About

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I began working in video production back in the early 90’s as an art director on an independent feature film in Erie, Pennsylvania. With this I had the opportunity to work on a collaborative effort with many talented people to create a hour and a half movie that was premiered to several hundred people, family and friends. I continued my experiences working on small independent films working as a grip, location scout, assistant editor as well as several other positions. Although the work I put in was all just for experience, I couldn’t have been more fortunate to work with the professionals I did. I learned the fundamentals of editing and shooting from veterans in the field who were more than happy to share their knowledge of what it takes to put together a quality production.

After several years of volunteering my help on several projects I decided to get a little more serious about what it is I love to do. I attended The Art Institute of Pittsburgh for video production and basically tossed myself into learning more of the technical sides to video. Once again I found myself being taught by professionals who were more than willing to go the extra mile to explain the do’s and dont’s of video. After having the oppotunity to work in everything from live broadcast work with Comcast Friday Night Football as a camera operator to directing a live show I graduated with a Best of Show graduation award and a new found confidence in my abilites to shoot and edit video. Right before graduation I along with a good friend was given an oppurtunity to work on a half hour promotional video for a local custom design guitar company Boogiestreet Worldwide Guitars. With Dave and I responsible for every aspect of production we managed to put together a great DVD and a good example of what we could do.

After working for a year doing video depostions and wedding videos I moved to Melbourne, Florida with my wife. I then acquired a position with a small multimedia production company in Orlando called Imagination Unlimited. I now had the good fortune to work on video productions as the head editor and videogrpaher for clients such as Lockheed Martin, M. D. Anderson, Florida Hospital, CAE, and Siemens. After several years of driving 140 miles roundtrip everyday I decided to try my hand at this alone. With the abilites to write, shoot, and edit I began working as a freelance editor/videographer at the beginning of 2008. Although the new challenges are daunting the reward of creating unique video productions for clients is quite fulfilling. With the realization that not everyone gets to do what it is they love to do I keep this in the front of my mind while I continue to try and create compelling, quality video putting a little bit of myself into every one.

- JM