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.…

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. 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.…

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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. 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.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Producer | Director | Editor at CSB Legend LLC
January 1, 2020 - Present
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 at Envisiant, Inc.
August 1, 2007 - September 18, 2015
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 at Freelance – Various Real Estate Companies
March 1, 2006 - November 15, 2015
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 at Totality Films LLC
January 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008
Produced, directed and edited 4 feature-length films for direct-to-DVD sales at major North America retailers including Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target, as well as SVOD streaming on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon: Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (2008), starring screen legend Mickey Rooney. Pirate Kids II: The Search for the Silver Skull (2006), Nightmare at the Fear Factory (2005), Pirate Kids: Blackbeard's Lost Treasure (2004).

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking
September 16, 1996 - May 20, 2000
Dual Concentration in Directing & Editing

Qualifications

WINNER - Best Feature Film - "Bloodspawn"
November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024
Grindhouse Planet Film Festival 2024
WINNER - Best Narrative Feature Film - "Bloodspawn"
May 3, 2025 - May 3, 2025
Gallup Film Festival
RECIPIENT - Seal of Approval - "Pirate Kids: Blackbeard's Lost Treasure"
September 1, 2004 - September 1, 2004
DOVE Foundation
WINNER - Best Family Feature Film - "Pirate Kids: Blackbeard's Lost Treasure"
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2005
Southern Forum Film Festival
WINNER - TOP PRIZE - Excellence in Filmmaking Award -"Flowers & Freckle Cream"
November 11, 2000 - November 11, 2000
Angelus Awards Student Film Festival

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Real Estate & Construction