The Doris Duke Foundation: The Dancer

Role: Video Producer, Post Producer

Doris Duke came to TAIT with the challenge of producing the Doris Duke Artist Awards. The event was established in 2012 to “unlock the power of creativity and to shape our society for the better, recognizing artists for their established record of achievement within the disciplines of contemporary dance, jazz and theater.” In addition to producing their event, TAIT also produced a video that would highlight Tarik Currimbhoy, a sculptor and architect, who was commissioned to create the event’s prestigious award. The video would be premiere during the Doris Duke Artist Awards before they presented the Winners of the evening’s celebrations.

Scope Breakdown

As the Video Producer on this project, my role included the oversight of the video’s creative development and direction as well as collaborating with a larger team to coordinate the logistics, sourcing a video production partner (CoenFilm), budgeting, scheduling, and post-production, which was handled in-house at TAIT (edited by Gwendolyn Vital). The video went on to win Telly Awards for Cinematography and Editing. During the event, I also oversaw the video production and photography capture of the event.

  • Artist Tarik Currimbhoy works at his desk as photographed through a circular sculpture

  • A film crew sets up equipment in a studio space

  • Artist Tarik Currimbhoy works at his desk as a title card appears on screen

  • Art works and sketches hang on the wall with harsh shadows from the light