415-533-7558
matt.levie@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE
Editor (freelance)
Credits include TV shows Secrets of a Chef, ChefClass and The Holiday Table (KQED), Spark* (KQED--assistant editor), Nevada Passage (KGO) and Business Beat (KTLA/WCBS); documentaries 97 Orchard Street, Healers of the Maya (also co-producer) and Honest Man (also producer); feature films Sleep Furiously, The Road From Erebus and The Guatemala Incident.
Corporate clients include American Express, BMW, Intel, Mondo Media, Wells Fargo.
Teach editing theory, Avid and Final Cut Pro at Academy of Art College, Digital Media Academy at Stanford and BAVC.
August 1996-present.
Editor, American Express Creative Media
Edited a variety of projects for top-notch corporate facility in both on-line and non-linear environments. Created still and motion graphics for video.
August 1992-August 1996.
Reporter-Researcher, The New Republic
Wrote articles and editorials for TNRas well as the Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times
September 1991-August 1992.
EDUCATION
The New School for Social Research
M.A. in Media Studies awarded May 2000. Coursework in cinematography, editing, and film theory.
International Film and Television Workshops (Rockport)
Scene editing with Ralph Rosenblum, 1994.
Harvard College
B.A. in Social Studies magna cum laude awarded 1991.
National Merit Scholar, Harvard College Scholarship, Dean's List all semesters.
SKILLS
Editing: Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro (Apple certified), Adobe Premiere
Design: After Effects, Photoshop, Motion, DVD Studio Pro
Languages: Hebrew, Russian
References available upon request.