MICHAEL P. PREMSRIRAT
1939-1/2 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94115-4322
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EDUCATION

Pomona College, Claremont, California
Bachelor of Arts, Media Studies and Art & Art History, May 1993.


HONORS

Dole-Kinney Creative Writing Prize, May 1991
Pomona College Scholar, 1990-1991, 1991-1992
Louisa Moseley/Flintridge Foundation Fine Arts Fund Senior Art Award, May 1993


WORK EXPERIENCE

Marketing and Publications Coordinator " January 1998 to March 2000
Hostelling International-American Youth Hostels, San Francisco, California

Primary responsibility for planning and implementing marketing and communications for northern California affiliate of international network of budget accommodations. Other responsibilities include copy writing, graphic design and desktop publishing for direct mail pieces, advertising copy and publications (brochures and newsletters); management of direct mail campaigns; managing exhibitions at travel-related fairs and conferences. Supervisor, Barbara Wein.

Marketing and Community Relations Director " January 1997 to June 1999
Asian American Theater Company, San Francisco, California

Primary responsibility for planning and implementing marketing strategies, advertising, publicity and cross-marketing partnerships for productions and special events. Other responsibilities include marketing survey and demographic polling analysis; database design and management; copy writing, graphic design and desktop publishing for direct mail campaigns; corporate proposal and foundation grant preparation; and special events management. Supervisor, Pamela A. Wu.

Assistant to Development and Administration " February 1996 to January 1997
The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Primary development staff person for non-profit psychoanalytic training institute, membership organization of mental health professionals, clinic and library. Responsible for planning and implementing campaigns; managing special donor events; acknowledging gifts; tracking and reporting contributed income; and, designing and mailing promotional materials. Coordinator for Continuing Medical Education and Mandatory Education for Psychologists programs and other aspects of training and certification program.
Supervisor, Stephen Manning, Ph.D.

Development Assistant " January 1995 to February 1996
Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California

Duties included assisting the Individual Gifts Manager to develop and execute major donor cultivation events and prepare mail solicitations. Responsible to the Institutional Gifts Manager to research funding sources and prepare proposals (preparing grant narratives, forms, ancillary correspondence and support materials). For entire department, processing donations; tracking and reporting contributed income; drafting acknowledgments to individual, corporate and foundation donors; and data entry, database management, query design and report generation utilizing BlackBaud Raiser's Edge software suite.
Supervisor, Stacy Lee.


REFERENCES

Mario Garcia Durham
Performing Arts Curator
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-3138
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Beau Takahara
Manager, Individual Gifts
Tech Museum of Innovation
145 West San Carlos
San Jose, CA 95113

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Pamela A. Wu
Producing Director
Asian American Theater Company
1840 Sutter Street, Suite 207
San Francisco, CA 94115-3220

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PRODUCTION RESUME

Writer, Performer Affirmative! Action! Adventure
Campo Santo and the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors
December 2-21, 1998
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
Writer, Performer Fatty Cat Pippi Bites the Navel
The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors
July 23 through August 1, 1998
Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University
Sound Designer, Sound Operator The Chickencoop Chinaman by Frank Chin
Asian American Theater Company
April 30 through May 12, 1998
SOMAR Cultural Center, San Francisco
Sound Designer, Sound Operator Fur by Migdalia Cruz
Campo Santo
October 2-27, 1997
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
Writer, Sound Designer, Sound Operator Journey to the West
The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors
July 10-12 and 17-19, 1997
Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University
Sound Operator Gravity Falls from Trees by Sung J. Rno
Asian American Theater Company
June 1-22, 1997
Magic Theatre, San Francisco
Writer, Sound Designer, Sound Operator It's the 8:47 Show!
The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors
April 9-12 and 16-19, 1997
Noh Space, San Francisco
Writer, Sound Designer, Sound Operator Sex, Guns and Hello Kitty
The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors
June 20-22 and 27-29, 1996
Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University
Sound Operator Hello Sex Kitty: Mad Asian Bitch on Wheels
written and performed by Denise Uyehara
May 17-19, 1996
Asian American Theater Company, San Francisco


VIDEOGRAPHY

Hatred, 3:00, black & white, Super 8, May 1992
Experimental video looking at anti-Asian hate crimes.
Producer, writer, director, cinematographer and editor
Freewaves from J-Town, Los Angeles Freewaves, Los Angeles, September 1993
Videoscape, Asian CineVision, New York, April 1993


What a Drag, 12:00, color, VHS, May 1992
Experimental video about transvestism and gender transformation.
Producer, writer, director, cinematographer and editor
Freewaves from J-Town, Los Angeles Freewaves, Los Angeles, September 1993


Sicily, 15:00, color, 3/4" U-Matic, December 1992
A "ramen western." A Peckinpah-style riff on Madama Butterfly with gunslingers.
Producer, writer, director, cinematographer and editor
Asian Pacific American Film & Video Festival, , Los Angeles, May 1993
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, , March 1996


The Last Drag, 32:00, black & white, 3/4" U-Matic, February 1993
A contemporary silent comedy to be accompanied by a live band.
Producer, cinematographer, editor and music director (for live music during screenings)
Special Screening, Pomona College English Department, Claremont, March 1993
Toxixity Interstellar Film Festival, Toxixity Warehouse, Oakland, April 1996


Passing, 39:00, color, 3/4" U-Matic, May 1993
Narrative about a half-Asian, half-Caucasian woman coming into cultural consciousness.
Producer, writer, director, cinematographer and editor
Screening at "Artists Needs: How Do We Serve the Younger Generation of Artists?" panel, National Association for Media Arts & Culture Conference, Chicago, June 1993
Asian Pacific American Caucus screenings, Society for Cinema Studies, Syracuse, New York, March 1994



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