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Draftkings: Christmas Giveaway

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design / Compositing
Description:  This DraftKings Christmas day give-away spot ran during the first NFL broadcast on Netflix. We were charged to create this spot on virtually no budget, completely in-house using our own talent.  I worked closely with a writer and art director on the concept and I was leaned on for basically everything else in production and post-production.
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Jump 667: Short Film

Type: Short Film
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Compositing
Description:  This short film was created for the 2026 Boston 48 Hour Film Project. Each team is required to write, film edit and deliver a 5 - 7 minute short film in 48 hours. Each team is assigned a specific "genre' that the film needs to adhere to as well as work in required elements such as prop, line and character. I recruited 3 other talented friends to help write, film and edit over a weekend and we ended up winning "Best Film" overall for Boston as well as 3 other awards against 70 other teams.
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Draftkings NBA: Positive Trash Talk

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  NBA offers from DraftKings are so good, you can't help but be positive, even in a competitive game of 1-on-1, featuring Paul Pierce. With no real story board, much of the dialog being improv and the director asking to fit as many "one-liners" as possible into the spot, it was a challenge to cut it all together in a cohesive way, so I had to get creative and use tight shots and sound effects to help transition from line to line.

DraftKings Investor Hype Video

Type: Hype / Sizzle
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  A hype video to show investors why they should feel good about sticking with DraftKings. I worked with a writer, art director and motion designer to complete this video. Although a motion designer was assigned for assistance, I also worked on about 1/3 of the motion design elements here.

Draftkings NFL: Feel Like a Champ

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  A TV spot for DraftKings Sportsbook to advertise an odds boost during the NFL Playoffs.  One particular challenge for me here was a "sky replacement" as this was shot on a a fully overcast day and the director wanted to see "blue sky."
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DKN Nola Notes: Featurette

Type: Short Featurette
Roles: Director/ DP/ Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was created to fill a short segment during a live sports talk show which aired on DraftKings Network during the week leading up to Super Bowl LIX. It is a fast paced, fun facts style video which reports interesting stats and odd information about the upcoming Super Bowl and the city that hosted.

DraftKings Investor Hype Video

Type: Hype / Sizzle
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  A hype video to show investors why they should feel good about sticking with DraftKings. I worked with a writer, art director and motion designer to complete this video. Although a motion designer was assigned for assistance, I also worked on about 1/3 of the motion design elements here.

Draftkings Culture & Values

Type: Corporate
Roles: Editor / DP / Motion Design
Description:  DraftKings rolled out new company values in 2026 and needed a high-level overview of each value to go along with why keeping a consistent culture is so important.
Stakeholders of this video requested 13 employees be interviewed for this video which were filmed in various DraftKings offices around the country. It was a challenge to incorporate everyone and keep the story cohesive while capping the run time to 5 minutes.

Draftkings: Christmas Giveaway

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design / Compositing
Description:  This DraftKings Christmas day give-away spot ran during the first NFL broadcast on Netflix. We were charged to create this spot on virtually no budget, completely in-house using our own talent.  I worked closely with a writer and art director on the concept and I was leaned on for basically everything else in production and post-production.
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DKN Nola Notes: Featurette

Type: Short Featurette
Roles: Director/ DP/ Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was created to fill a short segment during a live sports talk show which aired on DraftKings Network during the week leading up to Super Bowl LIX. It is a fast paced, fun facts style video which reports interesting stats and odd information about the upcoming Super Bowl and the city that hosted.
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Draftkings Boxing: Canelo v Crawford

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design / Compositing
Description:  This was a spot promoting DraftKings Sportsbook Boxing for a main event on Netflix. I acted as one man production for this spot with a very tight timeline, simplicity was key. Howerver, compositing DraftKings app UI and video of the fighters onto the glass panels helped to visually differentiate this from other quick-turn spots.
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Draftkings NBA: Positive Trash Talk

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  NBA offers from DraftKings are so good, you can't help but be positive, even in a competitive game of 1-on-1, featuring Paul Pierce. With no real story board, much of the dialog being improv and the director asking to fit as many "one-liners" as possible into the spot, it was a challenge to cut it all together in a cohesive way, so I had to get creative and use tight shots and sound effects to help transition from line to line.

