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Paul Montez McDade

Assistant Editor

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Christina Aguilera documentary
Christina Aguilera documentary
Documentary Assistant Editor to Ting Poo Year(s): 04/2025 - 01/2026 Mazu Films Producer(s): Jenny Turner Director(s): Ting Poo
Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal
TV Series Assistant Editor to Travis Sittard Season(s): 2 Sony Producer(s): Michael Jonathan Smith Director(s): Philip Sgriccia, Bill Benz and Bertie Ellwood
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Documentary First Assistant Editor Artists Equity
Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal
TV Series Assistant Editor to Travis Sittard Season(s): Season 1 Sony
Fear The Night
Fear The Night
Feature First Assistant Editor Director(s): Neil LaBute
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Wire Room
Wire Room
Feature Assistant Editor to Chris Patterson Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films Producer(s): Randall Emmett Director(s): Matt Eskandari
Deadlock
Deadlock
Feature Edited by Buffalo8 Producer(s): Jonathan Sheldon Director(s): Jared Cohn
Cosmic Sin
Cosmic Sin
Feature Assistant Editor Year(s): 2020 Saban Films Producer(s): Corey Large, David Gendron, Matthew Helderman Director(s): Edward Drake Crew: Justin Williams
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Hard Kill
Hard Kill
Feature Assistant Editor Year(s): 2020 EFO Films Producer(s): Randall Emmett, George Furla Director(s): Matt Eskandari Crew: RJ Cooper
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The Education of a Negro
The Education of a Negro
Feature Editor Year(s): 2019 Hartsco Producer(s): Ryan Culver Director(s): Ryan Culver Crew: Paul McDade
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Uncensored with Michael Ware
Uncensored with Michael Ware
Documentary Assistant Editor Year(s): 2017 Film 45 Producer(s): Justine A. Rosenthal, Peter Berg, Michael Ware, Natalie Kottke-Masocco Crew: Dan Wolfmeyer, Michael Courtney, Martin Biehn
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The Phoenix Incident
The Phoenix Incident
Feature Additional Editor Year(s): 2016 PCB Productions Producer(s): Adam Lawson Director(s): Keith Arem Crew: Howard E. Smith, Corey Brosius, Paul Covington
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CinéFashion Film Awards 2017
CinéFashion Film Awards 2017
TV Special/Award Assistant Editor Year(s): 2017 Cinémoi Crew: Rebecca Runze
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Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Documentary Associate Editor Year(s): 2015 CMT Productions, ten100 Productions Producer(s): John Dorsey, Paul Dzilvelis, Chapin Wilson, S.R. Bindler Director(s): John Dorsey Crew: Brian Giberson, Brian Johnson
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American Ninja Warrior
American Ninja Warrior
Non-scripted/Reality Assistant Editor Year(s): 2015 - 2019 Season(s): Seasons 7 - 11 NBC, A. Smith & Co. Productions Crew: Nick Gagnon, Jonathan Provost, Michael Kalbron, Mary DeChambres, Martin Singer
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Employment History

Assistant Editor - American Ninja Warrior
A. Smith & Co. Productions

Employment Period

1 Year 5 Months

Assistant Editor to Brian Johnson, Brian Giberson
ten100/CMT - Ballad of the Urban Cowboy doc.

Employment Period

7 Months

Notes

Associate Editor: Cutting sections of Acts, mortise credit bed, and most stringouts for Editors Brian Johnson and Brian Giberson and producers S.R. Bindler and John Dorsey; picking music, images, broll, researching.

Assistant Editor to Paul Covington, Corey Brosius
PCB Productions - Feature Phoenix Incident

Employment Period

5 Months

Assistant Editor to Howard E. Smith A.C.E
PCB Productions - Pre-viz Feature Phoenix Incident

Employment Period

5 Months

Crew

Keith Arem

Notes

Assistant Editor to Howard E. Smith A.C.E - Using Avid using Red Scarlet Files&SI2k for Pre-Viz cut and feature film. Cut 5 scenes for Howard Smith.

