ANNETTA MARION

PROFESSIONAL WRITING EXPERIENCE

12/93-4/06    Senior Writer    Independent Pictures

• Worked with information architects and designers to develop and write corporation’s website (www.ohiofilms.com).
• Designed media plans and wrote press releases. 
• Wrote film guides.
• Wrote newsletters.
• Wrote speeches and scripts for fundraising events.
• Developed fundraising plans, and wrote project and operating support grants.  Funded grants include:
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Job Training Partnership Act
• Ohio Arts Council
• Ohio Humanities Council
• The George Gund Foundation
• The Cleveland Foundation
• IBM
• Hankins Foundation
• The Northrup Fund
• The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
• Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland
• Funding Exchange
• The Chilcote Foundation
• Writers Guild of America East
• Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation
  

3/06    Writer    The Inner Circle
Wrote new company’s website.

3-9/95    Writer    Downtown Tab
Wrote film reviews for monthly publication.

FILM

2003    Writer    Shoes and Clothes for Kids
Wrote Public Service Announcement entitled "In Step with Self Esteem" for nonprofit that headlined its annual lunch.

2003    Writer    Flix & Sparx
Wrote short documentary to open up a collection of eight short films produced as a part of a multi-media event.

2003    Writer    American Movie Channel
Wrote ultra-short horror film entitled "The Doll Collector" designed as an interstitial for AMC’s Monster Week.

1999    Writer    Ohio Independent Film Festival
Wrote series of broadcast commercials for film festival.

1998    Writer    Lobo Girl Films
Wrote short narrative film entitled "In the Company of Single Women"

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
• Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
• Professional Engineer Candidate, State of Ohio
  

AWARDS

• Participant in the Nineteenth Cycle of the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women
• National award for outstanding communication from the national American Federation of Teachers for A WISE DECISION, a short film directed by Marion
• Northern Ohio Live 1999 Awards of Achievement Honorable Mention Film/Radio/TV
• The 41st Annual Robert Flaherty Seminar for Independent Video and Cinema
• Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards Nominee