Alan Pentland - Resume

Highlights

•  Hoax speaker Australasian Document & Online Content conference (ADOC), Sydney

•  Wrote/performed Darwin's Evolutionary Steeplechase:
   Best Animation Sydney Film Festival, Mountain Festival - Colarado, Nashville Film Festival.

•  Senior writer/core cast /Script Executive tv comedy Fast Forward
   won 2 Logies Awards and 2 AWGies

•  Established Bid Centre and Presentation Training Unit for KAZ Group (Victoria)
   Telstra High Achievement Award nominee

IT Professional

•  Technical Writer /Editor/ Bid Specialist
•  Established Bid Centre KAZ Victoria,
•  Established Presentation Training unit - KAZ
   Presentation, writing & PowerPoint
• Telstra - Extreme Achievement Award Nominee

Performer

Core cast member Fast Forward
Actor in features films: The Clinic, Oz.
Guest roles in tv dramas Stingers, Prisoner.
Numerous corporate videos and commercials (radio & television).

Script/Copy Writer

Wrote national radio campaigns (3 years) for Rinnai
ANZ Making of - doco & Intensive Care promo video for M & C Saatchi
Wrote, directed & edited “MI - 2” corporate video spoof for Lion Nathan
Wrote Jupiter show for Planetarium at Scienceworks
Comedy script for International AXA conference
Jobscene training videos (10) for Optus Vision tv.
M.C.'s speech for Hewlett Packard product release
Full length cabaret show for Yellow Pages sales conference

TV Director

Unit director - sketch comedy show Full Frontal, Something Stupid and Get a Life
Directed filming of testimonial video for superannuation industry leader Mavis Robertson
Wrote & directed short doco-drama for Retirement Village Association

Summary

Began professional work as a live comic writer and performer while studying Architecture at University of Melbourne. Produced several successful cabaret shows soon after graduation then set up and ran stand-up comedy club Le Joke.

Lured to television as a writer performer, first with Daryl Somers then on Fast Forward. Developed editing and administrative skill as a script executive then as a director on Full Frontal. Managed to balance work in comedy with periods of technical writing and editing, including over 6 years with IT services provider KAZ (a Telstra subsidiary).

The combination of technical aptitude, corporate exposure and comedic skills proving useful for creating and presenting compelling and engaging material, plus hoax speeches.

Comfortable with dynamic environments, able to analyse and evaluate operational structures and procedures, then instigate improvement and change.

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