Summary

I'm passionate about the craft of filmmaking and will do what it takes to bring your project to perfection and completion in a short time frame.

Credits

4/16 – 4/17

Editor Various

Film (Short) — Various Details
4/16 – 4/17

Edited various spots of Blu-ray and DVD releases.

12/15 – 12/16

Editor/ DIT

Staff Position — My Uncle John Is A Zombie! (Feature Film) Details
12/15 – 12/16

A new film from the writer of Night of the Living Dead, John Russo, and from director Robert L. Lucas. The film is currently in post production and will be released either this year or next.

5/16 – 7/16

Lead Editor Paying Mr McGetty

Film (Feature-length) Details
5/16 – 7/16

Feature length film editor - brought the film from rough to final cut.

7/15 – 7/16

Editor

Staff Position — The Chop (Feature Film) Details
7/15 – 7/16

Directed by Jack Davis, I am also editing an independent feature shot in Pittsburgh due to be released either this year or next.

3/16 – 3/16

Videographer (Famous Monsters of Filmland) Silver Scream Film Festival

Live/Special Event Details
3/16 – 3/16

Helped set up event Still Photography/ Videography

3/16 – 3/16

Editor (FCP ) ISA7 - Independent Series Awards

Live/Special Event Details
3/16 – 3/16

Edited together program content announcing award categories and nominees.

2/15 – 1/16

Offline Traffic Coordinator and Production Coordinator

Staff Position — Merrill Corporation Details
2/15 – 1/16

I have a background in television closed captioning under the Merrill Corporation located in Canonsburg, PA. The following are a few shows that I helped transcribe and closed caption that were broadcast worldwide. ­ “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon (2015) ­ “Late Night” with Seth Meyers (2015) ­ “Last Call” with Carson Daly (2015) ­ Saturday Night Live (2015) ­ Dateline NBC (2015) ­ ABC 20/20 ­ ABC World News Tonight ­ (2015) ­ ABC ‘What Would You Do?’ (2015) I also worked in the traffic department, which is essentially emailing and FTP usage to distribute caption files to major networks such as ABC, NBC, E!, ESPN, HGTV, TLC, Discovery, Fox Sports, and more.

8/13 – 2/14

Editor

Staff Position — Kultur Shock! (Feature film) Details
8/13 – 2/14

Logging Footage - Syncing - Rough to Final Edit Assembly with Director and Producer of the film

Recos

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Education

Class of '07

Point Park University

BFA/Cinema and Digital Arts

My Gear

  • Macbook Pro
  • Tripod
  • Davinci
  • iMac
  • Canon Rebel

Skills

  • Post Production
  • Television
  • Video Production
  • AVID Media Composer
  • Editing
  • Broadcast
  • Commercials
  • Creative Direction
  • Documentaries
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Film Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Media Production
  • Music Videos
  • Photography
  • Social Media
  • Storytelling
  • Video
  • Video Editing
  • Final Draft
  • Screenwriting
  • Theatre
  • Feature Films
  • HD Video
  • Independent Film
  • Short Films
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Camera
  • Sound
  • Social Networking
  • Cinematography
  • Final Cut Studio
  • Videography
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • DVD Studio Pro
  • Creative Writing
  • Dvd
  • Camera Operation
  • Film Editing
  • Multimedia
  • Advertising
  • 3D
  • Acting
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Microsoft Office Suite