Ari Beser
Producer • Storyteller • Photographer
Aribeser@gmail.com www.aribeser.com 410 - 591- 5829
Student Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker and multimedia storyteller.
Professional Experience
Media Lab, Fellow 2019 - Present
The Economist, New York, NY
Create a Brand solution for The World Ahead
Create Pitch Decks to present to global business team
Brainstorm across departments to help with Requests for Proposals
Public Speaker
Global 2013 - Present
The grandson of Jacob Beser, the only man aboard both planes that dropped the atomic bombs in World War II
3 TEDx talks, 3 National Geographic Live! Events, One Creative Mornings, and 2 speeches in Japanese aboard Peace Boat
Spread the dangers of nuclear war by sharing voices of the survivors
Non-partisan effort to convey the human impact of the use of nuclear weapons to help prevent their future use
Member of 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Associate Producer 2018 - Present
Interface Media Group, Washington, D.C.
Produce videos from script to screen in high pace and high workload environment for television, internet and political agencies Assist in studio, on location and 360 VR shoots
Manage teams across departments from production, editing, graphics to sales.
Manage social media channels across all platforms with Hootsuite
Multimedia Journalist
Freelance, Washington, D.C. 2013- Present
CNN, Great Big Story, Segment Creator
Maryland Public Television’s Anacostia Revealed, Segment Producer
National Geographic Travel, Writer
National Geographic, Field Producer
National Geographic News, Writer
National Geographic, The Plate, Contributing Blogger
The Nation Magazine, Writer
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Photographer
Huffington Post, Contributing Blogger
PRI’s the World, Photographer
Union of Concerned Scientists
Getty Images Contributing Photographer
Getty Images Contributing Videographer
El Diario, Spain, Contributing Photographer
The Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed Writer
Fulbright Digital Storytelling Fellow
National Geographic, Japan 2015-2016
Contributed weekly to National Geographic digital platforms
Produced and filmed documentary over ten months on location in Japan
Conducted and filmed 50+ interviews complete with b-roll and separate audio
Edited two documentary was accepted into The Oregon Short Film Festival, and The Chesapeake Film Festival. The second has so far been selected to screen at two festivals and was named a semi-finalist in the Student Academy Awards
Media Lab Director
Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, Rwamagana, Rwanda 2013- 2014
Created digital video content for fundraising
Taught 70+ novice students basic digital photography and videography skills
Oversaw TV club where students created their own television news program
Mentored a group of 16 boys; taught English
Web Reporter
Peace Boat, Global 2013
Documented 8 Atomic Bomb Survivors who traveled around the world on a 3 month voyage to deliver their testimony in each port of call
Conducted over 20 interviews, with B roll
Filmed and Edited three short form videos
Wrote 20 blog posts
Trainings, Awards and Recognition
National Geographic Storytellers Summit, 2019
CUSEF Global Journalism Fellow, 2018
Creative Mornings DC, 2018 November Speaker, 2018
American University Dean’s Intern at Interface Media Group, 2018
Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, 2017
National Geographic Sciencetelling Boot Camp, 2015, 2016
3 times TEDx speaker
Fulbright National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow, 2015-16
Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year, 2015
Education
M.A., Film Media Arts, American University, Washington, D.C., 2018
B.A., Political Science, The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2011