Editor/Composer
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Editor/Composer at NBC Universal
- Past
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- Composer at Lucky Diamond Productions
- Composer at Kinetiscope
- Editor at CBS News Productions
- Editor at History Channel/A&E
- Composer at Eye Is A Thief Productions
- Editor at A3, True Entertainment
- Editor at Flying Pictures Productions
- Editor at NBC Universal
- Editor at BBC New York Productions
- Editor at True Entertainment
- Editor at Banyan Productions
- Composer at Momentum
- Editor/Composer at Media Resource Group International
- Editor at Telepictures
- Editor/Assistant Editor at 3 Fingered Louie
- Editor at Click 3X
- Producer/Shooter/Editor at Spawn Productions
- Education
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- City University of New York-Brooklyn College
- City University of New York City College
- City University of New York
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David Varga’s Summary
Have edited everything from commercials, promos and music videos to indie films, documentaries and many kinds of reality TV. Also magazine style talk shows and some sports events. I have also worked in various areas of production: from producing to camera work and audio.
Compose music for all areas of the media: Television, film, commercials, interactive, video games, theater, etc.
David Varga’s Specialties:
Music composer, orchestration, music technology, audio editing (Pro Tools, Logic Audio). Avid and Final Cut. Also work in Adobe After Effects and studied Discreet Logic Flame and Smoke. Video camera experience.
David Varga’s Experience
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Editor/Composer
NBC Universal
(Public Company; GE; Entertainment industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
NBC (Peacock Productions), New York, NY
04/05-present
Notable Sampling Of Work:
Global Warming-What You Need To Know with Tom Brokaw; Discovery CH. (2007 EMMY Award )
LEAD EDITOR
1968 with Tom Brokaw; History CH.
(2008 EMMY nomination for Editing)
EDITOR
Future Earth, 100 Heartbeats; MSNBC.
LEAD EDITOR/COMPOSER (wrote theme music and music for various scenes)
Eco Trip-The Real Cost Of Living; Sundance CH.
LEAD EDITOR/COMPOSER (wrote series theme music and music throughout)
Dissapeared; Investigation Discovery CH.
COMPOSER (wrote series theme music)
Wedded To Perfection; TLC
COMPOSER (wrote series theme song)
Mystery Of The Crystal Skulls; SciFi CH.
EDITOR
King (MLK) with Tom Brokaw; History CH.
EDITOR
Conspiracy Theories; Discovery CH.
EDITOR/COMPOSER (wrote series theme music)
The 100 Greatest Americans; Discovery CH.
EDITOR
Shark Attack; Discovery CH.
EDITOR
Voting Rights Documentary; MSNBC
EDITOR
50 Greatest Crimes; Court TV
EDITOR
Biography Of The Year; A&E
EDITOR
Sci Fi Investigates; Sci Fi CH.
EDITOR
Dog The Bounty Hunter Specials; A&E
EDITOR
and many many other shows.
Also Dateline and The Today Show. (COMPOSER- wrote Dateline Saturday series theme music) -
Composer
Lucky Diamond Productions
(Media Production industry)
August 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 4 months)
"Paws For Style": A FOX television special. A fashion show for stars and their dogs. Music throughout.
"In Search Of Puppy Love": A documentary film about people, dogs and finding love with advice from experts from many different backgrounds, some quite bizare. Starring Wendy Diamond. Composed music for key scenes. -
Composer
Kinetiscope
(Media Production industry)
July 1999 — December 2006 (7 years 6 months)
Composed music for Information Architects CD ROM movie direct mailer, Sony Vaio XG9 CD ROM movie direct mailer and many other television, film and interactive projects.
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Editor
CBS News Productions
(Media Production industry)
January 2006 — January 2006 (1 month)
The Next Food Network Star
Edit “MTV style” Cold Open for the series. -
Editor
History Channel/A&E
(Media Production industry)
September 2005 — September 2005 (1 month)
Global View and Histories Vault
Edit shows dealing with WWII and The Cold War. -
Composer
Eye Is A Thief Productions
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2005 — September 2005 (3 months)
A Happy Ending: A tale of two lovers. A visual and verbal palindrome black and white noir. Composed entire score. Premired at The Newport Beach Film Festival.
