resume
April Dawn Laird
PROPERTY/ART DIRECTION
318 S. Kingsley Drive #209 Los Angeles, CA US (404) 558-6148
april.laird@gmail.com Local 44 Member
Education
- Vancouver Film School- Technical degree in film production (December ’06)
- Georgia Perimeter College- Associates degree in English Literature (May ’05)
Objectives
- To work as a Property Master/Assistant Property Master or Property.
- To enhance my skills and knowledge in order to pursue a career in Feature Film/Television Properties.
Selected Credits
Prop Master
- “Quarterlife”
- Web Episodic Series (5 Episodes)
- Director/Creator- Marshall Herskovitz
- Bedford Falls Productions
- “Pizza With Bullets”
- Full Length Feature- 35mm
- Director- Robert Rothbard
- Pizza With Bullets Productions LLC
- “Jimmy Kimmel Live” *props
- Late Night Broadcast- ABC (22 episodes)
- Prop Master- David Scott
- 12:05 Productions
- “Dollhouse” *props
- Dramatic Series (11 episodes)
- Prop Master- Mike Blaze
- Fox Broadcasting Company
- “Finding Bliss” - LA Unit
- Full Length Feature- HD Digital
- Director- Julie Davis
- North By Northwest Productions
- “Side Effect”
- Short Drama- HD Digital
- Director- Liz Adams
- AFI Production
- “Cadillac Jack”
- MOW- HD Digital
- Director- Jeff Wood
- AMP Productions
- In Association w/ Hallmark Television
Set Dresser/Swing
- “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
- Late Night Broadcast- ABC (60+ episodes)
- Set Decorator: Inger Christiansen
- 12:05 Productions
- “Lincoln Heights”
- ABC Family Series
- Set Decorator- Donna Stamps
- Balance Productions, Inc.
Art Director
- “Grave Consequences”
- 10 minute drama- Super 16
- Director- Tiffany Monroe
- Vancouver Film School Production
- “Stars and Suns”
- Short Drama- HD Digital
- Director- Sarah Soquel Morhaim
- SAG Production
- “Out”
- Short Drama- HD Digital
- Director- George Moise
- SAG Production
Writer/Director
- “The Embalmer”
- 10 minute drama- Digital
- Vancouver Film School Production
- “Angel of Vancouver”
- 10 min documentary- Digital
- Vancouver Film School Production
Relevant Work Experience/Skills
- Asst. Props: Heroes (NBC), Dollhouse (FOX), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FOX), ICarly (Nickelodeon)
- Assistant Set Designer “St. John Passion” (ASO- Anne Patterson)
- Set Construction (Forrester Media- Atlanta, GA)
- Antiquity Ltd. (Atlanta, GA 9/05-12/05) Manager
- Co Coordinator “Westside Antique Guide”
- Design/Décor
- Set Dressing/Color Palette
- Script Supervision/Continuity
- Wardrobe/Makeup
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Set PA MTV’s “Shot of Love” (495 Productions)