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I'm a documentary video editor and story producer with 5+ years of experience crafting documentary-style storytelling, testimonial videos, and interview-driven content for digital platforms. I excel at shaping unscripted footage into engaging narratives with a focus on pacing, emotional beats, sound design, and cinematic storytelling. I have a strong background editing documentary-style interviews, branded storytelling, and emotionally driven social content, and I’m comfortable managing projects from raw footage review through final YouTube-ready delivery.\n\nI've produced 200+ videos across branded content, interviews, and documentary storytelling, built post-production workflows that reduce editing turnaround time by about 5 hours per project, and generated roughly $350K in production revenue through independent studio operations. My projects span international shoots—like a Kyrgyzstan documentary where I led field production as a lean one-person crew—and Kickstarter campaigns, including assets that helped raise $47K.…I'm a documentary video editor and story producer with 5+ years of experience crafting documentary-style storytelling, testimonial videos, and interview-driven content for digital platforms. I excel at shaping unscripted footage into engaging narratives with a focus on pacing, emotional beats, sound design, and cinematic storytelling. I have a strong background editing documentary-style interviews, branded storytelling, and emotionally driven social content, and I’m comfortable managing projects from raw footage review through final YouTube-ready delivery.\n\nI've produced 200+ videos across branded content, interviews, and documentary storytelling, built post-production workflows that reduce editing turnaround time by about 5 hours per project, and generated roughly $350K in production revenue through independent studio operations. My projects span international shoots—like a Kyrgyzstan documentary where I led field production as a lean one-person crew—and Kickstarter campaigns, including assets that helped raise $47K.

James Gocke

Video Editor, Cinematographer, Director of Photography, +2

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I'm a documentary video editor and story producer with 5+ years of experience crafting documentary-style storytelling, testimonial videos, and interview-driven content for digital platforms. I excel at shaping unscripted footage into engaging narratives with a focus on pacing, emotional beats, sound design, and cinematic storytelling. I have a strong background editing documentary-style interviews, branded storytelling, and emotionally driven social content, and I’m comfortable managing projects from raw footage review through final YouTube-ready delivery.\n\nI've produced 200+ videos across branded content, interviews, and documentary storytelling, built post-production workflows that reduce editing turnaround time by about 5 hours per project, and generated roughly $350K in production revenue through independent studio operations. My projects span international shoots—like a Kyrgyzstan documentary where I led field production as a lean one-person crew—and Kickstarter campaigns, including assets that helped raise $47K.…I'm a documentary video editor and story producer with 5+ years of experience crafting documentary-style storytelling, testimonial videos, and interview-driven content for digital platforms. I excel at shaping unscripted footage into engaging narratives with a focus on pacing, emotional beats, sound design, and cinematic storytelling. I have a strong background editing documentary-style interviews, branded storytelling, and emotionally driven social content, and I’m comfortable managing projects from raw footage review through final YouTube-ready delivery.\n\nI've produced 200+ videos across branded content, interviews, and documentary storytelling, built post-production workflows that reduce editing turnaround time by about 5 hours per project, and generated roughly $350K in production revenue through independent studio operations. My projects span international shoots—like a Kyrgyzstan documentary where I led field production as a lean one-person crew—and Kickstarter campaigns, including assets that helped raise $47K.

Available to hire

I’m a documentary video editor and story producer with 5+ years of experience crafting documentary-style storytelling, testimonial videos, and interview-driven content for digital platforms. I excel at shaping unscripted footage into engaging narratives with a focus on pacing, emotional beats, sound design, and cinematic storytelling. I have a strong background editing documentary-style interviews, branded storytelling, and emotionally driven social content, and I’m comfortable managing projects from raw footage review through final YouTube-ready delivery.\n\nI’ve produced 200+ videos across branded content, interviews, and documentary storytelling, built post-production workflows that reduce editing turnaround time by about 5 hours per project, and generated roughly $350K in production revenue through independent studio operations. My projects span international shoots—like a Kyrgyzstan documentary where I led field production as a lean one-person crew—and Kickstarter campaigns, including assets that helped raise $47K.

Skills

Adobe Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro X

Experience Level

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

Final Cut Pro X

Expert

Work Experience

Founder & Lead Video Producer / Editor at J. Gocke

January 1, 2020 - Present

Edit documentary-style, interview-driven, and branded storytelling content across long-form and digital projects. Review and organize raw interview footage, identifying emotional beats, narrative arcs, and editorial storylines. Shape unscripted footage into engaging testimonial and narrative-driven edits optimized for digital audiences. Manage full post-production pipeline including editing, color grading, sound design, captions, and delivery. Create rough assemblies, selects, and string-outs to support collaborative review and revision workflows. Produce and edit 200+ videos across branded content, interviews, and documentary storytelling. Built post-production workflows reducing editing turnaround time by approximately 5 hours per project. Generated approximately $350K in production revenue through independent studio operations.