Kevin Longa

Filmmaker | Startup Founder

San Mateo, California | (650) 302-7883 | k@tastewithkevin.com | kevin@kevinlonga.com
tastewithkevin.com kevinlonga.com

Work Portfolio

Founder 2013 - Current As a one-man film & marketing team, I've

used the power of YouTube and other online
TASTE Film & Marketing Productions platforms to create an internationally award-
Producing internationally award-winning short films worldwide: tastewithkevin.com winning documentary film series.
Cultivated loyal viewers & fans on 6 continents via viral & grassroots marketing campaigns
Raised funds using market research, messaging, positioning, branding, outreach, creative tastewithkevin.com
development, and online (video) campaigns (i.e. our Kickstarter was 200% over-funded) Filmed in 20 countries. Winner of 20 film
Forged partnerships with 15 international companies, non-profits and universities awards. Reached 200% Kickstarter goal.
Leveraged digital media, social media and video marketing to film 20 stories about 30 food
entrepreneurs across 20 countries worldwide
Created video, marketing & fundraising campaigns for fellow startups & YouTube creators

Documentary Non-Profit Filmmaker 2017 - Current

AmeriCorps & Sprouts Cooking Club 501(c)(3)
Producing short films for the US federal government's leading public service program
Creating films & fundraising videos about disadvantaged youth who turn their lives around with the TASTE Food Documentary Series
Sprouts Chef-In-Training program: a culinary apprenticeship that leads to job security & life skills YouTube: bit.ly/watchtasteplaylist

Co-Founder - Founding Father 2010 - 2013 VR 360 Video: https://youtu.be/43faYQ708Jo

UCLAs Entrepreneurship Fraternity: Sigma Eta Pi (SEP), UCLA

Skills
Established the American West Coasts first-ever entrepreneurial fraternity, which now has created 24
independent startup ventures & several chapters at UC Berkeley, USC and Stanford University
Increased membership by 300% using grassroots marketing strategies, campaigns & events Leadership/Teamwork
Lead branding and positioning efforts to maximize our targeted outreach
Worked with people who have strong ideas and resolved to make compromise & results
Leader of 4 ventures over the past 10 years.
Collaborated with worldwide teams
Managing Director & External Affairs Director 2008 - 2012
Film and Photography Society (FPS), UCLA Video Production (2D & 360 Video)
Directed multiple award-winning films that went onto both the local and national levels
Facilitated logistics, events & budgets as Lead Production Manager of a $50K film production Comprehensive knowledge of the full video-
Marketed films by implementing video marketing, events & social media strategies production workflow: from pre-production to
shooting to editing.
Education
Creative

B.A. Economics (Major) & Human Complex Systems (Minor) 2008 - 2012 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator,
Premiere Pro, etc.), Keynote, PowerPoint,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Final Cut Pro, Kolor, VR 360 video creation
3.66 GPA, UCLA Honors Member (top 5% of UCLA), Deans Honors List Fall 2008-2011
General Coursework - Economics, IT, Adv. Calculus, Marketing, Film, Design& Artificial Intelligence Marketing/Web
International Business 2010 - 2011
YouTube, Google, Facebook, Instagram,
Univ. of Copenhagen (KU) & Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Twitter, MailChimp, SquareSpace, Wordpress,
Studied abroad for a year in Denmark: visited & lived in 14 countries across Europe Google Analytics, HTML, CSS
Studied intercultural communication & businesses with Japan, China & Scandinavia
Only international student (out of 500) chosen to join KU's Greek Financial Crisis Study Trip Activities
Engaged in a KU-sponsored study trip to Russia and the former Soviet Union

Entrepreneurship Fall 2013 - Winter 2013 Public Speaker: experience speaking before
Draper University, San Mateo, CA audiences of a half-dozen to 1,000s of people
Recipient of UCLA International Centers
Studied Marketing, Go-To Market Strategy, Branding, Positioning, Design, Sales, Finance, Startups Outstanding Domestic Student Award
Presented startup business to Silicon Valley investors and a panel of venture capitalists. their highest honor, given to the best US
Host & Mentor out of 400 students
Produced & Directed the nationally-
distributed Videomaker Magazines Best
Scroll Down to See my Visual Portfolio
Student Video of 2008

https://www.visualcv.com/kevin-longa
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Food & Stories Unite People
TASTE with Kevin Longa is an
internationally award-winning
documentary series featuring the
stories of food entrepreneurs
around the world.
Entrepreneurs have the struggles,
the successes and the stories.
I create food films that explore
beyond the plate in front of me.
- International award-winning filmmaker Kevin Longa
A Little About Kevin Longa

