Marc Parees

About Marc Parees

I thrive on using my creative and project management experience to impact audiences. Throughout my twenty plus years directing, writing, and producing film, theater, television, and commercials I have created engaging storytelling, driven by finding the most effective combination of story, available resources, message and audience. This approach has proven equally effective in making award-winning entertainment and advancing the missions of companies and organizations with a powerful story to tell. As my motion picture projects run the gamut from network television shoots to run and gun documentaries, I bring big vision and the ability to maximize the impact of tight resources with careful planning and intuitive adaptation to the circumstances. During the recent pandemic\'s stay-at-home orders in NYC, I wrote and directed the Interior Life Series. This group of short films, created through remote collaboration, pushed the bounds of possibility within limitations to an extreme. I take pride in vibrantly telling stories by crafting an approach that originates in the material, chosen from a wide palette originating as much from my training in classical ballet as from directing theatre and a passion for documentary photography. I aim for striking visuals that transcend simple eye candy that distracts and instead allows us to experience even the familiar as something new, forging an emotional connection. My personal passion skews towards exploring the relationship between queer and inclusive stories and the mainstream, using comedy to encourage audiences to identify with unexpected characters. Through close communication with the creative team and all stakeholders, I realize unique visions that inspire with the magic of possibility and change how audiences see their world.

Experience

1. Executive Producer

   Studio Rx

   Jan 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Ideate, write, direct and produce video content to further agency and client stakeholders’ goals by engaging, educating and inspiring.Integrate innovation with an emotional connection for maximum audience impact.Conceive video and content solutions to advance the agency’s global brand internally and externally in collaboration with Global Communications and C-Suite leadership.Collaborate with producers, client account teams, agency leadership, on screen talent, stock houses, editors, illustrators, motion artists, cinematographers, and other creatives.Optimize motion graphics and video approaches to a range of live event and encore presentation streaming platforms, prioritizing key messaging and client values.Strategize creative and practical solutions to increase the team’s ability to serve an exploding demand for live virtual events and digital content.Mentor producers to grow their abilities to anticipate project needs and execute projects in alignment with relevant agency and client-driven processes, while exceeding practical and creative expectations.Related projects span: Video series, recurring live and pre-recorded shows, podcasts, streaming event opening videos, manifesto videos, teasers, sizzle reels, event recaps, illustration, animation, and motion graphics for live virtual event integration, remote and in person video production

Education

• Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Playwrights Horizons Theater School

  BFA, Drama

• Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

  Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

  2006 — 2011