Experience
Experience
Here is an overview of work experiences, collaborations, opportunities and accomplishments Lars has made up to this point.
Work/Volunteer
From 2021-2023, Lars would film and direct video productions at any event taking place at the high school. Whether that be filming, football games, concerts, or special ceremonies such as graduation.
In 2020 and 2021, Lars volunteered to produce content for the Washington Township Titans Travel Team. They would produce content such as highlights, team interviews, and hype videos.
WTHS TV Production Assistant
After Lars graduated in the summer of 2023, they would continue to volunteer their time to help WTHS' TV Production Program with anything they may have needed. From editing, designing, and even assisting students within the program.
From March 2024–2026, Lars worked as a production assistant for the Garden State Film Festival. In 2024, they filmed event highlights for social media, prepared screening venues, resolved technical issues, and supported fellow volunteers. In 2025, they were promoted to Lead Production Assistant, managing volunteer check-ins, submitting reports to the production coordinator, assigning tasks, and ensuring screenings ran smoothly. In 2026, alongside festival duties, they also worked in pre-production, helping create social media content and graphics, running tech for live filmmaker interviews, and organizing files.
Paid Collaborations
In 2024, Lars was hired by RW Concrete Artistry to create a montage that would be used for advertising purposes on the company's social media. Lars was asked to film each step of the building process on a project they were currently working on and edit together the footage to create the montage.
In 2024, Lars was hired by the sports podcast, Birdsbyayard to create an intro that would be played before every show and that would also be used as an overall source for introducing themselves and what they do. Lars was also in charge of assisting them with filming, logo making, and researching new equipment.
In 2025, Lars was hired by one of the local card shows, to film and edit short interview segments and montages featuring their show to help advertise on their social media pages.
Awards/Accomplishments
In this program, Lars was able to learn different films styles and the basics of how to run a studio production, from camera operating to tech directing. They also had the opportunity to host and produce segments for the high school's morning show, Wake Up Township and 45 minute community talk show, Monthly Rewind.
In 2021, 2022, and 2023, three of Lars' films were one of the 300 films out of thousands of submissions selected to premiere at the Garden State Film Festival. Dare To Dream (2021), Bonds (2022), and The Inevitable (2023)
In 2022, Lars' documentary, Bonds was recognized by the New Jersey School Boards Association and was premiered at the Atlantic City Convention Center for the NJSBA Workshop.
In 2025 and 2026, Lars' short film, Cereal Killer and UNSOLVED: The Cereal Murders was one of 180 films out of thousands of submissions accepted into the Allentown Film Festival where it then premiered at the Civic Theatre Of Allentown.
Moore College Of Art & Design Student Showcase
In 2025 and 2026, Lars' short films, Cereal Killer and UNSOLVED: The Cereal Murders were one of hundreds of submissions that had gotten selected into Moore College Of Art & Design's yearly student showcase where it premiered at the opening reception in March.