BRAND VIDEO
BIO
Nakia Ford is an editor, writer, and filmmaker from Indianapolis, IN. She has earned a BA in Digital Film and Video Production for the Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumberg, and recently earned a MFA in Film Production from Full Sail University where she was awarded the Course Director’s Award for her achievements in Experimental Film.
Nakia’s film experience includes being the producer for the Full Sail University thesis film “Unusual Places”, and directing and writing over 10 short student. She also had the opportunity to write and edit a two short documentaries “African-America’s in Medicine: The Civil War” and "Fiber Art".
Nakia also has broadcasting experience, directing and producing for “Public Affairs” a political talk show on Comcast Public Access Television in Skokie, IL, as well as directing, writing, and editing commercials for the Armed Forces Network in Kaiserslautern, GE, her work was seen on three continents.
Nakia was commissioned as an officer,by the United States Army only months before September 11, 2001. For six years she served her country developing the management, decision making, leadership, and interpersonal skills necessary to participate or lead a successful production team.
Nakia has been a storyteller in some fashion or another for most of her life, from creating adventures through her imagination or living them in countries across the globe. Her journey in filmmaking has proven to be her most exciting and adventurous story to date; unscripted and still in production.
Shooting an interview on the backlot at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL.
Shooting handheld B-roll in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
This is the 2015 Demo Reel; it features clips from short film and motion graphic projects.
DEMO REEL
FILM FESTIVALS
Goldie And The Bears is an adaptation of the children's story Goldilocks And The Three Bears. This mockumentary reveals the untold told events between a golden haired vixen and three Chicago Bears fans.
This short film was an official selection for the San Antonio Indie Film Slam (2015) and the Miami Independent Film Festival (2015).
TRAILER
Unusal Places is a short thesis film produced by Nakia Ford and written/directed by Shaquana Golding. The film was captured on the Sony FS 65, and filmed over the course of 3 days with over 30 cast and crewmembers. It was filmed in Winter Park, FL,; the final requirement for a MFA in Film Production from Full Sail University.
For Unususal Places EPK click button.
SHORTS
Shook One is a music video made for the song "Best Be Believing" by AlunaGeorge. It captures a women's stuggle to overcome the trama of her past.
This Wish is a vibrant tale of a lackluster loner and his timeless encounter with an unforgetable fairy.
Proud is story of a father and his teenaged daughter; her first date and his proud moment.
SHOOK ONE
THE WISH
Nakia Ford
Editor/Director of Photography
(Music Video)
PROUD
Nakia Ford
Writer/Diretor/Editor
(Experimental Animation)
Nakia Ford
Director/Editor
(Silent Short)
5522 Lehigh Ave.
Orlando, FL 32807
847-366-9670
Editor // Motion Graphics
Final Cut Pro// Premiere// After Affects// Photoshop
Available for freelance and contract jobs
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