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646-797-3171 phone, 718-961-0604 fax tom.veltre@TheReallyInterestingPictureCompany.com
Extensive media production experience, including broadcast, educational and special venue applications.
Extensive experience in presentation technology integration – educational facilities, interactive exhibits, kiosks, etc. High-level writing, producing, & post production skills - specialization in editing, audio recording, sound design and multi-format video publishing.
Present President, The Really Interesting Picture Company, Ltd.
Independent producer of multi-media for broadcast, press release, museum exhibit interactive, streaming media and other educational applications.
Adjunct Professor, Fordham University
Graduate Program in Public Communications
Instructor, BRIC ARTS/Media, Brooklyn
Teaching courses in photography, digital editing& Video Production
1983-2005 Wildlife Conservation Society (1983-85 Audio Visual Specialist, 1986-89 Manager, Educational Media
1990-2000 Manager, Media Services, 2000-2005 Producer, Public Affairs Media)
Management of all Audio Visual services and media production in a large non-profit organization, supervising a staff of four and budgets exceeding $1 million. Applications include educational facilities, interactive exhibit design and fabrication, broadcast video news releases (NBC Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Sunday Morning) and documentaries for Discovery Networks, National Geographic Channel, PBS, etc.
Spring 1999 Adjunct Professor, Fordham University
Teaching undergraduate course “Environmental Communications”
1989-90: Adjunct Professor, College of New Rochelle. School of New Resources.
Teaching seminar course Introduction to Mass Communication.
1981-83: Arts Faculty, Brooklyn Friends School.
Teaching courses in television production, animation, and technical theater craft. Director of Audio Visual Services and co-director of Independent School Multi-Media Festival.
1978-80: Audio Visual Consultant, The Floating Hospital, N.Y.C.
Production of promotional and educational materials, shipboard facility design, staff training, summers.

(Writer/Cinematographer/Editor unless noted otherwise)
“Nature’s Greatest Defender” One hour special on the life and career of Dr. George
Schaller, produced for The National
Geographic Channel and ORF (Austrian
Public Broadcasting) distributed world wide by National Geographic Television
International. Narrated by Glenn Close.
“Assignment Earth” Multi-platform news series on environmental and wildlife issues, appearing on NBC affiliates, PBS & Yahoo
News, produced for Environment News
Trust
“Living With Predators; Big Cats & Wild
Dogs” Promotional produced for US Fish &
Wildlife Service, Div. of International
Conservation. (cinematographer, editor)
Narrated by Glenn Close
“Biggest Mammal in Africa” Answering the question; How does one establish a whale conservation program in Central Africa?
Shot on location in Gabon. Broadcast in
French and English in Gabon and
Madagascar, re-versioned for PBS. Excerpts included in permanent exhibit at Amer.
Museum of Natural History
“Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program”
Field research on mercury poisoning in loons in Northern New York State. Excerpts aired on CNN & PBS, and exhibited at the Natural
History Museum of the Adirondacks
“Madidi Monkey Naming Auction” Video news release and on-line internet campaign.
Broadcast exposure on CBS 60 Minutes and the Ellen DeGeneres Show, on-line exposure at CNN.com National
Geographic.com, CBS.com
CharityFolks.com and many others.
(producer, editor, writer)
“Central African Conservation Series”
Series of five news stories for National
Geographic Channel “Today” on Central
African issues. (writer, editor).
“Memories and Hopes – The Bronx Zoo at
100” Nostalgic reflections on the meaning of the Bronx Zoo to individuals from all walks of life. 35mm print debut at Avery Fisher Hall,
Lincoln Center, narrated by Jane Alexander.
“21 st Century Zoo” Discovery Channel documentary on the building of the Bronx
Zoo’s Congo Gorilla Forest, produced in collaboration with Natural History New
Zealand. (director, cinematographer- documentary & time lapse cameras)
"Butterfly Zone" A fanciful tour with poetry read by Charles Osgood. Featured at
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.
"Global Tiger Campaign: Hope Burning
Brighter" Video documentary on tiger conservation shot in Nagarahole Park, India, featuring Dr. Ullas Karanth and Dr. George
Schaller.
"Celebrate" Music video of song performed by "Annie & The Natural Wonder Band" celebrating the centennial of the Wildlife
Conservation Society.
"It All Began in 1895" Historical retrospective, narrated by George Page, (of
PBS Nature ). 35mm print w/ Dolby stereo.
"Naked Mole Rats ... Exposed!" A natural history "poem" to one of the oddest mammals in the World of
Darkness. Narrated by Barry Paine.
"Congo Forest" Fund raising film for
$45 million gorilla exhibit, narrated by Linda Hunt.
"How to Behave Like A Gelada
Baboon" Instructional videocassette on observing primate behavior, produced under a grant from the
Pew Charitable Trust.
"Paseo Pantera" From the top of an ancient Mayan temple, noted biologist Dr. Archie Carr, III, explains the concept of "wildlife corridors" and his precedent setting project to link all the major nature reserves of
Central America. Location shooting in Belize and Guatemala, narrated by George Page.
20 th World Congress of Science and Factual
Producers Nov 2012 – Session Producer/Moderator

