Speakers

Nick Harauz

Nick Harauz is a Director of Product Marketing at Boris FX. With over 19 years of experience as a certified trainer for Adobe, Avid, and Final Cut Pro, he is an expert in post-production workflows and techniques, as well as a passionate advocate for creativity, post production and innovation. You can find several courses produced by Nick directly on Linkedin Learning. At Boris FX, Harauz helps lead the content marketing strategy and execution for Continuum, the award-winning suite of plug-ins for editors and motion graphics artists. He also speaks on creativity and is writing his second book Finding Creativity in Uncertain Times. Harauz has worked as an editor and motion graphics artist for clients such as Proctor and Gamble, Virgin Mobile, and Blackberry. He has also directed and filmed celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Richard Branson, and co-edited the documentary My Father and the Man in Black.

Mark Spencer

Mark Spencer is a creative partner of Ripple Training, where he has trained thousands of people on production and post-production techniques through classes, workshops, YouTube videos, and online training products. He is also a bay-area based producer, editor, teacher and writer.

Iain Anderson

Iain Anderson is a trainer and freelance editor based in Brisbane, Australia. Among other things, Iain is the author of Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing, an Apple Certified Trainer in Final Cut Pro, a lead trainer for macProVideo.com, the creator of the Annotator tools on FxFactory, a tutorial creator for coremelt.com, a videographer, an editor, an animator, a writer, a designer, and occasionally a coder of Apple Watch and iPad apps. In the past he’s created animations and live videos for Microsoft, virtual islands in Second Life for government, and screensavers for fun.

Steve Martin

Steve Martin is the creative force behind Ripple Training and has been using and teaching Final Cut Pro since 1999. Since Final Cut Pro’s introduction, he has introduced thousands of people to Final Cut Pro through his classes, workshops, YouTube videos and training products. He has consulted and/or trained for Apple, Adobe, Disney, Canon, Walmart and other companies. He is also a writer, producer and avid photographer

Jeff Greenberg

Jeff I. Greenberg has over two decades of experience as a Post-Production consultant and Master Instructor (trainer for other trainers) for Adobe, Apple, Avid and Black Magic Designs, specializing in the areas of editorial, workflow, compositing, sound, color grading and compression.

He’s the Owner of J Greenberg Consulting and for a decade was the Principal Instructor for Future Media Concepts. Find me here as well.

Consistently voted as one of the top seminar speakers/interviewers, audience’s feedback includes depth of subjects covered, approachability and student-centered teaching that helps keep them up to date on industry standards. Jeff teaches seminars at events such as NAB, IBC, CES and Inter BEE. He’s the chair for the Editors Retreat, an annually held exclusive getaway for editors.

Jeff is a published author of several books on the subject of editing and post-production. He recently finished a book on Adobe Premiere Pro Studio Techniques (Adobe Press.) Jeff writes for various blogs and creates training materials for Lynda.com.

He’s happy to talk to you about consulting and helping you find solutions for your training needs.

Website: jgreenbergconsulting.com

Jenn Jager

When Jenn Jager started Plum Productions Video, she had a vision: a woman owned business where projects began with a collaborative spirit between creatives and clients. In the past decade, Plum Productions has grown into one of South Florida’s busiest production houses, with clients ranging from SAKS 5TH Avenue, Newell Brands (makers of Oster, Mr. Coffee, Sunbeam and others), and the University of Michigan. In 2018, Jenn started her own YouTube channel where she gives tips on video marketing strategies. Her audience has swelled to 100,000 subscribers from every corner of the world. In March of 2021, she launched a new channel, “Jenn Jager Pro Tutorials” which is solely focused on helping editors sharpen their Final Cut Pro and Apple Motion skills.

Bradley Olsen

Bradley has over two decades of experience in the film and television industry. He has edited and post-supervised over a dozen independent feature films. In 2018, Brad made his directorial debut with Off the Tracks, a documentary about the disruption caused by the release of Apple’s editing software, Final Cut Pro X. He is the director of photography of the popular YouTube show, Cinema Therapy. Brad recently edited and helped produce the holiday rom-com, A Christmas of Wonders.

Wes Plate

Wes Plate worked in Seattle as an offline editor at Pinnacle as well as freelance in the late 90s and early 2000s. In 2001 he co-founded Automatic Duck, a software company that became well-known for making timeline translation plug-ins for Avid, FCP and AE users. Since then Wes has worked at Abobe and Apple, where he was one of the Final Cut Pro designers from 2016 to 2021. Today Wes is still the president and co-founder of Automatic Duck in addition to doing contract user experience design work.

