MINDY RAMAKER

Creative producer with 15 years of marketing experience in arts, entertainment, non-profit, and mission-driven organizations.

She spent more than a decade working with the filmmaker David Lynch and has since led strategy, creative direction, and production for brands, campaigns, and events that have generated international acclaim. She’s an imaginative thinker with a plan for everything. Skilled in team management, project planning, and fostering collaborations, she’s helped launch companies, created award-winning content, and driven positive change with real world impact.

She is genuinely inspired by connecting people, organizations, and the arts to help people and planet.

Reach out:
Email: mindy.ramaker@gmail.com

DAVID LYNCH’S FESTIVAL OF DISRUPTION

A multi-media music and arts event curated by David Lynch with an entirely charitable mission.

Participants include: Grace Jones, Robert Plant, Francis Ford Coppola, St. Vincent, RZA, Flying Lotus, Laura Dern, William Eggleston, Bon Iver, Mel Brooks, Isabella Rossellini, Frank Gehry, Naomi Watts, Questlove, Bill Hader, and many more.

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Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation
2016–2019

TOM FORD PLASTIC INNOVATION PRIZE

A global competition with a $1.2 million Prize Purse to source and scale marine-safe and biologically degradable alternatives to traditional thin-film plastic made from fossil fuels.

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Creative Producer
Lonely Whale, Tom Ford
2020–2021

TED SERIOS: THE MIND’S EYE

The extraordinary story of the Chicago bellhop who attempted to transfer mental images to Polaroid film.

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Managing Editor
Atelier Editions
2023

THE NEW INFINITY

Internationally-acclaimed festival, The New Infinity, brings new art to planetariums with immersive films in its 360º dome theater and a Planetary Art Summit featuring artists and leaders in the space.

Creative Director & Producer
The New Infinity
2019

OH-WAKE MAGAZINE

OH-WAKE Magazine is a youth-led publication that is written for and by youth activists fighting today’s climate emergency.

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Creative Producer
Lonely Whale, HP
2021

INZENCITY

A leader in functional and integrative well-being, offering virtual wellness solutions that are designed to support a person’s entire well-being.

Creative Producer
Inzencity
2022–2023

CURTAINS UP WITH STELLA MCCARTNEY

A short film exploring David Lynch’s theory of film and his lifelong pursuit to bring Transcendental Meditation to anyone in the world who wants it.

The film featured Stella McCartney and premiered at Galeries des Galeries as part of her Sanctuary of Stillness—a meditation based experience in Paris.

It has been viewed more than 100,000 times on YouTube alone.

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Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation, Stella McCartney
2018

52 HZ THE LONELY WHALE PODCAST

A 12-episode podcast produced for environmental non-profit Lonely Whale to encourage behavior change away from single-use plastic and toward a healthy, thriving ocean.

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Creative Producer
Lonely Whale
2020

PLAYING LYNCH WITH JOHN MALKOVICH

An online collaborative meditation on the work of David Lynch. Bringing together actor John Malkovich, Director and Photographer Sandro, and a cast of musicians and artists.

The campaign included a short film, teaser campaign, themed microsites, and feature-length album—all to raise funds and awareness for the non-profit David Lynch Foundation.

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Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation, Squarespace
2016

NOGUCHI AND GREECE, GREECE AND NOGUCHI: COLLECTOR’S EDITION

This two-volume set considers the influence of Greek culture on Isamu Noguchi’s work through essays, letters, photographs, sketches, and words from the artist himself. The collector’s box set includes two hardback volumes and two archival pigment prints.

Studio Manager
Atelier Editions, Objects of Common Interest
2023

RE:WILD

Global Wildlife Conservation is now Re:wild. The launch of Leonardo DiCaprio’s new environmental organization included brand strategy, website, comms plan, an impact campaign to rewild the Galapagos, and a launch film shared by Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Creative Producer
Re:wild
2021

PABLO DREAMS OF CATS

Dutch artist Timo Kuilder’s first children’s book introduces an imaginative dog who is infatuated with cats. The story celebrates diversity and invites readers to conquer their misconceptions and embrace everyone.

Studio Manager
Atelier Editions
2023

ODE TO OUR OCEAN WITH AMANDA GORMAN

An original poem celebrating the connectedness of the ocean, written and delivered by Youth Poet Laureate and activist Amanda Gorman for World Oceans Day.

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Creative Producer
Lonely Whale, Atmos, Future Earth
2020

NEXTWAVE: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FRAMEWORK REPORT

Guidelines to help brands and other organizations provide for the social responsibility of waste-pickers, who manage 50–100% of waste in many cities, filling critical waste management gaps.

