Ian Wagner is an award winning filmmaker from Denver, CO. Often called a "swiss army knife", he is a writer, a visual artist, a musician, a comedian, a sound engineer, and a versatile filmmaker. He’s garnered a reputation for his obsessive attention to detail, his broad competence, his reliable honesty, his offbeat artistic vision, and his talent for storytelling in all of its subtlety.
Ian R. Wagner
TESTIMONIALS
rEFERENCES:
TIM ULMER
+1 (404) 729-3322
timulmer@epilepsygangster.com
ANDREW BATEMAN
+1 (505) 401-0746
andrew.bateman@ucdenver.edu
DESMOND JACKSON
desmond.lj@gmail.com
TRAE BENECK
+1 (970) 412-3495
traebeneckfilms@gmail.com
SAMUEL MARKO
+1 (303) 305-8129
sammarko461@gmail.com
MILKO DAVIS
+1 (719) 800-2283
idxstudios@msn.com
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ToastyGames (2013-2017, hiatus), YouTube Channel
– Creator, Capture Artist, Editor, ActorIncongruity Theory: What Makes Us Laugh? (2017), Video Essay
– Writer, Videographer, Editor, Actor (self)Deafening (2018), Short PSA
– Producer, Writer, EditorPancakes Or Paradise (2018), Short Film
– ActorDurkins (2018), Short Film
– ActorMUCH TO BE DONE (2018), Experimental Short
– Writer, Editor, VFX Artist, ActorPiss Poor Adult (2019), Short Documentary
– Producer, Director, EditorAnd Then There Was One (2019), Silent Short
– Writer, Director, EditorI’M NOT ALONE (2019), Music Video
– Producer, Director, Editor, MusicianSarah (2019), Short Film
– Producer, Production Designer, Editor
Mr. Squiggles (2020), Short Film
– EditorNever Odd Or Even (2020), Short Film
– Director of Photography, Cowriter, EditorSOCK IT TO ME (2020), Short Film
– Writer, Director, Editor, Sound Designer, ScoreStriking! (2020), Short Film
– Camera Operator, Associate ProducerThe Nihilist Symposium (2020), Experimental Short
– Videographer, Editora991ba84- - -84b7-4c07-b7db- - -9c02d5d51e68 (2020), Experimental Documentary
– Videographer, EditorRemote Players (2020), Short Film
– Director of Photography, EditorTipsy Talk (2020), Web Series
– Director (1 ), Production Assistant (3), BTS Camera Operator (1), Actor (1), Trailer EditorClass Act Detroit – Volunteer Content Creator
· What Makes a Good Music Video? (2020), Educational Video
– Writer, Editor, Voiceover Artist
BigRock Productions - Contract
· Every Single Someone (2021), Feature Film
– Sound Designer, Miscellaneous Music
· Three Brigands (2022), Short
– Sound DesignerPatterns (2021), Short Film
– Writer, Director, Editor, Sound Designer, ScoreSmudged (2021), Short Film
– Production Sound Recordist, 1st A.C., Sound Designer, Score
Game Face! (2021), Short Film
– Production AssistantBursting Aura Media LLC – Intern
· Epilepsy Gangster (2021), Television Series
– Production Manager, Post Production Supervisor, Editor (4), Sound Designer (4)
180 Degrees (2021), Short Film
– GafferMidnight Bound (2021), Short Film
– Sound DesignerBryar County (2021), Short Film
– Sound Designer, Assistant Writer (uncredited)
Blood On Lover’s Rock (2022), Short Film
– Director of PhotographyIronhold (2022), Short Film
– Production Assistant, D.I.T. AssistantMy Choice (2022), Short Film
– 1st Assistant Camera, GafferThe People House Story (2022), Documentary
– Editor, VFX Artist, Sound DesignerClose to Death (2022), Short
– Production AssistantWasteland of Wonder LLC - Associate Producer
· Credit Climb (2022), Educational Series
– Camera Operator
· Family Heirloom (2022), Short Film
– Actor, Sound Designer
· Colorado Pinto Beans: Farm to Table (2022), Short Documentary
– 1st AC, Camera Operator
· Something That Happened (2023), Short Film
– Gaffer, Sound Designer
· Plastic Flowers (2023), Short Film
– Sound Recordist, Sound Designer
· Prodigal Stranger (2023)
– Sound Recordist, Gaffer, Sound Designer
