RAFAEL QUESQUEN
SUMMARY QUALIFICATIONS
Three years of experience on fund raising
Ten years of experience on film production
WORK EXPERIENCE
PANTERA FILMS & TELEVISION
Chairman of the Board and founder of Pantera Films & Television, Inc., The primary goals of this position are fund raising, co-production deals and non-profit ventures. Experience in all these areas in the last three years in all sort of different capacities.
PRODUCER
Movie: "LA QUEBRADITA" - Executive Producer Associate - Los Angeles
Movie: "MID NIGHT TEASE II" -- Associate Producer" - Los Angeles
SCRIPT WRITER
"SAM & LUCY" -- Drama/Action -- An Hour TV series (Pilot Available)
"SAVED ME" -- Drama/Action -- Film or TV movie (Script Available)
"SASHA" -- Drama/Acton -- Independent Film (Script Available)
"TIMMY" -- Drama/Action -- A Children movie -- Independent Film
AVID EDITOR
Experience working on the Avid Xpress NT on Windows 2000, and the Avid Media Composer 7.1 on Mac. Experience digitizing, organizing an editing project, editing on the fly and editing an assigned project for film or television
ENTERTAINMENT COUNSULTANT
Our services in Pantera Films & Television are available to book talent and to provide production services as requested by film professionals
AVID EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE ONSITE
We are owners of an AVID XPRESS NT - DELUXE. The unit is a 2001 model. An IBM Intell Station M Pro Pentium III 600MHz 512MB 9.1GB Fire GL1. Two Professional View Sonic Monitors P815 .25-27dot pitch. Additional equipment: A Sonic UVW-1800 Beta SP Deck. A High Grade 19" Sony NTSC Composite Color Monitor. A Medea VR 4/120 SCSI - 120GB. Roland self power speakers. A professional 1402 Mackie Sound Mixer.
EDUCATION
VIDEO SYMPHONY ENTERTAINING – Certify Avid Editor -- Burbank -- 2000
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY -- Master of Public Health - San Jose – 1979
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY -- Master of Public Administration – San Jose - 1980
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES -- Bachelor in Psychology --1977
NARRATIVE RESUME
Mr. Rafael Quesquen has been in the film industry for over 12 years. He began his career under the mentoring of the famous European director, Federico Fellini. He was the co-producer of a documentary film entitled title “The Forgotten Children” that outlined the devastation of Bosnia and how it affected the orphans in that nation. Mr. Manolo Bolognini of Cinecita Studios in Rome, Italy produced the documentary. Mr. Quesquen’s motion picture career began at Televisa of Mexico City, where he Co-Executive Produced “La Quebradita”. This feature was shot in Los Angeles. Mr. Quesquen was an Associate Producer in a feature title “Midnight Tease II”. This film was distributed on “Show time”.
Mr. Quesquen has written half a dozen feature motion picture screenplays and stories for a variety of clients and optioned a several of his screenplays to requesting producers.
Mr. Quesquen is a certified Avid Editor from a major Institute in Los Angeles, having completed an intensive two-year training program. Mr. Quesquen is also an expert in on the job training skills having directed several programs in this field around Los Angeles.
Over the last two years Mr. Quesquen has dedicated himself with group of business partners to the task of fund raising for films and real estate ventures. Mr. Quesquen is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Pantera Films & Television and President and Chief Executive Officer of Latin Weekly.
Mr. Quesquen is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from San Jose State University and a Master’s in Public Administration from San Jose State University. Mr. Quesquen is also a Certified Avid Editor.
Boards:
Media Financial Partners, Inc. (MFP)
International Research Counsel for Society. Inc. a non-profit corporation
Pantera Films & Television, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES UPON REQUEST