Creative Producer
Lonely Whale, NextWave
2021

WHITE SHADOWS: ANNELIESE HAGER AND THE CAMERA-LESS PHOTOGRAPH

An unprecedented delve into the dazzling, inventive and long-overlooked Surrealist photograms and poetry of Anneliese Hager.

Managing Editor
Atelier Editions
2023

SEA SIGNS WITH AURELIA DURAND AND MALIHA ABIDI

A collaboration with artist Aurelia Durand—whose work represents Afro-descendants as joyful, proud, and empowered—and Pakistani-American artist Maliha Abidi—whose work focuses on social justice and women’s rights. Shared on social media and delivered to readers’ inboxes, Sea Signs use the power of astrology to inspire environmental activism.

Creative Director
Lonely Whale
2021

LIMINAL WITH JONSI OF SIGUR ROS

A soundbath by Jonsi of Sigur Ros presented in partnership with RYOT. The sold out event invited attendees to enter a meditative state and surrender to stillness under thick haze, candle light, and ambient sounds.

Creative Director
Festival of Disruption, RYOT
2018

WAR BETWEEN SHAPES

Limited edition speaker collection featuring David Lynch artwork for Bang and Olufsen with an exclusive pop-up at MoMA Design Store Soho.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation, Bang and Olufsen
2018

NEXTWAVE: ANNUAL REPORT

Annual Report for NextWave Plastics, a consortium of multinational technology and consumer brands gathering in the spirit of collaboration and transparency to keep plastic in the economy and out of the ocean by developing the first global network of ocean-bound plastic supply.

Creative Producer
Lonely Whale, NextWave
2020

OCEAN HEROES REBRAND

A collaboration with Studio-Work to create a super fun modular system with sticker-inspired clip art and a modular wave logomark that could flex to accomodate all the facets of the Ocean Heroes brand. Ocean Heroes is a network of youth activists fighting for clean seas.

Creative Producer
Lonely Whale, Ocean Heroes
2021

THE RED ROOM WITH POLAROID ORIGINALS

A physical reproduction of the iconic space portrayed in Lynch’s seminal television series, Twin Peaks. Attendees posed and received one-of-a-kind Polaroid pictures shot on the new Polaroid OneStep 2 analog instant camera.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation, Polaroid Originals
2016

THE LAND: STORIES OF THE SOIL

A collaboration between Atelier Editions and Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. This experimental chapbook examines the beguiling landscape of Lake Eden, which supplied creative inspiration to many Black Mountain College artists.

Studio Manager
Atelier Editions, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
2023

TWIN PEAKS BEERS WITH MIKKELLER

Partnership with the award-winning Danish microbrewery, Mikkeller, to brew three different beers in tribute to David Lynch’s TV series Twin Peaks: Log Lady Lager, Red Room Ale, and Damn Good Coffee Stout—brewed with Lynch’s own David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee Organic House Roast.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation
2017–2018

MEDITATING EYE WITH ALEX AND ANI

A jewelry collection by ALEX AND ANI available in necklace, bangle, and cuff styles in both silver and gold finishes, featuring a double-sided epoxy charm with a closed meditating eye on one side and an open, refreshed eye on the other.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation
2019

ERASERHEAD WITH POLAROID ORIGINALS

A physical reproduction of the iconic space portrayed in Lynch’s first feature film, Eraserhead. Attendees posed and received one-of-a-kind Polaroid pictures shot on the new Polaroid OneStep 2 analog instant camera.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation
2018

TRANSCEND WITH SLEEPY JONES

A line of meditation loungewear and pajamas to benefit the David Lynch Foundation, sold at Sleepy Jones, Barney’s, Net-A-Porter, and ShopBop.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation
2016

THE MUSIC OF DAVID LYNCH LP

Live concert album features renditions of music used and written by Lynch performed by Angelo Badalamenti, Jim James, Karen O, Lykke Li, Moby, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Rebekah Del Rio, Donovan, Duran Duran, and more. The album features cover art by Shepard Fairey and is available as a double LP, CD, and digital download.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation
2016

BEYOND THE BEYOND

Limited edition book explores the use of music and sound in Lynch’s films, as well as his own original music, and draws on the director's personal archives of photographs and ephemera.

Creative Director
David Lynch Foundation
2016

DURAN DURAN: UNSTAGED

A multimedia concert event with Duran Duran during their performance at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles. Directed by David Lynch.

Production Coordinator
David Lynch, Duran Duran
2014

SILENCIO

A members-only Parisian nightclub designed by David Lynch.

Prooduction Coordinator
David Lynch
2011

DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

A multimedia campaign, including a series of surreal photographs by David Lynch, a 48-page book, poster, postcards, two LPs, a CD, a bonus instrumental CD, and an immersive art show at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles.

Creative Producer
David Lynch, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse
2010