Frederick Salaff

Tel: 323-850-3285
Email:fjsdocs@gmail.com

EDUCATION

 

University of Texas

 

Austin, Texas

  

Bachelor of Music Degree

 

1-68

  

Studies for Master of Music

 

2-68 to 6-68

  

Major in performance (cello) and composition

  
  

Minor in photography (studies with Russell Lee)

  
     
  

Insitut fur Neue Musk

 

Darmstadt, Germany

  

Studies with Earle Brown, Karheinz Stockhausen

 

6-68

     
  

2 original compositions performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

 

68

     

PRACTICA

Teacher

Public Schools of New York State (Rockland County)

 

9-68 to 6-71

  

Instructed grades 4-7. Created junior orchestras where none existed before.

  
 

Textile consultant

Vera Industries (Division of Manhattan Industries), Ossining, New York

 

7-70 to 8-89

  

Area of expertise: graphic arts and textile printing techniques. Sent to Japan for silk screen production problem solving and to major European centers of textile design and printing for coordinating purchases of equipment and licenses for Vera designs.

  
 

Photographer/

Cameraman/ Director/ Producer

Founded Dokumenta Productions, Inc.

 

7-72

  

Produced, directed and photographed over 185 documentary films and videos for UNESCO, multi-national corporations, international government information agencies, and television Clients include:
Berlsoconi’s Canale 5, Ray Charles and Dino De Laurentiss

 

New York, NY

 

 

   
 

President

Parisign, Inc., New York City subsidiary of Texoprint, Boekelo, Holland

 

11-79 to 2-82

 

 

Supervised printing of Dutch designs in USA. Sent to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, to assist in sales of Dutch product. Was part of a three way international partnership with Baldauf, GmbH, Texoprint and Dokumenta Productions in the establishment of a textile printing mill in Johnson City, TN. Was head of marketing and sales worldwide.

Produced and Directed for Elite Models and John  Casablancas  NYC “The Look of the Year” in Forte Dei Marmi, Italy                                                                        1986                                  

 

New York, NY,

Boekelo, Holland

  

Engaged as consultant to United Nations Development Program (UNDP)  and UNESCO

 

5-87 to 10-2003

  

Produced film for UNDP, UNESCO and the Government of Jamaica as part of feasibility study concerning cultural tourism.

Produced audio-visual program for Dutch UNESCO Commission for Willemstadt, Curacao Restoration Project.

Produced study for videodisc catalogue project for the National Museum of San Jose de Costa Rica concerning rain forest specimens and museum inventory.

Produced series of photographs in Peru (Cuzco, Machu Picchu, and Chan Chan) for UNDP and UNESCO publications.

Produced videos and photographs in Cuba in association with Sylvio Mutal, Technical Director of UNESCO Office of Cultural Patrimony (Lima, Peru) and the Office of the Historian of Havana, Eusebio Leal. Content concerned topics on the restoration and preservation of Judaism in Cuba, a children’s rehabilitation hospital for the severely handicapped in Havana Vieja, and the production of documentary film and photographs for UNESCO’s“World Heritage” Magazine related to
 sustainable cultural tourism in Trinidad, Cuba

 

87

92

94

95

2000

2001

2003

     
  

Founded FJS International, Inc.
Edited and photographed  “Brazil Brazil” for Paradise Films (Dino De Laurentiis, Co-Produced and edited “Ray Charles, the Man and his Music”

 

Los Angeles, CA,
and Hollywood, FL

8-91 to Present

 

Photographer/
Cameraman/
Editor/Director/
Producer

Production of documentary films and videos for television, corporations and foreign governments, Internet content production, design, and hosting.

  
  

            Founded Golden Age Productions
Produced, Directed, Photographed and Edited 90 minute documentary of  the history of Panamanian music” “Passage to Panama: a Musical Journey”

 

Panama City, Panama
and Hollywood, FL
3-06 – Current

     

AFFILIATIONS

 

Society of Motion Picture Technicians and Engineers,

Independent Documentary Film Association, Phi Psi, Honorary Textile Fraternity.

  

AWARDS

 

Numerous Cine Golden Eagles – Films chosen to represent the USA in foreign film festivals. Numerous Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards from the International Film and TV Festival of New York and the Industrial Film Festival, the Chris Statute (Columbus Film Festival), The Golden Apple Award for Corporate Film