Carla Christina Contreras
Curriculum Vitae
My CV is long and varied. I am comforted by the knowledge that an airplane is never “on course” but zigzags its way to within 50 feet of its desired landing point. I too have zigzagged my way through perfect careers and paths to the next perfect career. From a degree in business to a career in acting and a corporate career at a former fortune 500 company, learning web design and digital photography, I am here now, a professional photographer with a deep love of the visual.
If there is a defining theme in my life and work (and I’m sure there is!), it must be reinvention and creation. So below is part of the path that has led to my passion for the visual, the love of this instrument, the digital camera – the digital frontier!
Curriculum Vitae
BS, Finance, University of California, Long Beach
Acting:
Training:
Lee Strasberg Threatre Institute
Randal Hoey’s Acting Workout
Bob Corff Performance Workshop
Tracy Roberts Actors Studio
Room for Theatre (Shakespeare)
Bobby Hoffman
Kathryn Daley
Tepper-Gallegos
Tina Van Horn Acting Workshop
Television:
Following Her Heart, Principal, NBC
America’s Most Wanted, Principal, Fox Network
Life Goes One, Featured, Warner Bros. TV
The Waltons, Recurring, Lorimar Prods.
Nightflight (Pilot), Principal, Copeland/Zavad
Newsforum, Host, We the People Prods.
Film
Bittims Bites It, Principal, Watkins Film Institute, TN
Your Financial Future, Principal, Venture Entertainment Group
Feds, Featured, Warner Bros
Hospitality Industrial, Featured, Tony Roma Corp.
Aids in the Latino Community, Principal, Medical Media
Spaghetti Sunday, Principal, Columbia Film
Arrival, Principal, UCLA Graduate Films
Insufficient Funds, Principal, USC Graduate Films
Theatre/Festivals/Tours
A Scrooge Family Christmas, Clarabell, Red Boiling Springs, TN
Italian Street Fair, Mainstage MC, Nashville Symphony Guild, TN
The Comedy Company, Member, Metropolitan, Nashville, TN
The Groundhog, Sally Beechum (Lead), Actors Playhouse, TN
Cedar Lane Festival, Mainstage MC, Hendersonville Arts, TN
Diet Pepsi Promo, Singing MC, RAC Entertainment, KS
Macbeth, Witch 1, Lee Strasberg Theatre, Hollwood
Till Death Does It’s Part, Carlene (Lead), The Mirage, Las Vegas
Plain Wrap Players, Member, Comedy Improv, Hollywood
Dial M Murder Mysteries, Mistress of Murder, Dial M Mystery Prods.,
Burbank
Anything Goes, Reno Sweeney, Westchester Playhouse, Los Angeles
Sweet Charity, Helene, Kentwood Players, Los Angeles
All That Glitters, Sister Deception, Olio Theatre, Hollywood
Human Nature in E Flat, Lead, Studio Stras, Hollywood
Member: SAG, AFTRA, Co-Founder and Member: Actors Alliance
Writing:
Clint the Black Cat, Children’s Book and Show
Photography:
Awards:
Cookeville Camera Club, Luminescence V 2004
1st place Scenic – “Highlander's Castle”
2nd place Nature and Wildlife – “Prince Charming”
Honorable Mention Nature and Wildlife – “Just Chillin’ With the Girls”
Honorable Mention Doors/Windows – “Red, White, & Blue - Duct Tape Too”
Tennessee State Fair 2003
1st place Scenic – “Highlander's Castle”
1st place Floral – “Bleeding Hearts”
2nd place Black & White – “Unusual Patriotism”
Tennessee State Fair 2004
People’s Choice Award - “Just Chillin’ With the Girls”
1st place Animals – “Just Chillin’ With the Girls”
1st place Floral – “Passion Flower”
2nd place Black & White – “Unusual Patriotism”
Member: Brentwood Camera Club
Events:
48 Hour Film Project
AFTRA National Convention
Film Nashville.com, Official Photographer
Theatre Promotional Photography
The Tennessean
Nashville Scene
OnePaper, Nashville
Corporate Awards:
Award of Merit, Nortel
Various Awards for Accomplishment, Nortel