I am a storyteller – or maybe more accurately, a storymaker.
I love stories, and I have spent nearly two decades across film, broadcast, and digital getting to tell them. I have had the opportunity as an editor to work across almost every genre and distribution model; from short and long form, scripted and non-scripted, broadcast, streamers, series, and features – a background that has provided me a a deep technical toolbox and diverse creative fluency.
Throughout my career I have had the privilege to act as a creative partner across projects I am deeply proud of – recently, working with legendary Hollywood director and producer Jon Avnet (Black Swan, Risky Business, Fried Green Tomatoes) on his first documentary feature film, as well as the Reba McEntire music video theme song “Somehow You Do” from the motion picture Four Good Days (starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis), from Diane Warren and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
In the world of documentary, I was Lead Editor for ESPN on both sports documentary series The American Game and The Greatest, as Lead Editor for Pulse Films’ true-crime series Betraying the Badge, Lead Editor on VICE’s Dark Side of Football, CNN’s The Movies – and the feature documentary “Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption”. I was also Lead Editor and Co-Producer for the David Permut (Hacksaw Ridge, Face/Off, Prayers for Bobby, The Boys) produced series Out Of The Box – which would become Visible: Out on Television for AppleTV.
As Lead Editor for the three seasons of X-Men ’97 for Marvel Studios, I had the opportunity to work both with the studio and on the studio lot responsible for telling all the stories of my childhood. From working with writers to help enhance dialogue and shape story structures to directing voice talent and loop group – I was able to lead the creative at Marvel across post-production through Colour and Sound departments, working with the show composers (The Newton Bros.) and into Mix with Skywalker Sound. The complexities of the production also required of me to interface with Avid Technology’s Media Composer, software developers, and vendors to identify, troubleshoot, and deliver series-specific software builds and resource requirements to optimise show workflows. Working with department heads, I developed, sourced, and implemented an inter-departmental project assignment and task tracking infrastructure through Airtable, and working with the Vice President of Animation and Executive of Production and Development at Marvel Studios to produce presentations of the development slate.
Over the course of my long creative partnership with Eleven Zero Three Films with producer Riley Hinrichs and writer & director Aitch Alberto, I had the opportunity to help shape and edit the films Whittier Boulevard, Victory Blvd, and Ode To Abuela. Additionally working with director Aitch Alberto on the film Closet Doors.
My relationship with Paramount, its studio and its networks, included relaunching the iconic BET stand-up comedy series, Comic View, the success of which led to the spinoff One Mic Stand with Kevin Hart. Also for BET, Keyshia Cole: All In, and the second season of Franke & Neffe. Working with Paramount Studios and Indigenous Media on the collaboration with the Taylor Kitsch and Michael Shannon led series WACO, and with MTV as Lead Editor for the comedy series Not Exactly News, as well as the MTV VMA Awards, and both MTV Fandom Awards.
In the digital space I have been able to contribute to the work of The Innocence Project, The Brennan Center for Justice, and the National Task Force on Rule of Law and Democracy, in addition to working on national commercials for Chevrolet, Carl’s Jr., and Disney – in addition to projects for a number of studios including ABC, Disney, FOOD Network, FOX, SONY, Participant Media, and Warner Bros.
I do my best to honour the mentorship and guidance I was provided starting out in my career and have done so with the Support Black Creatives Initiative from Kevin Yang, in addition to speaking with film school students of California Baptist University, and the University of Texas.
I have been honoured to have my work recognised with multiple nominations from The Emmy Awards, British Film Editors, and recipient of Critics Choice Awards, Dorian Awards, Golden Tomato Awards, Harvey Awards, Shorty, Webby, and Telly Awards.
I am a proud member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, British Film Editors, BAFTA, and the Television Academy.
