directed & cut by

PRESTON
JANIS

Two Lone Star Emmys, twenty-plus seasons of network television, and a habit of making complicated things look easy to watch.

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motion & graphics

CHOPPED: NEXT GEN

A renewal sizzle for Food Network. Logo build, name supers, multi-screen composites and title cards, cut and designed to sell a new chapter of a cornerstone series.

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Client — Food NetworkRole — Editor / Motion GraphicsRuntime — 1:202023
NOW CUTTING — CHOPPED Lead Creative Editor since 2020, leading the rebrand and re-stylization of Food Network's long-running series.
A lone figure at the end of a long white corridor
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about

HIRED GUN. LIFELONG STORYTELLER.

I'm a director, editor and field producer based in New Braunfels, Texas. My credits span four major motion pictures, fifteen network series, a dozen national commercials and more than twenty seasons of award-winning television.

Along the way I've chased a wounded bear through the Canadian wilderness, survived three tornadoes, committed slight grand-theft auto, been inside the Playboy mansion, and once got Ben Stiller a sandwich. I've also spent tens of thousands of hours alone in a dark edit bay, which is where I learned the job was never really the gear. It's finding the moment that makes people feel something.

I turned a tiny cable-access show into an Emmy winner, then did it again with a hunting show. Let's see what I can do for you.

ToolkitAvid Media Composer · Premiere Pro · After Effects · Directing · Production Management
EducationM.A., Communication — Cinema Arts, Regent University
B.S., Radio-Television-Film, UT Austin
Lone Star Emmy, 2011Outstanding Achievement: EditingTrophy Hunters TV
Lone Star Emmy, 2009Best Interview / Discussion FeatureThe Dr. Carrasco Show · plus six nominations
Telly Awards, 2011Gold · Silver · BronzeUse of Music, Political Commentary, Nature / Wildlife
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CREDITS