Resume

Matt Brookens

I'm a creative and quick lead video editor. I’ve edited, & produced a big variety of content and love making original projects! My work has won awards at many film festivals & has amassed over 120 million views online.

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Skills

  • Editing! Specialize in comedy and engagement.
  • Premiere, AVID, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, FCP 7 & X, DSLR Photo/Video
  • Proficient in delivering laughs, giggles and/or titters.
  • Practiced in narrative comedy, sketch, screwball, satire, broad comedy & funny interviews.
  • Experienced in title & sound design.
  • Experienced writer/director.

Experience

Video Editor
CBS
Los Angeles, California
December 2018 - Present
Edit and produce content supporting CBS programming including behind the scenes, interviews, and social media content
Co-Founder
Questfire Productions
Los Angeles, California
March 2018 - Present
One stop shop for video production and post. Clients include LionsGate and subsidiaries, LOL! Network and Pilgrim Media, Skybound Entertainment, Sinclair, various comedy troops, USDA, Virgin Records, HopLite Entertainment, Springfield Films, Boulder Creek Stone, Brookens Wood Floors, UCLA and the Prem Rawat Foundation.

Television

Promo/Longform Content Marketing for Primetime 2018-20
EDITOR
CBS
(Evil, Criminal Minds, Elementary, The Unicorn, God Friended Me, Instinct, Blue Bloods, Bob Hearts Abishola)
Secrets of the Garden - TV Movie Documentary 2019
EDITOR
National Geographic
SEX_X - Comedy Sex-Themed Talk Show Pilot 2019
EDITOR
Pilgrim Media
Claws Season 2 Trailers 2018
EDITOR, PRODUCER
TNT/Revolve Agency
Parker Plays – Scripted Comedy 4 Eps + Promos 2017
LEAD EDITOR
Disney XD
Fierce Traveler – Comedy Travel /Reality 4 Eps 2016-17
LEAD EDITOR, PRODUCER
WagTV
Be the Boss – Comedy Commercial 2015
DIRECTOR, WRITER, EDITOR
Doritos
Far East Feast – Comedy Reality 6 Eps 2015
EDITOR
Hoplite Ent. / Food Network
Chop Chop – Cooking Fun 6 Eps 2015
EDITOR, PRODUCER
USDA / Food Network
Peace is Inevitable – Doc 2015
EDITOR
Discovery Latin America
Musicians Institute – Various Commercials 2014-15
DIRECTOR, EDITOR
Time Warner

Streaming

Quizney - variety gameshow w/ animation for mobile- 2019
EDITOR
Disney
Grindstone Workshop- Comedy Cosplay Show
EDITOR, PRODUCER
Skybound Entertainment
Comedy Game Show: The Games We Play 2017-18
EDITOR
Pilgrim Media
Daily Internet ComedyKevin Hart’s LOL! Network 2017
PRODUCER, EDITOR
Lionsgate
Daily Internet Comedy (Over 122 videos) 2016-17
LEAD EDITOR, PRODUCER
Circa
Eat a Baby -Comedy Sketch 2015
PRODUCER, EDITOR
Funny or Die
Music Editorial, Lessons, Demos (42 Shorts) 2014-15
PRODUCER, EDITOR
Musicians Institute
Music Editorial, Demo, Interview (62 Shorts) 2009-14
PRODUCER, EDITOR
Guitar Center
Guitar Party Nightmare – Sketch Comedy 2011
DIRECTOR, WRITER, EDITOR
Funny or Die

Education

Columbia College Chicago
Bachelor of Arts – Film
Chicago, Illinois
1999
Upright Citizens Brigade
Improv & Sketch
Los Angeles
Activities: Miles Stroth Comedy Workshop. Power of the Pitch (Writer’s Store)