Video Symphony Instructors
Video Symphony instructors have wide experience and notable credits, ranging from 60-Minutes and National Geographic, to Oscar and Emmy nominations and awards. Our instructors have accumulated numerous awards and nominations for editing and sound. Several are also respected authors of articles and books.
Avid Instructors:
Pro Tools Instructors:Reine-Claire
Reine-Claire carries a wealth of experience into her classroom. She's been assistant editor and editor on dozens of films, documentaries and TV series for more than a decade. Her classes are very dynamic. She lives by the quote "The Avid does not edit, the Editor does".more...
Pietro Cecchini
Pietro Cecchini has been teaching Avid classes at Video Symphony for more than 5 years. In his "other life," he edits for major studios. Most recently: the epic series, "Empire," for Touchstone and ABC.Larry Jordan
Larry Jordan is an internationally-renowned consultant and Apple-Certified trainer in digital media with over 25 years experience as a television producer, director and editor with national broadcast and corporate credits. His informative and entertaining teaching style provides video editors around the world with unique techniques, methods and resources to increase productivity and enhance their skills.Tamera Martin
Tamera has been a documentary producer, Avid editor and instructor for more than a decade, editing and co-producing documentaries for PBS, Turner and Discovery, as well as commercial projects. As one of our senior instructors, Tamera specializes in advanced effects and Avid Symphony finishing.Mike Sale
Mike Sale currently edits the "Judging Amy" TV program. He has been an assistant editor and editor of television and documentaries for more than a decade. Mike alternates between TV, feature films and training. He brings real-life experience and enthusiasm to his classroom.Jenee Muyeau
Jenee has worked professionally in a wide variety of roles in the film and television industry, including positions such as: film librarian, story analyst, camera assistant, and post-production supervisor. She has been an assistant editor and editor for thirteen years. Her editorial experience includes documentaries, network television, music videos and independent films.Paul Petschek
Paul Petschek is an internationally known editor, specializing in feature films and documentaries and with substantial experience in editing TV series, TV pilots, music videos, trailers, and commercials. He's had the pleasure of working as an editor on films like Waterworld, Flipper, Another Day in Paradise, and A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies.Tracy Smith
Tracy Smith is an Avid Certified Instructor and has been an Avid Certified Support Representative. Tracy has trained clients nationwide, such as Warner Bros., Nickelodeon Studios, Fox, Universal Studios and NBC.Noah Wise
Noah Wise is an Avid Certified Instructor and Avid Certified Support Representative working in both television and film. His credits include primetime shows for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, MTV and HBO and features for Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, MTV Pictures and Sony.Toi Juan Shannon
Toi Juan Shannon has been a valued member of Video Symphony's staff for nearly six years. Shannon's prior experience was as a financial analyst before he switched to video editing. Today, after learning Avid at Video Symphony, Shannon combines his data analysis skills with his passion for visual storytelling.Otto Ferrene
Otto Ferrene is currently a Picture Editor for Nickelodeon Animation Studio acting as off-line/on-line editor for numerous Animation series, (“The Fairly OddParents”, “Danny Phantom”, and “TAK and the Power of Juju”), for the past seven years.Mark Fletcher
Mark Fletcher has been involved in post production as an assistant editor, online editor, graphic artist, technical advisor, and post production supervisor for over seven years.Jason Rose
Jason Rose is an Apple Certified Final Cut Pro Instructor, as well as, an Avid Certified Instructor with a Bachelor of Science degree in TV-Film from Texas Christian University. He has over 15 years of film and video production experience that ranges from independent film to corporate training videos.