Driven by his own food story, Kevin uncovers

the untold stories of food and the people who
make it. At a young age, he sourced his school
lunches from culinary encounters: ostrich jerky
after scouting Vilijees ranch in South Africa and
honey-flavored tea from his Chinese family.
Between classes, Kevin delivered keynote
presentations for entrepreneurs abroad and hit
the kitchens and farms to create a
documentary on food corporations. By the time
he earned his UCLA degree and graduated
from the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial program
Draper University, Kevin had amassed his own
rolodex of international food business owners
and entrepreneurs.
TASTEs Secret Sauce

A Different TASTE of Food TV

Unlike most food TV programming, we dont rely

upon fabricated cooking competitions or bizarre
foods. Each episode features a different story
about a food entrepreneur. Thats TASTE.

REAL food. TRUE entrepreneurs. RAW stories.

TASTE films documentary
stories with food entrepreneurs
from all walks of life: hunters,
farmers, chefs, fishermen,
bakers, pastry chefs, grocers,
food truck operators, etc.
 Stories TASTE has filmed

A dictator-fighting restauranteur (and

TEDxInyaLake speaker) in Myanmar.

Status: Currently in post-production.

Stories TASTE has filmed

Asia's top ranked pastry chef

(and TEDxSingapore speaker)
who tears down the laws of
science & perfectionism.

Status: Currently in post-

production.
 Stories TASTE has filmed

Royal Bhutan Police officer who tracked down

extinct recipes from the most isolated
kingdom in the world.

Status: Currently in post-production.

Note: TASTE is the first food documentary team ever

to gain the Royal Government of Bhutans permission
to film within their Himalayan boundaries.
 Stories TASTE has filmed
An IBMer who ditched his job to resurrect
the lost art of snail farming in Vienna.

Watch a Preview Now

 Stories TASTE has filmed
An executive chef who trains a former criminal
the slang of the kitchen and changes the
young mans life in the process.

Watch a Preview Now

 Stories TASTE has filmed

A Jewish baker who uses her Hebrew-inspired cake

designs to fight anti-Semitism growing in Budapest.

Status: Currently in post-production.

 Completed
Future
Hunters in Borneo Jungles
Candyshop Bosses in Vienna Episode
Cricket Farmers in Thailand Topics
Castle Chefs in Slovenia
Food Bikes in Poland Currently in Post-Production
Butchers in Denmark
Hawker Stalls in Singapore
Genocide-Fighting Chefs in Cambodia
We have completed filming all of these stories and more.
 Some food entrepreneurs filmed by TASTE
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Completed: 21 Total Stories. 15 Countries Filmed. 6 Continents Filled with TASTE Fans.
____
Worldwide Fans of TASTE
 Filmed Episodes | Worldwide Locations

Bhutan California Singapore

Cambodia Czech Republic Vietnam

Denmark Myanmar Malaysia Slovenia

Hungary Austria Poland Thailand Spain

Striking a path: The TASTE Trilogy funded
with

Part I - TASTE: Europe

Status: Post-Production (Editing) Phase
See our Kickstarter - nearly 200% over-funded

Part II - TASTE: Asia

Status: Post-Production (Editing) Phase

Part III - TASTE: The Americas

Status: Pre-production phase

Three Parts*. Countless Food Stories.

*a.k.a. seasons
The Story Behind TASTE

Kevin scraped into the bottom of his life savings and began
filming TASTE abroad. On the road with nothing but a camera and
an appetite, Kevin has learned that all food entrepreneurs have a
story they're passionate to share from Paco, the Spanish bon
vivant with a down-to-earth, five-star kitchen to Rithy, the
Cambodian drug addict-turned-master baker. Each international
food entrepreneur and their culture provides a flavor of life. Their
food and stories are the only recipes Kevin will ever need.
Entrepreneurs dont wait.

Nows the time to tell their stories.

tastewithkevin.com

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