NICK AQUILINO
Los Angeles, CA 90029
QUALIFICATIONS
-Experience in editing news segments, documentaries, promos
-Expert in Premiere Pro, Final Cut, AVID Media Composer Certified
-Proficient in Photoshop, After Effects, Video Compression for web
-Office manager of a Film Production Company
INDEPENDENT PRODUCER & EDITOR
“Genghis Heroes” Documentary, Producer/Editor
“On Borrowed Time” Documentary, Co-Producer/Editor
"Steel Drums, Not Guns" Documentary, Co-Producer/Editor
“The Brokaw Hoax” Documentary, Producer/Editor
“Takashi’s Dream” Documentary, Producer/Editor
“Nutcracker: An American Nightmare” Feature Film, Producer
TV & FILM EXPERIENCE
2019-25 Senior Editor
“Egypt Affair” Feature Film, Marlin Darrah, Director
“When Houston Had the Blues” Documentary, Alan Swyer, Director
“Life Is by Design” Documentary, Jonathan Baker, Producer
"Co-Opportunity" Documentary, Alan Swyer, Director
"Old Times" Short Film, Alan Swyer, Director
"Passenger C" Feature Film, Cassian Elwes, Director
2018 Digital Media Coordinator
International Ocean Film Festival shown at Lucasfilm, SF
2017 Premiere Pro Editing Instructor
Editing Classes, San Francisco Academy of Art Film Studies Dept.
2016 Documentary / Promos Editor
“Harlem to Hollywood” Documentary, Editor
Hillary Clinton for President Campaign Promo, Editor
Disability Rights Advocates, Fundraising Videographer & Editor
2015 Video Forensics Expert
National Center for Audio and Video Forensics
2013-2015 News & Promo Editor
‘The Grid Code’ TV/Web series pilot, Co-Producer & Editor
WFOR Investigative Reports, Miami CBS TV News Division, Editor
BAM Magazine.com, Carlos Santana & Ray Manzarek Promos, Editor
“The Hot Flashes” EPK with Brooke Shields/Wanda Sykes, Editor
2011-2012 Assistant Film Editor/Web Series Editor
‘Eating Out Part 4 & 5’ Feature films for Logo TV, Asst. Editor
Wealth Cycles Web Series, Easy Street Productions, Editor
2009-2010 TV Series Editor
“Hooked on the Fly” TV Series, aired on The Sportsman Channel
Also aired on Outside TV, Untamed Sports, and Wildlife TV
2008-2009 Editing Instructor
Editing, Film History, Guerrilla Filmmaking, Documentary Classes
at the International Academy of Film & Television
2004-2008 Web Series Production Director
Idiom, ltd.: Videographer, Editor, Graphic Art and Compression
For Internet Videos
2001-2003 Digital Video Camera Expert
JVC Electronics Digital Camcorders
2000-2001 Assistant Avid Editor & Researcher
“Have You Heard from Johannesburg?”
7-Part series for PBS produced by Clarity Films
INTERNSHIPS
KQED Channel 9 Current Affairs Dept. Assistant
PM Magazine, KPIX-TV, Assistant to National Field Producer
KWHY-TV, The Business Channel, News Desk Assistant
EDUCATION
American Film Institute, Graduate Program, Certificate in Producing
San Francisco State University, Graduate Program in Broadcasting
University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. in Communications