Photo editor & publicist with 15+ years in film and television, specializing in film stills management—from selection and finishing/retouching to approvals for high-profile publicity campaigns. I’m detail-oriented and collaborative, ensuring assets are aligned to story and finishing look across print and digital uses. I’ve supported major studio publicity workflows, pulling key set stills from VFX/DI, tracking legal/talent approvals, and coordinating with unit photographers and publicists to capture the right imagery during production. I also bring strong organizational skills and an active interest in generative AI tools to enhance creative workflows.

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Photo editor & publicist with 15+ years in film and television, specializing in film stills management—from selection and finishing/retouching to approvals for high-profile publicity campaigns. I’m detail-oriented and collaborative, ensuring assets are aligned to story and finishing look across print and digital uses. I’ve supported major studio publicity workflows, pulling key set stills from VFX/DI, tracking legal/talent approvals, and coordinating with unit photographers and publicists to capture the right imagery during production. I also bring strong organizational skills and an active interest in generative AI tools to enhance creative workflows.

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Photo editor & publicist with 15+ years in film and television, specializing in film stills management—from selection and finishing/retouching to approvals for high-profile publicity campaigns. I’m detail-oriented and collaborative, ensuring assets are aligned to story and finishing look across print and digital uses.

I’ve supported major studio publicity workflows, pulling key set stills from VFX/DI, tracking legal/talent approvals, and coordinating with unit photographers and publicists to capture the right imagery during production. I also bring strong organizational skills and an active interest in generative AI tools to enhance creative workflows.

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Work Experience

Sr. Photo Publicist & Editor at Walt Disney Studios - Marvel Studios
July 1, 2008 - June 1, 2026
Made photo select edits of unit stills photography on major film and streaming television campaigns for Marvel Studios and other Disney branded titles for 15+ years, creating key sets for publicity, marketing, franchise, and other company lines of business. Pulled frames for key set stills from VFX and finish DI for marketing and franchise campaign and product uses. Managed filmmaker, legal, and talent approvals for all film stills; tracked legal and finishing retouch notes and edited stills from RAW to finish retouch files for print and online usages, with familiarity of licensing processes with image agencies and legal departments. Coordinated with union photo labs, unit photographers, and unit publicists to ensure proper photo asset coverage during production. Worked with pre-production/production/post teams to obtain access to scripts, VFX finishes, and reference materials to match final looks and support story.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture at Michigan State University - East Lansing
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2004
Bachelor of Fine Art, Film at Columbia College Chicago
September 1, 2003 - June 1, 2006
Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture at Michigan State University
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Bachelor of Fine Art, Film at Columbia College Chicago
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026

Qualifications

Website of Personal Photo Editing, Finishing, Photo Production Work Samples
January 1, 2012 - August 3, 2026
www.jasonpatrickdunne.com

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
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    Photo Editor Film/Series Resume

    JASON DUNNE
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    ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    Was the photo editor on a majority of Marvel Studios films from 2012 to 2026 with a global box office totaling over $24B, a hugely successful franchise of titles. Also have worked on some Star Wars, Disney Live Action, Disneynature, Pixar & WDAS films over my career in the industry as well. Very proud to have played a small part in that history doing something I truly love while delivering high-quality photo assets that were used in a multitude of ways, across all types of media on a global reach.

    • Part of team that managed filmmaker, legal, talent approvals for all film stills. Tracked legal and finishing retouch notes and edited all stills from RAW to finish retouch files for print and online usages. Familiarity with licensing process for imagery with various image agencies and legal departments.

    • Worked with union photo labs, unit photographers and unit publicists through the course of campaigns to ensure the proper, needed array of photo assets were being captured during production. Experience in the archival of years of film, show photography assets and researching imagery from old films archived or editorial stock agencies when needs arose.

    • Created relationships with different pre-production, production and post-production teams to gain access to script, VFX finishes & reference materials to better assist in the photo editing and photo finishing processes to best tell the story and match finish looks for the shows.

