Kevin West

Edited an episode of the sitcom "The Subletter." Grouped files in AVID and edited the footage from all four cameras into a single final cut. Edited both live and pre-shot scenes and a complicated voice-over sequence. Edited to maximize humor, including incorporating reaction shots and adjusting for audience laughter.

Wrote this drama short film. A troubled employee refuses to leave when he's told he's being fired.

Edited this short drama film. Performed all the duties of both Assistant Editor and Editor.

Wrote this professionally produced short film. (It's not a student film.) It was directed by Tony Leech, director of the Miramax feature "Hoodwinked." The film had its premiere at the 2011 Los Angeles Short Film Festival, at the Sunset Five in Hollywood. (To watch it its entirety, click on reel.)

Wrote this short drama film. Now that their parents have passed away, a brother and sister debate what to do with the family home. The discussion evokes painful memories of their troubled childhoods.

Performed all the duties of both Assistant Editor (syncing clips, etc.) and Editor.

Wrote (and directed) this short science fiction drama. In a futuristic world, a gifted but socially withdrawn inventor builds a robot companion. But can technology truly cure loneliness?

Wrote (and directed) this sort comedy film. A hip young man is horrified when, one morning, his nerdy high school self suddenly shows up in his apartment, making his life a living hell.

Performed all the duties of Assistant Editor and Editor on this short comedy film.

Wrote (and directed) this short slapstick silent comedy. When the world's biggest slob is ordered by his girlfriend to (at long last) clean up his apartment, he discovers a scary dust bunny living under his bed. It's man versus bunny, and only one can survive!

Edited this short film on AVID. "The Dust Bunny" was a slapstick comedy, and the editing maximized both the high physical energy and the humor. Performed all the duties of both Assistant Editor and Editor.

Wrote this reality show parody. It starred Jim J. Bullock (Monroe from the hit comedy "Too Close For Comfort"). Bullock played the celebrity host of a "Big Brother"-like reality show where all the participants were characters from famous Christmas stories (The Nutcracker, Scrooge, George Bailey, Ralphie Parker, and Frosty.)

Assisted on the set of "Loaded Gun: Life and Death and Dickinson," a documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Wolpaw about poet Emily Dickinson. Researched some rights and clearance issues.