Greg Kort

Gregorykort@gmail.com 

Work Experience

Doner Advertising 

•Senior Broadcast Producer, Director, Videographer- (May 2011-Current) 

Past and present brands include: Owens Corning, Summa Health, Purell, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bellefaire JCB, Autotrader.com, JBL, Harman Kardon, Pennzoil, AutoZone, Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge, Detroit Zoo, Cox Communications, Cat's Pride, AAA, Geisinger Medical Center, The UPS Store,  and more.

Freelance

Director/Producer/Videographer

Education

Grand Valley State University

Degree- Bachelor of Science- Film and Video Production (Graduated 2011)

Production Skills

•Software: Final Cut Pro, Adobe CCS

•Cameras: RED Scarlet/Epic, Canon DSLRs 5D/7D, Canon C100/C300.

Some of my Credits

•Director/Producer/Actor- Doritos Crash The Super Bowl VIII submissions, Ants & Plant (2013)

•Director/Producer- Foot Locker x Reebok- Pump It Up. (Over 200k views on YouTube- 2013)

•First Assistant Director on Burst Theory (Feature, shot on RED- 2012)

•Director/Writer on CarStar (Awarded 2nd Place in 2012 Detroit 48hr Film Competition)

• Key AD and LipDub Advisor on Grand Rapids LipDub 2011 (Over 5 million views on YouTube)

• Director/Producer on GVSU LipDub 2010 (Over 310,000 views on YouTube)

• Production and Art Assistant on House of the Rising Sun (Miller 2010)

• Director/Writer/Producer/Editor on Student Film (TV Pilot- 2011)

• Director/Writer/Editor on The Ticket (16mm short- 2010)

• Camera Intern/Second Assistant Camera on Touchback (Handfield 2010) 

• First Assistant Director on Horizontal Accidents (Seidman, shot on RED, winner of an Eclipse Award for Production Excellence- 2010)

• Director/Editor on The Behind the Scenes of American Cheese (HDV 2010)

• Second Assistant Director on Sunshine (Fortenbacher 2009) 

• Second Assistant Director on The Dark Room (Yang, 16mm short- 2009)

Awards Received

•  2019 Webby award winner and two D-Show awards for Best of Innovative Marketing + Best of Public Service for Bulletproof Kids PSA (2018).

Gold National ADDY for Know The Rx: Opioids Kill more than Pain PSA (2018).

D-Show- Best in Show- Digital-Potbelly: Feed Your Smile Campaign (2017).

• Gold and Silver National ADDY for Bellefaire JCB "Take a Closer Look" PSA (2015/2016).

• 1st Place Zooppa 'Pump It Up' Ad Contest-for Reebok and Footlocker (2013)

• D-Show Award for Cinema or Non-Broadcast single for ‘9-Mile’ a video for Global Portfolio Night (2013)

• 2nd Place and Best in its Genre for 'CarStar'- Detroit 48hr Film Competition- (2012)

• Dean’s List- Grand Valley State University

• 1st Place - Last Laker Standing 2009, 2010, 2011 (university stand-up comedy competition)

• 1st Place - Skills USA State Competition for Film and Video - (2007)

 • Time Magazine's Person of the Year- (2006)