About Kristen Vermilyea, MFA

BASED IN ZURICH SWITZERLAND

FREELANCE CREATIVE // creative consultant / writer / artist / January 1999 - present

• content, development, line editor, script and creative consultant for Tellfilm, Utofilm, Zurich Film Festival, filmmaker Lisa Brühlmann, artist Lena Marie Thüring, journalist Katharina Bracher, filmmaker Rob Holub, producer Anke Beining
• website copywriting, content/translation editing (US / CH) Viewster, DesigntoProduction, Bluebird Productions, Baumann Kägi Schuler
• events producer, PR & marketing consultant (arts organizations and non-profits) New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources, New Hampshire Film Office, and OpSail2000
• writer / columnist NZZ Am Sonntag, RonOrp, My Girlfriend Guide, and BMQ magazine moderator / speaker
• TEDx Zurich speaker "It's Okay to Look" (over 1 million views), host and moderator for Zurich Film Festival since 2010, hosted ZFF Daily produced by Zhdk CAST performer / artist
• professional actor - member Screen Actor's Guild; recurring role on US network show, off-broadway theater, indie films(resume available upon request), voiceover artist / facial animation recognition model Walt Disney
• creator / curator /created performance art pieces, including "The Weight of Breasts" (Swiss premiere at Photo Bastei, ZH) created film review show with Robin Rehmann: Movie Talk with Robin Rehmann
• developed and produced US college educational tour of my film, Beyond Boobs 
• co-editor The Woolf, Swiss literary and art magazine (in English) developed and taught course on conceptual thinking and creativity (International Community

WORTHYLAKE PICTURES // producer / director / writer // September 1994 - present

• wrote and directed feature documentary film Beyond Boobs, commissioned by SRF / Arte; aired in over 13 countries including broadcasters NHK (Japan), CBC (Canada), SBS (Australia)
• associate producer and lead actor Celebration (Teddy Award Berlinale 2002)
• produced and starred in 1940's film noir thriller Straight Forward; won Best NH film at SNOB Film Festival; created all marketing, PR, and media partnerships
• wrote and directed short films including Beneath the Flesh, A Stone (Pornydays), Grandma Gets Botox, and 57 Steps
• currently developing film about menopause and aging (with German filmmaker Susan Gluth and SRF)
• developing series about death and mourning (Katrin Renz, Tellfilm)
• associate producer Searching for Contact (feature doc / post production)

EDUCATION

GODDARD COLLEGE // 2011

Master of Fine Arts - Interdisciplinary Arts -

film, gender

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE // 1991

Bachelor of Arts - English and Theater

SEMESTER AT SEA // 1989