Resumé
"I
would recommend Tessa to anyone as a camera ass. – grip ass.
She sees the work, is fast, efficient and has the mentality
needed.
Workdrive, insight and talent. She has those three things!"
~ Matthias Temmermans, Director ~
2002 – 2007 Video-TV-Film at Media and Design Academy of Katholieke
Hogeschool Limburg in Genk (B)
Equivalent of Bachelor Diploma.
Focus: Documentary and Fiction
1999 – 2000 Psychology at Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA, USA
Via International Student Exchange Program.
GPA: 3.89 (out of 4)
President’s List Fall Quarter 1999
1999 TOEFL-Test (=Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Score: 495/500
1996 – 2001 Psychology at Universiteit Maastricht
Masters Degree in Cognitive Ergonomics (Psychology)
1990 – 1996 Gymnasium at Grotius College in Heerlen (NL)
Graduated in Dutch, English, German, Latin, Mathematics
(Geometry), Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Certificate for Social Sciences
Courses/Workshops
2006 IDFA, Amsterdam Master class Camera
2005 STUK, Leuven Master class Kodak
2000 WWU, Bellingham, WA, USA Acting for Film 101
1999 WWU, Bellingham, WA, USA Acting for Theatre 160
1999 – 2000 Bellingham, WA, USA American Sign Language,
Basic I en II
Publications
2000 – 2001 “Symbol elements and legibility: the effect of size and familiarity
of depiction”
1999 “Effectiveness study into the knowledge transfer of I&E Milieu”
Working experience grip
Flikken Maastricht Made-for-TV Movie 2011 grip-assistant
- De Overloper
Sonny Boy Movie, S35mm 2010 grip-assistant
Koning Aap Shortfilm, RED 2009 key grip
Caiway Commercial 2009 grip-assistant
De Vliegenierster Movie, 35mm 2009 grip-assistant
TNT Commercial 2009 grip-assistant
Leader NCRV Commercial 2009 key grip trainee
De Storm Movie, 35mm 2008 grip-assistant trainee
Het Huis Anubis TV 2007/2008 key grip
Mega Mindy TV 2006 grip-assistant
Working experience Camera/-assistant
LouisLouise TV 2008 camera-assistant
Het Huis Anubis TV 2007/2008 camera-assistant
Mega Mindy TV 2006 camera-assistant
Fan Film Festival, TV 2005/2006 second camera
Leader Lesbian Film Festival 2005 camera
Working experience Setdressing
Of Cats & Women Shortfilm, 16mm 2007 set dresser-assistant
2009 Jan, Febr Gripwise
Maintenance (painting, spraypainting, sawing,
grinding, cleaning, welding)
2008 August Roaming camera at convention (3 days),
Vancouver, BC (Can)
2004, 2005, 2006 Multicamera-assignments at multiple conventions
(3 days each), Londen (UK), Scheveningen (NL)
2000 July – 2004 September Royal Theaters Heerlen
operator, pay-desk, counter, placing, stocking,
customer service, computer administration
Operating systems Macintosh, MS Windows 95/98/2000/XP
MS Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel (PC)
Word Perfect
Montage/Editing Adobe: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects (PC)
Avid Express Pro (PC)
Final Cut Pro (Mac)
Programming Pascal (PC)
Delphi (PC)
HTML (beginner)
Microsoft FrontPage (PC)
Jibs Mini-jib
Dollies Panther (Classic, Evolution), Fisher, Dario, Peewee,
doorway dolly, laptop-dolly, skater-dolly
Cranes Panther Galaxy, Foxy, Piccolo, Javelin, Sky-King
Camera-boat
Camera-truck
Rigging Multimount, carmount, bungee mount, scaffolding