EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (‘23)
MFA | Film & TV Production | Editing Track
Recipient of the Prestigious Full-Tuition Annenberg Graduate Fellowship.
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
LIONSGATE
Los Angeles, CA | 10/2024-Present
Editor | Freelance
Edit and adapt a wide range of promotional content for Lionsgate’s theatrical and digital film releases, including trailer cutdowns, social media spots, and TV/in-flight deliverables.
Modify and localize end cards, MPAA screens, and title treatments for various formats and campaigns.
Collaborate closely with internal marketing teams and external partners to ensure all materials meet brand, technical, and legal specs.
Deliver assets tailored to the requirements of major platforms including Amazon, Apple, DirecTV, and Charter, ensuring compliance with each distributor’s creative and formatting guidelines.
GOOD SHORT
Los Angeles, CA | 3/2024-07/2024
Editor | Full-Time
Led end-to-end post-production on GoodShort’s short-form and vertical video series, enhancing viewer retention and increasing app session duration. Collaborated closely with directors, sound designers, colorists, and VFX artists to deliver cohesive narrative edits with integrated motion graphics and refined color grading.
ZAMBEZI | FIN STUDIOS
Los Angeles, CA | 01/2024-03/2024
Assistant Editor | Freelance
Created and organized post projects for multiple commercials for the TaylorMade golf brand using Premiere Pro Teams Projects.
Sent Turnovers, received Returns, Conformed, Finished with Master Elements and exported Final Deliverables according to spec sheets.
Transcoded footage, synced sound and video, created multi-cam scenes, placed markers on dialogue and action, made selects and string-outs, created assemblies according to scripts and cut rough edits.
Prepped projects for VFX, Color, Sound Mix and worked with Post Producer to track status of every element.
THE JAMUN COLLECTIVE
New Delhi, India | 11/2018-01/2021
Head of Post-Production
Conceptualized and edited multiple edits for creative brand videos/TV Spots, short documentaries, web series and VFX Breakdowns and Podcasts.
Designed and executed a post-production workflow from DIT, ingest, media organization, edit, VFX & motion graphics, color grade, conforming, captioning and delivery using Adobe CS and DaVinci Resolve.
Formed a close, collaborative bond with an in-house team consisting of a VFX artist, Assistant Editor, Producer and Director.
Archived, organized, and managed digital assets on NAS & cloud systems optimized for offline and remote workflows.
Yielded over 100k views across YouTube & Instagram and a 100% increase in subscribers/followers on both platforms.
WHITE CRANE FILMS
Dharamshala, India | 11/2018-01/2021
Editor
Given creative freedom to craft a narrative trailer (7k views) from 60-hours of unedited footage for the acclaimed Tibetan/Indian feature film The Sweet Requiem (Official Selection at Toronto International Film Festival 2018) aligning with its sensibility and voice.
Directed/edited the film’s “Behind the Scenes” documentary used as a Kickstarter donor reward and bonus content on film’s DVD.
DHARAMSHALA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Dharamshala, India | 09/2018 - 11/2018
Head of Photo/Video Department
Led a team of 16 volunteers as we filmed and edited a 3-day film festival under high-pressure, same-day turnarounds for highlight videos, BTS reels, interviews, Q&A sessions, discussion panels and still photographs.
Within 3 days, we filmed and edited 32 videos, yielding about 30,000 views across YouTube & Instagram, a 200% increase in YouTube subscribers and a 300% increase in Instagram followers.
OTHER INFORMATION
Fluent with Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, Adobe After Effects, Da Vinci Resolve (Color Grading), Frame IO, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) & Canva, Mac & Windows, and still photography/cinematography.