Assistant Editing Team
Scott Arundale | Editor | Pilot
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003640/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Scott Arundale is an Associate Professor at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts with over twenty years of experience as an editor and producer of film entertainment. Scott edited a documentary short entitled “Catholic School” which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival. Recent credits include: “John F. Kennedy at 100” and “Camp Pendleton 75th Year Celebration.” He is currently editing “Not One More Day” which chronicles the opiate abuse epidemic in the United States. |
Eric Gressingh | Tech Adviser
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8592696/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Eric Gressingh is a Technician at Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and studied Film and Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz. Eric worked on the documentary- A New Hero: The Rise of College Esports as an assistant editor. Eric is looking forward in being a tech adviser assistant editor on the on 26 Seconds documentary. |
Anthony Deng | Editing Assistant | Pilot
While growing up in Taiwan, Anthony discovered the joys of video editing and multimedia technology. After receiving a BA degree in film production from Chapman University in 2016, he became an online editor at Illuminate Hollywood in Studio City, later going on to become a freelance post-production specialist. His project involvements include editing the short film Exit (2017, Dir. Dylan Gill), DIT’ing the 2018 Uncharted fan film (Dir. Allan Ungar), and online editing the award-winning documentary hillbilly (2018, Dir. Ashley York). |
Prateek Damodaren | Editing Assistant | Pilot
Prateek Damodaren is a graduate student at Chapman University's film school, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. He has been making films since he was 19, during which time he was pursuing an undergraduate degree in Economics at Delhi University. He has a passion for art, social work and philosophy. Film making is a source of satisfaction for Prateek and he has professional experience through internships on feature films and television shows in India & U.S.A. In the future he sees himself as an independent film maker. |
Emma Wang | Editing Assistant
Emma Wang graduated with an MFA in film production from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. she is a versatile filmmaker who mainly takes the role of editor but also participated in many shorts as sound mixer and designer, production designer and visual effects artist. She discovered her passion in storytelling in her undergrad years when she was pursuing a bachelor degree in Finance. She edited a popular web series “Selected Original” in China that has over 1,000,000 views per episode. She has edited 6 narrative short films and 2 documentary shorts that has played many festivals. Emma's most recent work Ghazaal is about an Afghan refugee girl. After coming to US, her enthusiasm for big screen storytelling is finally matched by her dedication to the craft of film editing. |
Paloma Lingwei Chen | Editing Assistant
Paloma grew up bilingual with a Spanish father and a Chinese mother in Beijing, China. She worked as a video journalist in Guangzhou Daily, one of the most popular newspapers in Southern China, and for three years, held roles such as director, producer, and editor. In 2016, she came to the U.S. to pursue her MFA in Film Production at Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Paloma was mentored by Oscar Award-winning screenwriter David S. Ward (The Sting). She also interned at prestigious film companies including Kennedy/Marshall Company, Davis Guggenheim’s Company and Abbot Documentary Partners. Paloma currently works as a producer/director in a Chinese Media Company based in LA. |
Meicen "Lesley" Shen | Editing Assistant
Lesley is currently a graduate student at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. Before Lesley came to the U.S., to study editing she was working at Liaoning Television Station in China as an editor. In that period, she also contributed to many film projects as the director and editor. While at Dodge College, Lesley worked as a director, editor, assistant editor, and DIT to more than 15 film projects. She recently received her MFA in Film Production as an editor. |
Sylvia Cong | Editing Assistant
Sylvia graduated with an MFA from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. In 2015, She directed & edited a short documentary "Exploring Oaxaca", a journey of art and culture in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. A year later, she worked as the assistant to famous Polish new media artist Miroslaw Rogala. Together they created multiple media art series including "Analog to Digital" for his solo retrospective exhibition in Warsaw, 2017. Sylvia has edited up to 10 short films and documentaries, including award winning documentary “Spraying Under the Stars” about LA street graffiti artists. The film has been selected to multiple film festivals and awards such as "North Hollywood Film Festival", "Phoenix Film Festival", "Pasadena Film Festival" & for a Student Academy Award. |
