About Ryan J.

Ryan Johnson is an award-winning commercial director and filmmaker. Ryan was nominated for New Director of the Year at the shots Awards and won the Young Director Award for Best Test Commercial in North America at Cannes Lions - both for his documentary-style approach to branded sports work. His commercials and branded content have also received international acclaim from Porsche, Ciclope, Webby, and W3. Ryan is also a seasoned creative video producer with over 14 years of experience delivering high-quality short and long-form content for documentary and commercial outlets. Ryan is an Alumnus of the Graduate Film Program at NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About Hunter Y.

NYC-based video producer, shooter, and editor. Versatile experience in documentary, commercial/branded, and narrative work. Happy to work and bring my diverse skillset to each project!

About Christie S.

Christie is a multi-skilled visual professional based in Pittsburgh. She was previously a photographer, videographer and editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and is comfortable working on strict deadlines. She has experience in documentary and studio photography, video production and editing, 2D animation, audio production and social media management. To view her live coverage, visit her on Twitter @csnyderj.

About Andre B.

Recent graduate of CUNY Baruch College with a BA in Journalism and a minor in Spanish

About Eben H.

Eben is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. He recently ended a 5-year run as one of the founding producers of CNN’s cinematic storytelling brand, Great Big Story. Eben specializes in premium, short-form documentary content with an emphasis on science, the outdoors, and adventure. He is a Part 107 Licensed Drone Pilot and a Certified Advanced Open Water Diver. At Great Big Story he developed and directed the wildlife conservation series Mission Wild, directed the award-winning short film The Impossible Ride, and produced hundreds of other micro-docs on topics ranging from animal farts to auctioneers.

About Casey M.

A media professional with more than 17 years of experience finding, crafting and editing stories -- including work in newspapers, radio, television and online news. As Executive Producer for Digital Media, I managed a team of five producers and four digital assistants creating content that recruits viewers to KIRO 7’s digital platforms, including our website, Facebook page, channels on Amazon Fire and Apple TV, and the KIRO 7 News apps. That role included creating and editing video for each of our platforms, planning and executing social media strategy, and coordinating all livestreams. Doubled KIRO’s daily traffic average in the first year, launched KIRO’s Smart TV apps and our Roku platform became the top local news station on that platform worldwide. Awards include a 2014 Emmy Award for political coverage, a 2017 Emmy for team coverage and a 2018 Emmy Award for crime coverage. As a reporter, I was among the handful selected to transition the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper into Seattlepi.com. Roles were often self-initiated, including video and audio projects. I also oversaw the vast P-I archives and coordinated the partnerships that led to preservation at the Museum of History and Industry and the Seattle Public Library’s Seattle Room. As a reporter at the P-I’s print edition, I crafted thousands of stories by building a network of diverse sources, including confidential sources, public officials, law enforcement officers, sports figures, historians, archivists, and trusted community leaders. After the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, I was selected along a handful of Hearst journalists to tell the stories of Sandy Hook. Stories ran in the network of Hearst Newspapers and news websites, and my contributions included text, video and photos. Additional experience includes a nightly news segment on KIRO Radio, a Seattle history podcast for Seattlepi.com, work at KJR AM and FM in Seattle, overseeing the KIRO 7 archives and creating a partnership to digitize and preserve those through the University of Washington Special Collections. Undergraduate degree is in Business Administration – Marketing.

About Brian N.

Brian cut his comedy teeth as a rostered editor at Crew Cuts before forging a fruitful career behind the camera. It wasn’t long before he earned himself an AICP Award shortlist and a SHOOT New Directors Showcase nod. A master of comedic timing, Brian shoots to edit, and has lent his talents to campaigns for the likes of Pepsi, HP, Hershey’s, and Chevrolet. When he’s not on set or in a windowless edit suite, Brian enjoys strolling the beaches of Montauk with his wife and kids.

About Atheer Y.

Atheer Yacoub is a New York based stand-up comedian and writer, whose comedy is inspired by her Palestinian-Muslim upbringing in Alabama. Atheer released a half-hour special for Comedy Central Arabia and has been on AXSTV's Gotham Comedy Live. Atheer has written for the Emmy Award Winning channel BRIC TV on The Breakdown and Passport Control. She also co-hosts The No Fly List podcast which features funny conversations with other comedians, artists, and interesting people of color. She is the co-creator of Muslim Girls DTF: Discuss Their Faith, which won the 2020 Laughter Lab competition as well as the Roddenberry Foundation grant.

About Sara L.

About Kevin O.