Lead Assistant Editor-Megalodon, Bring It, +
Pilgrim Studios/Discovery

Employment Period

1 Year 2 Months

Lead Assistant Editor - Freakshow Season 1
AMC/Endemol

Employment Period

4 Months

Crew

Hoot Maynard
Paul Dzivelis

Notes

Updating/organizing projects. Forward night duties to night AE. Unity Management. In Point/Aux/MultiGrouping. Transferring 1d/5d footage. Aiding editors. Helping producers tweak/cut scenes/deleted scenes. Using some Magic Bullet effects.
Cut Deleted Scene for Episode 105. Wrapping out show_offline deliverables. AVID

Lead Assistant Editor - Jesse James, 2 more series
Pilgrim Studios

Employment Period

10 Months

Notes

Jesse James Outlaw Garage; World's Wildest Police Videos; Serial Killer Earth
Setting up projects. Cutting SFX and Music into all cuts from outside SFX designer Ugo and Composer James both for source Clement Music Recutting in new GFX and cutting in new broll. Importing, Grouping, Diging, Labeling, sorting. Double checking zeroed out frames at end/start of each act, formatting Locks, Outputs,Unity maintenance. Wrapped out/Backed up show from Unity.

Assistant Editor on American Chopper Live
Pilgrim Studios

Employment Period

11/1/2011 - 12/20/2011

Notes

Night Assistant Editor. Multicam Grouping (3 cameras & Back up Audio). Diging, Labeling, sorting.

Assistant Editor - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC/Lock & Key Productions

Employment Period

3 Months

Crew

Hoot Maynard

Notes

Cut various sequences for ABC.com/EMHE publicity, Timing sheets per Lock cut. Grouping, music cues, product green locators, digital deliveries, various sequences (ex deleted scenes for ABC.com ). AAFs. Shutting down the Avid Unity when needed. SEASON 9

Lead Assistant Editor: Forever Young and 2 pilots
3Ball

Employment Period

4 Months

Notes

Lead AE, cut credit bed, helped story, found SFX for editors, bay maintenance, regrouped old groups. Diged Pickups/labeled.Made AVID projects for Pilot, Diged, Grouped, Outputs to DVD/Uploading to Servers. Built Graphic Lower Thirds for editor Carter Carter. Audio Passes on stages of cuts. Uprezing. Outputs to DVD/Uploading Servers.

NIght Lead Assistant Editor - EMHE
ABC/Lock & Key Productions

Employment Period

1 Year 9 Months

Crew

Hoot Maynard

Notes

Night Lead Assistant Editor. Cut various sequences for ABC.com/EMHE publicity, plus one for episode (S7) and montage for episode 802, digitize, XD, digi-beta, etc. Grouping, music cues, product green locators, digital deliveries, various sequences (ex deleted scenes for ABC.com ). Shutting down the Avid Unity when needed. SEASON 7 & SEASON 8

Assistant Editor - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC/Lock & Key Productions

Employment Period

2 Years 1 Month

Crew

Hoot Maynard

Notes

Assistant Editor. Cut various sequences for ABC.com, digitized XD, digi-beta, mini-dv, etc. from the field. Grouping, music cues, product green locators, digital deliveries, various sequences (ex deleted scenes for ABC.com )SEASON 6 & SEASON 7

Vault Librarian
ABC/Lock & Key Productions

Employment Period

1 Year

Crew

Hoot Maynard

Notes

Post Production Assistant. Ran tapes to post houses. Delivered locked cuts for airing.
Made lunch orders for editors and stocked fridges. Library assistant: made dubs for assistant editors, compiled interviews and storynotes for editors and producers. Video Logger for last 3 – 4 months of season.

short film director local applicant
Saul Barela Productions

Employment Period

0 Months

Crew

Richard Moskal
Chicago Film Office

Notes

I shot, edited and submitted short film to Chicago Film Office - summer Film Festival contest. I was one of the winners, and iCubed made a 35mm print of my film, and the legendary Chicago projectionist James Bond (Ebert's favorite) projected my movie to a massive audience in Oak Park.

field camera operator
Jenny Jones Show

Employment Period

7/20/2002 - 8/1/2002

Crew

Wendy Hildebrande

Notes

freelanced as field camera operator: lit and taped guest testimonials and b-roll.

Camera operator/editor
Summit MultiMedia Productions

Employment Period

4 Years

Crew

Angela Parks

Notes

Worked as one of the primary cameramen for an independently run company. Filmed weekly Re/Max Showcase of Homes and Rise Tour of Homes, local commercials, legal videos and capital campaign fundraisers. Edited footage for airplay - operated the lighting and sound equipment.

Associate Producer/sound/editor
WAAY-TV [ABC] Huntsville, AL

Employment Period

1 Year

Crew

Lew Koch

Notes

Edited video and scripted copy on mini-profiles. Associate Producer. Completed rundown for the program and edited video feeds from the national network. Operated Chyron editor and audio board. Studio Camera, telelprompter and tape operator for six a.m. newscast.

Sound Editor
Gregg Araki

Employment Period

2 Months

Notes

Worked as an apprentice to Gregg Araki and performed post-production audio editing on his 16mm feature film Totally F***ed Up

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