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Becca Finley, Creative (producer, director, writer focusing on live events, recorded series, community building & verite storytelling)
Linkedin: www.linkedin/in/becca-finley
Personal Statement Video/ Interviews/ Podcast
Producer Interview Ear To the Common Ground
Featured Projects With Video Links
Television Series: Ear To The Common Ground
Citizens Revival
Music Video: Minton Sparks’ Fight Club,
Special Project Web Series: Harmony on the Horizon: Early Vote Concert Series
International Web Series: BalconyTV Charleston
Arts & Culture Nonprofit: This Is Noteworthy
Short Film: See Me
Feature Film Trailer: A Friend in Me
Brand Development: Palmetto Cheese SEC
Interview Packages: The Three Dudes
Live Events: YogaPop
Community Engagement: Lowcountry Giving Day
Writer/Speaker Series: Listen To Your Mother Charleston
Awards
Mississippi Arts Commision/ National Endowment for the Arts (Film Fellow, 2023)
Emmy-Nominated FEMA HAzard TV series (2022)
Charlie Magazine (50 Most Progressive, 2017)
Lowcountry Local Biz StartUp Awardee (2014)
Charleston Business Journal (40 Under 40, 2011)
Professional Experience
Film
Citizen’s Revival (Co-Creator, creative/ editorial director, showrunner, in post-production, 2024-present) - cinema verite film on civic participation
Outside the Lines (Director, 2024- in production, present) - cinema verite film focused on creative expression and creatives from the SE doing it their own way
A Friend in Me (currently in Post-production) - Documentary featuring artists from the South Carolina lowcountry including Edwin McCain, Indigo Girls, members of Hootie & the Blowfish, Danielle Howle and others.
See Me (Director, 2018) - A song and mini-documentary featuring musician Brendan James and high school students in Charleston, SC.
Chatham County Live DVD (Director & Co-Editor, 2010)
Television
Harmony on the Horizon (Showrunner, Director 2024- current) - A one-hour music special focusing on encouraging unity and civic participation, available nationwide on PBS
Ear to the Common Ground (Showrunner, pilot season, 12 episodes, 2023- current) - A music and non-partisan issue-based series filmed in Nashville airing in 75+ PBS markets nationwide.
Creative Outlaws (Director & editor, post-production, 2021-present) - Collaboration of creatives filmed across the south.
Comcast Eclectic Evenings (Director, 7 seasons, 91 episodes, 2011-2017) - A music performance TV show with a mural art component. Season 2, Poet Marcus Amaker, Season 3 Tyler Mechem
HAzard FEMA Series (Quality control consultant, 12 episodes, 2021, Emmy nominated) - Series for FEMA that dealt with environmental issues and preventative measures around sea level rising and coastal issues.
Web Series
Harmony on the Horizon 2020 (Director & editor, limited series) - Music series featuring songwriters and musical talent, with messages of hope, progress, and unity.
BalconyTV Charleston (Director; 4 seasons, 140 episodes, 2012-2015) - International music performance series owned by The Orchard/Sony.
Conscious Connections (Director & Producer, Limited series in post-production, 2017-2020) - An interview-based film & print documentary series focused on getting to know people beyond the surface level and exploring how their lives connect.
Storytellers Today (Director, limited series, 14 episodes, 2018) - Where writers come to play and to craft, to dream and to share their stories out loud, in their own voice.
Lyric Lounge (Director, limited series, 21 episodes, 2019) - A raw, stripped down filmed music series featuring intimate performances by singer-songwriters.
Singing For Change (Director of interview series, 52 segments, 2014) - Created by Jimmy Buffett in 1995, SFCF funds grassroots organizations that inspire personal growth, community integration, and self-sufficiency.
Collective Force Foundation (Director of interview series, 140 segments, 2015-2016) - Organization that brings awareness, service and financial support to nonprofits in the Charleston area.
Music Video
Minton Sparks, “Fight Club” (Director & Editor, 2020)
Brendan James, “Simplify” (Director & Co-Editor, 2013)
Trey Songz: Bottoms Up Live in Atlanta (Production manager, 2010)
NeedtoBreathe “Hurricane” Live Studio Session (Coordinator, 2010)
Writer/ Editor
Regarding Dallas Magazine (Staff writer & music editor, managing editor, 12 issues, 2005-2006) - Daily resource for best restaurants in Dallas, recommendations for things to do, local news and commentary on life in Dallas.
Where Magazine (Staff writer, 2007) - Where Dallas magazine is the ultimate Dallas/Fort Worth travel guide. It probes the smartest cultural trends that travelers and visitors will find of interest.
The Music Initiative Magazine (Editor in chief & staff interviewer, 8 issues, 2011-2012) - A digital magazine and creator of video content.
