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What's happening:


June 2010 / Boston visit / I've just returned from two weeks in Boston for a host of great meetings (hush hush for now, details coming soon!) and had a blast attending the 1st Annual Supermeet.







May 10, 2010 / Pietari Creative launch. Jason and I have launched our company focusing on content creation spanning many industries. We look forward to bringing together the network of our most talented colleagues whom are working within the film & television industry. Check out the website for more info and our demo reels (all edited by me!) www.pietaricreative.com





May 6, 2010 / Random Encounters. I'm very excited to be re-teaming with my 30 Day Feature Film Challenge & my Closure peeps on the editorial side of a new romantic comedy called Random Encounters






May 5, 2010/ announcing the launch of What Would Men Say?" - a new website and weekly web series with host Andrea Schell. I provided workflow management and editorial for the series.






April 12-15 2010 / National Association of Broadcasters. Jason and I will be in Vegas for NAB 2010! Keep an eye out for us at:
Monday - PROMAX Party & AJA'S Post Pit Party // Tuesday - The 9th Annual FCPUG SUPERMEET! // Wednesday - The REDUSER Party, AVID After Hours and sooooo much more. See the "contact" page for my info and hope to see you there!





April 2010 / Feed The Fish! I'm excited to announce that the trailer for the feature film Feed The Fish has been released. The film stars Tony Shalhoub, Barry Corben, Katie Aselton-Duplass and Ross Partridge. We worked with the RED tapeless workflow cutting with Final Cut Pro on location in Wisconsin and Los Angeles.


March 24, 2010 / LAFCPUG - It's sincerely an honor to be speaking on a panel at LAFCPUG. I've been inspired by this group and Michael Horton since moving to Los Angeles and tonight my "Closure" peeps [Tom Cole, Gille Klabin, Phil Habeger and Lisle Engle] will be speaking about our pre, production and post processes using RED & FCP for the 30 Day Feature Film Challenge that "Closure" spawned from.








Feb & March 2010 / I've just signed on as the assistant editor for a TLC special called "Chainsaw Ice Sculptors". More details to come...





January 2010 / Official trailer for "Closure" is up. The film was part of the 30 Day Feature Film Challenge, written, crewed up and shot within 30 Days! For more info on the film itself check out http://www.closuremovie.com. We are also in the midst of cutting a feature length Behind The Scenes documentary of this amazing project coming together.


January 2010 / As I am currently in the depths of editorial on the feature film Closure, I have just found out some exciting news: Elektra Luxx (a feature film I was an assistant editor on) has been accepted to this years SXSW Film Festival! The film is a sequel to the independently acclaimed Women In Trouble, both written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, starring Carla Gugino, Timothy Olyphant, Alicia Silverstone and ,Joseph Gordon-Levitt.


December 2009 / Here's to finishing the last of this prodigious decade on a high note! I'm part of this amazingly ambitious project called the 30 Day Feature Film Challenge and their goal is to make a 90 minute feature film from concept to end of production in 30 days. I will be producing the behind the scenes documentary and will once again be implementing the RED workflow throughout the production and editorial process.



November 21, 2009 / Super excited to announce that the film I was associate editor on this year, Feed The Fish, will be screening in Door County Wisconsin, November 21 & 22nd! The feature was shot on location in Door County, thus making it very near and dear to film's cast, crew and the area.


November 2009 / The film Women in Trouble hits the Arclight in Hollywood CA on November 13th. I worked as an assistant editor on the yet unreleased sequel called Elektra Luxx which you may see in theaters if we can make W.I.T. a success! Here's a great article covering it in the LA Times.


August 2008 / I'm currently working in the finishing stages as the associate editor [implementing the RED workflow] on an independent feature called Feed The Fish.
We just completed some reshoots and my husband Jason is currently working on the visual effects for the film.


July 2009 / The Transmogrification of Alex Jurgensen will be screening at the LA Shorts Fest, July 30th 7:30pm at the Laemmle Theater on Sunset. We're so excited for this and hope to see you there!




June 2009 / The Transmogrification of Alex Jurgensen is a short film I edited this year and was written/ directed / scored by my husband, Jason Baldari. We are excited to announce that TTOAJ is now an official selection for the LA Shorts Fest


February 2009 to current / Feed The Fish is a feature film written and directed by Michael Matzdorff and I've had the distinct honor to be involved in the production and post of the entire film. The film was shot on location in Sister Bay, Wisconsin and Los Angeles, California where I was associate editor implementing a REDCAM Workflow using Final Cut Pro. In whatever "downtime" I had, I was also on set filming a behind the scenes featurette.


December 2008 - January 2009 / Elektra Luxx is a feature film on which I was one of the assistant editors in charge of implementing the XDCAM workflow alongside Eric Brodeur. I owe a great bit of thanks to my buddy Joseph Mastantuono, a New York based post production consultant and workflow genius. The film is a sequel to the independently acclaimed Women In Trouble, both written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez. Elektra Luxx stars Carla Gugino, Timothy Olyphant, Alicia Silverstone and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.



December 2009 / The Transmogrification of Alex Jurgensen is a short film approaching post production (that I will be editing), written, directed and scored by my husband Jason Baldari. It was shot over the course of two days in Burbank, CA and Santa Barbara, CA December 13 & 14. During production I filmed a behind the scenes featurette and did the on set still photography.



November 2008 / Cale Finot is on the rise in LA; he is one of the most talented Cinematographers in town. When he asked me to edit together his demo reels featuring his music video / commercial work and his narrative film work it was an easy "Yes!"
Visit www.CaleFinot.com and click on REELS.




October 2008 / Kenny Munshaw is a Canadian country music star. I edited the EPK for his most recent album, Short Stories, that encompasses the trials and tribulations that he's endured.






September 2008 / The Harlem Globetrotters were at the green screen studios of Hopsports Inc. in Valencia CA. Jason Baldari and I were on set consultants for a week long energy filled shoot with their infectious positivity and team standards. From production thru post, we have been commissioned to implement a P2 workflow, editorial services, design & build the 3D environment, key, composite and conform the 30 min project.


July 2008 / Suspendu is a French short film directed by Cayman Grant shot on location in Los Angeles, CA. I shot a behind the scenes featurette and on set still photography for the duration of production.


June 2008 / His Good Will is a short film directed by, Cayman Grant, about a young boy struggling against poverty and racism in a 1950's small town, and how his innocence and optimism, in the simplest of ways, touch those around him. The film stars James Avery, Ashley Jones, Donis Leonard Jr., Arita Trahan and has had an amazing run screening worldwide winning several film festival awards! I had the honor of co-editing His Good Will alongside Jess Bryden.



May 2008 / Band of Orcs - Into the Maelstrom is one of the most ambitious projects I've witnessed and worked on. The Real Deal's writer and director, Jess Bryden, helmed this elaborate music video by shooting entirely on green screen. Doing all the post visual effects himself, he created a 3 dimensional world, giving the viewer a taste of the depths of his mind and talents . I was on hand to shoot the behind the scenes featurette which is quite an insightful piece to the puzzle that is the final music video.





April 2008/ The Real Deal is a 5 part web series directed by Jess Bryden, featuring and produced by horror icon Courtney Gains. The series is an exciting look at an action packed heist and the behind the scenes documentary is just as electrifying!

Watch The Real Deal: behind the scenes featurette that I shot and edited:
Part One
Part Two

Watch The Real Deal 5 part series:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five