Bus No. 8: Robert Lawson's Resume

Robert S. Lawson
Producer / Director / Videographer / Editor

Rain Fitness, September 2011, Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Editor / Videographer
Four videos for Seattle fitness center, Rain Fitness.

Alki Homestead (in production), Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Editor / Videographer
Ongoing series of documentaries following the restoration of the historic Alki Homestead log building in Seattle, Washington, which was badly damaged by fire in 2009.

You Cannot Kill Us, We Are a Part of You (in post production), Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Editor / Videographer
English language documentary about the 37 year old anarchist squatter settlement in the heart of Denmark’s
capitol, Copenhagen. Grants received from City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, King County
4Culture, Christiania Researcher in Residence (CRIR) and Northwest Film Forum Progress in Works.

Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival, April 2010
Editing / DVD authoring
Program editing and DVD authoring of some 70 short super 8 films for the annual Georgetown Super 8 Film
Festival

Creature, November 2009
Videographer
Two camera promotional video for Seattle advertising agency, Creature

Seattle Hempfest, August 2009
Videographer
Volunteer videographer for Seattle’s annual Hempfest
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center:

Theodore S. Roberts Dinner & Festschrift, August 2008, Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Editor / Videographer
Two camera, 2 hour event video honoring pioneering neurosurgeon, Theodore S. Roberts, MD
commissioned by CHRMC and Harborview Medical Center.

Seattle Shakespeare Company, September 2007, Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Editor
2007 Fundraising / promotional video commissioned by Seattle Shakespeare Company, a non-profit
organization.

Weyerhauser Company training video, April 2007, Nicole Halabisky Productions
Videographer
Three camera Research and Development process training video

Passages Northwest, March 2007, Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Editor
2007 Fundraising / promotional video commissioned by Passages Northwest, a non-profit organization.

What You Sing Might Save You, April 2006, Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Videographer
Three camera video of live performance with Nick Garrison and Sissyfist at Re-bar, Seattle.

Passages Northwest, March 2006, Bus No. 8
Producer / Director / Editor / Videographer
2006 Fundraising / promotional video commissioned by Passages Northwest, a non-profit organization.

KL Shannon: My Fight Too, August 2005
Co-Director / Editor / Videographer
Student documentary produced through the University of Washington Documentary Production
certificate program. Featured in the 2006 Langston Hughes African American Film Festival;
on UWTV; and on tour through Pepperspray Productions.

Training
Certificate, Documentary Production – University of Washington, August, 2005
Six month program taught by Emmy and Peabody award winning producer, Ben Saboonchian of KIRO TV,
and award winning editor, Drew Keller of PBS/WNET.

Awards
City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 2010
$5,000 grant for post production of You Cannot Kill Us, We Are a Part of You

City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 2008
$8,000 grant for continued production of You Cannot Kill Us, We Are a Part of You

4Culture, King County, 2008
$2,500 grant for continued production of You Cannot Kill Us, We Are a Part of You

4Culture, King County – 2008 - 2010 Talent Roster for Video Production

Northwest Film Forum – Progress in Works grant, February 2008
Grant providing facilities for work-in-progress screening of You Cannot Kill Us, We Are a Part of You

Christiania Researcher in Residence - Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2007 and September 2006
Lodging and technical support granted for production of You Cannot Kill Us, We Are a Part of You.

Associations
Co-founder, with Richard Jackman, of Bus No. 8 - documentary production company
Member; Northwest Film Forum; 911 Media Arts; DVXuser.com

Programs Used
Final Cut Pro Studio 2; Avid Express; Adobe Premiere CS5; Adobe After Effects CS3; Adobe Photoshop CS5; Adobe Dreamweaver CS3