This year I was honored to be nominated for a 2020 Australian Screen Editors Guild National Ellie Award for my work editing Inferno.
I’ve always been extremely proud of the edit we carefully crafted for this short. My director Katherine Chediak Putnam and I worked some very late nights to ensure this short jumped off the screen in every aspect, particularly with elements of stylistic cutting around the many dream sequences. Balanced out with some heavier dramatic scenes based further in reality. The horror genre has been a passion of mine for a while now and it is a delight to work in as an editor.
It was an honor to have Inferno selected from the large number of films edited this year. A big thanks goes out to the entire post team behind the film, I am a strong believer that a production is only as strong as its weakest part, and this film had a very strong team. I look forward to seeing Inferno tour a more international stage as it continues its festival run in the future.
A Picture of Other People Wins Gold at WEFF
Last weekend the West End Film Festival came to a close and this year there was a range of fantastic films on offer. One film in particular that I was lucky enough to work on as Online Editor and Visual Effects Artist managed to take home gold!
A Picture of Other People, a film which follows the story of an emergency call center responder who guides a small child through their call for help. This film was the work of many local artists and filmmakers under the guidance of Director Jason Fitzgerald and fantastic production company, Lonely Sheep Productions.
West End Film Festival is always tough competition, however our film managed to woo the audience and take home Audience Choice award for Best Picture and Judges Panel award for Best Cinematography. This is the 3rd year in a row that we’ve managed to get our work into the official selection of WEFF and each year we are humbled by the support of the local community.
Shakes takes home gold at the West End Film Festival
This Sunday Shakes had its second premiere screening at the West End Film Festival and it took home gold for the first time, winning the Audience Choice Award for best film.
I’m happy to have worked in the post-production department of with such a great creative team and it was a pleasure seeing my visual effects work up on the big screen. Director Jason Fitzgerald had such a clear and creative vision driving each VFX shot with precision and care which together made every on-screen element flow perfectly together. I’m happy to see the short production get some recognition.
Shakes will continue its festival run later this year at the Long Island International Film Expo
The Bus Knight Takes Home Gold at the West End Film Festival
A few weeks ago I was invited to attend the West End Film Festival with the crew from Stranger, we got the chance to watch and enjoy all the fantastic films on offer. The slate was a farmers market of raw local talent and it was refreshing see see so much creativity in one room, there was especially some very creative editing and post-production work this year.
Our short The Bus Knight was lucky enough to be chosen as apart of the official selection of the night and we were even more honored to receive the West End Film Festival’s Audience Choice Award for the night.
Thank you to everyone who voted and to the crew at the West End Film Festival for such an awesome night.