Draftkings NFL: Feel Like a Champ

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  A TV spot for DraftKings Sportsbook to advertise an odds boost during the NFL Playoffs.  One particular challenge for me here was a "sky replacement" as this was shot on a a fully overcast day and the director wanted to see "blue sky."

DraftKings Pick 6: "Multiplicity"

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: DP / Editor / Compositing / Motion Design
Description:  Growth Marketing came to us with a last minute need to promote the DraftKings Pick 6 app launching in Arkansas, we had about 5 days to concept, shoot and edit this spot in time for the launch. If that sounds crazy, we also decided to multiply the on-camera talent by 6 (aka Pick 6). Obviously green screen was required here in what turned out to be a silly (but effective) tv spot.
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DraftKings "Feels": Behind the Scenes

Type: BTS Promotional Sizzle / Hype
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  A behind the scenes style sizzle to promote an upcoming ad series from DraftKings featuring Martin Lawrence, Kristen Schaal, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Timothy Simons and Dascha Polanco. While I personally prefer true behind the scenes videos on how a film/tv are created, the ask here was to create a fast-paced promotional sizzle using behind-the-scenes footage with interviews from the actors involved.
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DraftKings "Excitement": Behind the scenes

Type: BTS Promotional Sizzle / Hype
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:   Another behind the scenes style sizzle to promote an upcoming ad series from DraftKings featuring Director Peter Berg, Extreme Climber Matty Hong and Pro Surfer Bianca Valenti . While I personally prefer true behind the scenes videos on how a film/tv are created, the ask once again was to create a fast-paced promotional sizzle using behind-the-scenes footage with interviews from the athletes involved.
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DraftKings Golf Event Teaser

Type: Informational Event Teaser
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design
Description:  DraftKings hosts a company golf event/tournament each year and asked for an announcment video that gave event details and sign-up info. I thought it would be fun to pop-up vegas style signs as visual elements for the info being shown while the host plays a few holes.
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DraftKings NBA: 3-Point Specialist

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: Editor
Description:  This spot came from a series that DraftKings filmed with JJ Redick, each promoting a different vertical. This spot was specifically for DFS.

DraftKings "Trick Play": Devin Booker

Type: Web Series
Roles: Editor / Motion Design / Branding & Logo Design
Description:  "TrickPlay" was a web / YouTube series where we had athletes "prank" unsuspecting fans. This was a fun way DraftKings enabled fans to interact with their favorite sports icons while creating content for our YouTube channel. Along with editing and motion design, I also designed to logo and overall graphic style of the series.
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DraftKings "The Assist": Marshawn Lynch

Type: Longform Web Series
Roles: Motion Design / Branding & Logo Design
Description:  "This Assist" was a web / YouTube series where we had an "every man" host, Johnno Wilson, tag along with athletes for shopping and activities that are ordinary for the athletes, but extraordinary for the "every man." The mission was to get to know sports icons on a more personal level while uncovering truths and fun facts about their character and personality. Once again I provided the logo design and animation as well as the overall graphic style.

DraftKings "Super bowl On the strip"

Type: Short Featurette
Roles: Director/ DP/ Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was created to fill a short segment during a live sports talk show which aired on DraftKings Network during the week leading up to Super Bowl LVIII. It is a fast paced, fun facts style video which reports interesting stats and odd information about the upcoming Super Bowl and the city that hosted.

DraftKings "The Come Up": Deshaun Watson

Type: Mini Doc / Web Series
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  "The Come Up" was a mini doc series which interviewed athletes about their path to the pro's. Along with the editing and motion design, I designed the overall graphic style.

DraftKings "Bills Mafia": Feature

Type: MOS / Spoof Featurette
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was a run & gun man on the street style feature with a spoof on Good Fella's as the intro since it was a piece on the "Bills Mafia." The timeline from concept to execution of this video was less than 24 hours as we started shooting at around 6pm and it aired around 10am the next day. The tailgate section was originally shot during a live broadcast of DKN Pregame PowerUp, but I've edited that and cut it down into the original feature to show the full scope of what was produced.

