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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
E!
Entertainment
Television (Los
Angeles),
Editor
2004-05
·
Edited “True
Hollywood Stories” and other E! series
programming
“Healed”
(feature documentary) Director / Producer /
Editor
2005
·
Sought
financing for film about an MS-stricken cornet
soloist
·
Directed production
shoots across the country
·
Interviewed
high-profile personalities, including Wynton
Marsalis and Dave Monette
Salty
Features “Bam
Bam and Celeste” (Margaret
Cho feature), Assistant
Editor
2005
·
Assisted conforming
HD feature film for online and sound
postproduction
·
Prepared OMFs,
opticals, tape outputs, EDLs and splitting
tracks
PCH
Films/Catfish
Productions (James
Keach & Jane Seymour, Los Angeles),
Editor
2003-04
·
Edited in-store
commercials for Jane Seymour Saks
Collection
USC School
of
Cinema-Television
Writer / Director / Editor / Sound
Designer
2002-04
·
Wrote, directed and
edited 16mm short film “Roner” and documentary
“Made for Walkin”
·
Edited documentary
“Childless by Choice”
·
Filmed and edited
16mm film on flatbed
·
Synced dailies,
edited, and conformed 16mm films
The Discovery
Channel (Maryland),
Editor / Writer
2000-02
·
Wrote and edited
on-air trailer for Discovery original
documentary
·
Edited and
reversioned documentary programming for all
Discovery networks
·
Edited and
incorporated third-party graphics for Discovery
Consumer Products promos
·
Associate produced
“Behind the Terror” two-hour special
program
Beantown
Productions (New York)
Assistant Editor / Editor
1999
·
Assisted with
delivery of on-air promos for the Ricki Lake
Show
·
Digitized footage
and managed media (EDLs, OMFs, Quicktime
files)
VideoTakes,
Inc / Henninger
Productions (Washington,
D.C.), Editor
/ Associate
Producer
1998-99
·
Wrote and edited
industrial and non-profit video
projects
· Wrote and edited
vignettes for HGTV and Children’s Miracle Network
(CBS)
Florentine
Films Ken
Burns (New
York), Production
Assistant
1997
·
Assisted photo
research at the Natural History Museum for “Frank
Lloyd Wright”
·
Researched
background on jazz musicians for “History of Jazz”
interviews
Foote, Cone &
Belding (New York), Data
Coordinator
1997
· Compiled
and analyzed Nielsen market data for various
advertising clients
Carnegie Hall
Development Office (New York), Grants
Assistant
1996
· Assisted
in writing grant proposals to government agencies
and private foundations
SKILLS_________________________________________________________________________________________
Worked with labs,
negative cutters, and online facilities for
multi-source formats (SD and HD)
with
Final Cut
Pro and
AVID
systems. Managed media (EDLs,
OMFs, Quicktime files) and
organized
on-time delivery for
all projects. Editing experience includes
independent narrative films,
documentaries,
broadcast programming, promos and
commercials.
Editing
Platforms:
Final Cut Pro,
AVID Composer,
AVID Xpress Pro,
ProTools, LAN share, AVID
Unity
Graphics:
Photoshop, After
Effects, LiveType
Languages:
French
EDITING
FILMOGRAPHY
Fiction:
“Ten Steps” dir.
Christopher Casper
“Such Great Joy”
dir. Michelle Kramer
“Campaign Manager”
dir. Tom Repetto
“Santa Teresa” dir.
Brenda Zuniga
“Cecilia Torelli”
dir. Erika Hatva
“Kung Fu Love
Triangle” dir. Michael
Tuviera
“Please” dir. Sam
Karp
“Wannabe” dir.
Annelize Bester
“November’s Spring”
dir. Judd King
Documentary:
“Healed” (in
production) dir. Sam Karp
“True Hollywood
Stories” – E! Entertainment
“Adventures of an
Amazon Explorer” – Discovery Channel
“Childless by
Choice” dir. Amy Slucter
“Chocolatiers” dir.
Sam Karp
“Women on Water”
dir. Mark Kornweibel
EDUCATION
USC School of
Cinema-Television,
M.F.A. Film & Television
Production
2004
Brown
University,
B.A. Music, Comparative
Literature
1996
New York
University, film
& video
coursework 1997
La
Sorbonne, Univérsité de
Paris, Certificat -
advanced French language and
literature
1991
AFFILIATIONS
Film
Independent (FIND)
International Documentary
Association (IDA)
RECOGNITION
Recipient,
Academy of
Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences
Fellowship (AMPAS)
1st
Place, American
Visions
Festival Washington,
D.C.
Finalist, Institute for
Humane Studies Film & Fiction
Scholarship
BACKGROUND and
INTERESTS___________________________________________________________
Grew up primarily in
the Washington, D.C. area. Studied
music (composition, theory,
performance) in
college. Enjoy
performing jazz music (trumpet) and playing
competitive tennis
(USTA). Home
studio includes Final Cut Pro HD and AVID Xpress Pro.
References
available upon
request
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