Chad Ervin

Steering Committee Member, Vermont Creative Network at Vermont Arts Council
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Experience

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Steering Committee Member, Vermont Creative Network
      • Jan 2023 - Present

      Vermont, United States

    • United States
    • Movies and Sound Recording
    • Advisory Board Member
      • Oct 2022 - Present

      Montpelier, Vermont, United States

    • France
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • Secretary, Board Of Directors
      • Apr 2022 - Present

      Montpelier, Vermont, United States

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • President of the Board of Directors
      • Jan 2021 - Present

      Montpelier, Vermont, United States

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Creative Director
      • Nov 2012 - Present

      Montpelier, Vermont

    • Film Editor - "Join or Die"
      • Mar 2022 - Nov 2022

      Film editor for "Join or Die" feature documentary about the decline of civic participation in the United States... and what we can do to fix it.

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • Writer / Editor: The Street Project
      • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
    • United States
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Film Editor: American Oz
      • Apr 2020 - Jan 2021

      Film editor for two-hour film "American Oz" for PBS series American Experience.

    • Canada
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Editor - America's Hidden Stories: Madam President
      • Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

      On October 2, 1919, Woodrow Wilson's wife, Edith, discovered her husband on a White House bathroom floor, the victim of a massive stroke. What happened over the next year would make history...or would have if it hadn't been so carefully guarded. Join a team of historians as they investigate newly uncovered documents that suggest that Edith Wilson was, in effect, America's first female president, and--equally shocking--that she and her accomplices may have schemed to conceal an incapacitated… Show more On October 2, 1919, Woodrow Wilson's wife, Edith, discovered her husband on a White House bathroom floor, the victim of a massive stroke. What happened over the next year would make history...or would have if it hadn't been so carefully guarded. Join a team of historians as they investigate newly uncovered documents that suggest that Edith Wilson was, in effect, America's first female president, and--equally shocking--that she and her accomplices may have schemed to conceal an incapacitated president from the public. Show less

    • United States
    • Media Production
    • Writer & Film Editor - Sanctity of Space
      • Jun 2019 - Nov 2019

      Film editing for feature-length documentary, editing services by Well Told Films.

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • Film Editor - Tutwiler
      • Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
    • Co Producer & Film Editor - "Coal's Deadly Dust"
      • Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

      Co-Producer and Editor for a 30-minute film, "Coal's Deadly Dust," for the PBS Series FRONTLINE. Film received 2 Emmy nominations and was nominated for a Peabody Award.

    • United Kingdom
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Editor - Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
      • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
    • Editor - America's Hidden Stories: Pearl Harbor Spies
      • Feb 2018 - May 2018

      Edited 60' episode of "America's Hidden Stories" series for The Smithsonian Channel.

    • United States
    • Photography
    • Film Editor - Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
      • Oct 2017 - Feb 2018
    • Finishing Editor - FRONTLINE: American Patriot
      • May 2017 - May 2017

      Helped the team lock and add "sparkle" to one-hour documentary. FRONTLINE investigates how the Bundy family’s fight against the government invigorated armed militias and “patriot” groups. The film goes inside the family’s standoffs over land in the West, and examines how groups aligned with them have grown to levels not seen in decades.

    • Editor: Weekends with Yankee
      • Feb 2017 - May 2017

    • Film Editor: Sighted Eyes | Feeling Heart
      • Nov 2016 - Feb 2017

      Documentary for festivals and broadcast on PBS: American Masters about the life, art, and activism of Lorraine Hansberry, playwright best known for "A Raisin in the Sun."

    • Film Editor - American Experience: The Battle of Chosin
      • Apr 2016 - Oct 2016

      2-hour film for American Experience.

    • Documentary Editor - Easy Yoga with Peggy Cappy
      • Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

      Cut hour-long documentary for PBS pledge week, instructional yoga video, and promotional materials for yoga program to benefit people with diabetes or pre-diabetes.

