute story of the Project and events which was shown at the Research and Creative Works Symposium at Temple University Japan. Currently coordinating the translation of the Brazil shoot and managing translation interns.July 2010 - February 2011: Volunteer for Refugees International JapanMedia and Design team for the Journey to Hope project, an interactive refugee experience using shipping containers in and around Tokyo. Students will live out the "refugee experience", and children and adults alike will have the opportunity to learn about refugees through designs and displays. January 2010: Freelance writing for Hong Kong-based Asia Spa MagazineApril 2009 - April 2011: Part-time work for Temple University Japans Media DepartmentManaging all media equipment and shooting school events. April 2009 - June 2010: Part-time work with Tokyo GaijinsOrganizing and running trips and events. September - December 2008: Full time work as Editorial Assistant at Asia Spa Magazine (part of Blu Inc Media), Hong Kong. Writing segments, research, media events, proofreading and organizing Asia Spa Awards February - July 2008: Full time work at travel agent HIS Experience Japan, Tokyo. Sales of domestic travel packages and tours for foreigners and Japanese people, creating, implementing and leading Mt Fuji climbs, translating, writing press releases and media requestsReferences are available upon request. Academic achievements- Recipient of Temple University's Creative Arts & Research Scholarship 2011- Recipient of Temple University Japans Matriculation Scholarship 2009, Undergraduate Summer Semester Scholarship 2009, Summer Semester Scholarship 2010, Fall Semester Scholarship 2010 & Spring Semester Scholarship 2010- Recipient of Temple University Japans Community Outreach Award 2010, an award given for a project that was produced amid the tenure as an undergraduate student with the aim of bringing awareness and positive change to a community Sporting achievements - Won the New South Wales State Championship female snowboarding competition in 2005 - Represented Redlands and New South Wales in female snowboarding at National level from 2003 to 2006 (came 7th in the National Championship in 2005) - Represented the school in regional and state cross-country events in 2003-2004 Other achievements - 3 months student exchange program (home stay) in Nagoya, Japan in 2004 - 2 weeks of intensive French course in Noumea, New Caledonia in January 2007- at Centre de Rencontres et d'Echanges Internationaux du Pacifique (CREIPAC) - Middle school Sports Captain in 2002 Technical skills- Professional video cameras (Canon XH-A1S & Sony DSR-PD150) - Professional cameras (Canon 7D, 5D, 500)- Final Cut Pro- AudacityClasses taken at Temple University Japan- Radio Practicum- Journalism & Society- Mass Media & Society- Tokyo Stories- Media Arts 1- Public Speaking- Broadcast Performance- Introduction to TV Production

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email: simonegoldsmith_gmail.com

mobile: australia +61 405158526

japan +81 90 8515 9161

skype: simone.goldsmith

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