Freelance Writer & Editor
Motion Pictures and Film | Greater Los Angeles Area, US
Peter works as a freelance writer, director, and editor for client projects involving brand advertising for the web and television, music videos for signed and independent musicians, and short films.
Specialties: Screenwriting, Copywriting, Editing with Final Cut Pro, directing music videos, DIT, 3D video conversion using Cineform, HD and RED workflow, knowledge of compression and video distribution formats, design with Illustrator and InDesign, social media, some experience using Avid and Adobe Premiere, tech-savvy magic touch with computers and various technology.
Sept
2011 - Present
Copywriter & Screenwriter / Freelance
- Sony Nex-7 Commercial
- Lenovo "Fixed Gear London" Commercial
- Lenovo "Tamarind & Thyme" Commercial
- Hamilton Watch Company Spec Ad
Apr
2011 - Present
DIT / Freelance
- PIMA "The Great Paper Airplane Project" (Dir: Matt Uhry)
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-610 Commercial (Dir: Matt Uhry)
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W650 "Yosemite" Commercial (Dir: Matt Uhry)
- "Limbo" Feature (Dir: Alejandro Agresti)
- J*DaVeY "Kill 4 Fun" Music video (Dir: Holly Port)
- J*DaVeY "Whatchalookin@" Music video (Dir: Holly Port)
- Amaia Montero "Camanando" Music video (Dir: Pedro Castro)
- "The Master Cleanse" Short (Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson)
- "Untitled Ghost Project" (Dir: Brian Adler)
May
2007 - Present
Editor / Freelance
-Lenovo Tablet "Tamarind & Thyme" Spec (30-sec cutdown)
-Lenovo Tablet "Super Ted" Spec (30-sec cutdown)
- Hamilton Watch Company Spec Ad (Dir: Matt Uhry)
- J*DaVeY "Whatchalookin@" Music video (Dir: Holly Port)
- Sam Mickens Ecstatic Showband & Revue "Burning Hell" Music video (Dir: Sue-Ling Braun)
- Zaza "Distance Creator" Music video (Dir: Sue-Ling Braun)
- Untitled Ghost Project (Dir: Brian Adler)
- "Hendricks Gin" Spec Ad (Dir: Sue-Ling Braun, Suzuya Bobo)
Jan
2012 -
Jan
2012
Camera Operator / Freelance
PIMA "The Great Paper Airplane Project" (Dir: Matt Uhry)
Sept
2010 -
Sept
2011
Editor / FAME
Edit compelling short films and sizzle reels for this production company in Los Angeles.
Jul
2010 -
Aug
2010
3D Technician and Editorial Assistant / Harold & Kumar 3
Converted dailies into 3D using Cineform, archived and organized the footage on both HDD and LTO-4 tape, assisted the editor and assistant editors.
Aug
2009 -
Nov
2009
Director, DP, Editor / "Classically Trained" Music Video
Peter directed this music video for indie hip-hop musician Clavius Crates. He shot it on super 8 and hand-processed the film. Screened at the 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival in 2011.
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Honors:
Graduated one semester ahead with honors. Honored with the Best Writer Award in Fiction Writing by Associate Professor
and Director of Creative Writing at Michigan State University, Gordon Henry. "Classically Trained" was accepted to the 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival, and screened in the music video segment in March, 2011.
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Interests:
Film, music, non-fiction storytelling, photography