Summary

Visual Storyteller with 20 years experience as an Editor/Assistant Editor. Skilled using Avid, Final Cut Pro and most recently Premiere Pro and After Effects. Member of Local 700.

Credits

10/16 – 5/17

Assistant Editor (Avid)

Staff Position — Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce Details
10/16 – 5/17

Organize Dailies. Edit sound effects and music. Cut scenes.

10/14 – 9/15

Assistant Editor (Avid) Switched at Birth (Season 4)

ABC Family — TV — ABC Family ProdCo Details
10/14 – 9/15

Handled digital dailies - Transcoding, Applying LUTs, Syncing, Organizing and Grouping. Cut recaps, scenes, music and sound effects for the editor. Created subtitles and placed opening credits. Provided EDLs and OMFs for color correction and mixing.

11/12 – 10/14

Editor (FCP) The Marines of Khe Sanh

Film (Feature-length) — Buddha Cowboy Productions Details
11/12 – 10/14

Created the narrative story using sound bites, historical photos and news/video footage for this documentary about the Seige of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam war. Managed the video input, export and organization of all materials. Created lower 3rds. Burned DVDs of raw interviews.

7/14 – 8/14

Assistant Editor (Avid) Table 58 (Pilot)

Internet — TV — Amazon Studios Details
7/14 – 8/14

Organized dailies for editor. Cut scenes to help the editor stay up to camera. Layered SFX for scenes.

5/13 – 6/13

Editor (FCP) Julio Reyes - Recompensa

Music Video — 6th House Details
5/13 – 6/13

Synced original song with MOS footage of Julio Reyes singing. Intercut between scripted elements of the music video and shots of Julio singing. Exported the final video for internet distribution.

3/12 – 6/12

Assistant Editor The Voice (Season 3)

NBC — TV — Apple
3/12 – 6/12
12/10 – 5/12

Editor (EPKs, Behind the Scenes DVD Extras) Creative Content Department

Sony Feature Films — Advertising — Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc Details
12/10 – 5/12

EPKs, Behind the Scenes DVD Extras

6/08 – 8/10

Editor (FCP) Kellie Coffey - I'm Still Here

TV — Duet Inc. Details
6/08 – 8/10

Documentary film about the rise and fall of country singer Kellie Coffey. Intercut interview footage with behind the scenes, home movies and music videos.

Unions

  • IATSE Local 700 Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)

Recos

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Education

Class of '90

Boston University

MS, Film
Class of '86

Longwood University

BA, English Literature

Skills

  • Avid
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Isis
  • Adobe After Effects