Motion Graphics Instructors:Joel Krantz
Joel Krantz is Video Symphony's lead Pro Tools instructor. He's "The man who wrote the books" - a talented musician, sound editor, mixer and writer. Joel co-developed and authored much of Digidesign's courseware material. He's the guiding light for our sound-oriented students.Solange Schwalbe
Award-winning sound editor and foley effects supervisor Solange Schwalbe has joined Video Symphony's growing staff of Pro Tools instructors who specialize in post-production sound for film and television.Kevin Church
Kevin Church has worked in the pro audio industry in both live shows and recording studios for over 15 years. With over 25 major label albums to his credit as a 1st or 2nd engineer. he has worked on everything from The Debut Porno for Pyros album to the Duke Ellington Orchestra.Victoria Rose Sampson
Victoria Rose Sampson has been a Feature Film Sound Editor since 1973, and still finds time to pursue her dream of a writing and directing career. With over 131 film credits to her name, her recent credits include Sex and the City:The Movie, Wild Hogs, Evan Almighty, Transylmania, Pirates of the Caribbean:Curse of the Black Pearl, to name a few.David Sonnenschein
Sound designer and author David Sonnenschein comes to his Video Symphony classroom with both academic and practical sound design experience. In pursuit of his abiding interest in cinema sound, he has studied neurobiology, physiology, and the principles of psychoacoustics.Rickley Dumm
Dumm brings a wealth of industry experience to his Pro Tools classroom. His feature film credits extend back to 1987 Dumm has been a sound effects editor or sound editor for dozens of feature films.Sonny Pettijohn
Sonny Pettijohn currently works at Warner TV on 11 different TV shows, including the popular and Emmy-winning E.R. and West Wing. In her 25 year sound editing career she has worked on over 25 movies including Star Trek V, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Speed, Die Hard:With a Vengeance, Chain Reaction, The Fifth Element, Lethal Weapon, The Green Mile, Imposter and The Pacifier.Steven A. Saltzman
Steven Saltzman is a Certified Digidesign Pro Tools Instructor as well as an active freelance music editor. Saltzman has worked on studio projects for Sony Pictures, Paramount, MGM, Dreamworks SKG, Disney, Lions Gate Films and Warner Bros., as well as independent films with such directors as David Duchovny and Randa Haines.Mehdi Hassine
Mehdi Hassine's body of work include sound editing on the IMDB Top All-Time Documentary "Heima" about the journey in the homeland for the Icelandic band "Sigur Ros". He is also active as a sound editor and mixer on national television commercials and music instructional DVDs by leading instrumentalists.Christine H. Luethje
Christine H. Luethje is an award-wining music editor who has worked on projects spanning the globe. From her recent project “You and I” filmed in Russia starring Mischa Barton and the Russian band “t.A.T.u” to the break-out Australian musical “Moulin Rouge,” her talent and skills have been applied to most all forms of music related media.
Alan Natale
Alan Natale's experience is varied and rich: well over a decade of freelance and full-time work as a graphic designer and DVD menu designer. Alan constantly strives to ensure that his classes are technically sound, creatively stimulating and supportive.James Rankin
James Rankin is the founder and artistic director of Light Space and Time Digital, a design studio that provides motion graphics and 3D animation for corporate promotions and TV commercials. He is a Certified Adobe After Effects expert and an authorized trainer for Boris RED. He gets rave reviews for his effusive and effective teaching style.Stephanie Gans
Stephanie Gans is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Instructor (ACI) with extensive teaching and consulting experience. Stephanie is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and holds numerous teaching credentials in the Southern California area.Ben Bardens
Ben Bardens has been teaching digital art and animation in the LA area since 1999, and has been working in the digital arts since 1996. He specializes in designing graphics and animation using Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator software.Danielle Heitmuller
Multi-talented artist Danielle Heitmuller brings to Video Symphony an array of polished skills in motion graphics, animation, storyboarding and compositing. Her resume includes work for the post-production company Bungalow 3, and for the Fine Living Network.Mark Teague
Teague's professional resume features experience for Walt Disney Television Animation, Paramount, Bravo Channel, and Lions Gate. At Disney, Teague was involved in animatics, character & prop design, character layout, compositing, graphic design and title design.Evan Unruh
Evan Unruh has rich motion graphics experience in title graphics, visual effects, green screen supervisor, 3D animation, DVD titles, and web design.
