MICHAEL STATHOPOULOS

EDITOR



Director of Multimedia Content, Persona AI, Calabasas, CA, 2020-2021

Creation and production of promotional for a venture capital round

Developed content including 1 minute advertising spots for this AI therapist application


Post Production Supervisor, Editor, Beyond Seeing Films, 2018-2021

“The Push” A romantic comedy feature film


Editor, Critical Content, 2019

Successfully edited several reality-TV Pilot Developments for pitch/speculative

Edited previously developed material for refinement


Editor, InventTV, 2019

Pilot Development of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”


Post Production Supervisor, Colorist, Editor, Jason White Films, 2019

The Hit” A dark comedy thriller


Editor, Fox Television International,  2014 - 2018

Creation of promotional materials such as sizzle reels, marketing videos, and interstitial programming for shows including “Man Seeking Woman”, “The Americans”, and “Empire”


Editor, Evolution Productions, 2015 - 2018

Season 5 - 7 “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills


Editor, Goodbye Pictures, 2017 - 2018

Season 2 & 3 “Real Housewives of Dallas


Editor, Evolution Productions, 2015 - 2017

Season 10 - 12 “Real Housewives of Orange County”


Post Production Supervisor, Colorist, Editor,

Evzone Media+Experiential LLC, 2015 - 2017

Hano! A Century in the Bleachers A Documentary about the life of 94-year-old writer/activist/humanitarian, Arnold Hano.

Shutout! The Battle American Women Wage to Play Baseball Created a trailer, color grading, and sound mix for Season 3 of The Sweet Spot.


Producer, Editor, 1750 Productions, 2016

Created TV spots for political proposition campaigns in California, Oregon, Nevada,

and Rhode Island.


Editor, Blue Collar Productions, 2016

“Rush Hour Retrospective” - Created behind-the-scenes featurette for BluRay disc set.


Editor, Google/YouTube, 2015

Created 4 episodes for the channel Hot Pepper Gaming,” for YouTube’s

“Awesome Stuff  Week.”


Editor, Warner Brothers International, 2010 - 2014

Creation of interstitial behind-the-scenes featurettes for movies and promos for shows including: The Big Bang Theory, Gotham, Arrow, Gossip Girl, Fringe, Dallas, Pretty Little Liars, Longmire, Major Crimes, Murder in the First, Selfie, Rizzoli & Isles, Mom, and Two and a Half Men for Warner TV Asia.


Editor, Comcast Entertainment, 2010

“Baggage” hosted by Jerry Springer - Game Show Network


Editor, Scout Productions, 2009

“The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie” - HGTV


Editor, Tijuana Entertainment,  2009

“Is She Really Going Out With Him” - MTV


Editor, Stopedog Productions, 2009

Dr. Sujay” - Pilot

The Process/So Hard” - Visuals for live theatre production

Sunshine” - Music video for the Belgian band, 1060

Jewlia” - Music video for Noah Ross

Based on a True Story” - Pilot

Intimicies” - Trailer for live theatre production


Editor, CBS Paramount Domestic Television,  2009

“Dr. Phil” - CBS


Editor, 44 Blue Productions, 2008

Family Court with Judge Penny” - Fox


Editor, Workaholics Productions, 2008

How GI Joe Changed The World” - History Channel


Editor, Authentic Entertainment, 2008

“Grass Roots - The Marijuana initiative” - History Channel (Pilot)

“One Month in Paris” - Bravo (Pilot)

“Rocket Man” - Science Channel (Pilot)

“G Word” - Discovery (Pilot)

“Best Thing I Ever Ate” - Food Network (Pilot)


Editor, IMF, The International Music Feed – Universal Music Group – 2005-2008

IMF was a 24-hour international music channel on DISH Network, AT&T U-Verse and Verizon FIOS. During our three years on the air, I was responsible for a variety of tasks including:

• Creation of promos • Artist Feeds (music documentaries) • Local Feeds (mini-documentaries focusing on music and culture shot in Japan, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.

Feed Center (recording, keying and editing of music news)


Educator, The New York Film Academy, 2002-2005

As a State of California and Apple certified instructor, I taught a 4-week class on Post Production. The students were taught how to use Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Livetype, Photoshop and DVD Studio Pro, while working on 3 out-of-class projects (a commercial, music video and trailer). After completing my class, the students were well prepared for the Final Cut Pro certification tests.


Editor, Pie Town Productions, 2002

Online Editor for the syndicated program, “Life Moments.”


Director/Editor, DHTV Productions, 2001, 1996-1997

Co-created the television pilot “Destination: Hope” which was syndicated on 30 stations nationwide, and edited the weekly program during its 1-year airing. In 2001, I returned to help start “KC-B2B” a program that focused on three area businesses each week.


Product Specialist, Metro Video Systems, 1999-2000

At this Discreet VAR I demoed the *edit non-linear system and paint & effect (which later became Combustion). I trained customers on the use of this hardware and software after purchase.


System Specialist, Shortenz Digital, 1998-1999

For this Media 100 VAR, I assembled edit systems, provided technical support on site and by phone, and trained users on how to edit.


Technical Support, Post-Op Video, 1997-1998

At this Media 100 VAR, I assembled edit systems, set-up and broke down rental systems, provided technical support on site and by phone, and trained users on how to edit.


Editor, KCTV-5, 1992-1996

During my 4 years at this CBS affiliate, I edited numerous packages for both local and national news. I also worked one day a week in the CBS Newspath office. I was responsible for uplinking and downlinking regional stories on satellite and distributing them to all the CBS affiliate stations nationwide.




Avid Media Composer • Apple Final Cut Pro 7 & X


Apple Motion • Compressor • Adobe Creative Suite