    SKILLS

    • Photo editing & finishing. Strategic planning from script read to end of production for unit film stills being shot and the post production process
    • Marketing & Publicity promotional campaign experience
    • Media relations, dealing with talent publicists & publicity teams
    • Press materials knowledge & development
    • Skilled in Photoshop, Bridge, Microsoft Office; Familiar and have used a variety of DAM systems used in the photo industry.
    • Excellent verbal, written communication & organizational skills
    • Teamwork and collaboration, Time management & attention to detail
    • Creative thinking with thought to selection and finishing of imagery that captures the story of film/show being made and providing such assets for the franchise & marketing campaigns
    • Self-motivation, multitasking abilities & task prioritization
    • Consistent trustworthiness & quality control
    • Generative AI Toolkit: Extensive working experience in Photoshop & Bridge. Generative AI tool use skills within Adobe, Midjourney, Runway, ChatGPT, Suno. Keen interest in learning and expanding my skills in this area of creative & workflow tools.
    Photo Editor & Publicist on Film/Series

    Sr. Photo Editor and Publicist for Marvel, Disney, 20th Century film and series titles I worked as Sr. Photo Editor/Publicist on, where I made the selects of all unit or editorial photography for the titles, oversaw the workflow of talent, filmmaker, legal, creative approvals and clearances, finishing of the images from RAW to processed, adjusted, color correction, intermediate retouching or sourcing retouchers for complex composites, graphic finishes, or timely and large quantities of photography for multiple projects occurring. So that lead to my experience to my project management skills for the image workflow, working with labs, creatives, photographers, retouchers, art directors, producers for photoshoots, talent publicists for photo approvals and personalized retouching requests. Providing quality high rez imagery shot by world class entertainment photographers and ensuring the QC and final looks of image assets were always the best possible whether unit photography, unit mixed with VFX elements in composite needs, or pulling high Rez frames from finished VFX film and show footage to utilize for marketing and social feeds, franchise, publishing, editorial publicity placements. All having varying needs, specs and deadlines.

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    Photo Editor Film/Series Credit List

    • 2026 – Avengers: Doomsday
    • 2026 – Daredevil: Born Again (Season 2)
    • 2026 – Wonder Man
    • 2025 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps
    • 2025 – Marvel Zombies
    • 2025 – Daredevil: Born Again (Season 1)
    • 2024 – Deadpool & Wolverine
    • 2023 – What If…? (Season 2)
    • 2023 – The Marvels
    • 2023 – Loki (Season 2)
    • 2023 – Secret Invasion
    • 2023 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    • 2022 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    • 2022 – Thor: Love and Thunder
    • 2022 – No Exit
    • 2022 – She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
    • 2022 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    • 2022 – Ms. Marvel
    • 2022 – Moon Knight
    • 2021 – Eternals
    • 2021 – Hawkeye
    • 2021 – Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    • 2021 – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    • 2021 – Ron’s Gone Wrong
    • 2021 – What If…? (Season 1)
    • 2021 – Loki (Season 1)
    • 2021 – Black Widow
    • 2021 – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
    • 2021 – WandaVision
    • 2020 - Safety
    • 2020 – Godmothered
    • 2020 - Mulan
    • 2020 – The One and Only Ivan
    • 2020 - Stargirl
    • 2019 – Avengers: Endgame
    • 2019 - Togo
    • 2019 - Noelle
    • 2019 – Captain Marvel
    • 2018 – Ant-Man and the Wasp
    • 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War
    • 2018 – Black Panther
    • 2017 – Thor: Ragnarok
    • 2017 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    • 2016 – Doctor Strange
    • 2016 – Captain America: Civil War
    • 2015 - Tomorrowland
    • 2015 – Ant-Man
    • 2015 – Disneynature: Monkey Kingdom
    • 2015 – McFarland, USA
    • 2015 – Avengers: Age of Ultron
    • 2014 – Guardians of the Galaxy
    • 2014 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    • 2014 – Disneynature: Bears
    • 2013 – Thor: The Dark World
    • 2013 – Disneynature: Wings of Life
    • 2013 – Iron Man 3
    • 2012 – John Carter
    • 2012 – The Avengers
    • 2011 – Disneynature: African Cats
    • 2010 – Disneynature: The Crimson Wing
    • 2010 – Disneynature: Oceans