Movies and Television
Waltzing With Brando (2024) - Feature: Dramatic Comedy
Coming Soon
Director: Bill Fishman
Producer: Doug Dearth
Starring: Billy Zane, Jon Heder, Richard Dreyfuss, Camille Razat, Alaina Huffman, Rob Corddry, Tia Carrera
Waltzing With Brando — in the news!
Don’t Turn Out The Lights (2024) (formerly Blue Light) - Feature: horror
Released September, 2024
Director: Andy Fickman
Producer: Betsy Sullenger
Michael Yanovich, A.c.e.
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Another Girl (2021) — Feature: Thriller
Written and Directed by Allison Burnett.
Starring Sammi Hanratty, Peter Gadiot.
Elle Overton, a college student, becomes obsessed with Katie Kampenfelt, the mysterious heroine of a novel she's just finished reading. When Elle, battling depression, becomes convinced that Katie is actually a flesh-and-blood human being, it sets her on a reckless and terrifying course. An exploration of the potentially dangerous allure of the Internet, the film picks up where its predecessor, the cult hit Ask Me Anything, left off.
The film can be found here.
The Dustwalker (2020) — Feature: SciFi/Horror.
Writer/Director: Sandra Sciberras.
Starring: Jolene Anderson, Stef Dawson, Harry Greenwood.
One by one, the inhabitants of a small isolated town are infected by an pernicious insect that turns them into violent and blind killing machines. As the number of non-infected people decrease, survivors must gather and find help if they hope to remove the parasite from their loved ones and survive at night.
UDrive Me (2022) - TV: Comedy
Directors: Angela Oh, Joshua Taylor
Starring: Angela Oh, Rex Lee, Jonathan Kite, Gedde Watanabe, Ione Skye
When a job falls through, a law grad starts driving for UDrive, picking up an eclectic array of oddballs and learning life lessons along the way.
Mothers Of Monsters (2020) - Feature: Thriller
Written and Directed by Tucia Lyman. Starring Ed Asner, Melinda Page Hamilton, Bailey Edwards.
I was the polish editor on this amazing and timely film.
A distraught mom suspects her teenage son is a psychopath - but when he outsmarts the system she is forced to take matters into her own hands.
Articles:
Haunted - season 2 (2019) - Netflix series. I edited scripted horror sequences for four of the episodes.
Shorts:
Piller (2021) — Short: Thriller.
After playing a set with his band at the El Rey, guitarist Tommy Raven was gifted a free night at a dingy motel. A visit from music blogger Becky Pearlie teaches him that nothing in life comes for free.
Crimson Cuffs (Spring, 2019) — Short: Thriller. Director: Madeline Vail. Producer/DP: Robby Baumgartner.
The Ex Next Door (2018) — Feature: Thriller. My second film with director Danny Buday.
Cradle Robber (2018) -- Feature: Thriller. Directed by Danny Buday.
Let Me Breathe (2018) -- Short: Psychological Thriller. Director: Donald Roman Lopez. Exec Producer: Michel Shane (“Catch Me If You Can” and “I, Robot”).
Love, By Nature -- Short: final chapter to “War, One Afternoon” (see below). Additional details coming soon. Director: Jason Sklaver.
Silence, Before Rain -- Short: sequel to “War, One Afternoon” (see below). Additional details coming soon. Director: Jason Sklaver.
Delusion -- Twilight Zone meets Black Mirror -- starring Chi McBride, Academy Award Nominee Michael O'Keefe, and Rick Gomez. Produced by Sam Maydew. Lots of cool visual effects, too.
Me & Daphne -- dark comedy, Produced by Brett Ratner. Directed by Rebecca Gayheart. Starring Jeremy Piven and Sascha Knopf.
War, One Afternoon -- an award-winning drama shot on stunning Super-8 film. Winner: Jury Selection Award at the 2016 HollyShorts festival in Los Angeles, and was an official selection at the Julien Dubuque and SOHO International Festivals. Director: Jason Sklaver.
Music Videos
Nickelback - San Quentin (2022)
Director: Bill Fishman
Producer: Doug Dearth
Counting Crows - Butter Miracle Suite (4 songs) (2021)
Director: Bill Fishman
Producer: Doug Dearth
Starring: Clifton Collins, Jr., Josefine Lindegaard, Michael Maclane
ABOUT ME
I started my career editing commercials and music videos (and still do the occasional music video because I love them), before moving into unscripted television, including a 6-season run as the lead editor on Criss Angel Mindfreak, and a series-long run on SyFy’s Face Off.
But my lifelong passion has always been in movies, and I managed to navigate my way into this new stage of my dream career.
My time working in other editing spaces has given me a deep toolbox to work with, which has served me well cutting in a variety of film genres from dramatic thrillers, to horror, to comedies.
I especially love working with directors to craft the strongest version of a performance and story, to uncover the hidden gems in the footage and make the film shine.
My latest project is the dramatic comedy Waltzing With Brando, starring Billy Zane and Jon Heder, directed by Bill Fishman. I’ve also edited several thrillers and horror films, most recently for Andy Fickman (Don’t Turn Off The Lights), Allison Burnett (Another Girl), and Netflix (Haunted), as well as the comedy series U-Drive for producer Steve Carr and directors Angela Oh and Josh Taylor.
I live in Los Angeles, though I have traveled for editing as well. Most recently to Tahiti and Australia, for film projects.
Hobbies:
Drums and guitar - (music is my other passion)
Card Magic - (magic is my other other passion)
Special Effects Makeup - (this one is just for fun)
