Hello!
I’m Doug, and I’m glad you found me.
Making a quality video is hard work – but over the course more than twenty years of editing, managing, writing, producing, and directing, I’ve learned a thing or two about how to make it a whole lot easier.
One of the most important factors is to involve post-production early on in the process. So if you’ve got a campaign coming up, be it short form for social platforms, premium branded content, or long form narrative or documentary work, get in touch, and let’s talk about how I can help set you up for success.
My Background
I’ve had a video camera in my hand since I could walk, filming silly sketches with friends, producing my own work in High School, spending long nights at a PC in our basement, working on early versions of Adobe Premiere long before it became what we now know as Adobe Premiere.
A graduate of the SUNY Purchase Film Conservatory (2007), I shot and edited projects on 16mm film. When MiniDV swept in, we all switched to Final Cut Pro (again, long before what it is today), and ultimately high definition video conquered the media landscape. I worked as an Assistant Editor, supporting hit seasons of reality and docu-style television for Discovery, NatGeo, OWN, CNN, and more.
In 2017 an opportunity came to join a fledgling creative agency, incubating within the rising NowThis social news group. It was back to Adobe Premiere! NowThis joined with Thrillist, The Dodo, and Seeker to create Group Nine Media, and Brandshop was born. I soon found myself managing a rapidly growing post-production department, which soon welcomed Popsugar into the fold. Newly bi-coastal, we were just finding our feet when the pandemic knocked us on our asses. As was the case for so many in our industry, the following year was full of uncertainty, anxiety, and even tragedy. However, we also learned a lot about how to make our video workflows more efficient and collaborative, taking advantage of amazing new platforms such as LucidLink and Frame.io.
Today, I live outside of Boston and continue to work on a freelance basis, supporting brands such as Mazda, Zyrtec, X-Prize, Shark, Nintendo, and Everytown.
In my spare time, I enjoy performing in community theatre, cooking, gardening, and sharing adventures with my husband and our two Maine Coon’s, Rex and Roy.
