Liza Maine Seybold

SELECTED EDITORIAL CREDITS

Editor:
Tribal Style: Becoming a Belly Dancer - DV documentary feature
   Dir: Cortney Armitage, Independent Geek Chicks
Gumby Dharma - 2008 Emmy Award-winning DV documentary feature
   Dir: Robina Marchesi, Outer Sunset Productions
Prospect - DV narrative feature
   Dir: Octavio Solis, Prospect Productions
Looking For Buddha - DV narrative feature
   Dir: Olin Hyde, E-motion Films
Twilight - multi-award winning 16mm narrative short
   Dir: Victoria Gamburg, Gamburg Films
Del Cielo - 24p narrative short
   Dir: Julie Rubio, East Meets West Productions
For Richer or Poorer - 24p narrative short
   Dir: Stephanie Rene Lytar, Celluloid Canvas Films
Iceberg - award winning DV narrative short
    Dir: Christopher Barranti, Traveller Films
MJ30: A Video Retrospective - DV Installation
   Dir: Martin Gould, Margaret Jenkins Dance Co.
Filmmakers Profile - Want DVD Extra
   Dir: Michael Wohl, Slant Rhyme Productions
Making of Vanilla - Vanilla DVD Extra
   Dir: Joseph Graham, Altarboyz Productions

Additional Editor:
Pomegranate - DV narrative feature
   Dir: Kraig Kuzirian, Sonnet Films
Store Wars, When Wal-Mart Comes to Town - broadcast documentary
   Dir: Micha Peled, Teddy Bear Films
Right Road Lost - 16mm documentary short
   Dir: Victoria Gamburg, Gamburg Films

Assistant Editor:
Happily Even After - 35mm narrative feature
   Dir: Un Su Lee, Hotbed Media
The Last Stand: Ancient Redwoods & the Bottom Line - broadcast documentary
   Dir: Holiday Phelan, Trillium Films
Surfing For Life - award winning broadcast documentary
   Dir: David L. Brown, David L. Brown Productions
Cook Off America and Cooking Secrets of the CIA - PBS cooking show series
   Dir: Marjorie Poore, MP Productions

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supervisor, Final Cut Studio Internal Editor Program, Apple Computer, Cupertino CA
November 2004-present
Supervise a team of Internal Editors testing the Final Cut Studio during it's development. The team and I use pre-release versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro and DVD Studio Pro to edit real-world projects start-to-finish at Apple. We make suggestions for software improvements and are responsible for discovering bugs and workflow problems prior to the software's public release.

Final Cut Pro Editor, Circa 9 Editorial & Design, San Francisco CA
June 2002-January 2003
Edited projects of all lengths and formats and designed and authored DVDs. Editorial projects included Men in Black II DVD Alien Broadcast, the narrative short Mind Game and the trailer for the documentary short Strap 'Em Down, The World of Drag Kings.

Final Cut Pro Editor, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville CA
April 2001-June 2002
Edited short documentaries from footage collected on research trips. Used feature films and other found footage to edit 'inspiration reels', which were shown at development pitches to illustrate the director's creative intention. Cut reference reels for the Story, Animation, Shading, Lighting and Set Departments. Used storyboards and found sound from feature films to cut audition reels used by the Development Department for casting upcoming films. Designed and authored DVDs as the final product for most projects.

Instructor, Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco CA
March 2000-present
Teach "Intro to Final Cut Pro," a two day seminar offered monthly. Give overview of FCP hardware and software and instruct students through hands-on exercises.

Final Cut Pro Editor & Consultant, Wild Blue Yonder, San Francisco CA
January 2000-present
Edit projects of all lengths and formats. Current projects include editing the documentary feature Tribal Style: Becoming a Belly Dancer. Recent projects include editing the documentary feature Gumby Dharma, The Story of Art Clokey and the multi-award winning narrative short Twilight, which screened at the 2005 Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals.
Also consult on editorial content and style, speed tricks, long-form project issues and preparation for on-line editing. Clients include Pixar Animation Studios, Owsley Brown III, Trinh T. Mihn-Ha, and David L. Brown.

Internal Editor, Apple Computer, Cupertino CA
February 1999-April 1999
Edited videos using Final Cut Pro 1.0 during software production. Reported bugs and made suggestions for product improvement. Demonstrated the program for it's public release at NAB '99.

Avid Assistant, Rocket Lab, San Francisco, CA
September 1997-February 1999
Assisted on- and off-line editing sessions for documentary, corporate, commercial, feature film and music video projects. Designed titles/credits and graphics.

EDUCATION:
BA 1996 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville NY
Concentration in Stop-Motion Animation and English Literature.

ORGANIZATIONS:
Founder and Board Member, Bay Area Women in Film and Television (BAWIFT)
Co-Founder, SF Cutters, the first Final Cut Pro users group in the country