Summary

Over 17 years of Avid/Premiere. Familiar and experienced with all phases of editing from string outs to rough cuts to finishing. I was the lead editor on several shows for A&E, CMT, DIY and HGTV. Fluent in Spanish. Adobe Premiere and After Effects.

Credits

8/19 – 2/20

Editor (Premiere) Cowgirls (Season 3)

Ride TV — TV — AMS Pictures Details
8/19 – 2/20

I was responsible for putting together the story with limited producer oversight and taking each episode to the final locked cut.

7/17 – 7/18

Editor (Adobe Premiere) Iran: The Third Path (Season 1)

YouTube — Digital — Archival Institute Details
7/17 – 7/18

Edited segments of a 12-part historical documentary series. Also was in charge of casting/recording voice over talent, supervising animators and freelancers, and clean-up/finishing of all episodes.

9/17 – 11/17

Lead Editor Texas Turnaround (Pilot)

HGTV — TV — 12 Forward Entertainment Details
9/17 – 11/17

Edited and Finished pilot for HGTV. Selected and placed all music, dropped in graphics, timed out episode and addressed all network notes.

11/15 – 8/16

Lead Editor Raise the Roof (Season 1)

DIY Network — TV — 12 Forward Entertainment Details
11/15 – 8/16

Handled all aspects of post production for this DIY series, from string-outs to final delivery. Hour long show with 7 episodes.

9/15 – 10/15

Editor (Avid) Treeples

Film (Short) Details
9/15 – 10/15

"Treeples" is a children's short film involving kids and puppets. I edited everything from start to finish.

6/15 – 7/15

Editor (Adobe Premiere) McMillan (Season 3)

Sportsman — TV — TrueSight Media Details
6/15 – 7/15

Edited two episodes of McMillan from raw footage to completed episodes.

5/15 – 6/15

Editor (Adobe Premiere) The Most Wanted List (Season 1)

Sportsman — TV — TrueSight Media Details
5/15 – 6/15

Hired to assemble an episode from raw footage to completed episode.

9/14 – 12/14

Lead Editor Raise The Roof (Pilot)

HGTV — TV — 12 Forward Entertainment
9/14 – 12/14

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Education

Class of '03

The Art Institute of Dallas

Associates of Applied Science in Video Production

My Gear

  • Edit system

Skills

  • AVID Media Composer
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Adobe Premiere
  • DVD authoring
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Color Grading
  • finishing
  • Data Management
  • bilingual