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New York, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Currently working as assistant/additional editor on true crime doc feature Who Killed Ira? (Avid). Previously worked as assistant/additional editor for The Bitter Pill, doc feature on the American opioid crisis(Premiere). Served as Story Producer for Kickback, doc feature about corruption at FIFA.

Singapore

Developed, directed, and edited projects for mid-sized production company. Drafted project concepts and pitches, wrote copy and scripts for commercial campaigns, organized and conducted field shoots, and oversaw post process and delivery. Clients include Shell, Infraco Asia, Channel News Asia, and Singapore National Institute of Education.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Headed production for entire season of character-based motorsports series Frenemies. Oversaw development of the program from 5-min shorts to 22-minute full episodic length. Saw each episode from pre-production through release, including sourcing crew, coordinating travel, conducting interviews, and building out social media promotions. Also edited/did VFX.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Performed effects for 50+ visual effect shots for the feature film Asher, starring Ron Perlman and directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Also coordinated VFX efforts with other artists and helped manage VFX schedule

New York, United States

Edited episode of Netflix series Explained titled “Billionaires.” Helped craft story and voice over script choices alongside the director and story producer for education-oriented, motion graphics-driven program. Worked with Motion Graphics artist to develop visually enhanced motion graphics for illustrating larger concepts of the episode.

New York, NY

Edit and develop story for full-length and short programs, including China's Last Matriarchy and Vice Meets. Work with bilingual footage (Mandarin) and co-write host scripts.

Post for psychological thriller film about murder of Kitty Genovese. Directed by Puk Grasten and edited by Giacomo Abrosini.

New York, NY

Edited award-wining documentary Alex and Ali with co-Editor Gen Liu. Developed 1-hour cut for TV broadcast.

New York, NY

Coordinated and produced media in commercial video and photography company. Developed and maintained large-scale tape media backup system. Edited and performed visual effects for multiple brand spots. Met with clients, and developed budgets and schedules for projects.

New York, NY

Post and final delivery of Southern noir thriller film Cold In July. Directed by Jim Mickel, lead editor John Paul Horstmann, produced by Adam Folk.

Vienna, Virginia

Produced micro-budget feature film, Welcome to Sugartown.. Oversaw pre-production, scheduling, and filming. Handled casting, budgeting, and day-to-day schedule through 30+ days of filming. Managed cast and crew logistics as well as locations. Oversaw SAG paperwork, contracts, and other paperwork.

New York, NY

Worked through editing, graphics, color correction, and sound of psychological thriller "Welcome to New York," directed by Abel Ferrara and edited by Anthony Redman, and produced by Adam Folk.

New York, NY

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

New York, NY

Cut and designed verite docs for web channel THNKR.

Shanghai, China

Worked in various roles for two seasons of the bi-lingual (Mandarin and English) Chinese version of the Disney franchise, The Amazing Race. Designed games, wrote host VOs, managed footage intake and oversight for camera department, and edited both full-length episodes and promotional shorts.

Worked in planning, production, and post-production of reality television show Independent Inspector for the Shanghai International Channel. Handled process of editing from raw footage through sound mixing to final submission for each episode. Filmed and produced segments of episodes.

New York, NY

Performed coverage of scripts, novels, and plays. Handled paper work and in-depth research as well as other development office functions. Later worked offsite reading and covering material.