Found Music Uncovered Magazine (Editor in chief & staff interviewer, 12 issues, 2012-2013) - Print magazine with the goal to promote independent musicians, venues, and organizations using music or film to elevate their communities.
Forever Gone (Development editor, in galley 2022) - Thriller trilogy from author Reta Hampton.
Ties (Playwright, 2003) - Multi-media play combining live music, film and theatre about following the lives of two friends from age 8-30.
Liner Notes Magazine (Editor in Chief, 2001) - Monthly music publication.
Conscious Connections (Writer, Interviewer, Editor, 2017-2018) - Book of quotes from an anthropological, social experiment held in Charleston.
The Expedient Wife (Development editor, in editing 2024) - Thriller Series from author Reta Hampton.
Good Girl (Development editor, in editing 2010) - Angie Mizzell.
Producer / Creative Director/ Live Events
Oxford Film Festival (Artistic Direction, 2024-present) - Film Festival (23years)
This Is Noteworthy (cultural arts hub & pop up granting org, 2011-present) - providing space (s) for communities to thrive through creativity, curiosity, & compassion.
Annual Cooper River Bridge Run 10K (Music Producer, 2013-2019) - World-class, 10K foot race that promotes continuous physical activity and a healthy lifestyle through education and opportunity.
YogaPop (Co-producer: 2 years, 6 installments, 2014-2015) - A night of yoga and live music in Charleston.
YogaPop Kids (1 installment, 2016) - Kid-friendly yoga and live music event in Charleston.
Connections Media Tour (Limited series, 5 shows, 2019) - Creating community through concert and conversation.
SEC Tailgating series (2011 football season) - A 4-month SEC tailgating tour featuring music and interviews, including film-making and songwriting inspired by the tour.
Bandswap Charleston (1 installment, 2015) - A networking opportunity for musicians and creatives to bolster the “live original” music community in our city, & represent nationwide.
Fireside at the Farlane (Limited series for BriteHeart, 2020) - A nonpartisan series to promote civic inspiration, engagement, engagement, and discussion for the Tennessee community.
BriteHeart Presents: A Night of Reflection With the LGBTQIA Community (Limited series, Sept. 2020) - A virtual discussion with members of the LGBTQIA community.
BriteHeart Presents: Women, Voting & Rights (Limited series, Aug. 2020) - An online event bringing women from different communities together to discuss the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment.
Minton Sparks Talks Storytelling Festival (1 installment, 2020) - Night of storytelling featuring Minton Sparks, Kevin Kling, Dovie Tomason and others.
USA Film Festival (1 season, 2005-2006) - 50 year film festival in Dallas, TX.
Kidfilm Festival (1 season, 2005-2006) - The largest children’s media arts event in the US.
SXSW Aussies Rock the Sandbox (3 seasons, 2002-2004) - Multi-band outside event during SXSW.
Water Valley Arts Crawl 2021 - City-wide arts show featuring pieces and installations made by MS artists.
Blessings & Gratitudes (623 episodes, 2020-Present) - A daily women’s virtual meeting that encourages community and reflection.
LowCountry Giving Day (1 installment, 2016) - A one-day event dedicated to promoting awareness and raising donations for local nonprofits.
Earful of Texas Music Festival (2005) - A music festival of all genres that presents and promotes musicians based out of Texas.
Campfire (2021) - A three-day event for women that recreates the summer camp experience.
I Am (Live event, limited series, 2019) - Three-city reflective womens’ series.
Exist Impactfully (Live event, limited series, 2023-present) - multi-city
Minton Sparks Tour (Live tour, fall/ winter 2025) - xxx
Road Recovery (Live event, summer 2025) -xxx
Theatre
Theatre Three (Stage manager for a full season in 2001-2003: The Unexpected Guests, Blood Brothers, Over the River and Through the Woods, Absurd Person Singular, Spinning Into Butter, God’s Man in Texas, Side Show, Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?) - Theatre company in Dallas, TX that illuminates the human experience with exemplary, intimate theatre by nurturing authors, artists, and audiences.
Watertower Theatre (Stage manager of one of shows in 2002 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival) - One of Texas' leading professional theatre companies.
Boaz Unlocked Productions (Artistic Director, 2002-2003) - Independent fledgling theatre company birthed from Theatre Three.
Festival of Independent Theatre (Director, 2002, The Harry & Sam Dialogues; Director & Playwright 2003, Ties) - Multi-week festival in Dallas highlighting one-act plays by local, independent theater groups.
Listen to Your Mother Charleston (Director, 5 seasons, 2014-2018) - A nationwide live, staged-reading series giving a voice to motherhood.
Home For the Holidays (Co-director and show writer, 2016) - A live variety show in Charleston.
Waldemar (Director, 2016 & 2019) - Theatre camp producing two children’s shows, Shel Silverstein Presents and Young Greeks a production written by kids about Greek tragedies.