Curriculum Vitae

Film Editor

Creative Strategist

Digital Media Specialist

Born 2000, Fairfield, California

Lives and works in Atlanta, GA.

ciarazhanef@gmail.com

EDUCATION

B.A., Spelman College Art and Visual Culture, Documentary Filmmaking

Emerge Post-Production Premiere Certification Course, RE-IMAGINE ATL, ADOBE

Fiscal Sponsorship Mentorship Program, Southern Documentary Fund

Snapchat Partner Summit, Snapchat Inc. 

Advanced Post-Production & Camera-to-Cloud with Golden State Warriors & Atlanta Hawks, ADOBE

Hollywood Post-production Workflows with Academy Award Winning Editor Paul Rogers, ADOBE 

Screenwriting Masterclass, Christine Swanson, Morehouse Film Festival

Beyond the Screen, Equitable &Impactful Filmmaking Production to Premiere, A24 x MIHI

Liquid Blackness Masterclass, Jenn Nkiru, Georgia State University

Personal Performance Masterclass, Avery Sunshine, Spelman College

Assistant Director Workshop, Hailey Productions

Warner Media Access to Action Training  Program     

Rising Stars Summer Camp, The Fox Theatre

DOCUMENTARY FILM

2024

Editor, The Spirit of Atlanta, A Northstar Collective

2024

Camera Assistant, Black Association of Cardiologists Campaign, Third and Wonder Productions x Morehouse School of Medicine

2024

Sound Mixer, Nola, Psychic Moon

2022

Director, The Intersex Gambit, Duality Studios

2019-2022

Key Production Assistant, Reparations Documentary

2019-2021

Key Production Assistant, Black Voters Matter Documentary

2018-2020

Production Intern, Mama Bears Documentary

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FILM

2024

Senior Editor, Holiday Heist, Eyeam Cinema x Tubi

2023

Boom Operator, Miami Nights

2022

Production Assistant, A Man In Full, Warner Media

2021

2nd Assistant Director, Tell Me, The Alliance Theatre Atlanta, Small Onion Studios,

2021

Advisor and Mentor, Theatre and Film Summer Intensive, Naked Angels Theatre Company

MARKETING

2025

Communications Coordinator, RE:IMAGINE ATL

2025

Post-Production Supervisor, Day of Impact, United Talent Agency

2024

Social Media Videographer, Community Partners of Practice Campaign, United Way x RE:IMAGINE ATL

2024

Social Media Manager, Southside Works x RE:IMAGINE ATL

2019

Valentine’s Day Visuals & Promotional Event, BMASE x Duality Studios

2018

Instagram Community Manager, The Purple Aisle 501C3 

COMMERCIAL

2024

Social Media BTS Photographer, The Knowledge House Campaign Ad, NBCUniversal Creative Impact Lab

2024

Director/Producer, Psychology of Black Womanhood Textbook Ad, Spelman College Psychology Department

2023

Camera Assistant, Style Seat, The Luupe x Colour Co

2023

Production Assistant, Glamour Woman of the Year, Condé Nast

2023

Video Editor and Producer, HBCU Game Jam Hack-A-Thon, Microsoft x Zinga x Spelman

2021

Camera Assistant, The Tipping Point

2019

Video Editor, Go Big Blue What You Gon Do, Spelman Office of Institutional Advancement

TELEVISION

2023

Production Assistant, Wicked City

2021

Production Assistant, Boo! , Netflix

2021

Production Assistant, Strays, NBCUniversal

2021

Production Assistant, The Wonder Years, Hulu

2021

COVID Testing Coordinator, Echo3, AppleTV

2021

Additional Production Assistant, ATLANTA, Netflix, Disney

2019-2021

Additional Production Assistant, Stargirl, CW

2019

Additional Production Assistant, Beast Mode, Warner Media

2019

BTS Photographer, Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta, Dazzle Me Parties

INDEPENDENT FILM

2023

Videographer & Editor, Surreal Depths Gallery Film, Atypical Creations

2023

Sound Mixer & Editor, Angels Guide to Perfect Pining, Gabrielle Morse x Duality Studios

2021-2022

Director of Photography & Producer, Losin’ It Web Series, AUC Camera Collective

2021

Producer, Bug Hill, Gabrielle Morse SAVC

2021

Animation Producer, A Homecoming I’ll Remember, Jasmine McCaskill SAVC

2021

Sound Trainee, Signals

STUDIO ART

2020-2021

Studio Assistant, Kelly Taylor Mitchell, Atlanta Contemporary

2019-2020

Woodshop and Sculpture Studio Monitor, Spelman College          

SERVICE AND SALES

2023

Hostess & Barista, Grits and Eggs Breakfast Kitchen

2023

Catering Driver, Moe’s, 15 C

2020-2021

Catering Cashier, America Consumer Mart, Chicken Salad Chick

2017-2019

Cashier, Shane’s Ribshack, 15C

HONORS, AND EXHIBITIONS

Atlanta Commercial Competition, Cycle 4, Season 2, ATL Film Party

Angel’s Guide to Perfect Pining, Green Screen Film Festival, The Atlanta Links Chapter, 2023

Red Carpet Film Festival, Fulton County Film Commissioner, 2022

THE INTERSEX GAMBIT, AMPAV Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, Cannes Film Festival, 2022

2020 YEARS OLD, The Green Screen Film Festival, Atlanta University Consortium 2022

2020 YEARS OLD, The Great Return, Peter’s Street Station, Atlanta, GA, 2021

IMANI’S JOY, Semi-Finalist, MACRO x BEATS HBCU Pitch Competition, 2021

2020 Years Old, What A Year Film Festival, Naked Angels Theatre Company, 2020

Spelship Soft Sculpture, [Un] Common Threads, Douglas Theatre Exhibition, 2020

PHYLLIS, THE FIRST, Top 10, Campus Movie Festival, 2019

TEA, Female Future Infinite Possibilities,  Blerd City-Con, New York, 2019

THESCON, National Thespian Honor Society, 2017

Rising STARS, Fox Theatre Atlanta, 2015

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2023

Cheering Squad, Publix Marathon

2022

Writer’s Intern, SAGIndie, American Pavilion

2020-2022

Founding President, Spelman Film Fusion

2019

Social Media Intern, Spelman’s Afrekete

2022

Screening, Bronze Lens Film Festival

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