Danny Abel

Lead editor of Season 1

I edit teasers, special features and documentaries for SHOWTIME’s flagship shows including: Dexter, Homeland and Masters of Sex.

Senior editor on AMC’s Story Notes, a TV show about movie trivia.

- Director and producer on a series of short and longer character profiles on intriguing New York personalities. - ”Lap 24,” Chalet Magazine, “The Whiff,” Narratively, “The Switch,” a feature documentary exploring relationships between soap opera actors and their fans.

Interviewed talent, created hot sheets, coordinated shoot schedule with location, managed PAs, assisted camera department with lighting, coordinated post production schedule with edit facility.

- Built shoot schedules, coordinated logistics on set, managed PAs, tracked and distributed petty cash and hired crew. -Directed and edited behind the scenes web videos with celebrities including Martha Stewart and Donald Trump.

- Developed concepts with writers, pitched and budgeted, managed casting, hired crew, coordinated logistics in the field, managed production payroll, supervised editing and creation of complex graphics packages. - ’STING’ was a five-part comedic, fake news series, penned by Onion staff writers. ‘Shut Your Fat Laptop’ was a comedic 60-second commerical.

- Managed post-production and oversaw editing, VFX and graphics for the Onion’s three most popular video series’. - Scheduled delivery, created video specs, designed work-flow, and was in charge of working with the creative team to translate the director’s vision into executable edits, graphics and visual effects.

- Researched story ideas, conducted interviews with talent, coordinated travel logistics and scheduled shoots. - Rented equipment, help set up lights and camera and pulled selects and built string-outs from hour-long interviews.

- Developed, budgeted and pitched concept, assembled talent and crew, coordinated permits and rehearsal, and launched a clandestine performance piece with nearly 100 performers in a busy NYC park.