Summary

Documentary editor with two decades of experience for Discovery, A&E, ABC News, Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, Business Insider Today, The PBS NewsHour, and FRONTLINE, among many others. Branded content for Amazon, Cirque du Soleil, UBS, and others.

Credits

10/23 – 2/24

Editor (AVID) Crime Nation (Season 1)

The CW — TV — Candle True Stories Details
10/23 – 2/24

Episode editor for Crime Nation, a new series on The CW Network.

8/23 – 10/23

Editor (AVID) Sex Before The Internet (Season 2)

Vice Media — TV — VICE Media Details
8/23 – 10/23

Episode editor responsible for story structure, picture, and musical score.

5/23 – 6/23

Editor (Avid) For My Man (Season 7)

TV One — TV — Jupiter Entertainment/The Production Hive Details
5/23 – 6/23

Episode editor for 'For My Man' (Season 7)

1/23 – 3/23

Editor (AVID) People Magazine Investigates (Season 7)

Investigation Discovery — TV — Radley Details
1/23 – 3/23

Episode editor for 'People Magazine Investigates' (Season 7)

6/22 – 9/22

Editor (Avid) In Pursuit With John Walsh (Season 4)

Investigation Discovery — TV — Jupiter Entertainment/The Production Hive Details
6/22 – 9/22

As an editor on season 4 of "In Pursuit", I played a key role in crafting compelling narratives that combine documentary editing with extensive use of re-creations. This is a challenging, deadline driven, and highly collaborative show that also relies on editors for all musical scoring and sound effect work. It was a terrtific project and a team effort.

9/21 – 4/22

Editor (Avid) After the First 48 (Season 7)

A&E — TV — ITVA Details
9/21 – 4/22

I edited shows for Season 7 of this highly popular true crime program on A&E. 'After the First 48' is relies on vérité to bring viewers inside the critical first days of a homicide investigation. "After" also picks up the story of the trial and the search for justice for families of the victim. Editors on this show must meet tight dealines and create the musical score and SFX work for the entire episode. It's a terrific show to edit that calls on speed and craft.

9/21 – 4/22

Preditor (AVID) The First 48 - Short Cuts (Season 7)

A&E — TV — ITVA Details
9/21 – 4/22

"Short Cuts" consisted of twenty-two, 1-minute commercials profiling exceptional individuals in cities where "The First 48" embeds crews in homicide investigations. I story-produced and edited these shorts, constructing each profile from scratch. My assistant editor - Mark Tudda - and I worked as a team to complete all 22 shorts in a little over a month. You can see examples here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/9114793

10/18 – 12/21

Story Producer and Editor Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien (Season 3)

Syndication — TV — Soledad O'Brien Productions Details
10/18 – 12/21

Working with Rose Arce and Soledad O'Brien, I produced, shot, and edited for "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien"

Media

Recos

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Education

Class of '88

Hobart College

BA

Skills

  • Avid
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Field Production
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Color Correction
  • Audio Mixing
  • Adobe After Effects
  • DSLR
  • Panasonic
  • Audio recording
  • Cannon
  • Some After Effects
  • SFX design
  • Supervising producer on hundreds of shoots for PBS and others.
  • Two time Emmy finalist
  • Winner of George Foster Peabody award
  • Musical scoring