Raphael Botelho Bittencourt

Film and television professor

Professor of film and television, September 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Director and producer, 2002-2022, RAP Photodesign
Produced numerous films and a variety of documentaries, branded materials and music videos and participated in various film festivals across the world. Contributed in numerous domestic and international awarded film productions. Generated creative solutions on set and optimized costs with up to 70% savings, especially in international overseas productions. Improved post-production times and increased general delivery quality when in charge of that department. Maintained a successful and proactive workflow with internal and external clients. vendors and partners. Assembled and coordinated cross-functional and multi-cultural teams in domestic and overseas productions. Developed business proposals and successfully attracted investors from outside the film industry.

Head of video art and design, 2020-22, Home Alliance
Responsible for the production of corporate videos, interviews and commercials and photo sessions. Performed multiple roles such as: film director, producer. editor, designer and cinematograpl1er. Created and implemented creative processes and briefing methodology to organize and streamline the creative production, Creation and maintenance of production schedules. budgeting and production costs tracking. Normalization and standardization of the company’s multiple brands and visuals across social media and other channels. Creation of social media and In House TV video and animation content to support MKT and advertising campaigns. Management and supervision of design production. Film production, art and design expansion planning. Gear acquisition consulting.

Content writer, 2015-17, New York Film Academy
Converted and optimized English film and arts related content for social medias into Portuguese for the Brazilian market. Streamlined the content conversion process through new improved work time-sheets.

Cinematography professor, 2010-14, Centro Europeu
Created all the reference material for the cinematography course. Changed the class organizational structure and schedule and doubled the amount of content maintaining the same number of class hours. Accelerated by 100% the student performance within the program course. Increased by 100% the number of cameras and equipment in the classroom. Gave lectures and conducted practical training classes. Contributed to the doubling of the number of students in the film program. Evaluated and graded trainees expanding their technical knowledge and reduced by 50% the camera and light gear maintenance situations. Acted as a consultant for all the matters relative to equipment acquisition and maintenance and introduced new cine gear technologies in the school scenario.