Nsenga Burton Senior Producer, Broadcast and Mulitmedia nsenga@lighthousestrategicgroup.com A Virginia native, Nsenga K. Burton has successfully merged practical work experience with academic achievement in the shaping of her career as a multimedia producer and academician. She has had the opportunity to work in a variety of industries including film, television, and advertising which has contributed significantly to her ability to be successful in a variety of environments. Nsenga has worked as a script supervisor and assistant director in television and film and recently wrote, produced, and directed a short film entitled, "Wooden Nickels", which is currently being distributed by Urban Entertainment. Nsenga also recently produced and directed a documentary entitled, Peace Journeys Charlotte, has written two feature length screenplays entitled, "Searchin'" and "Bethesda" and has numerous academic and non-academic publications to her credit. Nsenga's educational achievements include a BS in Speech in Radio, Television, and Film from Northwestern University (1994), an MA in Cinema Studies from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (1996), an MA in Communications from the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania (1999), and she is finishing her Ph.D. in Critical Studies from the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California this semester. Nsenga's career as a multimedia producer began in 1996 at Arnold Communications. While at Arnold, Nsenga serviced a variety of clients including Mobil, SAP, Platinum Technologies, American Red Cross, USF&G, Digex and Chevy Chase Bank, where she served as producer on Intranet and Internet web sites, CD-ROMs, multimedia presentations and platform videos. Upon leaving Arnold to pursue an advanced degree, she continued to freelance as a multimedia producer for Arnold Communications, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Rise Magazine, and Darn Thomas Accessories. Nsenga is currently an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts (Television and Film) at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC, where she teaches digital video production, media writing courses and has introduced film history and theory courses to the department. In 1999, Nsenga moved on to the Labyrinth Project, a research multimedia initiative funded by the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California where she worked on experimental CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs with world renowned artists including novelist John Rechy, independent filmmakers Nina Menkes and Pat OšNeill, and visual artist Carol Parrott Blue. Two CD-ROMs, Mysteries and Desire: Searching the Worlds of John Rechy and Nina Menkesš The Crazy Bloody Female Center, have been showcased at film festivals throughout the world including Sundance Film Festivalšs first Digital Salon in Park City, UT. Nsenga also produced a digital installation of Labyrinth works at MOCA (the Museum of Contemporary Art) in Los Angeles, which ran in June of 2000 and a digital interactive installation with award-winning Hungarian filmmaker Peter Forgacs at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA that ran in August 2002. Currently, Nsenga is working on developing her dissertation into a book and is in pre-production on a feature film entitled, "The Life," which she wrote, and will produce and direct. Back to Top