Motion Design Reel

Type: Sizzle Reel
Roles: Motion Design / Graphic Design / Logo Design / Style & Branding
Description:  A reel to showcase the skills I've listed above, I also designed a number of the logos and show branding / look and feel which include: Pregame PowerUp, TrickPlay, The Assist, The Slate and The Sweat (logo redesign). All motion and animation was done by yours truly!

DKN Super Week: Graphics Package

Type: Motion Graphics Package
Roles: Motion Design / Editor
Description:  This sizzle reel showcases a small graphics package I created to brand all of the content DraftKings was creating during Super Bowl LVIII. Elements created were a short into/outro stinger, wipes/transitions, animated sponsor cards, and MOGRT templates for animated lower thirds, name keys and coming up next graphics that I composited onto a shot of the Vegas Sphere.

DKN Pregame Powerup: Graphics Package

Type: Motion Graphics Package
Roles: Motion Design / Logo Design / Branding & Style
Description:  This sizzle showcases a full graphics package built from the ground up for an NFL Pregame show called "PreGame PowerUp" which aired weekly on DraftKings Network. I worked on everything graphics related: designing and animating the logo, stingers, transitions, wipes, lower thirds, backdrops, stat/player cards and touch screen graphics (designed in XD).

Draftkings network teaser

Type: Teaser
Roles:  Motion Design / Editor
Description:  A text-based teaser to generate hype surrounding the official launch of DraftKings Network.
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DraftKings: Gather on the Green

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  A TV spot for DraftKings Sportsbook to advertise an odds boost during the NFL Playoffs. This was a silly concept that involved Jerry Rice trying to make a "DraftKings customer" feel like an NFL champion with a Gatorade bath when he wins his bets. There were no real story boards here and the scenes had no particular order as shot leaving myself and the creative director to basically script the spot and connect the dots in the edit.

DraftKings: First & Trend

Type: Web / Social Show
Roles: Motion Design / Editor
Description:  First & Trend was a weekly Sportsbook and betting show voiced by Jim Cramer of Mad Money. I was solely responsible for all of the design and animation of this show.
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Jump 667: Short Film

Type: Short Film
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Compositing
Description:  This short film was created for the 2026 Boston 48 Hour Film Project. Each team is required to write, film edit and deliver a 5 - 7 minute short film in 48 hours. Each team is assigned a specific "genre' that the film needs to adhere to as well as work in required elements such as prop, line and character. I recruited 3 other talented friends to help write, film and edit over a weekend and we ended up winning "Best Film" overall for Boston as well as 3 other awards against 70 other teams.

Draftkings: Christmas Giveaway

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design / Compositing
Description:  This DraftKings Christmas day give-away spot ran during the first NFL broadcast on Netflix. We were charged to create this spot on virtually no budget, completely in-house using our own talent.  I worked closely with a writer and art director on the concept and I was leaned on for basically everything else in production and post-production.
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Draftkings UFC: "Walk-out"

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Assistant Editor
Description:  I had the priveledge of directing this tv spot featuring Jon Anik which ran before and during UFC fights. The concept called for us to seamlessly change the lighting from a bright studio to a more dramatic set up that resembled a UFC fighter "walk-out." The overall effect worked well. Fun fact, this was filmed as a two for one special as I also filmed the next spot on the same day.
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Draftkings UFC: "Chokehold"

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Assistant Editor
Description:  This is the second of two UFC spots I directed on the same day. The creative here called for two UFC fighters alongside Jon Anik. The fighters didn't require much direction since they performed the "chokehold" like they actually would if they were fighting.
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Draftkings Boxing: Canelo v Crawford

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design / Compositing
Description:  This was a spot promoting DraftKings Sportsbook Boxing for a main event on Netflix. I acted as one man production for this spot with a very tight timeline, simplicity was key. Howerver, compositing DraftKings app UI and video of the fighters onto the glass panels helped to visually differentiate this from other quick-turn spots.
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DKN Nola Notes: Featurette

Type: Short Featurette
Roles: Director/ DP/ Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was created to fill a short segment during a live sports talk show which aired on DraftKings Network during the week leading up to Super Bowl LIX. It is a fast paced, fun facts style video which reports interesting stats and odd information about the upcoming Super Bowl and the city that hosted.

