Summary

I’ve worked on both short and long-form projects including documentaries, features, and commercials. I’m very familiar with AVID, Premiere, and FCP as well as the entire finishing process. The past several years I have primarily been involved in docs.

Credits

3/20 – 4/20

Lead Assistant Editor Brainwashed

Film (Feature-length) — BrainwashedMovie LLC Details
3/20 – 4/20

Set-up a large documentary feature with live performance Multicam, interview and archival elements. Premiere edit with several editors collaborating on separate systems in separate locations. We utilized the Transcriptive plug-in for Script Sync-like internal transcripts.

12/18 – 12/19

Lead Assistant Editor Click Bait

Netflix — Film (Feature-length) — Good n' Proper Details
12/18 – 12/19

Set-up and on-going support of a large feature documentary in AVID and then Premiere. I ported the project from AVID to Premiere in 2019 for a new team of editors. Multiple systems with synced media pools. Working title as it will change before release.

10/19 – 11/19

Assistant Editor (AVID) Gerry Lopez Surfing Documentary

Film (Feature-length) — GL Films LLC Details
10/19 – 11/19

Stacy Peralta directed documentary on big-wave surfer Gerry Lopez. I ported the project from FCP X to AVID and rebuilt the master timeline.

5/18 – 10/19

First Assistant Editor (AVID) The Kingmaker

Showtime — Film (Feature-length) — Showtime Networks Details
5/18 – 10/19

Supported multiple editors on a large feature documentary directed by Lauren Greenfield and produced by Showtime Networks and Danish Documentary. Multiple systems and remote collaborations. Ingest through mix and finish.

12/18 – 1/19

Editor (AVID) We Conduct trailer

Film (Feature-length) — The Center for Advanced Media Studies Details
12/18 – 1/19

Collaborated with the director on a sizzle edit used as a sales tool at Sundance 2019. Shown to the BBC, German television, ORF in Austria and many other international broadcasters.

4/18 – 5/18

Assistant Editor (AVID w Nexis shared storage) Hollywood Assault Documentary Project

Netflix — TV — Chain Camera Pictures / Kirby Dick Details
4/18 – 5/18

Set-up on AVID of a large documentary project from camera original media through transcode, multigroups and Script Sync for Chain Camera Pictures. Produced by Kirby DIck and directed by Amy Ziering who together produced and directed last year's, "The Hunting Ground."

8/17 – 4/18

Assistant Editor (AVID) Generation Wealth

Prime Video — TV — Lauren Greenfield Productions Details
8/17 – 4/18

I maintained the post workflow across several AVID edit systems while supporting multiple editors with mirrored raid sets of media. Incorporating final archival and up-res of source elements into the master timeline. General supervision of all elements for picture and sound finishing and deliverables for final master completion.

4/17 – 4/18

Lead Assistant Editor (AVID) We Conduct

Film (Feature-length) Details
4/17 – 4/18

AE on a documentary directed by Bernadette Weggenstein on conductor Marin Alsop. Edited by VIctor Livingston. Multi-camera shoot being edited on AVIID. Supporting multiple systems in remote locations.

Unions

  • IATSE Local 700 Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)

Media

  • DOC Editing demo 2020

Recos

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Education

New York University

Bachelor of FIne Arts

My Gear

  • Avid
  • RAID Storage
  • Adobe Premiere Pro

Skills

  • Avid
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Macbook Pro with Final Cut Pro