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Filmography

Will Zavala

SELECTED FILMS as PRODUCER/DIRECTOR

Explainer Video  for Univ. of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health  2018


Commonfilm  Short Film  2018

 * Caught Looking Film Screening, PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA


KaramoJokes  A survey of humor in the Karamoja region of Uganda  2017


Yes, We’re Open  Online Commercial for Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation  2015


A Blueprint for Jewish Life:  Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh  Promotional Video   2011


Luck  Documentary  2010

“What’s the luckiest thing that ever happened to you?  What's the unluckiest?”

  * WQED-TV (PBS) Broadcast on Filmmakers Corner 2011

  * Film Kitchen, Pittsburgh, PA  2010

  * Distributed on sermonspice.com


Virgil Cantini: The Artist in Public   Documentary  2009

Elegaic examination of the public art of the late sculptor and muralist.

 * Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

 * Screening with live accompaniment, IonSound Concert


Today I Baled Some Hay to Feed the Sheep the Coyotes Eat  Documentary   2008 

One week on a sheep ranch in Montana, during lambing season.

 * WQED-TV (PBS) Broadcast on Filmmakers Corner

 * Juror's Choice + Audience Award, Susquehanna Shorts Film Festival, 

 * First Place, Shorts Competition, Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA 


Over, and Out  Short Film  2008

 * Filmmakers' Award, Public Domain-Private Dominion (event) 


Hand Job  Short Film 2008

 * Media Tonic (event) Installation, Pittsburgh Filmmakers


See Something Different: 26th Annual Three Rivers Film Festival  Festival Trailer  2007


Consuming Conversation  Museum Installation video  2006

Visual poem on the latest work by noted metalsmith artist Harriete Berman.

 * Charles Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa CA

 * Viewer Discretion Film Series, Pittsburgh, PA, 

 * Faculty Show, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 


Things You Should Know Before You Go  Educational video  2006

Re-examination of US military recruitment TV commercials 

 * Film Kitchen Film Series, Pittsburgh, PA 


Earth and Home Educational video  2006 

Six-year chronicle of ecological design in the building of a unique home in Mill Valley, CA.


San Francisco Beledi Documentary/Performance video.  2005

Behind-the-scenes look at popular Bay Area dance troupe FatChance BellyDance.


Zoo Lessons Children’s Education videos.  2000-01

Two programs comparing different age groups can learn from a field trip to the Oakland Zoo.


New Justice: San Francisco’s Drug Court  Public Information video.  2000

About an unconventional treatment program for drug offenders. Narrated by Martin Sheen.


Watching Grass Grow (grass\gras) Museum Installation video.  2000

How metalsmith Harriete Berman created a “lawn” of 32,000 blades of recycled metal.  


In Search of the American Dream  Television pilot.   2000

A rollicking journey through the Nevada desert with two Silicon Valley executives.


Drawbridge  Thesis Video. Natural history of an unusual ghost town on San Francisco Bay.  1998

 * Distributed by Environmental Media Corporation, 2001-06

 * Winner, Macfarlane Award, california historical society 2003

 * Bay TV-San Francisco broadcast on program “Bay Window” 2001

 * Second Place, Earthvision Film & Video Festival, Santa Cruz, CA , 1999 

 * Third Place, Documentary, ATAS College Television Awards (Student Emmys), 1999

 * KTEH -San Jose Broadcast on program “Video i”,1999 

 * Film Arts Festival, San Francisco, 1998

 * Public Screening and Discussion, S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1998


Roller Derby: Theatre of Pain  Student 16mm film.  On the survival of the sport.  1997

 * Hamburg International Short Film Festival, 1998

 * Stuttgart Filmwinter, 1999


Dealing With the Truth  Student video.  Profile of a “dishonest” used car dealer. 1998

 * Braddock Light, Outdoor Screening, Braddock, PA 

 * Nomad Videofilm Festival, San Francisco/Portland/Seattle, 2000


Kids on Candy  Student 16mm film.  On children, on candy. 1996


A Summer Workshop   For Native American Renewable Energy Education Program. 1996


Interpreting in the AA Setting  Instructional video. Sign language interpreter instruction  1993


38 Reasons to Watch Station promo. 2-minute spot for cable access station Ch.38  1992

 * Finalist, Station Promo Category, Hometown Video Awards, 1992


Del Mar and the Drought Documentary  One town’s response to chronic water shortages.  1991

 * Finalist, Documentary Category, Western Access Video Excellence Awards, 1991



FILMOGRAPHY as CREDITED CREW

Hard Hatted Women  Documentary by Pat Ulbrich  D.P., Editor   2015-17

 * Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2019

 * Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, 2016

The Giovannitti House  Documentary by Aytac Karaguzel Co-Producer, D.P.   in prod.

Sustainability Pioneers  Web Series by Kirsi Jansa Online Editor   2014-18

Jumpstart to Success  Training Video for YouthWorks, Inc.   Director of Photography  2013

People + Places  Exhibit Video for Carnegie Museum of Art  Director of Photography  2013

The L.E.A.R.N. Bus  Promo Video for Whitehall Public Library Producer  2012 

Life, Cancer, and the Pursuit of Hockey Documentary  2nd Camera and Sound  2010-11

Fourth River Spirit Contest Video  Editor, Co-Producer  2008

Portrait of a Campaign Robert Morris Univ. Center for Doc. Production and Study  Editor  2005

Fixation  Documentary (premiered at Three Rivers Film Festival) Director of Photography  2003

Technology for Global NGO’s The Open Society Institute Lighting and Sound 2003

A Hard Straight ITVS-funded Documentary  by Goro Toshima Sound Recordist  2002-03

(Nine Training Videos) Intuit Corp. Editor  2002-03

(10+ Local TV B-roll packages)  The Asian Art Museum Videography, Editor 2000-03

Monterey County Housing Authority Video Porter Pictures Director of Photography  2002 

Hansel and Gretel Golden Gate Opera  Multi-Camera Director, Editor  2001

Jam: Roller Derby Never Died Independent Film by Mark Wohlen Sound for 16mm  2001

Traces of the Trade  NEA-funded Documentary by Katrina Browne Sound Recordist  2001

The Making of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Lucasfilm DVD Sound on 2 shoots  2001

From Sheep to Sweater Alameda County Parks Dept. Director of Photography  2001

Three Views of Literacy Project Read of South San Francisco  Editor  2001

Vinculum Symphony NEA-funded project by Beth Custer, Composer Editor  2000

(30+ productions) Stanford MediaWorks,  Camera, Sound Recordist, Post-prod Ass’t  1998-00

Real Sex (segments) Independent producers for HBO P.A., Asst. Sound Recordist 1998, ’99

Rock the Vote (segment)  Tracey Trench Prod.’s for MTV Sound Recordist 1998

Fly Girls  Silverlining Productions for The American Experience, PBS  P.A.  1998

Crime & Punishment in America Quest Productions for KCET Post-production Ass’t  1996

San Francisco: The Way It Was Quest Prod’s for KQED-TV  Research Assistant, P.A.  1995

Crossroads: A Story of West Oakland Quest Prod’s for KQED-TV  Research Assistant, P.A.  1995

A Conversation with Thomas Moore  Quest Prod’s for KQED-TV  P.A. 199

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