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09/2009 EDITOR
"The Scare Game" - horror web series
Director - Phillip Hughes

07/2009 EDITOR
"Super Pissed" - short comedy
Director - Phillip Hughes

01/2009 - present EDITOR
Emu Video - personal documentaries
Videographer - Damien Beresford

1/2008 - 12/2008 DIGITAL ARTIST
7 Dimes Distributing - designer: Pet Project, Sweet Little Things
Marketing Manager - Sela Smith

7/2007 - 12/2007 VIDEO INGEST TECHNICIAN/TRANSCRIBER
Orion Multimedia - Versus Network
Supervisor - Jayme Holman


8/2006 - 3/2007 EDITOR
"Marching Home" - short documentary
Directors - Jennifer Powell and Grae Drake

11/2006 EDITOR
"Celebration of Life" - short documentary
Director - Husamuddin Akhras

9/2006 EDITOR
"Forgiveness and the Indigenous Culture" - TV documentary
Director - Husamuddin Akhras

7/2006 - 8/2006 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
"Jigoku" - feature thriller
Director - Phillip Hughes

11/2005 - 1/2006 EDITOR
"JDRF Oxnard" - short documentary
Director - Judi Jordan

10/2005 EDITOR
Reel - television/comedy
Actor - Stephanie Escajeda

9/2005 EDITOR
"Lady Samurai" trailer - action
Director - Judi Jordan

8/2005 EDITOR
"Feet Afire" trailer - musical
Director - Judi Jordan

7/2005 EDITOR
"The Curse of PP Fartingham's Gorilla Suit" - mockumentary
"Kong" - short comedy
Director - Chad Fogland

7/2005 EDITOR
Reel - sketch comedy
Actor - Josh Fadem

6/2005 DIGITAL ARTIST
Red Bull - graphics sequence
Supervisor - Austin Cable

2/2005 EDITOR
"Venice Unveiled" - promotional
Director - Megan Tyson

2/2005 EDITOR
"Eden High" commercial - sitcom
Director - Michael Busch

1/2005 - 5/2005 EDITOR
various pieces for "The Pretty-Okay-Ho-Hum-Spectacular-on-Ice"
Directors - Danforth France and Chad Fogland

12/2004 EDITOR
"Couched by an Angel" - short comedy/suspense
Director - Mitch Gettlemen

11/2004 ASSISTANT EDITOR
AFI Film Fest 2004 - documentary
Director - Kerim Duran

3/2004 EDITOR
Premeire Valet - instructional video
Director - Tony LaPalio

11/2003 - 3/2004 EDITOR
"A Good Band is Easy to Kill" - feature documentary
Director - Charles Norris

11/2004 CAMERA OPERATOR
"A Good Band is Easy to Kill" - concert footage
Director - Charles Norris

9/2003 - 10/2003 KEY GRIP
"Double Barrel" - short thriller
"Channeling Alphonse" - short comedy
Producer - Michael Burke

9/2002 SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR/CAMERA OPERATOR
"Yellowville" - short drama
Director - Phillip Hughes

education
LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE 2001-2004
AA in Cinema Production

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 2008-present
BA in Media Arts


skills
COMPUTER:
* Mac and PC proficient * Final Cut Pro HD * Premiere Pro * Avid Xpress * Photoshop * Illustrator * In Design * QuarkXPress * Pro Tools * After Effects * Dreamweaver * DVD Studio Pro * Soundtrack * Microsoft Word * Corel * Excel * Filemaker Pro * Type 65 wpm * easily adaptable to other photo/video editing and compositing platforms

PROJECTION:
* Strong projectors/platters * Kinotone projectors/platters * Christie projectors/platter * CP650 * 70 mm * Cinerama * build up/tear down prints * trailer work * run interlock * run changeover * microphone setups/sound mixers * projector maintenance

PHOTOGRAPHY:
* Operate 35 mm SLR camera * light meters * 16 mm camera operator * lighting equipment * DV camera operator * digital photo editing

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