!Xavier!Burgin!205/516/2552!quethelights@gmail.com!www.quethelights.com!!!Xavier!Burgin!attended!Jefferson!County’s!International!Baccalaureate!School!where!he!anticipated!a!sedentary!life!before!receiving!a!presidential!scholarship!to!The!University!of!Alabama!in!2008.!Four!years!later,!he!was!accepted!into!USC’s!School!of!Cinematic!Arts!for!TV!&!Film!Production.!There,!Xavier!began!to!nurture!his!creative!process,!discovering!a!love!for!writing!and!directing.!!!!!!!!!!Xavier’s!father!use!to!repeatedly!declare,!“You’ll!be!quite!the!football!player,”!until!he!realized!his!first/born!son!would!top!at!out!five!foot!six!inches.!Rather!than!strap!on!a!helmet!and!cleats,!he!wandered!the!dirt!roads!of!his!rural!Mississippi!hometown!pondering!dreams!of!grandeur!outside!of!the!post/antebellum!south.!!Xavier’s!work!has!been!featured!on!The!New!York!Times,!F/Stoppers,!Digital!Imaging!Diaries,!and!Digital!Photography!School.!Xavier’s!filmography!has!been!accepted!in!The!Cannes!Film!Festival!Short!Film!Corner,!Troy!International!Film!Festival,!and!The!San!Diego!Black!Film!Festival.!He’s!won!1st!place!at!Campus!Movie!Fests’!International!Grand!Finale!for!Best!3D!Film,!the!world’s!first!student!3D!competition!sponsored!by!the!International!3D!Society,!for!his!documentary!Portrait!of!the!Storm,!and!received!an!Accolade!Award!of!Merit!for!his!film,!“One!On!One”,!an!African/American!film!focusing!on!the!plight!of!black!athletes.!!He!has!worked!with!companies!such!as!Lenovo,!Coca/Cola,!The!Distinguished!Filmmaker’s!Network,!and!Oscar!Mayer!as!a!director,!photographer,!cinematographer,!and/or!writer.!!Xavier!recently!finished!directing,!Olde!E,!a!546!Advanced!Narrative!film!at!USC's!School!School!of!Cinematic!Arts.!Xavier!was!chosen!out!of!a!pool!of!forty!directors!to!make!a!project!fully!funded!by!the!school.!!!Xavier!strives!to!bring!an!emotionally,!powerful!aesthetic!through!drama,!and!a!pleasantly,!honest!hilariously!through!comedy.!Above!all!else,!he!currently!works!towards!building!an!artistic!resume!highlighting!his!unique,!and!progressive!sensibilities.!

XAVIER L. NEAL­BURGIN  |  Quethelights@gmail.com |  205­516­2552 Portfolio Website:  http://www.quethelights.com 

Education USC Cinematic School of Cinematic Arts : Film Production, Graduate Studies  University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Telecommunications and Film Department :  Film Production and Writing The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Internships ­  Panavision,  Camera Department (Fall 2013 – Present) 

•   Panavision Technical Internship in Shipping/Receiving and RTR  ­  Spiritclips, Hallmark  Film Production Company (Summer 2013) 

•   Production Assistant, Associate Producer’s Assistant    ­  Funny or Die  (Fall 2012) 

•   Production Assistant, Office Secretary   _________________________________________________________________________ Professional Experience 

­  Viterbi School of Engineering,  Videographer/Editor (2015) •   Worked as a videographer and editor for USC School of Engineering  

­  The New York Times,  Freelance Photographer (2011) •   Pre­game coverage of 2011 Alabama vs. LSU in­season game 

­  Tuscaloosa Amphitheater,  Technical Director (2011) •   Handled projection screen management and video playback during live concerts. 

­  College of Arts and Sciences Etech,  Videographer/Photographer (2010­2012) • Lead for video and photography projects for the University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences Educational Technology Department.  

 Film and Video Experience ­ On Time, Writer/Director (2015) 

o Proof of concept piece based on feature script accepted through First Round of Sundance Writer’s Lab 

­ Olde E, Director (2015) o USC School of Cinematic Arts 546 Advanced Narrative Project  o UCFTI Expo Finalist, Raindance Film Festival Short Film Finalist  

­ Marvel of Nature, Writer/Director (2015) o Google funded project on diversity in computer science 

­ Sassy Batman, Writer/Director (2015) o Four episodes of Batman parody webseries 

­ One on One, Writer/Director (2013) o Accolade Award of Merit, Official Selection of San Diego Black Film Festival 

­ Lenovo Seize The Night Film, Director/Co­DP (2012) o Commercial for PC based company, Lenovo 

__________________________________________________________________________ Skills  

­ Editing : Four years experience in Avid, Adobe Premiere, and Final Cut 7 ­ Cinematography : Three years experience as a cinematographer. Worked with 

DSLRs, RED Epic, Sony FS700, & Arri Alexa  ­ Production Assistant : Worked as a production assistant for Funny Or Die and 

Hallmark film production teams ­ Secretarial Role:  Worked as a secretary during internship at Funny or Die taking 

calls, moving cars, and notes for writing team