about...my work! I am a non-linear video editor from Los Angeles. I work primarily with the Final Cut Studio. I have created a variety of projects from a comedy documentary to commercials to fundraising videos and trailers. I strive to work closely with my clients to ensure that their vision for a project is met and exceeds their expectations. Whether you need just a clip sized down to fit on your website or a short film edited, I provide the resources to create compelling videos that will entertain and inform your viewers.

about... me! I grew up mostly in Oregon, but I have been living in Los Angeles now for over five years. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema and Broadcast Arts with a minor in Spanish. I generally enjoy riding my bike, swimming, watching new movies, learning new things, camping, and hanging out with my many roommates.

about... my philosophy of film! I see film as one of the greatest venues available for the spread of knowledge and understanding of other places, peoples, and ideas. But alongside the awareness comes the entertainment that is content to depict life as it desires, not as it is, creating a world inside the entertainment where others exist as less than human, lacking in some way because of race, class, gender, or ability. This can happen subtly because of our misunderstandings or even overtly because of our prejudices. In my decision to work, I choose to support those projects that will in the end, not betray my love for all of humanity, and in fact, I tend to choose projects that will help the viewer to feel empathy for someone else, whatever situation they find themselves in.

My understanding of film can probably be summed up in the words of one of my favorite authors, Aimé Césaire, who once said, "'My mouth shall be the mouth of those calamities that have no mouth, my voice, the freedom of those who break down in the solitary confinement of despair.' And on the way, I would say to myself: 'And above all, beware of assuming the sterile attitude of a spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of miseries is not a proscenium, a man screaming is not a dancing bear.'"
In Aimé's words, I cling to the hope that videos created by myself and others will not only present new truths but that those new truths will cause the viewers to see more clearly and to care for those who are also hurting and dancing, crying and laughing.