A Little Background...

As a Senior Creative Producer with a decade of experience in the film and television production industry in Los Angeles, Griffen brings an intimate, hands-on technical knowledge of camera and audio departments to his creative and logistical assets as a producer. Having worked extensively in the camera department (operator, assistant, media manager) for 5 years in the unscripted television space, he understands the grind that gear can be and what it takes to get a shoot day done.

 

As a producer, he has successfully managed end-to-end projects from conception through delivery and has 6 years of experience in pre, field and post-production workflows for numerous companies and projects. He knows what it takes to bring an idea to life under tight budgets, tighter deadlines and discerning client eyes. 

 

He's a hardworking Midwesterner who spent a decade learning and exploring the ropes in LA and is now looking to bring his knowledge (and continue to grow it) to Chicago with a marketing or production house.

Skills: 

Camera packages including Sony, Canon, DJI, etc.

Lighting packages

  • Avid Media Composer
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Google Workspace
  • Teams
  • Slack
  • ShotPut Pro
  • VLC, QuickTime Pro, etc. 
  • Interviewing 
  • Project Management
  • Talent Management
  • Budgeting
  • Scheduling

Fun Facts:

A passionate "car guy" and an ex-professional musician, Griffen stays busy playing music, riding bikes, playing yard games and learning to woodwork. He lives in the Chicagoland area with his wife, Monica, who is also a television producer. 

Education: 

The University of Iowa

B.A. Journalism & Mass Communication, 2012

B.A. Cultural Anthropology, 2012