I'm an Emmy award-winning New York City and Los Angeles based editor of documentary films, commercial videos, investigative new videos, reality & documentary TV series, behind-the-scenes documentaries, social media videos and more with over 10 years experience. I additionally work as a multimedia producer, story producer, and story consultant for a wide range of companies. My most recent work includes freelancing as a Senior Video Editor for The New York Times, where I have edited several documentary and news video series including "Quarantine Diaries," "Diary of a Song" (featuring Billie Eilish, Lizzo, and Kacey Musgraves), and "Stressed Election," which was nominated for a 2021 News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Editing: News. I also currently freelance for a wide range of media platforms including Netflix, HBO, AMC, and Nickelodeon. My work as a commercial video editor has appeared everywhere from national ad campaigns to a billboard in Times Square for clients including Netflix, HBO, National Geographic, Adobe, Paypal, TED Talks, Paypal, Google, YouTube Originals, Sephora, Lyft, Salesforce, Clif Bar, Men's Health, The Cooking Channel, The LGBTQ Center of New York, Link NYC, Lyft, Outside Lands Music Festival, UC Berkeley, TED Talks, Google, and Planned Parenthood. The social media videos I edit for news and social media issues platform ATTN: have received tens of millions of views. I also edit for several other widely followed social media platforms such as NowThis News, BuzzFeed, Vice, Refinery 29, Big Think, Upworthy, Mic, Brut, Tastemade, and Zoe Saldana's social media production company, BESE. For Apple Music's social media platforms, I produced and edited "Broken Record," a documentary series on songs that have made a social and political impact featuring Patti Smith, Bono, Keith Richards, Sheryl Crow, and other artists. As a multimedia story producer, I have worked on numerous projects including "War Ink," an interactive website on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their tattoos, "This is Watts," featuring the stories of people who lived in Los Angeles during the Watts Riots, and "Stonewall Forever," a documentary and living monument in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. I have also worked as a story producer and editor for Riot Games, where I researched and scripted videos for their platforms. In 2020, I won an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series as the editor for AMC’s “Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler," a companion web series for AMC's "Better Call Saul." As a TV editor I have worked on shows for Nickelodeon, HBO, and PBS. I recently edited behind-the-scenes documentaries for Disney, Netflix, and AMC as well as video retrospectives for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. I got my start as a documentary film editor working alongside renowned documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles of the Maysles Brothers ("Grey Gardens," "Gimme Shelter," "The Gates") and have since worked as an editor on several short and feature-length films. I am the editor of "Soledad," a feature-length documentary following three inmates after their release from one of California's most violent and overcrowded prisons, and recently co-edited "Voices Beyond The Wall," following a group of orphaned teenage girls living in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, murder capital of the world, as they learn to write poetry about their lives. I was the editor on Roku TV's Lesbian Bar Project, a docuseries following three lesbian bars across the country hosted by Lea Delaria. My work for the New York Times was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy. My work on the docuseries Lesbian Bar Project was nominated for a GLAAD award. My work editing promos for the TV show Better Call Saul won an Emmy Award. In addition to making films, I record and conducts oral history interviews across the country for StoryCorps, a National Public Radio and Peabody Award-winning project dedicated to preserving the stories of everyday Americans at the Library of Congress. My work as a radio editor has been broadcast on NPR, WNYC, KPCC, KQED, KALW, and PRI's The World. You can view my portfolio and recent samples of my work at: https://www.kevinoliveredits.com/

About Ken K.

Our company; River Knoll Productions has been birthed from the idea of telling a great story. We have worked for a wide range of clients from SUN Pharma to independent authors. Our specialties are: Live interactive broadcasting, Creative Training materials, Live Events, Animating, Doc and Narrative Storytelling, Augmented reality, Gamification. Creative Engagement for both live and virtual events.

About Stephanie F.

I'm a Canadian reporter, speaker, and host focusing on foreign affairs and a United Nations Correspondent. I have worked both in broadcast journalism (CBC/Radio-Canada) and print (La Stampa). I graduated from Columbia University (M.A. Politics & Global Affairs) and in 2015 from McGill University in Montreal (Comparative Politics, History, and Italian Studies). In 2015, I won the European Union Delegation in Canada Young Journalist Award and in 2021, the Prince Albert II of Monaco award for UN reporting. My work appeared in outlets such as Quartz, Foreign Policy, Forbes, The Independent, Vice News, Radio-Canada, and PassBlue.

About Alex W.

Hi, my Name is Alex White, I’m a motion designer and animator for my studio Blue Dog Motion. When I was a little kid I thought animation was pure magic. Now that I’m an adult I know that it is. Stories told in animation have resonated in me my entire life in ways nothing else could. That's why a year into the pandemic I left my role at Nexstar as a promotions producer to start my own animation and motion design studio. It felt like the world was falling apart and I wanted to help piece it back together. My goal is to work with organizations that are actually addressing real issues like climate change, wealth inequality and racial injustice and help their message resonate with people through animation. Between my experience making commercials, promotions, web ads, titles, and other graphics in local television and as a freelancer, I've developed a strong skillset in editing, copywriting, digital illustration, photography, videography, VFX and most importantly, animation (2D and 3D). I hope to master animation and grow my motion design studio to support a small staff which can pursue entertainment and commercial work.

About Emily N.

About Jonathan G.

About Alex C.

Hey there! I'm a Berklee graduate with a degree in Music Production and Engineering. I've been the editor/mixer on the award-winning podcast Questlove Supreme for five years. And for the last 10 years, I've worked in recording studios across New York City as a recording engineer and mixer. I'm open to work as a podcast editor/mixer, audio mixer, or location sound engineer. The link to my audio engineering reel is below. And you can check out my editing work on the latest episode of Questlove Supreme here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X0ThBWpiPUplNxoaa7SMx?si=566ba846aaff412c

About Mike M.

Creative lead specializing in high-quality strategic thinking and out-of-the-box video executions. Experience in brand marketing, and short form video content creation across multiple platforms and genres. Passionate and experienced leader who has led creative teams and high-end productions of all sizes. Skilled at managing large production crews, presenters, and a veteran of directing A-list celebrities and talent of all levels. Known for successfully executing numerous complex projects and reacting quickly to new challenges within tight deadlines.

About Eva L.

I am experienced in all phases of production and am well versed in editing with Adobe and Final Cut products. I produced, directed and edited several short films, as well as an award winning feature length documentary film, Undeterred (http://undeterredfilm.org/). I regularly produce, direct and edit feature length video memoirs through my business Desert Memoirs (https://www.desertmemoirs.com/). I have also created many short web and social media videos for individuals, nonprofits and political campaigns.