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  : Summer 08::  
 

It was an extremely busy summer season for me this year. I kicked it off in June, cutting :30 promos for BET's (You)th Vote campaign.

In July, I cut a 1-hour doc for MSNBC's Born In The Wrong Body series, titled "All In The Family". The show follows the life of a pre and post pubesent female who wishes to live life as a male.

In August I went on the road with BET News to cover the Democratic and Republic National Conventions in Denver and Minnesota, respectively. I mostly cut news packages and 1:00 news briefs covering the events and surrounding issues.

 
     
  :: Fall 08::  
I just finished cutting a half-hour doc for BET News titled, Heart of the City: Chicago's War on Violence. The documentary takes an inside look at the gun violence ravaging Chicago’s neighborhoods and the impact it has on the lives of Black youths. Update (5/1): it's been nominated for an NABJ award!  
     
  :: Summer 08::  
     
 

It was an extremely busy summer season for me this year. I kicked it off in June, cutting :30 promos for BET's (You)th Vote campaign.

In July, I cut a 1-hour doc for MSNBC's Born In The Wrong Body series, titled "All In The Family". The show follows the life of a pre and post pubesent female who wishes to live life as a male.

In August I went on the road with BET News to cover the Democratic and Republic National Conventions in Denver and Minnesota, respectively. I mostly cut news packages and 1:00 news briefs covering the events and surrounding issues.

 
 

 

 
  :: Winter 07/Spring 08::  
  - The BET News Special, "The Bishop Speaks", was the 6th highest rated show in BET hstory. I would like to think that my great editing had something to do with that. See the link to the right.

- I spent some time during the early spring cutting upfront sizzle reels for BET News and a new Pilot for Bravo.
 
 

 

 
  :: Fall 07 ::  
 

-Cut 2 minute package for the ill-fated Rhys Millen New Years Eve stunt for ESPN's "New Year No Limits" program. Millen was injured after this package was cut and was therefore unable to preform his historic jump. Rhys may be on the sidelines, but this package still rocks! Check out the link on the left.

-My newest corporate client Pfizer, has kept me busy from fall until Christmas.

 
     
  :: Spring 07 ::  
     
  -Working as editor for BET's 26-episode series "Meet The Faith". Meet the faith starts airing June 3, 2007 and will run until year's end.  
     
  :: Winter 06/07 ::  
 

-Served as off line series editor for, "I Married A Baller" on TV One.

-Served as off line segment editor for Cingular/ABC Sports All-American Team. Hosted by Regis Philbin and brilliantly produced and directed by the good folks at Roadside Entertainment.

 
     
  :: Summer-Fall 06 ::  
     
  -Still working on DVD extras for When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan. To be released some time in '07.

-I've been a semi-regular fixture in the news department at BET, cutting news briefs.
 
  Finished cutting season 2 of It's The Shoes, currently airing on ESPN2.

It's The Shoes is a sports-lifestyle program hosted by Hip-Hop legend DJ Bobbito Garcia. It consists of eight half-hour episodes and focuses on celebrities whose sneakers are a big part of their lives.

The show was produced by Hock Films. Currently, I have clips from last season's shows on this site.
 
     
  Contact: fredmanzi@gmail.com