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Hi, I’m Elliot Worth Ortega. I’m a film editor, archivist, and writer with a passion for telling stories through documentary footage and graphic storytelling. I specialize in archival-heavy projects, crafting clear narratives, and delivering polished work for broadcast and streaming. I trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and began as a freelance editor while building a workflow around log-keeping, metadata, and efficient post-production. Based in New York, I collaborate closely with editors, researchers, and producers to deliver timely, editorially sharp content.…Hi, I’m Elliot Worth Ortega. I’m a film editor, archivist, and writer with a passion for telling stories through documentary footage and graphic storytelling. I specialize in archival-heavy projects, crafting clear narratives, and delivering polished work for broadcast and streaming. I trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and began as a freelance editor while building a workflow around log-keeping, metadata, and efficient post-production. Based in New York, I collaborate closely with editors, researchers, and producers to deliver timely, editorially sharp content.

Elliot Worth Ortega

Assistant Editor, Film Director, Storyboard Artist, +5

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Hi, I’m Elliot Worth Ortega. I’m a film editor, archivist, and writer with a passion for telling stories through documentary footage and graphic storytelling. I specialize in archival-heavy projects, crafting clear narratives, and delivering polished work for broadcast and streaming. I trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and began as a freelance editor while building a workflow around log-keeping, metadata, and efficient post-production. Based in New York, I collaborate closely with editors, researchers, and producers to deliver timely, editorially sharp content.…Hi, I’m Elliot Worth Ortega. I’m a film editor, archivist, and writer with a passion for telling stories through documentary footage and graphic storytelling. I specialize in archival-heavy projects, crafting clear narratives, and delivering polished work for broadcast and streaming. I trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and began as a freelance editor while building a workflow around log-keeping, metadata, and efficient post-production. Based in New York, I collaborate closely with editors, researchers, and producers to deliver timely, editorially sharp content.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Elliot Worth Ortega. I’m a film editor, archivist, and writer with a passion for telling stories through documentary footage and graphic storytelling. I specialize in archival-heavy projects, crafting clear narratives, and delivering polished work for broadcast and streaming.
I trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and began as a freelance editor while building a workflow around log-keeping, metadata, and efficient post-production. Based in New York, I collaborate closely with editors, researchers, and producers to deliver timely, editorially sharp content.

Skills

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Final Cut Pro X

Adobe Illustrator

Experience Level

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

Adobe After Effects

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

French

Advanced

Spanish; Castilian

Fluent

Work Experience

Assistant Editor / Editor at Freelance

January 1, 2015 - Present

Organized and maintained Premiere Pro projects for short-form, feature-length and documentary work; managed media ingestion, folder structures, proxies, relinking, versioning, and project cleanup; assisted lead editors in preparing stringouts, selects, and timelines; maintained metadata and ensured editor-ready assets; supported fast revision cycles for broadcast clients.

In-House Assistant Editor at MCM Creative Studios

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016

In-house assistant editor for commercial and documentary projects; organized Premiere projects; assisted on sizzler reels; managed footage from guerrilla-style shoots, podcasts, and interviews; ensured smooth handoffs between production, post and clients.

Assistant Cult Warhol Director at Paul Morrissey

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016

Assistant Cult Warhol director during the remastering of his 1981 feature Madame Wang’s; supported post-production workflows, color grading sessions and asset revisions.

Logger / Researcher at Sixty Six Media, Inc.

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Worked closely with editorial and post-production teams on archival-heavy documentary series; organized and tracked large volumes of archival footage, ensuring accurate metadata and editor-ready assets; coordinated between research, legal, and editorial to keep footage clear, logged, and accessible; maintained detailed tracking documents and supported editors under tight broadcast deadlines.

Assistant Editor / Editor at Little Monster Films

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025

Logged and sourced extensive documentary footage for Oscar-winning filmmaker Jimmy Chin’s feature-length project Lost in the Amazon; maintained structured logging systems to ensure footage usability for editors; organized material thematically and chronologically; assisted editors and supported post-production workflows.