Veronica Craven is a seasoned, award-winning producer of television, film, video and script having over 20 years experience in the Broadcast Television Industry with NBC Universal / Comcast and experience in the Independent Film Industry since 2006.
Ms. Craven is currently as Course Producer for Stanford University's Center for Global and Online Education. As their digital media specialist, she produces captured courses in a live television format.
Growing her Production skills through studio and field production in Sports and Entertainment lead to her first syndicated cable series, 'In The Cellar'. ITC was shot film style and lasted for two seasons. Each 90 minute creature feature soap opera episode was unique to its genre. She also ran 3 seasons with the San Jose Giants.
Ms. Craven branched out into movies with her film debut, 'PocaHauntUs'. It screened at SiliCon 2007 in San Jose to excellent reviews and won Ms. Craven her first award. Ms. Craven has been Writer, Director, 1AD, Script Supervisor, Line Producer, Production Coordinator, 2AD and Editor on many independent films since and worked her way up to low budget $1M Independent film production.
Her reputation for Producing award winning content got her noticed from a new genre: Silicon Valley Start Ups. Podium VC, a sports tech, media and entertainment fund and accelerator, acquired her as their content Producer.
Her professional background includes: Commercials, Music Videos, Corporate Videos, ENG & Editing, SFX makeup, Digital Media Instruction and Video Game Design & Programming. Ms. Craven is also a published writer.
She has eclectic iMDB credits:
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Unique traits: I have intellectual humility where I can recognize when someone else’s idea is better to work with. I have high functioning cognitive skills which allow me to quickly learn from my mistakes.
Mamaboy
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Film
by Aaron Leong (Comedy)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Miscellaneous Crew A high school student must hide the fact that he has become pregnant from his family, friends and the school faculty!
Return
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Film (short)
by Wes Fisher (Drama and War)
Producer A young veteran returns from Iraq to his lower income, inner city community and finds difficulty re-adjusting to life back home, while internalizing the guilt he feels as a result of leaving his buddies at war.
To Die For
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Film (short)
by Bill Bradley (Drama)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director A story of a man's struggle to cope with the death of his wife. Just when he decides to give up, an unusual stranger helps him realize how to live again. Written by Bill Bradley
Before I Die by Papa Roach
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Film (short)
by Ezio Lucido (Music)
Producer, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
For Spacious Sky
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Film (short)
by Coy Middlebrook (Drama)
Producer Inspired by actual events and set on Election Day 2008 against the sweeping landscape of rural America, For Spacious Sky is the inspiring story of three lost brothers finding their way back to each other - one from hate, one from addiction, and one from discrimination. Eli, an ex-con white supremacist struggling to start his life over, and Clay, a gay novelist, must set aside their differences for the day to bring their drug-addicted younger brother, Kevin, to rehab. On this day of our nation's most important decision, these three estranged brothers find themselves at a similar crossroads and must choose either to remain broken or to change. Written by Kevin Allen Jackson
Slashed: Tales of Forbidden Lust
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Film (short)
by Kira Trinity (Action, Comedy and Fantasy)
Producer A small-town Christian girl has taken the low road - she's moved to the city of San Francisco and become a slash fiction writer. Her characters are different than your usual Harry/Draco slash - they're real people from her life, who become unwillingly caught in her fantasies. Or rather, she becomes caught in theirs. Written by Anonymous
The Night Before Christmas
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Film (short)
by D.C. Kasundra (Crime and Drama)
Producer On the night before Christmas, a desperate man will go to desperate measures.
The Cost of Living
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Film
by Veronica Craven (Comedy)
Director This hilarious comedy is about the bad decisions that people can make while living under a "broke mentality"! When an elderly couple runs into some financial troubles, and their only way out is death or living on the streets, George plots a clever life insurance scam behind his wife's back, one that ensures their son will never have to work again, and one that will surely solve the couple's problems, permanently. George hires a hit-man to target himself and his wife and make it look like and accident. However, what he doesn't know might not kill him. Brett [the hit-man] is still very new at the job, and really isn't very good at killing people yet, often failing quite miserably and somehow hurting himself during his many attempts. As this wacky comedy of errors ensues, will Brett ever manage to finish the job? Or will George's clever scam be discovered? Written by Robert Legend
Loved Ones
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Film
by Shawn Cain (Horror)
Producer, Writer A contemporary Vampire story set in present day Seattle. Serbia (the son of an Oracle whose father sat at the right hand of Zeus), once roamed the earth as the man Judas Iscariot, and is now the leader of an entire race of Vampires. His goal, as it has been since the crucifixion of Christ, is to bring into captivity, enslave, and feed upon the entire human race. Written by Shawn Cain
Getting Through Security
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Film (short)
by Paolo Durazzo (Comedy)
Actress In this comedy short, we look at how absolutely ridiculous and frustrating it is to go through airport security in today's world. You can feel the irritation as this piece goes on and on, as the passenger grows weary and exhausted from the constant stupidity in the request and language. Sit back, laugh, and get irritated, a unique combination of emotions. Or simply relate and laugh. Written by Wendy Bernhardt
Pocahauntus
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Film
by Veronica Craven (Horror)
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor The ancient spirit of Pocahontas returns to take grizzly revenge for the massacre of her people.
In the Cellar
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Television
(Comedy)
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor Barry host shows that are presented in the cellar of his home. Barry's favorite types of shows are classic, cult, and old horror movies. Barry and his cast of wacky friends and neighbors get into some strange predicaments and antics, all somehow happening to follow loosely with whatever show is currently being hosted. Written by Philip Anderson