Experience

Brella Productions

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Directing creative and strategy across all depts: video, web and app development and live events.

• Director of Video and Motion Graphics

  • Feb 2013 - Present

  Leader for all digital video, Virtual Reality and motion graphics projects. Staff of 10+ direct reports. + Expertise in all phases of production, including pre-pro storyboarding and scripting, production cinematography and directing, and post editing and finishing. + Deep understanding of unique aesthetics of multiple audiences and distribution platforms, especially web, mobile and VR video. + Collaborates with other Dept. Directors on integrated strategies for multi-media campaigns. + Pitches creative concepts to clients and provides written creative treatments and production plans. + Provides accurate budget and production timeline estimates to Account Managers.+ Leads production teams, promotes effective creative collaboration and mentors staff.+ Explores and implements new technologies, workflows and creative styles. Including Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.



Half King Productions LLC

• Chicago, IL

• Producer/Director/Editor

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  Producer/Director/Editor "1001 Afternoons in Chicago", award winning PBS documentary. http://www.1001chicagofilm.com/ Producer/Director/Editor "1001 Afternoons in Chicago", award winning PBS documentary. http://www.1001chicagofilm.com/



Towers Post, Inc.

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Series Supervising Editor

  • May 2008 - Jan 2013

  + Offline and Online edits of documentary programming for networks such as Discovery, History and National Geographic Channel. Every step from rough cuts through final color correction. 60 plus national credits. + Collaborated with producers on story development, character selection and visual styling for new series. + Supervising editor of teams in both offline and online, ensuring quality and consistency of episodes. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3223274/ + Offline and Online edits of documentary programming for networks such as Discovery, History and National Geographic Channel. Every step from rough cuts through final color correction. 60 plus national credits. + Collaborated with producers on story development, character selection and visual styling for new series. + Supervising editor of teams in both offline and online, ensuring quality and consistency of episodes. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3223274/



Brella Productions

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor/Director of Photography

  • Jan 1997 - May 2008

  Senior editor and DP for educational and corporate projects with clients including National Geographic School Publishing, Discovery Education, Abbott, ABN-AMRO, Baxter, Buell Motorcycles, Discover Network, Ernst & Young LLP, Gordon/Hanrahan, Maddock Douglas, McGraw-Hill, Northwestern University, Noggin Labs, Westfield. Senior editor and DP for educational and corporate projects with clients including National Geographic School Publishing, Discovery Education, Abbott, ABN-AMRO, Baxter, Buell Motorcycles, Discover Network, Ernst & Young LLP, Gordon/Hanrahan, Maddock Douglas, McGraw-Hill, Northwestern University, Noggin Labs, Westfield.



100 Fires Films LLC

• Producer/Director/D.P./Editor

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  "Composer Alive", an arts documentary filmed in Chicago and Beijing, China that was broadcast on WTTW 11, PBS Chicago. Directed, produced and edited 60min program. "Composer Alive", an arts documentary filmed in Chicago and Beijing, China that was broadcast on WTTW 11, PBS Chicago. Directed, produced and edited 60min program.