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Editor
A3, True Entertainment
(Media Production industry)
April 2005 — April 2005 (1 month)
TLC
Operation Homecoming
Edit stories about soldiers returning home from the Iraqi war. -
Editor
Flying Pictures Productions
(Media Production industry)
March 2005 — March 2005 (1 month)
Outdoor Life Network (OLN)
The Winter Gravity Games
Edit segments and “coming up” bumps for skiing and snowboarding extreme sporting event. -
Editor
NBC Universal
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Entertainment industry)
September 2004 — March 2005 (7 months)
The Jane Pauley Show
Edit feature segments for lifestyle nationally syndicated talk show. Programming varies from celebrity profiles and fashion, to human interest and cuisine. -
Editor
BBC New York Productions
(Media Production industry)
December 2004 — January 2005 (2 months)
TLC
While You Were Out
Edit hour long TLC show about home makeovers. -
Editor
True Entertainment
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
October 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 2 months)
TLC
A Baby Story, Town Haul
Baby Story-Senior Editor.
Edit numerous shows in seasons 6 and 7 for TLC’s Emmy award winning documentary series.
Town Haul-Edit parts of 2nd season for popular TLC show. -
Editor
Banyan Productions
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
May 2003 — February 2004 (10 months)
NBC/Discovery, TLC, Bravo, FOX
Trading Spaces, A Dating Story, A Makeover Story, A Wedding Story, Nice Package, Trading Spaces Boys vs. Girls, Ambush Make Over.
Edit numerous episodes of shows on NBC, TLC, Bravo and FOX. -
Composer
Momentum
(Public Company; Computer Games industry)
June 2003 — September 2003 (4 months)
Scored "Culpa Innata". Video Game. Mystery action adventure game.
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Editor/Composer
Media Resource Group International
(Media Production industry)
November 2002 — June 2003 (8 months)
The Flip Side Guide
Edit and compose music for pilot of hour long travel adventure show. Pilot shot in Malaysia. Segments about culture, wildlife and extreme sports found in exotic locations. -
Editor
Telepictures
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
September 2001 — June 2002 (10 months)
Warner Bros. (WB)
Change Of Heart
Edit segments for shows and re-edit studio portion of program. Intense schedule where more than one hundred show packages were edited in one week, every second week for national syndicated WB reality show. -
Editor/Assistant Editor
3 Fingered Louie
(Media Production industry)
May 2001 — September 2001 (5 months)
Video editorial work of various commercials and music videos including a Michael Moore music video for the band REM.
Duties included: offline and online editing, some After Effects animation, logging, scheduling, and supervising telecine, Inferno, mix and online sessions. -
Editor
Click 3X
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
May 1998 — April 2001 (3 years )
Promoted to Staff Editor. In house editing of TV commercials, trailers, interactive web and CD ROM movies and reels. Also compile, organize and edit promos and demos for 8 companies associated with Click 3X. Wrote original music compositions and arrangements for some edits. Supervise and train Night Editor.
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Producer/Shooter/Editor
Spawn Productions
(Media Production industry)
January 1997 — December 2000 (4 years )
Produced, shot and edited corporate videos
David Varga’s Education
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City University of New York-Brooklyn College
MFA , Television Production , 1996 — 1998
All aspects of television production: Producing, directing, lighting, studio and field camera operation, linear and non linear editing, audio, etc.
I was trained to be a "preditor" before there was such a thing. -
City University of New York City College
BFA , Music Technology/Sonic Arts , 1993 — 1996
All aspects of music technology: Electronic music, audio editing, audio engineering, synthesis, midi, etc.
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City University of New York
BA , Music Composition , 1989 — 1993
Studied with composers: Tania Leon, Robert Starrer, David Deltredicci, George Brunner, George Tsontokis
Additional Information
David Varga’s Websites:
David Varga’s Groups:
ASCAP member
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Hooray for Hollyworld!
David Varga’s Honors:
EMMY Award for Global Warming on Discovery Ch.
EMMY nomination in Editing for 1968 with Tom Brokaw on History Ch.
