<div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">Vance Tucker nurtured a love of film earning his B.F.A. in Directing from NYC’s School of Visual Arts. While there he wrote, directed, and produced festival favorite short films </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Two Wrongs </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">and </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Roommates, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">the latter with acclaimed industry storyboard and 3D artist, Christopher Mauch (Black </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Swan, The Fountain, Across the Universe, Ice Age: The Meltdown) </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">and on his thesis film </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Edarotag </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">which largely incorporated the use of digital effects and matte work. Vance has worked in the camera and electrical department on a number of independent and Hollywood films alongside some of the most talented cinematographers in the industry including: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">New York, I Love You </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">with cinematographer Andrij Parekh </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">(Half Nelson, Blue Valentine), The Girl in the Park </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">with Stuart Dryburgh </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">(Aeon Flux, Bridget Jones’ Diary), Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">with Tom Richmond </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">(Killing Zoe), </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">the pilot of the hit TV show </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Ugly Betty </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">with Vanja Cernjul </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">(30 Rock, Bored to Death), </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">and </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Joshua </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">with Benoit Debie </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">(The Runaways, Irreversible) </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">which was awarded “Best Cinematography” at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">In the last four years he's been commissioned to pen a screenplay for Original City Pictures, worked in development at Pressman Film (American </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Psycho, Thank You For Smoking) </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">and edited at VBS TV, Vice Magazine’s video department where he edited the VBS meeting and discussion piece with actor Adam Goldberg </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">(Zodiac, Entourage) </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">as well as the short documentary </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Oil of L.A., </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">which was featured on </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; color: rgb(0.000000%, 22.745100%, 63.137260%)">HuffingtonPost.com. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">In August 2010, Vance was hired as an Assistant Editor for HGTV’s hit show </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">House Hunters International. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'">Vance prides himself in having worked in many various facets of the Film and Television industry as it has allowed him to acquire in-depth knowledge and insight into the filmmaking process. That same knowledge and experience has helped mold him into a versatile writer- director specializing in story development across genres including comedies, dramas, fantasies, and works of suspense. Vance is excited to be writing and directing his first multi-season series, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Times'; font-style: italic">Caught In The Act. </span></p> </div>