ADRIENNE D. HELITZER

STILL Productions, Inc

PO Box 330 - Laguna Beach, CA - 92652

office: (949) 494-1612

pager: (714) 954-1390

e-mail: adh@stillpro.com

EXPERIENCE:

Co-director/partner of STILL Productions: May 1994 to present-- a full-service communications company emphasizing the publication/presentation of story-telling projects in a variety of formats for both editorial and corporate clients.

Contract Photographer, Disneyland (The Walt Disney Company): Dec 1988 to present. Assignments are for publicity, promotional or advertising purposes. Photographs of all attractions and events, celebrities or VIPS, live or taped shows, commericals and specials within or relating to the theme park and Disneyland Hotel. Photographs used in press kits for all new attractions. The California Adventure- building and press openings- two year project, Tomorrowland, Splash Mountain, Fantasmic, Toontown, Symphonic Fantasy (Hollywood Bowl), Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, The Loin King, Indiana Jones and Pocohontis shows as well as parades and special events (CBS/Circus of the Stars) (40th Anniversary Celebration), and sporting events/shows (Pigskin Classics, Rosebowl teams, Superbowl MVPs). News photographs also placed on electronic media wires (AP, Reuters) and have appeared world wide in newspapers and magazines. Worked on Disneyland photographic archival system. Photos for Disney Magazine.

Contract Photographer, The Los Angeles Times: Orange County Edition and Metro (downtown) edition. October 1987 to June 1994. Contract and freelance work involved all daily assignments for metro, business, Calander (entertainment) Life & Style (feature) and sports sections.

Staff Photographer The Courier Journal and Louisville (KY) Times. Sept 1981 to Sept 1987. Position involved all daily assignments, news, feature, sports and food. Routinely produced both asssigned and self-generated picture pages. Occasionally wrote text to accompany picture pages, special projects in daily newspaper and Sunday magazine section. Job required frequent travel throughout the USA and periodically overseas assignments.

Internship, The Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call. June-Sept 1981

Staff Photographer, The Athens (OH) Messenger. April-November 1980. Part-time psoition for daily newspaper while in graduate school. Responsible for daily assignments and picture packages.

Additional editorial clients served on an assignment basis: (1987-2004)

• The Washington Post; The Detroit Free Press; The Detroit News; (Newspaper and Sunday magazine sections) Editorial work published in newspapers worldwide.
• Money Magazine ( Financial), Unique Opportunies Magazine (Health), Health and Hospital Networks Magazine, Sunset Magazine, Orange County Home Magazine and Golf Extra Magazine (published by Freedom Communicaions Inc.) Editorial work published in magazines worldwide

Additional corporate clients served on an assignment basis: (1987-2004)

• Art Institutes - CA, documentation of academic programs, students, campus atmosphere and environment at five AI-CA schools (San Francisco, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego) for advertising and marketing usage. (Also photographed Art Institutes "National Teen Chef Competition" (2004) for promotional and editorial usage.
• Orange County (CA) Water District, The Blue Planet Foundation: Children's Drinking Water Festival
• Rockwell International; annual reports, high-tech documentation, and coverage of special corpororate events
• St. Mary Regional Medical Center; executive portraits, advertising and special events - for annuals reports and publicityand marketing.
• The Autry Museum of Western Heritage, :photographed exhibits educational programs and events for promotional purposes.
• The Laguna Playhouse, house photographers for playbill and promotional collateral for marketing, editorial and internet uses.
• The Milken Institute, annual Global Conference, executive protraits for editorial and internet uses- documentation of educational seminars and smaller conferences.
• The Orange County Performing Arts Center; publicity and performance photos.
• Mission Viejo Imports-Mercedes advertising of new cars for editorial and brouchures
• Disney Business Productions- photography for marketing and promotioal uses.
• MBI Media-documentation of the Alameda Transpartation Corridor.
• The Disneyland Resort-Marketing Documentation of the new resort.
• The Womens Sports Wire, and Womens Sports Services, publicity of events and advertising for appareal manufacturer.
• The Pacific Symphony; publicity photos.
• The Marriott Hotels; publicity photos for events coverage and news publications.
• Claremont McKenna College; publicity photos and special projects.
• The American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.; photos for special book project.
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America; special event coverage.
• The Perspective Agency; advertising and brochure work for dental supply company (J. Morita USA, Inc.) Head Shampoo Inc., Carson, Ca.; advertising and promotion: "Pure and Basic" product Line.

