Education

EDUCATION Avid Certified Courses 1996 & 2000 & 2003 & 2011 Video Symphony (Burbank, CA.) Moviola Digital (Hollywood, CA.)	Media Composer Version 5 (2011) Avid Symphony Finishing Advanced Techniques for Avid Media Composer Avid Media Composer Troubleshooting Film Editing on Media Composer Media Composer Paint and Graphics Advanced Avid Media Composer Effects Numerous Avid Workshops
2000 - 2010	Editing Seminars by Top Hollywood Editors: Walter Murch - 3 Oscars for Best Picture Editing (Cold Mountain, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Godfather Part III) Alan Heim - 1 Oscar for Best Picture Editing, 1 Emmy (Network, Lenny, All That Jazz) Avatar Editors: James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator 2) Stephen Rivkin (Pirates of the Caribbean, Swordfish) John Refoua (CSI Miami) Norman Hollyn (Heathers, The Cotton Club, Sophie's Choice) Scott Powel (Hawaii Five-O, 24 - The Series) Stuart Bass (The Middle, The Office, MacGyver) Lynn Wilbinham (X-Files, Breaking Bad) Kevin Leffler (Top Chef, Project Runway)
1991 - 1993	Los Angeles Valley College (Van Nuys, CA.) Computer Technology, TV Broadcasting, Sales and Marketing
1988 - 1990	American Film Institute (Hollywood) Cinematography & Lighting Workshops by Top Hollywood Cinematographers Directors of Photography: Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, Last Emperor, Dick Tracy, Tucker) Stephen Golblatt, ASC. (Lethal Weapon series) William Fraker, ASC (Bullitt, Murphy's Romance, Rosemary's Baby, Exorcist II) Woody Omens, ASC. (Coming to America, Harlem Nights) Haskell Wexler, ASC. (Three Fugitives) Conrad Hall, ASC. (Tequila Sunrise) Victor Kemper, ASC (Pee Wee's Big Adventure) Bill Butler, ASC (Godfather, Stripes, Omen, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rocky, Grease)
1988	The Burbank/Warner Brothers Studios (Burbank CA.) Camera Assistants Training Program
1981	Industrial Video Training School (Phoenix, AZ.) Theory and Operation of the Video Camera & Video Tape Editing
1980	King City School (King City, CA.) Advanced Photography
1980 - 1981	United States Army, CA. Apprenticeship Program for Advanced Motion Picture Photography Still Photographer - On the Job Training
1978 - 1979	Lowry Technical Training Center (Denver, Colorado) Motion Picture Photography and Film Editing
1977	Cattaraugus Central High School (New York) High School Graduate with Honors
Strengths and Interests	Photography and Lighting (Motion Pictures, Video, and Still) Martial Arts - Tae Kwon Do (Earned a Blue Belt) Workout Regularly - Weight Training, Swimming, Jogging