“Where Did We Go Wrong? – Science TV in the Age of Denialism.”
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Oct. 2009 – Panel
Moderator – “”Keeping Score, music in Natural History
Films” Oct 2007: Films that Make a Difference” Co-
Chair, “Filmmakers for Conservation General
Membership Meeting”.
Wildscreen Film Festival, Bristol UK Oct. 2006 –
Featured Panelist “The Greatest Show on Earth – 100
Years of Wildlife Filmmaking”
29 th International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula MT
May 2006 - Symposium Moderator – “New Media
Distribution” & “Pitching Panel”, Tarkio Retreat breakout session leader – “New Media Strategies”
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2005 – Panelist –
“Films Making A Difference” Showcasing Madidi
Monkey Name Auction campaign
6th Annual Convention of The Media Ecology
Association Fordham University, June 22-26, 2005
Paper presentation: “Songs of the Humpback Whale
— A Case Study in Unintended Consequences”
28 th International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula MT
May 2005 Symposium moderator “Scientists and Film
Makers; Bridging The Gaps”
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 1997 Symposium producer/moderator: "Art of the Score - four composers score the same film clip." Symposium panelist: "Scientists & Film Makers"
WildScreen Festival '96 Panelist: "Natural History
Programmes for Children: Have We Got It Right?"
Master of Ceremonies, "BKSTS Film Makers Hooley"
Menageries, Metaphors and Meaning
(1996) chapter in the volume New Worlds,
New Animals, Johns Hopkins University
Press, a joint project of The Smithsonian
Institution and The Society for the History and Bibliography of Natural History.
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 1995 Sept. 18-23,
1995 Symposium producer/moderator: "Scoring
Wildlife Films - Understanding the Composing
Process" Symposium panelist: "Special Venue Films"
"Scientists & Filmmakers"
WildScreen Festival '94" Bristol, England Oct 1-7,
1994 Symposium producer/moderator "Composers &
Filmmakers - Building a Common Language"
"Scientists & Filmmakers - Allies or Adversaries"
Children's Wildlife Programming in the U.S; Not A
Pretty Picture Illustrated lecture delivered at the 7th
International Wildlife Filmmaker's Symposium, Telford,
Shropshire, England Sept. 26, 1993
Meet Pablo Python Workshop on video for children, conducted at the 15th International
Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, MT. April 1-
4, 1992
The Slums of the Global Village BBC
Wildlife Magazine, Vol 8, No. 5, May 1990 p328
Are You A Media Ecologist? Round-table presentation at American Educational
Research Association Annual Meeting,
Boston MA, April 19, 1990
What Television Can't Do International
Conference on Communicating
Conservation and Sustainable Development,
Bangalore, India, April 2-6, 1990, (in absentia)
Bringing Media Ecology to the Real
Ecologists Paper presented at the 35th
Media Ecology Conference, Saugerties,
N.Y. Oct 7, 1989
The "Browning" of Television paper delivered at the 5th International Wildlife
Film-maker's Symposium, University of
Bath, England, Sept 24, 1989
Menagerie, Metaphor & Media Paper presented at the 32nd Media Ecology
Conference, Saugerties, N.Y. April, 1987

State University College, Potsdam, N.Y.
Bachelor of Music, Music Education
New York University, School of Education
American Association of Museums
American Educational Research Association
International Documentary Association
Former Board Member;
MA in Media & Culture Filmmakers For Conservation
Festival Judge;
Explorer’s Club Film Festival
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Former Advisory Board Member;
Int'l Wildlife Film-maker's Symposium
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