A professional editor and filmmaker who has been editing since 1997. Started on Avid, now primarily use Resolve but can use any NLE. Show me your footage, and I'll make it happen!

CHRISTOPHER D. ARNOLD

A professional editor and filmmaker who has been editing since 1997. Started on Avid, now primarily use Resolve but can use any NLE. Show me your footage, and I'll make it happen!

Available to hire

A professional editor and filmmaker who has been editing since 1997. Started on Avid, now primarily use Resolve but can use any NLE. Show me your footage, and I’ll make it happen!

Language

German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Post Producer / Management (postproduction professionals; also Editor on multiple pilots) at TV Writers Studio, Long Island University
January 1, 2023 - Present
Hired and managed postproduction professionals for TV pilots including Compassion Fatigue (2026), Revelation: The Rest Is Silence (2025), Bullet Wipe (2024), and Solo Act (2023). Served as editor on the above projects and coordinated postproduction workflow through delivery and archiving.
Management / Technical Director at DCTV
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
Oversaw technology projects and purchases for broadcast documentary, rentals, post, and exhibition departments; supervised technology budgets and ensured compliance with state granting rules. Led projects including engineering for DCTV’s Digital Cinema, equipment selection/purchasing, fiber internet upgrade, facility rewiring, and Avid ISIS/Nexus shared storage upgrades. Built DCTV’s portable TriCaster TV studio system.
Director, Post - Production / Broadcast Support Department at DCTV (Downtown Community Television Center)
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2016
Ran DCTV’s Post/Broadcast Support Department for clients and in-house broadcast productions. Advised post clients and arranged editing, color correction, and mastering sessions. Maintained and upgraded editing systems and remodeled suites. Managed post-production workflow from ingest through final delivery and archiving for documentaries including Cuba and the Cameraman (2017), Mariela Castro’s March (2016), Redemption (2013), In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution (2012), and No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D’oro Strike (2011).
Editor at Cultural Animal LLC
June 1, 2005 - Present
Edit long and short-form content, fiction and nonfiction.
ConnecTV Program Director / Series Producer at DCTV (Downtown Community Television Center)
February 20, 2002 - May 31, 2005
Created and ran a three-year intensive nonfiction filmmaking program for people with disabilities. Trained producers, managed productions (10 short documentaries and the ConnecTV pilot), hired and managed personnel, created and managed budgets/funds, developed program documentation and promotional materials, and purchased and maintained equipment. Wrote and taught curriculum and partnered with LIU and Queens Library for video conferencing segments with disability groups worldwide. Shorts produced in the program screened at festivals globally.
Instructor at DCTV (Downtown Community Television Center)
December 30, 1996 - December 30, 2001
Taught SEO Summer Youth DV film production workshops, including class-produced short film ONE CHANCE (award winner at the 2001 Do It Your Damn Self youth film festival). Designed curricula and taught workshops for Basic Digital Video Production, Post-Production Workflow, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, and Basic Lighting.

Education

MFA Film at Stony Brook University / Killer Films (NYC, Manhattan campus)
September 8, 2015 - December 20, 2021
BA at Wesleyan University
September 12, 1989 - May 20, 1993
Double Major: German Literature and College of Letters

Qualifications

See resume for festival and contest awards
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2024
Film Producing
February 2, 2002 - July 31, 2026
Produce for Cultural Animal and clients.
NLE Film Editing
July 1, 1997 - July 31, 2026
See resume for examples of projects and clients. Most recently have cut short narrative and TV pilots.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services