Patrick Buss

6237 N. Talman Avenue, #2, Chicago, Illinois 60659-2709

Website: patrickbuss.com
E-Mail: pb4d4b32@westpost.net
(312) 320-2133

CAREER SUMMARY Film professional, who has also developed Administrative, Acc
ounting and Information Systems for small, start-up
Film Production Company. Read and provided coverage for scripts submitted to the
company for consideration. An avid screenwriter, has written a dozen scripts, r
eady for production. In March, 2007, submitted script entitled, "A New Orleans T
ale", to the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship Screenwritng Contest, and was a Quar
ter-Final winner.

SKILLS Has exceptional written and oral communication skills.

Wrote and read multiple screen plays. Re-wrote eighty pages in two days for dir
ector of firm to improve flow of screen play being produced. Has technical skill
s withhardware and software systems, both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac-based.
Am extremely ambitious,industrious, organized, and self-motivated. Am a team pl
ayer, am friendly and outgoing, and am diplomatic in public and customer relatio
ns.

WORK EXPERIENCE Operations Manager, Lightstream Pictures, Los Angeles,

California. 11/2008 - 12/2009.
Worked as company accountant, am competent with
Quickbooks and other accounting programs. Am experienced with Accounts Receivabl
e/Accounts Payable, reconciliations and Financial Statements.
Managed Information Technology Systems for company, including office network, so
ftware, hardware, and VOIP phone system. Created and administered company websit
e, e-mail, and movie presentations. Proficient in most creative software (Final
Cut, Adobe Creative Suite, compression
software) and administrative software (Filemaker, Windows Office, other database
programs).
Organized off-site presentations, met with affiliat
es, assembled corporate documents with a professional veneer. Participated
in internal and client meetings to pitch scripts to major production
studios such as Paramount, Dreamworks, Fox, Legendary Pictures,
Overture and Summit Entertainment.

Development Assistant, Lightstream Pictures, Los Ang

eles,
California. 7/2007 - 11/2008.
Helped build company from the ground up. Wrote emplo
yee manuals re: office and accounting procedures. Developed and applied administ
rative systems to start-up company.
Intern, Lightstream Pictures, Los Angeles, Californi
a. 4/2007 -7/2
007.
Read and provided coverage for scripts submitted to company to be considered for
production.
EDUCATION Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois. 8/2004 - 4/2007.
Patricipated in "Semester in LA" program in Screenwr
iting in January, 2007. Hired by Lightstream Pictures immediately thereafter.
 Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois 8/2000 - 6/2004.
Graduate of rigorous college-prep program at esteeme
d Catholic Jesuit high school.