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Background :

* Graduated Shorecrest High School, 1975.

* Completed Video Production Program at Shoreline Comm. Col., 1984.

* Participated in NPPA workshops, 1994 & 95.

* Completed Avid Certification training. Fall, 2004.

Work history :

* Freelance Video Photographer, Producer, Editor. June 2000 - Present.

* TV News/Sports Photographer. KIRO TV, Seattle. Dec. 1988 to June 2000.

* TV News Photographer. KHQ TV, Spokane, WA. July, 1986 to Dec. 1988.

* TV News Photo-assistant. KING Broadcasting Co. June, 1985 to June, 1986.

* 11 years Restaurant experience including Cooking, Bartending and Manager.

Awards :

* Emmy winner 1992, 1994 and 2002. Humorous Feature, Documentary and

   Sports Series.                                           

* 16 time Emmy nominee.

* Telly Award, 2003.

* 6 time Society of Professional Journalists award winner.

* 5 time Best in the West award winner.

Organizations :

* Member of National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

* Member of National Press Photographers Association

* Member of 911 Media Arts Center

Video Production Experience:

* HD, SD, HDV and DV photography and editing.

* Television News and Sports coverage.

* "Live" on-site Production.

* Documentary Production, photography and editing.

* Music Video Production, photography and editing.

* Straight cut and computer assisted editing.

* Betacam SP and SX photography and editing.

* Nonlinear Digital video and audio editing.

* Field Audio Technician.



2008 Seattle Mariners Season.

Fat Cat Vdo Crews are working all of the Seattle Mariner's home games, helping produce a nightly video feed for a pool of Japanese Television Networks.  The feed is produced by Tokyo Broadcast Systems.  This is the 3rd year that TBS has hired FCV as their Seattle based production unit.

 

Eagle Eye. 

The production of "Eagle Eye" is now in its final editing stages.  The project was shot last November in British Columbia, with Aaron as the DP.  It is currently being produced for the BC School System as a curriculum resource for the High School level. 

 

Avid upgrade.

The Editing department at Fat Cat Vdo has upgraded it's NLE platform from Avid Xpress Pro to Avid Media Composer.  The move came following Avid's announcement that it would no longer be updating the Xpress Pro software.