With over a decade of experience in the world of high-pressure, tight-deadline editing, Oren has honed his skills to always exceed expectations from the first cut.
His signature editing style has been described as seamless, edgy, smooth and above all, fast.
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel in the late 1970's, Oren was making short films on VHS with his classmates since grade school. He cut his teeth on Moviolas and Steenbecks, slicing and splicing together celluloid film. Although his work is now in the digital realm, it's still influenced by his experience in a world without an "undo" button.
Coming off an Emmy win last year, Oren continues to edit and create for television, film, the Internet and the corporate world. Through his company's association with Chainsaw Editorial, Oren has edited numerous award-winning network and cable show, Including American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, AFI Awards and many more.
Awards:
EMMY AWARD WINNER - Outstanding Picture Editing (American Idol, 2008)
SEVEN EMMY NOMINATIONS - Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming (2006, 2007,2008,2010) Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing For A Series (2007)
Editing Work:
(in chronological order starting with most recent):
"Surviving the Cut"
Currently editing entire season.
Producers: Bobby Williams and Al Edgington | Discovery
"American Idol - Season 9"
Edited entire season.
Producers: Ken Warwick | Fox
"Thunder Road" (pilot)
Edited complete pilot episode.
Producers: Al Edgington and Robert Williams | History
"American Idol - Season 8"
"Hole in the Wall"
Edited sizzle reel as well as entire season.
Producers: Stuart Krasnow, Kevin Williams | Fox
"American Idol - Season 7"
Edited entire season including complete 2-hour Dallas episode, complete San Diego episode, complete Atlanta episode, Hollywood Week episode and over 100 roll-in packages during studio portion of the show.
Producers: Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick | Fox
"America's Best Dance Crew - Behind the Moves"
Edited first episode.
Producers: Randy Jackson | MTV
"AFI Life Achievement Award - A Tribute to Warren Beatty"
Edited show open and teases
Producers: Louis J. Horvitz | USA
"Ad Fight" (pilot)
Edited entire episode.
Producers: Al Edgington | Oxygen
"2007 MTV Video Music Awards"
Edited show open and performances.
Producers: Jane Mun | MTV
"American Idol - Season 6"
"Celebrity Duets"
Edited packages for every episode. Heavy Sapphire and other effects used.
Producers: Arthur Smith, Simon Cowell, Michael Levitt, Kent Weed | Fox
"So You Think You Can Dance - Season 2"
Edited numerous packages and episodes, as well as 11-camera multicam stage performances.
Producers: Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick| | Fox
"American Idol - Season 5"
Edited two complete episodes (San-Francisco auditions, Hollywood Week #1) plus packages for every episode in the season. Also edited 11-camera multicam stage performances, and teases.
"78th Annual Academy Awards - UK Highlights"
Very fast turnaround to meet an early morning satellite feed deadline.
Producer: Cecilia Ballesteros | Sky
"So You Think You Can Dance? Season 1"
Edited numerous packages as well as 9-camera multicam stage performances.
"Laguna Beach Back to the Beach Special"
Edited episode special.
Producers: Adam Divello and Krissy Freeman | MTV
"Soccer Moms" (pilot)
Edited pilot along with another editor.
Producer: Sally Ann Salsano | GRB Entertainment
"The Hollywood Show" (pilot)
Edited part of this pilot.
Producers: Brian Unger and Heidi Clements | Comedy Central
"Fans"
Edited series of On-Air promotional bites for NFL Networks' On-Demand service.
Producer: Kevin Balluff | NFL
Selected shows edited at G4 Network (May 2003 November 2005):
"X-Play" Highest-rated show on the network.
"G4TV.com" Edited entire season. Very fast turnaround.
Education
* B.A. in Film Studies, May 1999.
Bard College, Annandale, NY
Grade Point Average: 3.86
Special Skills
* Computer Avid Media Composer, Sapphire FX, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office. Experience on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
* Languages Fluent English, French, and Hebrew.
References available upon request.
Oren Castro Resume
www.wix.com
