
About the Reel template
Reel is the performer's one-page resume on grey paper. The name opens the page in very large heavy type with the job title centred beneath it, the contact details read as two short columns of plain lines under both, and a headshot in a thin frame sits against the right margin. A thin rule crosses the page under the head and the profile follows it as plain copy with no heading. The sections the writer adds run the full width of the page under the profile, and every line written as Title | Part | Production becomes one row of a table whose columns line up down the list, which is how the film credits read as three aligned columns rather than ragged lines. The two halves beneath carry the stage engagements and the training on the left, each heading in bold title case with no rule, and the special skills and the languages on the right as small tables of a name, a dash and the level in words. It suits an actor, a dancer, a presenter or anyone whose resume is a list of credits rather than a list of duties.
Read the actor resume shown hereEzra Calloway’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- The whole page painted a mid grey, with the name in very large heavy type and the job title centred beneath it
- A headshot in a thin frame against the right margin, level with the name
- Contact details as two short columns of plain lines under the name, with no icons
- A thin rule across the page under the head, and the profile beneath it as plain copy with no heading
- Every section the writer adds set full width under the profile, each line written as Title | Part | Production drawn as one row of an aligned three-column table
- The engagements and the training in the left half, the skills and the languages in the right, each as a name, a dash and the level in words
- Style
- Creative · Modern · Simple
- Best for
- Design & Creative · Other
- Career stage
- Entry Level · Mid Level
- Layout
- Two Column · With Photo
- Photo
- Includes a photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Reel, so they are the closest alternatives if the proportions here are not right for your history.
- HingeA one-column resume hung on a thin yellow rail, with bold capital labels in a left margin and a yellow disc wherever a section rule crosses the rail
- StrataA one-column resume in full-width grey and white bands, each section headed by a blue icon square over its label in a left margin
- FizzPink, pale blue and sand discs crowding the top right corner, and every heading a pale blue pill led by a pink icon square
- CypressA one-column serif resume with a round photo, the name in bold teal and teal headings centred between thin rules
- CloverThe name in two olive blocks and every heading opened by an olive square with a white plus, over two even columns
- CanaryA thin yellow band over a white page, a name underlined line by line, and a square photo laid over a drawn frame
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