Accomplished, energetic documentary film editor and producer with ten years’ professional experience ranging from small-scale independent films to high-profile studio productions
Personal and professional versatility and creative problem-solving techniques
Extensive experience in Avid Media Composer (v.6.5-10.5), Avid Express, Final Cut HD, Multi-cam, Media Cleaner, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Mac and PC proficient, Lexis/Nexis, Microsoft office
Additional instruction at BAVC in AVID Technical Troubleshooting, Advanced Avid Techniques and Intermediate Final Cut Pro
Fluent in English, Arabic, French, proficient in Spanish and Italian, learning Greek.
Experience
Burned / January 2010-Present
Producer/Editor
Feature length documentary about Todd Cameron Willingham, first provably innocent man who was executed in the state of Texas
A short film of breast cancer survivors in the United Arab Emirates through their words and those of their families around them for the International Institute of Education, in partnership with the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi. Both the English and Arabic versions of the film are being used for educational purposes in the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
An hour long documentary that explores pianist Henry Butler’s impact on a group of blind and visually impaired teens who gather in New Orleans one summer to train with the master at his week long Creative Music and Jazz camp.
Short documentary by Jessie Deeter about a Muslim Youth Camp has opened in California, where kids from Islamic backgrounds in the US can explore their faith, as well as have fun.
Associate Producer,Assistant Editor, Narrator, DVD Extras Editor, Web Designer
Documentary about Agriculture practices and the controversy around genetically modified foods.
Olympic National Park Institute / Apr. – Jul. 2003
Editor
A 15-minute documentary about Olympic National Park’s High School education program
Jackpot! / Dec. 2002 – Apr. 2003
Editor
Feature length film that follows 15 teams on a 24-hour race in vegas, following and solving a trail of puzzles.
Camp Creative / Mar. – July 2002
Junior Editor
Editing short corporate pieces, demo reels, logging and digitizing, Final Cut Pro on call tech support, video compression for Web streaming
Yosemite National Institute / Apr. – Jun. 2001
Editor
Series of three 15 minute documentaries about Yosemite National Institute Children education programs
MSNBC / Dec. – Apr. 2001
Associate Producer – “Muslims in America”
A documentary exploring modern Islam in America from the perspective of an ethnically and culturally diverse group of adherents.
Studio B / Dec. 2000 – Mar.2002
Studio Manager/In-house Editor
Scheduling and invoicing; Avid-To-Go systems setup and 24-hour on-call troubleshooting and technical support; edit in-house projects; video compression for Web streaming; MPEG preparation for DVD burning; online editor.
Digitized footage and general postproduction assistant for documentary presented 11 awards in addition to a 2001 Oscar nomination and the Rotterdam Film Festival Audience Award. Prepared for online and transfer to film.
Edited two segments for website; coordinated logging and digitizing, researched and created Web info segment “A Pharmocology of Ten Popular Illegal Drugs.”
