New York City Metropolitan Area
• Over twenty years of experience creating and curating highly-regarded video documentaries, audio commentaries, featurettes and interviews for the Criterion Collection and its streaming platform, the Criterion Channel • Steadfast focus on content quality • Optimizes consumer/viewer experience with all facets of production • Ensures mutual satisfaction of company requirements and client desires with final product • Absolutely dependable with schedules and budgets • Experienced writer
I spearhead a feature film’s complete Blu-ray and DVD presentation, from overall art and editorial direction, through digital master restoration, to final quality control. In addition, I create and curate supplementary material (audio commentaries, critical evaluations, documentaries, interviews, video essays) to enhance the viewer's experience of a movie and bolster consumer value. I focus on quality of content, which is not always equivalent to amount of material. More does not always equal better, and a viewer's time is precious. Whenever possible, I ensure a director's satisfaction with and approval of our release of his film, as with Michael Cimino (HEAVEN'S GATE), Guillermo del Toro (CRONOS and THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE), Jonathan Demme (SOMETHING WILD), Michael Mann (THIEF) and Peter Yates (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE). I have consistently met delivery schedules, deadlines and budgetary requirements. I have a number of password-protected video supplements online. Please contact me for viewing access.
• Produced "film-only" editions of DVDs • Assisted producers in acquisition and creation of supplemental material for special edition discs • Cataloged and organized promotional art in files of Criterion's sibling company, Janus Films
• Prepped and calculated shooting directions/layouts for 16mm and 35mm film titles and opticals • Ensured client satisfaction by involving them in design and frame count process, and projecting answer prints of completed work