Michelle Purpura
- Additional Crew
- Editorial Department
- Producer
Michelle Purpura has been a filmmaker, editor, and artist for over 10 years. She is the Post Production Supervisor and Associate Producer at Cabin Creek Films for the past four years. The most recent film she has worked on was Desert One (2019), which premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival and will broadcast on The History Channel. Many of the other featured documentary films she has worked on include New Homeland (2018, NowThis), A Murder In Mansfield (2017, Investigation Discovery), This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (2017, YouTube Red), and a mini series Future Works (2016, Fortune).
Before working at Cabin Creek Films, Michelle graduated with honors from SUNY College at Old Westbury, May of 2015, earning her B.A. in Media and Communications. She worked as a Project's Manager at the Collaborative Media Center, where she tutored students in digital media productions, wrote and created video tutorials, and updated the center's website. At SUNY College at Old Westbury, Michelle held the Vice-President position at the TV studio, OWTV. During her last semester, she created and produced her own show called Center Stage. Each episode featured the best talents on campus.
In 2014, Michelle was a video editor and graphic design intern at WomenWorking.com. She also interned at The Bill Cunningham Show, where she had the opportunity to work in the Production, Research, Audience, and Post-Production departments to help create each episode for season three.
Michelle loves directing and producing her own films; therefore, she freelances on the side with her company Hand to Heart Productions. At the 2015 Mac Awards, ten of her videos were nominated and three won first place. At the 2014 Mac Awards, six of her videos were nominated and the package "Conscious Scapes Photography Exhibit Fall 2013" won "Best News Package." Michelle's first accomplishment took place in high school when she received 1st place in the category of Documentary Films at the Locust Valley Film Festival in 2011. She also received the title of "Most Outstanding Broadcasting Student 2010-2011," where her picture is displayed in the Hall of Fame at Oceanside High School.
Michelle has a natural talent in the field of Media and Communications and is passionate about her career.
Before working at Cabin Creek Films, Michelle graduated with honors from SUNY College at Old Westbury, May of 2015, earning her B.A. in Media and Communications. She worked as a Project's Manager at the Collaborative Media Center, where she tutored students in digital media productions, wrote and created video tutorials, and updated the center's website. At SUNY College at Old Westbury, Michelle held the Vice-President position at the TV studio, OWTV. During her last semester, she created and produced her own show called Center Stage. Each episode featured the best talents on campus.
In 2014, Michelle was a video editor and graphic design intern at WomenWorking.com. She also interned at The Bill Cunningham Show, where she had the opportunity to work in the Production, Research, Audience, and Post-Production departments to help create each episode for season three.
Michelle loves directing and producing her own films; therefore, she freelances on the side with her company Hand to Heart Productions. At the 2015 Mac Awards, ten of her videos were nominated and three won first place. At the 2014 Mac Awards, six of her videos were nominated and the package "Conscious Scapes Photography Exhibit Fall 2013" won "Best News Package." Michelle's first accomplishment took place in high school when she received 1st place in the category of Documentary Films at the Locust Valley Film Festival in 2011. She also received the title of "Most Outstanding Broadcasting Student 2010-2011," where her picture is displayed in the Hall of Fame at Oceanside High School.
Michelle has a natural talent in the field of Media and Communications and is passionate about her career.