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Joe
Saitta
(954) 961-7743
email
j_saitta@hotmail.com
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• Set Construction and Scenic Painter USA
Networks "Burn Notice" Season Five since
2011.
Construction of Signs, Scenery, Props and Set Painter.
• Freelance Designer and Construction Supervisor Gale
Force Creations since 1997
Duties include creation of Floor plans, Elevations, construction
drawings. Construction of Signs, Scenery, Props, cabinets
and furniture.
• Staff Designer for Univision
Networks 1997- 2007
Creation of Floor plans, Elevations, construction drawings
and 3D modeling with fly-over animated presentations. Graphics
on VizRT, Vis Artist live on-air 3D rendering system. Construction
of Scenery, Props, Special Effects, cabinets, furniture and
displays including carpentry and painting. Drafting for in
house renovations in Miami corporate office.
• Set Design and Construction Coordinator Discovery
Networks TLC 1993-1994
Art direction including props table top Product Shots
and Special Effects for top rated prime time cooking shows
"Death by Chocolate" and "The Burgermeisters".
• Staff Scenic Designer and Construction Coordinator
for PBS network from 1984-1996
Staff Designer and coordinator for PBS affiliate WPBT in Miami.
Responsibilities include design, drafting and construction
for in house renovations in Miami, New York, Washington DC,
Delray Beach and many other locations. Duties included creation
of Floor plans, Elevations, construction drawings. Graphics,
3-D design, Props, Special Effects and Scenery. Supervision
of full-time production staff, subcontractors, warehouse,
shop and studio. Procurement of materials and supplies, including
coordination of capital budgets and requests, purchase orders,
check requisitions, expense reports. Production of computer
generated designs and graphics using industry-standard software.
Construction supervisor for in-house renovations including
carpentry, electrical, plumbing, plastering, painting and
HVAC.
• Propmasters Miami, Florida
1985-86 1997-2000
Prop Builder, Carpenter and Scenic Painter. Credits include
Pepsi "Whale's Tail", Wendy's Commercials with Dave
Thomas, Miami Vice - Glenn Frey Grammy Night Pepsi Commercial
and Don Jonhson HBO special.
• Six
Flags Amusement Parks "Atlantis" Florida 1985-1986
Theater Manager, Electrician, Follow Spot for daily performances
and concerts Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Molly Hatchet
and others for two seasons.
• Coconut Grove Children's Theater "Little Shop
of Horrors" Florida 1985
Design and construction of Audrey II puppet. Puppet was a
human size plant that eats people and was operated by two
puppeteers. Actors could pass through the mouth and exit behind
the six foot puppet.
• South Florida
Shakespeare Festival at Viscaya Miami, Florida 1985
Prop Master, Prop Builder and Special Effects for full
four month run of three outdoor shows in repertory including
daily matinees and a school tour. Romeo and Juliet, Two
Gentleman of Verona and The Tempest, which included
over twenty Pyrotechnic Effects Cues. Design and construction
of custom Flash Pots, Controller and Prospero's Staff. The
Staff featured eight mini Flash Pots, electrically ignited
Loads with different Effects and could be fired together or
individually. The same Staff could simultaneously produce
an electrically ignited torch, all operated by actor Jim Finnegan
via Micro Switches on the Staff. The Pyrotechnics on stage
had to sync to the Effects created by Prospero's Staff, Sound
and Lighting Cues.
Other
Props and Scenic References
IATSE
477 Movie Set Dresser and Props.
Member since 1997
IASTE 500 Theater Technician
Galavision,
Telefutura, Florida Grand Opera, Coconut Grove Playhouse,
Propmasters Miami, Miami Beach TOPA, On Location Props, Great
Southern Studios.
Commercials - Florida Lotto, Kraft, Planters, KMart, Sears,
Hebrew National Hotdogs, Pepsi, Goya Foods, Isotoner gloves,
Toyota and Miami Herald.
• Performing Resume
Jim Henson Productions - Art of the Muppets, Puppeteer.
Six
Flags Amusement Parks - Flagship Follies Puppet stage
show, Perthy Pelican puppet improv show. Puppet Master,
with over 2000 performances in two seasons.
Norton Gallery Theater - The Algonquin Set and Scapino.
Barry University Theater, lead roles in The Lark, Bullshot
Crummond, King Stag.
Barry University Puppet Theater, Master Puppeteer starring
in The Monkey King, Atlantis Rising and Everyman.
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Software
AutoCAD, 3D Studio, Vectorworks, Cinema 4D, Photoshop, Illustrator,
VizRT, Filemaker, After Effects, Premiere, MS Word, Excel,
Access and Visio.
Computer
hardware, systems and network support specialist
CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certifications
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