David Rotan

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Creative and detail-oriented Video Editor & Post-Production Specialist with a wide range of professional experience in film, broadcast, and digital media.

About

Creative and detail-oriented Video Editor & Post-Production Specialist with a wide range of professional experience in film, broadcast, and digital media. Skilled in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, especially Premiere Pro, with proven expertise in storytelling, pacing, color grading, and sound design. Recognized with multiple festival awards for narrative feature films. Passionate about transforming raw footage into polished visual stories that connect with audiences across platforms, from feature films to YouTube and social media shorts.

  • Joined September 2025

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Professional Services
  • Real Estate & Construction

Projects · 1

YouTube link to my playlist of just a few of the many corporate, commercial, web and social media videos that I have produced, directed, edited and shot: https://www.twine.net/signin

YouTube link to my playlist of trailers and promo videos, all of which I personally edited, for the narrative film projects I have produced, directed, and edited: https://www.twine.net/signin

  • Creative Director
  • Creative Producer
  • Video Editor
  • +1

Work experience· 4 roles

Producer | Director | Editor · CSB Legend LLCJan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

Co-creator and editor of BLOODSPAWN, an International award-winning creature feature motion picture currently streaming worldwide on major streaming platforms such as Tubi. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro. Also edited multiple trailers, ads, and promotional videos for the movie, formatted for various platforms. • WINNER: Best Narrative Feature Film, Gallup Film Festival, 2025 • WINNER: Best Feature, Grindhouse Planet Film Festival, 2024

Production Manager | Editor | Post-Prod. Supervisor · Envisiant, Inc.Aug 2007 – Sep 2015 · 8 yrs 2 mos

Led a team of up to 8 employees and contractors creating and editing all in-house productions of premium lifestyle-focused video content for web syndication (including YouTube) and broadcast news. Personally edited thousands of web-based shortform how-to instructional, DIY, advice, and informational videos for major clients including AKC, USDA, Bayer, US News, Sodexo, Nioxin, and many more.

Producer | Director | Editor · Freelance – Various Real Estate CompaniesMar 2006 – Nov 2015 · 9 yrs 9 mos

Produced, shot, directed, and edited multiple engaging promotional web/YouTube videos for real estate agents, brokerages, and developers in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, showcasing individual properties and residential developments as well as highlighting regional attractions and lifestyle features.

Producer | Director | Editor · Totality Films LLCJan 2004 – Jun 2008 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts · University of North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking1996 – 2000

Dual Concentration in Directing & Editing

Certifications and awards· 5

WINNER - Best Feature Film - "Bloodspawn"2024

Grindhouse Planet Film Festival 2024

WINNER - Best Narrative Feature Film - "Bloodspawn"2025

Gallup Film Festival

RECIPIENT - Seal of Approval - "Pirate Kids: Blackbeard's Lost Treasure"2004

DOVE Foundation

WINNER - Best Family Feature Film - "Pirate Kids: Blackbeard's Lost Treasure"2005

Southern Forum Film Festival

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