Cecilia Keirstead entered the film industry as an actor in her teens, then learned film production in UNC Wilmington's film program. Upon graduating, she worked in several departments on various short films, then as a PA for a Hallmark movie. She also worked as a stagehand for the Wilson Center in Wilmington, assisting with touring Broadway shows and was one of the boom operators for Halloween Kills. During the pandemic, she worked as an office manager, and has since worked as a boom operator and production sound mixer.
Equipment: 17' Boom Pole (QP5130); Professional Shotgun Microphone (Sennheiser MKH-416), Windscreen, Blimp, and Dead Cat, Field Recorder (Zoom F8)Additional experience as production assistant, camera assistant, wardrobe, wigs and hair/makeup, actor, and screenwriter