Assistant Editing Team

Anthony Deng | Editing Assistant
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​ 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

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.

Sylvia Cong | Editing Assistant
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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.​

Emma Wang | Editing Assistant
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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. 

Ruizi Yang | Editing Assistant

Ruizi is a grad student currently enrolled in a M.F.A film program at Chapman University emphasizing editing. Ruizi started her film making journey as an undergrad at State University in New York. She has  made various independent works in experimental films, photography, animation, and sound pieces. She continues her artistic journey as an editor at Chapman University and has been working on various student films. One of the films, Director’s Journey to Success, has been selected into San Diego Asian Film Festival 2018. ​

Joe Caracappa | Editing Assistant

Joe Caracappa is an MFA Graduate student at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University emphasizing editing. Joe Caracappa is known for his work on Unscathed and Continue as a producer, writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and actor.  He also has edited One Man's Fortune and Lightning Man. He has also worked with visual effects for multiple TV series, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow & DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

​Meicen "Lesley" Shen | Editing Assistant

​Lesley ​is currently a graduate student at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Before she went to U.S., she was working at Liaoning Television Station as an editor. In that period, she also contributed to many film projects as the director and editor. After Lesley went to the US, she worked as a director, editor, assistant editor, and DIT to more than 15 film projects.

Tyler Oglesby | Editing Assistant

Tyler Oglesby is an MFA Graduate student at Chapman University of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts with an emphasis in video editing. Tyler has cut numerous short films and has performed a wide variety of roles on other film sets. After completing his degree Tyler has hopes to cut feature films and write and direct independent cinema.

​MacKenzie McCullough | Editing Assistant

MacKenzie McCullough is an Independent filmmaker who plans to focus her skills on creating projects that exemplify deeper thought and evoke emotion. MacKenzie attended PLNU and is planning to extend her work in the field of documentary filmmaking. “I am honered to be working on the 26 Seconds documentary giving women and children a voice.”

​​​Stephen Ragsdale | Editing Assistant
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Stephen is currently studying News & Documentary as an undergraduate at Chapman University, Dodge of Film & Media Arts. Stephen has been involved in various videography over the course of eight years, but is currently focusing on film editing. Stephen hopes to use filmmaking as a method of truth-telling and inspiration and is proud to be working on 26 Seconds.

Paloma Lingwei Chen | Editing Assistant

 Paloma grew up bilingual with a Spanish father and a Chinese mother in Beijing, China. She was lucky to be mentored by Oscar Award-winning screenwriter David S. Ward (The Sting) while pursuing her MFA at Dodge College of  Film & Media Arts.  For 3 years, she worked as a video journalist in Guangzhou Daily one of the most popular newspapers in South China. She worked in multiple roles as director, producer, editor, and cinematographer. Paloma traveled all over the country producing gourmet shows and documentary-style short programs. Paloma also interned at prestigious film companies including Kennedy/Marshall, Davis Guggenhei and Abbot Documentary Partners. Paloma is passionate about exploring human relationships in environments isolated from society with a cinematic poetic style.

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​Roger Blake Glass | Editing Assistant

Roger has directed multiple short films including KiLLR, We Love Selfies, and Precious Moments. We Love Selfies won at the Independent Horror Movie Awards and was a winner at the Top Shorts Film Festival in 2018. Roger studied at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania receiving a double major in Media and Communication and Film Studies. Fall 2019, he will receive his MFA in Documentary Filmmaking from Chapman University. Roger produced and directed a 20-minute short documentary and is currently working on his thesis film at Dodge College of Film and Media Artsand. And is looking forward in working on films after he graduates.