BOOCH O'Connell - Actress, Writer, Filmmaker, Artist, Poet, Model

ACTRESS, WRITER, FILMMAKER, ARTIST, POET, MODEL

CURRICULUM VITAE (March 2025)

EDUCATION

  • Fordham University - New York, NY - Double Bachelor of Arts in English and Film, Sigma Tau Delta: International Excelled English Honor Society, 2019-2024
  • Art and Design High School - New York, NY - Photography Major, National Honor Society, 2015-2019
  • Stella Adler - New York, NY - 2015-2016

FILMMAKING
Wrote, Directed, Shot, Edited, and Produced

  • Every Other Cell (short film, stop motion animation using watercolor paint), 2024
  • Ulysses (short film, adaptation of an excerpt of James Joyce’s Ulysses), 2024
  • Orientation (short film, satire about two college girls attempting to create a successful podcast), 2024
  • Prophetic Jester (short film, experimental, poetry voiceover), 2023
  • Affirmations (short film, expressionistic satire on modern spirituality, cultural narcissism, modern young womanhood), 2022
  • One Less Lonely Girl (45 minute documentary about Justin Bieber, fandom, parasocial relationships, men’s reactions and responses to young male celebrities), 2022
  • Women (short film, experimental archive film on second wave feminism), 2021
  • A Mess of Sentiment (short film, collection of poems using voiceover), 2021
  • Drive (music video with narrative storyline, treatment, script, cast, styled, assembled crew, props, co-edited) 2018
  • Loving The Day (music video, performed, scouted locations, styled, co-edited, cast)
  • Girlz (music video, performed, conceptualized, scouted locations, cast, co-edited)

FEATURE FILM PRODUCER

  • YELLOW TEETH - Currently in pre-production, September 2024-Present
  • San Gregorio - Currently in pre-production, Associate Producer, November 2024-Present

PRODUCTION MANAGER

  • REALLY Mag - Photoshoot, October 2024

    CASTING DIRECTOR

    • YELLOW TEETH - Currently in pre-production, September 2024-Present

    FILM DISTRIBUTION/DEVELOPMENT

    • RISE FLIX - Distribution and Streaming Representative, October 2024-Present

SET DESIGN

  • REALLY Mag - October 2024

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT

  • Kai Cenat - (most subscribed Twitch streamer of all time with guests like Nicki Minaj, Kevin Hart, John Cena, 21 Savage, NLE Choppa, and more), “Kaimmercials: YESSIRSKI”, October 2024

ARTIST MANAGEMENT/DEVELOPMENT

  • colum - Rapper/Music Producer (June 2024-Present)

SCREENWRITING

  • “Precious Cargo” - Feature Film Script (Work In Progress)
  • Completed script - “Fairy Grandmother” Spec Script for “Nora From Queens”, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

  • Bricolage Journal - Editor-in-Chief, Creative Director, Event Director, Visual Arts Editor, Social Media, Cover Design, Layout, Contributing Poet and Photographer, 2021-2024
  • Open Mouth Media - Visual Editor and Lead Designer of Print, 2024
  • Fishnet Magazine - Contributing Artist, 2024
  • FLASH Magazine - Culture Editor and Contributing Writer, 2022-2024
  • REALLY Mag - Contributing Writer, 2022-2024
  • Fordham Undergraduate Research Journal - Design Editor, 2023
  • The Comma (print and website) - Poetry, 2021-2022
  • “Ask Booch” Advice column on website BoochNYC.com, 2014-2020

EXHIBITIONS

  • The Muse Was Life; The Medium Was Film - Ross McLaren memorial gallery show at the Susan Lipani Gallery, 2024
  • “REFRACTIONS” - Thesis Gallery Show at the Ildiko Butler Gallery (Abstract Multimedia Project Based on the Spirituality of Mary Magdalene, Shot in Provence-Côte-D'Azur, France) 2024
  • Ars Nova - Presentation on poetry and photography book, Passiontide, 2024
  • Ross McLaren Film Festival - Films screened, 2021-2024
  • To Remember, To Veil, To Play, To Decay - Group show at Fordham University, 2024
  • Open Mouth - Poem “NOTES APP” on display, group gallery show, 2024
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art - Photograph “Waiting For The Light” displayed, 2019
  • Photoville Brooklyn - Multiple works displayed, 2018

SOCIAL MEDIA

  • Charles Cuffaro - Copywriting/Strategizing, 2021-present
  • AltaNeve Prosecco - Brand Consulting/Strategizing, 2023
  • Your Affordable Coach - Social Media Manager/Photography, 2020

PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY

  • Ila Spa at The Lotte New York Palace - Promo work, 2022-2023
  • Celebrity Hairstylist Charles Cuffaro - Promo work, 2021-present

STAND IN/PHOTO DOUBLE

  • Gossip Girl
  • EVIL
  • Three Women
  • Happy Gilmore 2
  • Elsbeth

SONGWRITING

  • ADULT SWIM “Thing X” Episode “Magical Apartment Land” - Original Song Placement for Episode, 2013
  • ASCAP - Songwriter/Publisher, 2012-present
  • Years-long experience writing, recording, and releasing music

GRANTS, HONORS, AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Recipient of Fordham University Dean’s Creative Practice Travel Grant, 2023
  • Recipient of the William De Pietra Film Grant, 2022
  • Recipient of the Scholastic Art and Writing Award Gold Key, 2019
  • The New York Film & Television Student Alliance (NYFTSA) - Student Officer, 2021-2024

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • Designed a hand-crafted silver necklace that was available in stores in New York City Westchester, and the Hamptons, as well as online. The necklace was included as a giveaway in J14 Magazine, M Magazine, QuizFest Magazine, Girls’ World Magazine, Astro Girl Magazine, and Twist Magazine.

SKILLS

  • Beginner’s Italian
  • Beginner’s French
  • Adobe Photoshop Certification
  • Proficient in WriterDuet, Canva, Google Drive, Adobe Premiere Pro, Notion

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