    • United States
    • Movies, Videos, and Sound
    • Animator - FRONTLINE: My Brother's Bomber
      • Sep 2015 - Oct 2015

      After Effects animation of photos and documents for hours two and three of three-part documentary serial.

    • Editor - A Moveable Feast With Fine Cooking, Season 3
      • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Film Editor - American Experience: "Blackout"
      • Feb 2015 - May 2015

      60' Documentary airing July 2015 about the 1977 New York City blackout.

    • Editor, FRONTLINE: "Being Mortal"
      • Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

      60' Documentary Airing February 10 2015: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/

    • Film Editor - "Klansville, U.S.A."
      • Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

      PBS American Experience Editor for 60' film for the series American Experience on PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/klansville/player/

    • Freelance Finishing Editor
      • Feb 2014 - Feb 2014

      Finishing editing on "Syria's Second Front," and "Secrets of the Vatican."

    • Editor - "Coming Back with Wes Moore"
      • Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

      Miniseries for PBS exploring personal stories of returning veterans. Produced by Powderhouse Productions.

    • Animator - American Experience: JFK
      • Aug 2013 - Aug 2013

      Animated and retouched archival photos for JFK documentary.

    • United States
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Offline Editor - Extreme Houseboats
      • Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

      Offline editor for Travel Channel series "Extreme Houseboats."

    • Documentary / Finishing Editor, "Life and Death in Assisted Living"
      • Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

      Finishing editing and animation concept & design for "Life and Death in Assisted Living."

    • Offline Editor
      • Feb 2013 - Apr 2013

      Offline Editing for Animal Planet series, "America's Cutest."

    • After Effects Designer
      • Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

      Designed custom funder graphics for FRONTLINE / Independent Lens co-production "Kind Hearted Woman."

    • Supervising Editor - FRONTLINE
      • Jan 2009 - Oct 2012

      Worked under the Executive Producers of the series to provide finishing editing on documentaries that needed a little more polish or recutting films that needed a lot more polish. Worked on urgent, fast turn-around projects that needed to air either in a couple weeks or sometimes a couple days, including "Al Qaeda in Yemen" and Emmy-winning "Revolution in Cairo."

    • Lead Film Editor
      • Jan 2009 - Jun 2012

      Documentary Film Editor for: "Breaking the Bank" "The Warning" "Obama's Deal" "Death by Fire" "Are We Safer?" "Revolution in Cairo" "Top Secret America" "The Anthrax Files" "Money, Power and Wall Street"

    • Offline Editor - Mega Engineering
      • Oct 2008 - Jan 2009

      1 hour program, national broadcast on Discovery Channel.

    • Offline Editor - Dogs 101
      • Jun 2008 - Oct 2008

      Avid offline editor for Animal Planet series "Dogs 101."

    • United Kingdom
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Contractor for SQA
      • Nov 2007 - Jun 2008

      Tested new versions of Avid software (Media Composer, Symphony, Interplay) and hardware, putting through real-world workflows they would encounter in a production environment.

    • Post Producer
      • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

      Judge Alex Cut 15:30 show content from 30’ – 60’ case raw footage. Wrote Intro and Bumps/Teases & Supervised Post Production for Nationally Televised court show for Fox - 20th Century Television.

    • Avid Off-line / On-line Editor
      • Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

      Offline / Online Editor for Nationally Televised “Cristina’s Court” for Fox - 20th Century Television.

    • Avid DS Editor
      • Jul 2005 - Jun 2006

      Work directly with producers and clients to create international TV spots, TV Program Finishing / FX Creation, and Promotional Spots for new and existing programming.

    • United States
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Producer / Writer
      • Jul 2002 - May 2005

      Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area Oversaw a team of producers, designers, and editors to create video and multimedia content for advertising, industrial videos, etc. Directed and edited various coaches' shows for the University of Miami. Learned to edit by working overnight to cut these local programs. As Producer / Writer, oversaw creation of original content, chiefly historical / archival-based sports programming such as "Takin' it to Tempe," "Quarterback U" and "Winner Takes All."

Education

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Bachelor's Degree, Psychology, Theatre Double Major
    1995 - 2000

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