Daniel Robert Cohn

Daniel Robert Cohn is an award-winning film director, WGA writer, visual effects artist, and animator. After achieving worldwide distribution and a prime-time network release for his debut feature film, Cohn went on to write screenplays for Universal Pictures, Constantin Film, Robert Cort Productions, and others. In 2004, he founded Namaste Pictures, a creative agency and production studio that has produced innovative live-action and animated content for some of the world’s top brands for over two decades. Blending artistic vision with cutting-edge technology, Cohn developed a unique filmmaking technique called Junk Art Compositing, which he employed in a recent branded superhero film featuring over 450 visual effects shots created almost entirely in Apple Motion. The film was featured in Adweek, Yahoo! Finance, and was named one of “The 4 Best Summer Marketing Campaigns of 2023” by Springboard. Cohn is currently planning his next feature film, You Have Arrived, with Academy Award-nominated producer Laurence Mark (The Greatest Showman, Dreamgirls, Jerry Maguire).

Tyler Stalman

Tyler Stalman is a Canadian photographer, filmmaker, and content creator renowned for his expertise in tech, photography, and visual storytelling. Together with his partner Ania, he creates commercial photo and video content for clients, with a recent focus on crafting impactful social media campaigns. Tyler edits his videos using Final Cut Pro, bringing a polished and professional touch to his work. With a background in creative direction, he also produces insightful content on YouTube and his podcast, exploring the intersection of technology, creativity, and design.

Tatiana Lee

Tatiana Lee is an award-winning accessibility and disability inclusion consultant, producer, model, actor, and advocate. She is renowned for her dedication to creating a more inclusive entertainment industry. Her work has been featured in prestigious publications such as Forbes, CNET, The Washington Post, and Apple Newsroom and has garnered broad acclaim. As the Accessibility Lead at Apple Studios, Tatiana champions diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in film, television, and media, both in front and behind the camera. She revolutionizes storytelling that resonates with all audiences, driving the industry toward a more inclusive world with her visionary leadership and unwavering passion.

Michael Cioni

Corinne Demyanovich

Corinne is a producer of Cinema Therapy. She previously worked in the library and information resources field and studied English at Elmhurst University. As a fan of Cinema Therapy in the channel’s early days, Corinne volunteered as a Discord moderator, then social media assistant, and ultimately was hired as a full-time producer due to her unrivaled organization skills. She oversees, well, everything to do with Cinema Therapy and provides creative input. She is proud to be Cinema Therapy’s Harry Potter expert.

Trevor Horton

Trevor has been an editor for close to 10 years. He’s worked on feature films, documentaries and most recently became the lead editor for the YouTube channel, “Cinema Therapy”. He’s a staunch advocate for Final Cut Pro and has used it over his entire career. He attended Santa Monica City College where he took numerous film editing courses and found that the track based NLE’s used for those courses were a frustrating experience. So much so that he would re-edit his projects at home in FCP. Over the years Trevor has been a go-to resource for those seeking the highest quality story telling. And now he’s leading a post-production team for two guys who talk about movies in a basement. Who say’s there’s no success to be had in your parents basement? Take that mom and dad! tzhediting.com

Alan Seawright

Alan is a professional filmmaker and co-host of Cinema Therapy. Over the last 18 years he’s directed documentary series, music videos, a feature film and over 100 commercials. He also co-produced and associate edited Off The Tracks, the documentary about FCPX and creativity. Now he mostly cries on the internet for money. He’s been a Final Cut Pro user since 2005, and possibly edited the first TV show in FCPX that was broadcast nationwide. But you’ve never heard of it, because it got canceled after one episode. Alan’s pretty sure that wasn’t his fault.

Sam Mestman

Sam Mestman is the President of Amove (www.amove.io), a trailblazing Cloud Storage Platform designed to solve your storage problem, whatever that may be. He is also the CEO of We Make Movies (www.wemakemovies.org), a worldwide filmmaking community that has had a hand in creating thousands of pieces of content for more than a decade. He is the former CEO and Founder of LumaForge, a shared storage company acquired by OWC in 2020. A former professional video editor and colorist, he is also one of the world’s leading experts in video workflow, including being the workflow architect for Focus, the first Studio Feature ever made with Final Cut Pro. He loves movies