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Biography

David Shuff received a BFA in film from SUNY Purchase and shortly thereafter co-formed Professor Bright Films, a production company originally focused in concept videos for toy inventors that has since moved on to produce dynamic corporate work and award winning independent films. David’s films have screened in over forty festivals—recently Alone at Last in Tribeca—and his editorial credits include the feature films Men Without Jobs and Zero Day; both of which secured national distribution.

Over the past eight years David has freelanced with the agencies Digitas, AKQA, McCann-Erickson, and Deep Focus, creating work for clients such as HBO, Nike, IBM, Pfizer, Dewar's, Mattel and Sesame Workshop. In addition, he has also been a staff editor and director at the acclaimed NYC agency R/GA, on accounts such as Nike, IBM, Verizon, Nokia, Target, L'Oréal, Subaru, Bank of America, Purina, J&J, and Avaya.

David's other creative outlets include video installations, audio documentaries, a transnational collaborative photo blog, and participating in a yearly exquisite corpse video project invited to screen at MoMA. He created the cult sensation 20kride.com—featured on BoingBoing & Yahoo!—and is charged with recording for posterity the explosive demolition of model boats every July 4th; an anthology of which screened at the Brooklyn media space Monkeytown. Additionally David serves as videographer for the non-profit organization Girls Write Now.

Skills
  • 8 years diverse experience editing and directing for interactive, advertising, and independent film.
  • Expert level competency in Final Cut Pro.
  • Solid working knowledge of DVD Studio Pro, After Effects, Soundtrack Pro, Cinema Tools, Photoshop, Compressor, Squeeze, Flash and basic HTML.
  • Excellent communicator and facilitator—both internally and client facing.
  • Combines strong technical competency with outstanding trouble shooting abilities.

References and reel available upon request. Reccomendations also available on: LinkedIn



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