collin hotchkiss

experience

2024-2025

  • feature documentary
  • assistant editor, online editor
  • editors: jamie unruh, alex ivany
  • director: james adolphus
  • production company: culture house
  • distributor: amazon
  • short film
  • editor
  • director: will smart
  • production company: blank slate films
  • official selection: bushwick film festival
  • official selection: stony brook film festival
  • official selection: richmond international film festival

2023-2024

  • feature
  • assistant editor
  • editors: ricardo de montreuil & luis colina
  • director: ricardo de montreuil
  • production company: seine pictures

2021-2023

  • feature
  • assistant vfx editor
  • vfx editor: jordan lindblad
  • director: kyle patrick alvarez
  • studio: disney+
  • created custom workflows for the processing of witness and body camera footage
  • feature
  • producer & post production supervisor
  • directors: mike koslov & derrick owens
  • feature
  • editor & executive producer
  • director: joe blank
  • feature
  • first assistant editor
  • editor: scott k. foley
  • feature
  • first assistant editor
  • editor: waldemar centeno
  • feature
  • first assistant editor
  • editor: david marks

2019

  • short film
  • editor
  • director: hlumela matika
  • edinburgh film festival, in competition
  • feature
  • first assistant editor
  • editor: thomas m. vogt
  • short film
  • director, cinematographer, editor
  • senior thesis project
  • official selection, buffalo international film festival
  • official selection, london experimental

education

  • bachelor of fine art in film, summa cum laude
  • 35mm film production program
  • associate's degree in electronic media communications, digital media

professional skills

  • 15+ years of video editing experience with avid media composer, adobe premiere pro, davinci resolve, and final cut pro
  • proficient assistant editor with experience in sound, vfx, and color turnovers
  • filemaker pro and airtable database design and administration
  • extensive knowledge of the adobe creative cloud including premiere pro, after effects, photoshop, audition, and indesign
  • extensive workflow experience with arri, canon, red, and sony digital cinema systems