Lexie Shabel

PO Box 675 Tesuque, NM 87574
#505-820-2267
gringa@q.com
www.gringaproductions.com

Education

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Graduated in 1989-BFA in Art Media Studies
Concentration in Art Photography and Foreign Cinema
University of California-Berkeley
1986/1989 summers
Destruction and Violence in Art Since 1945
Alternative darkroom processes in photography with Yoshiro Soga

Employment

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Director/Producer/Cinematographer for Gringa Productions

visit www.gringaproductions.com for film descriptions, links & clips

2005-in production
"the ME film"

2008
Ralph Metzner & Monika Wikman seminar in alchemical divination

2006/2007
White Cloud Institute-Taoist and Energy Medicine school- Qi Gong, Well-breast-massage instructional DVD's

2006
"WE LIKE TO DRINK: We Like to Play Rock'n'Roll"

2006
"FROGFEST"

2003
"VFWbya"

2001
"House of Rock"

Grants and Awards

2007
Women in Film New Mexico

1999
Panavision's New Filmmaker Award

Film Festival

2008-Assistant Director-Santa Fe Metaphysical Film Festival
2007 and 2008-Volunteer Coordinator-Santa Fe Film Festival
2008-Volunteer Coordinator-Global Green Indigenous Film Festival

Camerawoman

2002
Disney's "Totally Hoops"

2001
MTV's "Road Rules"

1999
Turner's "Vanished"

Director of Photography "Poster Girl"

Documentary, Feature and Commercial Film

2000
"The Hi-Lo Country"(Working Title Films, Stephen Frears Director)-Loader
"All the Pretty Horses"-(Miramax)-2nd AC
"Lockdown"-(Master P prison film at state pen)-2nd AC
P-Diddy Music Video-2nd AC

1999
"SoundMan"-Loader/2nd AC
Kris Tyler Music Video-2nd AD

1998
"Gunfighters of the West"(TLC Production)-1st AC
"Kinaalda" (Documentary about Navajo girls rite of passage)-1st AC
"Haunted"-1st AC/Gaffer
"Ski Apache Promo"-1st AC

1997
Joined national 600 camera union as a loader
"Scattering Dad"/MOW (CBS)-Loader/2nd AC
"Wishbone"/Series (PBS)-1st AC/2nd Unit
"Magenta's Miracles"(Indie Feature)-1st AC
"Jesus Chrysler" (Indie Feature)-1st AC
"Zapata" (Indie Feature)-1st AC
"Los Alamos Credit Union" (Commercial)-1st AC
"They Came for Good" (PBS Doc)-2nd AC

1996
"Bonnie Looksaway's Iron Art Wagon (Wes Studi directed short)-2nd AC/Loader
"Inspirations"/Documentary (Director Michael Apted)-Production Coordinator
"0 to Infinity/Documentary (BBC)-Production Coordinator
Marlboro Art Project-Assistant Production Coordinator/Location Manager

Photography

1996
Willis and Geiger/Fall Catalogue (Land's End) Production - Coordinator/Location Scout
"American Home Magazine" - Location Scout
"A Room of Her Own" - Photography Book-Photographed Ali McGraw in her yoga studio

1995
German Playboy, Heineken Beer-Location Scout/Production Coordinator for photographer Greg Gorman.

Photo / Gaffer / Personal Assistant for 2 years to Lisl Dennis for Santa Fe / Taos architecture and style books as well as organizing decades of her work for stock.

1994
Shot catalog and photo assisted in Philadelphia.
48 Hours in New Jersey art photography show.

1993
Shot fashion and art photography on the island of Naxos, Greece, throughout Europe and Turkey.

1990-1992
Bob Brody Photography, NYC/Advertising Photographer-Studio Manager, Production Coordinator, Darkroom Technician. Clients included Bethlehem- Steel, AT&T, Pfizer, Pizza Hut and many others.

Photographed portraits for bands, magazines and families.

Teaching

2009
Teacher-NMSU-"Lost Weekend of the Rockumentary Workshop"
2004-2006
Mentor to intern Mia Posner. She graduated from St. John's college in 2007, went to graduate film school at Columbia College-Chicago on the Follett Fellowship. Mia is a reference.

1996
Santa Fe Photography Workshops
Studio photography assistant. Worked with students , assisted photographers including: Greg Gorman, Chip Simons, Joyce Tennyson, Chris Rainer, Macduff Everton.

1995
Photography Teacher
In my old high school in Moorestown, NJ, teaching art photography to students as well as adults in night school.

Cooking

2007 to present
Bodhi Manda Zen Center
Head chef for retreats serving up to 100 people 3 meals a day, managing a kitchen with workers.
COOKING

2009
Tara Mandala Tibetan Buddhist Center, Pagosa Springs, CO-Kitchen consultant to overhaul methods, costs and materials for a more healthy, sustainable retreat and resident kitchen.

2008
Bodhi Manda Zen Center, Jemez Springs, NM-Head cook/kitchen manager
vegetarian food for retreats in Santa Fe,NM for up to 50 people
Rose Mountain Retreat Center, Las Vegas Mountains, NM
Saint Elizabeth's Shelter, Santa Fe, NM
Sivananda Ashram, Woodbourne, NY

Other

V-Day panelist-for "the ME film" , discussed violence towards women.
Have self-produced 2 features and 1 short shown at over 50 film festivals around the world.
Hindu, Tibetan & Zen Buddhism student.
Guest host on cooking show radio program, "Mouth of Wonder".
Interviewed many times for radio and print, see links.
Tree hugging, animal loving community member.

References

Mia Posner-Intern with Gringa Productions-#505-920-0214
Dyanna Taylor-Oscar winning cinematographer, director, mentor-#505-982-4214
Sarah Ellis-Box office manager-Santa Fe Film Festival-#505-955-7003