DraftKings Pick 6: "Multiplicity"

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: DP / Editor / Compositing / Motion Design
Description:  Growth Marketing came to us with a last minute need to promote the DraftKings Pick 6 app launching in Arkansas, we had about 5 days to concept, shoot and edit this spot in time for the launch. If that sounds crazy, we also decided to multiply the on-camera talent by 6 (aka Pick 6). Obviously green screen was required here in what turned out to be a silly (but effective) tv spot.
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DraftKings Golf Event Teaser

Type: Informational Event Teaser
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design
Description:  DraftKings hosts a company golf event/tournament each year and asked for an announcment video that gave event details and sign-up info. I thought it would be fun to pop-up vegas style signs as visual elements for the info being shown while the host plays a few holes.

DraftKings "Super bowl On the strip"

Type: Short Featurette
Roles: Director/ DP/ Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was created to fill a short segment during a live sports talk show which aired on DraftKings Network during the week leading up to Super Bowl LVIII. It is a fast paced, fun facts style video which reports interesting stats and odd information about the upcoming Super Bowl and the city that hosted.

DraftKings "Bills Mafia": Feature

Type: MOS / Spoof Featurette
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was a run & gun man on the street style feature with a spoof on Good Fella's as the intro since it was a piece on the "Bills Mafia." The timeline from concept to execution of this video was less than 24 hours as we started shooting at around 6pm and it aired around 10am the next day. The tailgate section was originally shot during a live broadcast of DKN Pregame PowerUp, but I've edited that and cut it down into the original feature to show the full scope of what was produced.
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Jump 667: Short Film

Type: Short Film
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Compositing
Description:  This short film was created for the 2026 Boston 48 Hour Film Project. Each team is required to write, film edit and deliver a 5 - 7 minute short film in 48 hours. Each team is assigned a specific "genre' that the film needs to adhere to as well as work in required elements such as prop, line and character. I recruited 3 other talented friends to help write, film and edit over a weekend and we ended up winning "Best Film" overall for Boston as well as 3 other awards against 70 other teams.

Draftkings Culture & Values

Type: Corporate
Roles: Editor / DP / Motion Design
Description:  DraftKings rolled out new company values in 2026 and needed a high-level overview of each value to go along with why keeping a consistent culture is so important.
Stakeholders of this video requested 13 employees be interviewed for this video which were filmed in various DraftKings offices around the country. It was a challenge to incorporate everyone and keep the story cohesive while capping the run time to 5 minutes.

Draftkings: Christmas Giveaway

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design / Compositing
Description:  This DraftKings Christmas day give-away spot ran during the first NFL broadcast on Netflix. We were charged to create this spot on virtually no budget, completely in-house using our own talent.  I worked closely with a writer and art director on the concept and I was leaned on for basically everything else in production and post-production.
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Draftkings UFC: "Walk-out"

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Assistant Editor
Description:  I had the priveledge of directing this tv spot featuring Jon Anik which ran before and during UFC fights. The concept called for us to seamlessly change the lighting from a bright studio to a more dramatic set up that resembled a UFC fighter "walk-out." The overall effect worked well. Fun fact, this was filmed as a two for one special as I also filmed the next spot on the same day.
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Draftkings UFC: "Chokehold"

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Assistant Editor
Description:  This is the second of two UFC spots I directed on the same day. The creative here called for two UFC fighters alongside Jon Anik. The fighters didn't require much direction since they performed the "chokehold" like they actually would if they were fighting.
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Draftkings Boxing: Canelo v Crawford

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: On-Set Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design / Compositing
Description:  This was a spot promoting DraftKings Sportsbook Boxing for a main event on Netflix. I acted as one man production for this spot with a very tight timeline, simplicity was key. Howerver, compositing DraftKings app UI and video of the fighters onto the glass panels helped to visually differentiate this from other quick-turn spots.

