PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE PRODUCTION Boston MA

  • High Output - Camera Operator, A2, V2, Electrician, Stagehand, Carpenter 2025 - PRESENT

  • ICA - General Audio Video, Electrician, Carpenter 2025 - PRESENT

  • Boston Light and Sound  - Camera Operator, A2, V2 2025 - PRESENT

  • I.A.T.S.E. Local 11 Union member 2025 - PRESENT

  • Wooden Kiwi - Carpenter 2025 - PRESENT

  • Moonbox Studios  –  Stagehand (Theater) 2025                                                                                         

  • MIT / MIT-X – Editor  2016 

  • Kitchen Apothecary  –  Assistant Editor  2015

  • Sam Adams Brewing the American Dream  –  Lighting / Sound   2015

  • Mass Production Coalition PSA  -  PA    2015

  • Replay’d Electronics CBS Commercials  –  Writer / Director / Editor 2013

EDUCATION

Massachusetts College of Art and Design [BFA] Boston, MA

  • Film, Video & Animation                                                                                                            2008-2012

SKILLSET

CAMERA

  • Blackmagic URSA G2

  • Robo Cam

  • Sony EX-1

  • Canon 5D / 7D

  • Bolex

  • Arriflex SR-2 16mm

SOUND

  • 702T Portable Recorder / Pre Amp 

  • Sennheiser Microphones

  • Sony Lavalier

LIGHTING

  • Programming

  • Installation

  • LED’s

  • Arri 

  • Mole Richardson

POST

  • Adobe CS

  • Final Cut

  • Avid

  • DaVinci

  • Logic Pro

THEATER

  • Lighting Technician

  • Scenic Carpenter

  • Rigging

  • Stagehand

  • Dance floor installation

WRITING

  • Screenwriting (Commercial and feature length)

  • Narrative (Novels and short stories)

ANIMATION

  • Adobe Animate CC

  • Flash

  • Stop Motion

STAGEHAND / UTILITY

  • Scaffold construction

  • Terraplas installation 

  • Load in / Load out

  • Trusswork

MISC

  • Graphic Design

  • Color Grading

  • SFX Coordination 

  • Mac / PC OS 

  • Microsoft Office

  • 130 wpm

  • Painting

  • Sewing / Tailoring

  • Prop Design

Hi there.

My name is Thomas J. Padden. I'm a Boston based I.A.T.S.E. Local 11 Union member and freelancer in the industry of Film, Theater, and Events. I am a writer, director, camera operator, editor, animator, designer, grip, gaffer, electrician, audio engineer, carpenter, stagehand, rigger, driver, photographer, runner, and barista. On cold, clear nights, you can still hear me making movies, setting stages, and telling tales.

Contact:

thomasj.padden@gmail.com
(617) 407 -1540

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