Fred Manzi :: Video Editor
                 
         
 
     
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• More than ten years total experience in post production (4 years as assistant, 6+ years as Editor, Editor/Producer)

Creative editing experience with news/investigative reporting, Reality/Llifestyle/How-to programming, documentaries and corporate video

• Well-versed in broadcast standards and best practices. Broadcast work has appeared on ABC, BET, ESPN, MSNBC, MSG and TV One

• Corporate video experience covers pharma, biotech, and financial services; from start-ups to industry leaders

• Consistently demonstrate great client and presentation skills

• Experience working successfully in labor-intensive and deadline-oriented environments

• Experience working successfully in team and pipeline environments

 
     
   
     
 

• Experience with use of vector scopes/waveform monitor, primary color correction (Avid), primary + secondary color correction (FCP)

• Shooting skills: experience using Panasonic GH2 DSLR, great for run-and-gun, shooting from the hip, documentaries, live events, b-roll, news gathering, etc.

• Technical proficiency with multi-cam editing, simple audio mixing in Avid, and simple DVD authoring in DVD Studio Pro

 
     
   
     
 

Avid: Media Composer Adrenaline, Nitris, Avid Xpress, Avid EDL Manager, Sapphire & Boris plug-ins

Apple: Final Cut Pro, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro Adobe: Photoshop, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Acrobat

Microsoft: Word, Excel

Web Coding: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Other: Sorensen Squeeze, Roxio Toast, Magic Bullet Looks

 
     
   
     
 

BET News & Public Affairs (Freelance Editor, 2006 – present)
Edit various half-hour & one-hour length documentaries, talk shows, and news packages, most recently: Weekly With Ed Gordon.
Other notable projects include: roll-in packages for live Haiti Telethon broadcast 2010, the well-received, "Heart of the City: Chicago's War Against Violence", Hip Hop vs America II, and the "Speaks" exclusive interview specials: T.I. Speaks and R. Kelly Speaks. 

The SGNY Group (Freelance Editor, 2010 – present)
Edit short-form videos intended for web, live presentation and DVD distribution. Clients include start-up & mid-sized companies in the medical/pharmaceutical field.

Derek Dudek Studio, LLC (Freelance Editor, 2007 – present)
Edit corporate and live event videos for large and mid-sized companies in fields ranging from financial services to pharmaceutical/biomedical. Work is generally prepared for web, DVD and projection. Currently on an on-going freelance basis.

The House, Inc (Editor, 2004 – 2011)
Lay It On The LIne - feature documentary produced for ESPN Classic - (Contributing Editor, 2011)
Sharp Talk – half-hour round table format talk show with roll-in packages, produced for TVOne (13 episodes, 2005)
Full Plate – half-hour reality/lifestyle cooking show, produced for TVOne (8 episodes, 2004 – 05)

Argonaut Films (Freelance Editor, 2007 – 2009)
Edit various internal communications and live event videos for pharmaceutical company Pfizer , Inc.

Hock FIlms
(Editor, 2004 – 2006)

Worked intermittently between 2004 - 2006 cutting two seasons of, " It's the Shoes" for ESPN2. Performed additional editing for 2 seasons of docu-series, "And 1 Streetball" and assisted in post for, "Through The Fire" documentary.

Spin Cycle Post (Staff Assistant Editor, 2000 – 2001)

Worked in both picture and sound departments assisting staff editors and clients. Duties included but were not limited to: digitizing, and outputting footage, organizing dailies, media management and preparation, sound effect research and management, assisting with ADR/Foley sessions, editing duties as needed, and troubleshooting and maintenance of six (6) Avid Media Composer suites six (6) Avid Audio Vision suites, a Foley/ADR studio, plus all peripheral equipment.

 
     
   
     
 

NYU, School Of Continuing Education - Completed editing intensive film making program.

Film/Video Arts, NYC - Completed courses in film production, film theory, film editing, video production, and video editing.

SUNY Oneonta - BA Political Science

 
     
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