GAME CAPTURE / VIDEO EDITING / PRODUCTION SKILLSET

• 4 years of Game Capture experience on a variety of Game Capture hardware - primarily on the Atomos Ninja V.

• Extensive experience in capturing and editing gameplay via the Overwatch Replay Viewer (cinematics, manual camera control, puppeteering, direction, blocking, lighting.)

• 8 years of Adobe Premiere experience, 3 years of Adobe Audition experience.

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EXPERIENCE:
 

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT

June 2021-October 2023

Game Capture Artist (Contract and Freelance on Overwatch League) Emmy Nominated (2021)

• Game Capture Artist & Editor for the Overwatch League Tourney Journey series, my Game Capture forward hype video series that acted as a spiritual successor to Overwatch League - Coda. Coordinated with a producer, graphics, and platforms team throughout the production of each episode of the series, generating over a million views.

• Collaborated directly with producers, editors, and stakeholders to pitch ideas, develop my own shot lists, and put my own unique style on the League’s Game Capture material as both a contractor and a freelancer from 2021 to 2023.

• Personally redeveloped our Overwatch League “Lo-Fi Breaks” segment workflow in order to shorten what had previously been a three month workflow into just three weeks.

• Interfaced with stakeholders to provide Overwatch League exclusive capture to external vendors for show opens, hype videos, and localization League wide to support our multi-year Emmy nominated broadcast.

• Helped develop a workflow to media manage and archive a multi-petabyte MAM and shared storage with a small team of media managers.

 

OVERWATCH LEAGUE - LEGACY | SHORT FILM

October 2023-December 2023

Game Capture Artist, Producer - Editor, Sound Designer

• Spearheaded and led a team of thirteen crew members in order to create an independent short film telling the story of the final Overwatch League playoffs.

• Personally handled all Game Capture, Video Editing, and Sound Design needs for the project. Additionally performed Producer duties ranging from music sourcing and licensing from individual record labels, coordinating and rehearsing with talent for VO, and the generation of social media copy.

• Coordinated a weeklong social media campaign with art, graphics, and a trailer, generating over 8,000 likes on X/Twitter.

• The film was lauded by the community at large, garnering over 90,000 views across X/Twitter, Reddit, and YouTube.

 

FREELANCE GAME CAPTURE - OVERWATCH ESPORTS

December 2020-Present

Freelance Capture Director, Capture Artist, Editor, Producer

• Responsible for shooting and editing all broadcast Show Opens for Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch Path to Pro, encompassing all video activations for Overwatch Contenders North America, Europe, and the Overwatch Collegiate Championships (2021, 2023).

• Directed custom puppeteered Game Capture for Overwatch 2 franchise updates (2023), San Francisco Shock’s Runback Tournament (2022) and the Overwatch Flash Ops Creator Card Tournament (Feb 2021).

• Freelance clients include Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch League, Esports Engine, San Francisco Shock, Toronto Defiant, and more.

 

EDUCATION:

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

Graduated: December 2020

School of Film and Television

• Major in Film Production with a minor in Screenwriting with a cumulative GPA of 3.81.