Robert Ashe Jr.

Current

• Editor at NBC Universal

Past

• Post Supervisor / Job Placement at Video Symphony
• Post Supervisor / Editor at Drac Studios
• Owner at Rising Ashes Productions

• Editor / Trainer at Lightworks
• Visual FX Editor at Captive Audience Productions

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Education

• Video Symphony
• AMDA

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Robert Ashe Jr.’s Summary

• Sixteen years of experience in the entertainment industry.
• Ten years experience in post production.
• Post production supervisor and editor with focus on Avid
and Final Cut Pro systems
• Thorough understanding of new media workflow and delivery
(Redcode, P2, HD, etc.)
• Vast client experience from top fortune 500 companies to
high budget studio films

Robert Ashe Jr.’s Specialties:

Avid: Media Composer Adrenaline, Meridien, ABVB, Symphony 

Apple: Final Cut Pro, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor 

Adobe: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash

Logging, Digitizing, and Media Management
Film / Cut-List / EDL Management
Preparation for online
HD, DPX, & 2K Experience
Mattes and Motion Graphics Design
Understand all Major Video Formats
Extensive Web & Multimedia Experience
Expert video compressionist for the web

Robert Ashe Jr.’s Experience

• Editor

  NBC Universal

  (Public Company; GE; Entertainment industry)

  March 2009 — Present (10 months)

• Post Supervisor / Job Placement

  Video Symphony

  (Educational Institution; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 8 months)

  • Supervises all incoming projects to the post production school for their thesis class.

  • Creates employment leads for graduating students in post production.

  • Trains students on new media workflows and work ethic.

  • Advises facility on new technology purchases

• Post Supervisor / Editor

  Drac Studios

  (Entertainment industry)

  November 2006 — April 2009 (2 years 6 months)

  • Edits all internal productions and demo reel materials for the Oscar winning company.

  • Produces electronic press kits for production partners.

  • Manages freelance talent for electronic press kits and post production

• Owner

  Rising Ashes Productions

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  June 1998 — March 2009 (10 years 10 months)

  • Supervises various film and television production through completion.

  • Develops and maintains new sales clients.

  • Designs and implements web sites for specific clients. 

  • Manages freelance talent for post production tasks.

  • Edits all projects with focus and precision.

• Editor / Trainer

  Lightworks

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  April 2005 — January 2006 (10 months)

  • Trained Editor’s Guild members on the Lightworks Alacrity System.

  • Developed and performed presentations to corporations for potential sales.

  • Set-up equipment for post production clients such as Universal Studios and Moviola.

• Visual FX Editor

  Captive Audience Productions

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  January 2001 — April 2004 (3 years 4 months)

  • Edited all internal productions and demo reel materials for the Oscar winning company.

  • Maintained thousands of photos through database work for all designed prosthetics.
  • Designed the graphic identity of the company.

Additional Information

Robert Ashe Jr.’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Robert Ashe Jr.’s Groups:

The Editor's Guild
Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User's Group
The Hollywood Post Alliance

•    Creative COW (Communities of the World)
•    HDTV Group
•    Showbizjobs.com
•    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com)
•    Final Cut MTL
•    Stereoscopic 3-D Professionals Worldwide
•    Filmmakers
•    Oklahoma City Final Cut Pro Users Group
•    South By Southwest (SXSW)
•    Film and Television Professionals
•    Film TV Professionals
•    ProVideo Coalition
•    Post Sound Mixers
•    INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATION OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
•    Video Editors
•    HPA Sales Career Resource Group (SCRG)
•    Broadcast Design & Motion Graphics
•    The Film Production Network (www.vfx-recruit.com)
•    Motion Picture Editors Guild Local 700
•    Hooray for Hollyworld!
•    Senior Compositor Network
•    SF Cutters
•    reduser
•    Autodesk M&E Professionals
•    Pro Tools User
•    Final Cut Pro Video Editing
•    Advertising Production Professionals
•    Avid
•    International Film & Video Production Forum
•    Final Cut Pro Digital Filmmakers and Editors
•    Sound Design Forum
•    Charlotte Final Cut Pro User's Group
•    Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group
•    Boston Final Cut Pro User Group
•    DI CONSORTIUM
•    Reality TV Professionals
•    Post Production Professionals
•    FCPUG Network Community and SuperMeet
•    Chifcpug

Robert Ashe Jr.’s Honors:

Best Horror - Great Lakes Horror Film Festival (2007)
Winner - Reykjavik International Film Festival (2007)
Best Horror - Alameda International Film Festival (2005)
ACE Award Finalist “Monk (2004)”
Profiled as a demo reel expert in Bonnie Gillespie’s book “Self Management for Actors”

Robert Ashe Jr.’s Contact Settings

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