Summary

27-year award-winning Editor/Producer: broadcast docs. (Emmy and WGA noms.), 35mm shorts, fortune 500 corporate branding (Telly nom.), commercials, TV and news. 20-year Avid Certified Instructor, Resolve Certified Instructor, Post Workflow Consultant

Credits

2/17 – 2/18

Story Editor and Producer Work in Progoss

TV — Undisclosed Details
2/17 – 2/18

Co-producer, Lead Editor and Post Supervisor for an independent documentary, principal photography completed, post slated for Winter 2019

4/15 – 5/15

Editor (Editor co-lead of production (AVID)) Eco Feminism - documenting the Women's Day March

Live/Special Event — Global Girl Media Details
4/15 – 5/15

Editor, Finish Editor -- and co-lead of a collaborative project between Global Girl Media and SMC -- to teach video journalism skills to young women and document the Woman's Day March.

3/08 – 5/08

Story Editor/Producer, 35mm Film short (AVID) Liminal

Film (Short) — Triskelion Entertainment Details
3/08 – 5/08

Editor, co-Producer, and Post Producer Award for BEST EDITING, 2008 - Cinema du Festival de Bruxelles 35mm film short 38 Awards/Honorable Mentions including: Silver Palm Award Best Non-European Dramatic Short Gold Hahuna Award Grand Jury Special Mention Honorale Mention Best of Show Silver Palm Award Best Non-European Dramatic Short Gold Hahuna Award Grand Jury Special Mention Honorale Mention Best of Show

10/94 – 11/06

Editor (Avid - off-line/On-line and Color Grade ) Avid - over 100hundred corp. branding commercial, mini-doc, training and art project for multip

Corporate — Multiple Details
10/94 – 11/06

Editor - off-line and full AVID or AVID SYMPHONY FINISH -- over a hundred corporate branding, training, mini-doc, marketing, and commercial projects -- 30 different production companies DC/Northern VA, San Francisco, and LA, including: ALCATEL, Columbia, MD EFX Company, Arlington, VA Leobovitz and Hellman, Santa Monica, CA Q5 Films , San Francisco, CA GGMNTV, Los Angeles, CA Red Sky Films , San Francisco, CA Horizons Television, Vienna, VA Richfield Productions , Washington, DC IBM , Armonk, NY Shacklee Corporation, San Francisco, CA Montana Edit, Burbank, CA Solid Color Productions , San Mateo, CA McGuire Reeder, Alexandria, VA Sun Microsystems , Palo Alto, CA

2/05 – 4/05

Story Editor/ Producer / Post Supervisor - 35mm Cigar at the Beach

Film (Short) — Triskelion Entertainment Details
2/05 – 4/05

Editor, Producer, Post Producer - 35mm film, HD Post Finishing Award for BEST PRODUCING 48 Awards/Honorable Mentions including: Best Producing Best Film Best Short Film Best Narrative Short Best Fantasy Audiance Award Award of Excellence Best Overall Film Best Indie Best Film Under 20 Min. Best National Drama Integral Realization Best Foreign Short Creators Choice Award of Excellence

3/03 – 1/05

Emmy Nominated Producer and Story Editor (AVID) The Day My God Died

PBS — TV — Independent Lense Details
3/03 – 1/05

Producer/Lead Editor EMMY NOMINATION "Best Documentary", 2005 The feature documentary (narrated by Winona Ryder and Tim Robbins) on trafficking of young Nepalese girls for India’s sex trade, gained worldwide support from a widerange of celebrity and humanitarian sources (OPRAH, KOFI ANNAN, The Royal Family, Madeleine Albright, andthe Reebok Foundation), Industry response was overwhelming and positive – even Entertainment Weekly gave the film an “ A – Best of the Week ” pick, while PBS “Talk Back” quoted “best documentary I’ve seen on PBS”. Extending her role in creative editorial and producing, Ms. martin was entirely responsible for online finishing, color grade, final delivery conform for both national and international broadcast distribution.

3/99 – 6/99

Story Edito / Assoc. Prod. / On-line Finishing Artist (AVID) Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Turner Classic Movies — TV — Chase Lounge Productions and Turner Classic Movies and TCM Details
3/99 – 6/99

Editor/Associate Producer Turner Classic Movies summer centerpiece documentary This historical broadcast film (narrated by Kathy Bates and Uma Thurman) documenting the inspiring life and career of one of Hollywood’s earliest screen writers, has not only received wide audience accolades, a WGA nomination but became historical touchstone screening alongside keynote speakers in venues such as (Rotterdam Edinburgh and Sydney film festivals, Pepperdine University School of Law’s 2013 symposium: Women in Hollywood, 100 Years Negotiating the system. Extending her role as creative story editor, Ms. Martin is also credited as Assoc. Producer for her supervision of re-shoots, graphics and animation; she was also solely responsible final online finishing, color grade, and final delivery conform for network distribution. Screening copies of Without Lying Down are available on request.

2/99 – 3/99

Editor (AVID)

Disney — Advertising — Aspen Post Details
2/99 – 3/99

Avid Off-line Editorial, European Trailer/Commercials for "A Bug's Life".

Media

  • Liminal-Short-Film-2009

  • The Day My God Died - PBS

Recos

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Education

Class of '17

Blackmagic Design

Resolve Certified Instructor
Class of '95

Avid Technology

ACSR -- Certified Tech
Class of '95

Avid Technology

Avid Certified Instructor, Professional Grade
Class of '93

Rockport Film and Photography Workshops

Certificate Program - Film Editing
Class of '83

University of Nevada, Reno

Studied Theater and Art History

My Gear

  • Drone with Go Pro

Skills

  • Avid
  • Adobe Premiere
  • AVID Symphony
  • Unity
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Transcoding
  • Adobe Speed Grade
  • Color Grading (Davinci
  • Mac and Windows OS
  • Acrobat
  • Adobe (Photoshop
  • 35mm Film and 23.98 digital (key/Ink number
  • AAFs EDLs XMLs LUTs CDLs Avid Log
  • Advanced Effects and compositing (matte channels
  • advanced Symphony color grading
  • and REDCINE and
  • AVID (Isis
  • Avid Media Composer/Symphony Nitris
  • Baselight Edition
  • Camera and Editing Codecs/ compression
  • Decks Mixers and Patch Bays
  • Digital Film File Based Workflows
  • Fundamentals of Stereoscopic Imaging
  • industry standard compression and encoding software (Adobe Encod
  • Interplay)
  • Linear On-lin
  • Media and project acquisition and management (tape and file base
  • Multi‐cam workflow solutions
  • Office and accounting: Word Excel Quicken Acrobat
  • On‐line conform
  • RED Workflow for AVID and Adobe
  • UNC
  • VFX compositing Mattes and Motion Tracking