DraftKings Investor Hype Video

Type: Hype / Sizzle
Roles: Editor / Motion Design
Description:  A hype video to show investors why they should feel good about sticking with DraftKings. I worked with a writer, art director and motion designer to complete this video. Although a motion designer was assigned for assistance, I also worked on about 1/3 of the motion design elements here.
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DKN Nola Notes: Featurette

Type: Short Featurette
Roles: Director/ DP/ Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was created to fill a short segment during a live sports talk show which aired on DraftKings Network during the week leading up to Super Bowl LIX. It is a fast paced, fun facts style video which reports interesting stats and odd information about the upcoming Super Bowl and the city that hosted.

DraftKings Pick 6: "Multiplicity"

Type: 30s TV Spot
Roles: DP / Editor / Compositing / Motion Design
Description:  Growth Marketing came to us with a last minute need to promote the DraftKings Pick 6 app launching in Arkansas, we had about 5 days to concept, shoot and edit this spot in time for the launch. If that sounds crazy, we also decided to multiply the on-camera talent by 6 (aka Pick 6). Obviously green screen was required here in what turned out to be a silly (but effective) tv spot.
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DraftKings Golf Event Teaser

Type: Informational Event Teaser
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design
Description:  DraftKings hosts a company golf event/tournament each year and asked for an announcment video that gave event details and sign-up info. I thought it would be fun to pop-up vegas style signs as visual elements for the info being shown while the host plays a few holes.

DraftKings "Super bowl On the strip"

Type: Short Featurette
Roles: Director/ DP/ Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was created to fill a short segment during a live sports talk show which aired on DraftKings Network during the week leading up to Super Bowl LVIII. It is a fast paced, fun facts style video which reports interesting stats and odd information about the upcoming Super Bowl and the city that hosted.

DraftKings "Bills Mafia": Feature

Type: MOS / Spoof Featurette
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Motion Design
Description:  This was a run & gun man on the street style feature with a spoof on Good Fella's as the intro since it was a piece on the "Bills Mafia." The timeline from concept to execution of this video was less than 24 hours as we started shooting at around 6pm and it aired around 10am the next day. The tailgate section was originally shot during a live broadcast of DKN Pregame PowerUp, but I've edited that and cut it down into the original feature to show the full scope of what was produced.

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About Me

I am an award winning, multipurpose "do-it-all" video editor, videographer, graphic/motion designer and director, based in the Boston area. (I have also dabbled in scripting and visual basic for animation and live programming automation.) I've worked in the industry for over 20 years on a variety of projects ranging from short creative films to corporate video to TV ads.  I am able to complete a  project from concept to delivery as a "one-man-production," but I am also highly collaborative and enjoy working as a team alongside others who have honed their craft. Every production has it's own set of unique problems and I have a knack for finding creative solutions. My main focus and passion lies in video editing as this is where the final vision comes to life.

When I'm not working I'm usually parenting two awesome daugters, but in my rare spare time you'll find me on the slopes, hiking or near the water. I've been known to bust out the obligatory campfire guitar song when the mood strikes.

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Skills (Based on experience)

Video Editing
Directing
Cinematography
Graphic Design
Motion Design
Managment
Scripting (Javascript)
Graphics Automation
Concepting/writing

Awards

2026 Boston 48 Hour Film Project
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Jump 667

Type: Short Film
Roles: Director / DP / Editor / Compositing / Writer
Description:  This short film was created for the 2026 Boston 48 Hour Film Project. Each team is required to write, film edit and deliver a 5 - 7 minute short film in 48 hours. Each team is assigned a specific "genre' that the film needs to adhere to as well as work in required elements such as prop, line and character. I recruited 3 other talented friends to help write, film and edit over a weekend and we ended up winning "Best Film" overall for Boston as well as 3 other awards against 70 other teams.