· Scratch ‘n Sniff (August 2023), Short Film
– Sound Recordist, Grip, Sound DesignerArmageddon Films LLC
· Ghosters: Phantom Patrol (2022), Feature Film
– Post Production Sound Mixer, finishing Artist
· Killer Witches From Outer Space (2023)
– Production Sound Recordist, Gaffer, GripDream City LLC
· Dippy Club (2022), Short film
– Production Assistant, GripDesmond Jackson Productions
· The Devil Made Me Do It (2022), Music Video
– GafferRelight Creative
· “Prop 121” (2022), Advertisement
– Key Production Assistant
· Leslie Herod for Mayor (2023), Advertisement
- Production Assistant (Swing)6000 Ft
· Elevation (TBD), Feature Film
– Addt’l Production Assistant, Office Production AssistantHGTV
· Home Town Takeover Season 2 (2023), Reality TV
– Production AssistantSeventh Wave Films
· Impact 2022, Corporate
– Grip, GafferLiquid Luck Productions
· EnteroTrack Device (2022), Advertisement
– Assistant EditorPainless TV
· Dead Files (S15 E8), (2023)
– GripHEX Audio Visual
· Stevie Stone at Sunshine Studios Live (2023)
– Camera OperatorGrossman Capraro Plastic Surgery
· Renuva Injector Training (2023), live event
– Camera Operator, Key GripYasong Wang
· Engage (2023), Short Film
– Sound Swing, GafferImage Audiovisual
· CTU Graduation Ceremony (July, 2023), Live Event
– Stagehand, Rigger
· Precast
– AV TechnicianASM Global
· Big Wild at Red Rocks (July 2023), Concert
– Stagehand
· Santa Fe Klan at Red Rocks (Aug 2023), Concert
– Stagehand
· Arctic Monkeys at Red Rocks (Sep 2023)
– Stagehand
· The Mars Volta at Red Rocks (Oct 2023), Concert
– Stagehand
· Chris Nodal at the Bellco Theatre (OPct 2023), Concert
– A/V
· G Jones at Red Rocks (Oct 2023), Concert
- Stagehand
· “Tina” (Oct 2023), Theatre
– Carpenter
· Black Tiger Sex Machine at Red Rocks (Oct 2023), Concert
– Stagehand
· Ajunadeep at Red Rocks (Nov 2023), Concert
– Stagehand
· DJ Snake at Redrocks (Nov 2023), Concert
– Stagehand
· Of the Trees at Red Rocks (Nov 2023), Concert
– Stagehand
· Decadence 2023 (Dec 2023), Live Event
– Rigger
· “Jesus Christ Superstar” (Jan 2024), Theatre
– CarpenterRazzle Dazzle Studios
· The Wall Street Journal, (July, 2023), Photoshoot
– Production Assistant (G&E Swing)ClearLamp AV
· Shamrock Expo (Aug 2023)
–AV TechnicianFox Sports
· FOX NFL Sunday Veteran's Day Special (Aug 2023), Television
– Production Assistant (G&E Swing)Freeman AV
· AHCL/NHCA Convention & Expo (Aug 2023)
– Rigger
· Soc of Cabel GS (October 2023), Live Event
– RiggerABC / Fremantle North America
· The Great Halloween Fright Fight (September 2023), Television
– Production Assistant
· The Great Christmas Light Fight (December 2023), Television
– Production AssistantEncompass Event Group
· BBCON GS (Oct 2023), Live Event
– A/V TechCogent Global Solutions
· CoreNet General Session (Oct 2023), Live Event
– A/V TechCBS Sports
· NE Patriots vs Denver Broncos (12/24/23), Sports/TV
– Skycam UtilityBFT Entertainment / Fulwell 73 / Hulu
· The Kardashians (Season 5), (January 2024), Television
– Production AssistantF4D Studio
· Artsweek Festival 2024 Promo (February 2024), Advertisement
– EditorAVFX
· CROI GS 2024 (March 2024) Live Event
– Camera Operator
Credits Quantified = Editor (21), Sound Designer (13), Grip & Electric (11), Production Assistant (14), Writer (9), Camera Operator/Utility (12), Director (7), Sound Recordist (6), Director of Photography (3), Actor/V.O. (7), Stagehand (15), AV (5)
Resume (2022)
For more detailed information about my work history, skills, and qualifications, refer to my Linkedin or Staff Me Up profiles.
Recommendation
This recommendation letter from a former employer just warms my heart, and it speaks to my strengths as a collaborator.
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