Summary
Nancy Yasecko is a media artist and educator who grew up and is still living on the Space Coast of Florida.[1] She graduated from Cocoa Beach High School in 1972 [2] and received her B.A. from the University of South Florida in 1975, and her M.A. in Instructional Technology from the University of Central Florida 1997.
Biography edit
Nancy Yasecko is the proprietor of Vanguard Productions, located on Merritt Island, FL, a producer of film and video for PBS broadcast and non-profit and governmental organizations.
Her film Growing Up with Rockets was included with the first group of US documentaries to be screened in the former Soviet Union in the American Documentary Showcase, Glastnost Tour 1990. The source materials used in the film are held by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.[3]
Educational work edit
- Arts Mentor - Space Coast FIRST Robotics Competition Team 233
- Launchpad to Learning - Interactive web-based engineering environment for middle school students
- Vanguard Productions—Development of film and video media for PBS, non-profit and governmental organizations
- Instructional Designer for online corporate training and assessment
Filmography edit
- Mapping, 1978, producer and director
- Missiles, 1978, producer and director
- Composition, 1979, producer and director
- Soft Sand, 1980, producer and director
- Dancing Lessons, 1981, producer and director
- Nebraska Avenue, 1981, producer and director
- Growing Up with Rockets, 1986, producer, director, editor [1]
- Living in America: A Hundred Years of Ybor City, 1985, editor
- Journey Into Wilderness: Florida's Indian River Lagoon, 1990, producer and director
- "History In Song (Series), 1992, producer and director
- "Encounters in a New World", "Florida Stories: History and Legend", and "Changing Florida: Dreams and Realities" producer and director
- Moon Shot, 1994, Associate Producer and Line producer
- Brevard County Oral History Video Project, 1992–1995, producer and director [4]
- Ellis Marsalis: Jazz is Spoken Here, 2000, producer and director
- Entre Act, 2004, producer and director
- Making Movies with Bud, 2005, producer and director
- The FIRST Robot Rock Opera, 2007, producer and director
References edit
- ^ a b Browne, Malcolm W (1986-07-09). "TV REVIEWS - 'GROWING UP WITH ROCKETS,' CAPE CANAVERAL FAMILY LIFE". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ^ Class of 1972
- ^ ""Growing Up With Rockets" Collection [Yasecko] 1950s-1990s". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ^ "Preserving the Past Through America's Voices". Library of Congress Information Bulletin. August 2005. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
External links edit
- ""Growing Up With Rockets" Collection [Yasecko] 1950s-1990s". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- Nancy Yasecko at IMDb
- "Growing Up with Rockets" cover
- "Jazz is Spoken Here" synopsis