SARAH ABIGAIL GIROUX
Los Angeles, CA | abigailsgiroux@gmail.com | (443) 202-0526 | abigailgiroux.com
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Graduation: May 2029
School of Cinematic Arts, BFA in Film Production
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
Graduation May 2025
Film and New Media Department
Graduated with Honors
work experience
Staff Photographer, Daily Trojan
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Take photographs to accompany five articles in the newspaper, three of which were featured on the front page
Photographer, USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy – Los Angeles, CA
Selected to shoot the annual Welcome Event meet and greet for the Academy
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Film Mente, The Better Angels Society/Ken Burns – Washington D.C.
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Mentored by Ken Burns, received media training, gave interviews, spoke at events
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Interviewed/Featured in Ken Burns: One Nation Many Stories Gettysburg Film Festival Bonus Segment (2024)
SEP 2025 - PRESENT
OCT 2025
SEP 2023 - MAY 2024
creative projects
Social Media Marketing Director, "16 Years of Life"
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Directing the social media campaign for a full-length feature student film
Producer/Director/Director of Photography/Editor/Photographer, "Ace of Spades
Collaborated on a music video intended for social media and shot the artist headshots
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Assistant Camera, "Old Man Micah"
Collaborated on a short dance film project intended for social media
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Producer/Director of Photography, "Siren"
Collaborated on a short narrative magical realism film examining the danger of the unknown
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Writer/Producer/Director/Director of Photography/Editor, "As Our Tides Turn"
Created a short narrative film featuring Michigan’s parkland scenery exploring themes of remembrance and loss
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Awarded “Young Michigan Filmmaker Award” Emberlight International Film Festival (2025)
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Official Selection KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
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Awarded “First Place” at Thunder Bay International Film Festival (2025)
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Awarded “Michigan Prize” Coastline Children’s Film Festival (2025)
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Writer/Producer/Director/Director of Photography/Editor, "The Little Toymaker"
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Awarded “American Visions Gold Medal” Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2025)
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Writer/Producer/Director/Editor, "Wade in The Water"
Created a short documentary film discussing decades of national swimming exclusion
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Screened at Gettysburg Film Festival (2024)
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Awarded “Gold Key” for film script Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2024)
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Selected for 400 Years of African American History Commission Docuseries (2023)
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Awarded “Next Generation Angels Award (Library of Congress/Ken Burns Prize)” (2023)
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Awarded “First Place” Senior Division Individual Documentary Film National History Day (2023)
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Writer/Producer/Director/Editor, "The Revolt of the Good Guys"
Created a short documentary film exploring the eight-day national postal strike that transformed postal labor.
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Awarded “Gold Medal” for film script Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2025)
DEC 2025 - JAN 2026
NOV 2025 - DEC 2025
OCT 2025
JULY 2025
NOV 2024
AUG 2024
JAN 2023
JAN 2022
skills
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Numerous Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production Skills: Script Reading, Research and Development, Interviewing, Camera, Editing including Color Grading, Still Photography, and Social Media Marketing
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Software: DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Capcut, Microsoft Suite
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Cameras: RED, Sony FX30, Canon


