Once upon a time, there was a stereotypical film nerd. Overweight and awkward, Randi preferred to spend time fiddling with cameras and editing in her bedroom lair. This turned into an outright passion at which she found herself at The University of Southern California Film School in Los Angeles, CA making films with other filmmakers from around the world.
Today, Randi produces and edits videos about HYDROGEN CARS, WORLD OCEAN DAY and ways we can do good and well at the same time.
She's won a Grant to create, produce, edit, distribute and monetize an original web series about working in the New Gig Economy. It’s called Taskonomics com and is featured in BusinessInsider.com & Zagat.com
Randi has interviewed CEO's and celebrities ranging from Jennifer Lopez to 50 Cent, she slept on the streets to report the first iPhone for Wired.com, the first commercial spaceship for Richard Branson and she's smiled her way through the Department of Homeland Security.
Randi has produced and edited brand videos for AT&T, Inked Magazine, IBM, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Kodak, MTV, Morgan Stanley, Open Society Foundations, Ogilvy Advertising, PSFK, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Sprite, Standard Chartered Bank, The DailyMail, The Observer, The Dodo, TDAMERITRADE, The Wall Street Journal, Montage Reels and help cool kids make videos.
She’s filmed the Twin Towers fall on 9/11, footage seen in the 911 Museum, published 'Guide to Film Schools and TV/Courses' (Penguin 94) and followed models around the world for celebrity makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
In her free time, Randi teaches science to kids with cancer via RIPRAP FRIENDS, travels to Rome to find Fellini's film locations, cleans beaches, stays fit with THECLASS and TRIBE OF THE PHOENIX, quotes movies too often, helps her mother with her iPhone and blogs walkofshames.com
And, though, Randi may no longer have Her lair to hide in, filmmaking remains her sanctuary.
Contact her here:
Randi Himelfarb
VideoBuddha@icloud.coma
Randi Himelfarb
VideoBuddha@icloud.coma