BOOKS: (CONTRIBUTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)

• "Its Never Too Late to Plant a Tree"/ Authors Morrie and Melvin Helitzer
• "Disneyland Resort: Magical Memories For A Lifetime"/Tim O'Day, Lorraine Santoli
• "The County Of Orange. Center Of Southern California"/ The Max Company
• "Laguna Beach- Local Color"/ The Max Company
• "Schindler's Legacy: True Stories of the List Survivors"/ author Elinor J. Brecher
• "At The Rim" -- photodocumentary of Womens Collegiate Basketball (NCAA) by Eastman Kodak
• "The Dream Job -- Sports Publicity, Promotion and Public Relations"/ author Melvin Helitzer
• "Power Shift" /author Alvin Toffler (jacket cover)
• "Mysteries of the Unknown -- Search for Immortality" (TIME/LIFE series)
• "The Best Sports Stories"
• "Photojournalism 9"

PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

1987
First Place: Purnell Penn Business Award: "On Toyota's Turf"
Toyota builds first American "Camery" automoblie plant Georgetown Kentucky --writer Holly Holland and, photographer Adrienne Helitzer won for business stories relating to topic coverage in Kentucky and Japan.

1986
First place, general news. Kentucky News Photographer's Association

1985
First Place, feature picture story. KNPA
First place feature picture KNPA
*Pulitzer Prize nomination: RUNNER UP: Public Service Award, (considered the "Gold Medal" of the Pulitzers)
for "Up in Smoke" coverage of the tobbaco industry and non-smoking movement.

1984
Kentucky School Bell award, presented by the Kentucky Education Association for excellence in education coverage.
*Pulitzer Prize nomination: RUNNER UP/ Public Service Award, (considered the "Gold Medal" of the Pulitzers)
for "Report Card Unsatisfactory, Crisis in Kentucky's Classrooms."
Excellence in Photography, metro daily photographer of the year. Louisville Metro Journalism Awards.

1983
Excellence in Photography, metro daily photographer of the year. Louisville Metro Journalism awards.
Honorable mention, feature picture story, Atlanta seminar on Photojournalism. Atlanta Press Photographer's Association.

1982
Two honorable mentions. Ohio News Photographers Association.

1981
First runner-up Portfolio Newspaper Photographer of the year. ONPA
First place Color sports picture story, second placve feature, third place B&W fashion, news picture story, sports picture story All with Ohio News Photographers Association.
Third place news picture story Southern Short Course.
Third place news picture story, National College Photographer of the Year: University of Missouri.

Pictures on permanent exhibit at The Kentucky Derby Museum, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

EDUCATION:

1979-1981: Ohio University, Athens, OH., Master's Candidate/Journalism
1977-1979: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT., BA/Mass Communications
1977: Exeter University, Exeter, England. (Summer session)
1975-1977: Skidmore College, Sarasota Springs, NY
1972-1975: The Master's School, Dobbs Ferry, NY (High School diploma w/honors in Art)

GENERAL BACKGROUND:

Born September 7, 1957/New York City and raised in Larchmont, NY (Westchester County)

National Press Photographer's Association member since 1980
Chairperson for NPPA's 1993 "Flying Short Course" educational seminar

REFERENCES:

Rene Bardeau, - Former director of photography, Disneyland, Publicity Department, 1313 Harbor Blvd., Anaheim CA 92803
Home Phone 623-572-8811 E-mail: Rbar225697@aol.com

Bill Luster, The Courier Journal (Louisville) Chief photographer
National Geographic contract photographer
500 E. Broadway, Louisville, KY (502) 582-4604

Gail Fisher- Deputy Director of Photography/Special Projects Editor
The Los Angeles Times/202 W. First St./Times Mirror Square/LA CA 90012
OFFICE: 213-237-6791/CELL: 909-578-8043/ EMAIL: gail.fisher@latimes.com

Catherine Boire ­ former Director of marketing - Marriott Corp/Western Region;
Currently CEO of Catherine Boire Public Relations/1234 Cayetano Dr/Napa, CA
94559 OFFICE: 707-255-5996