Matthew Askinazi                    240.899.4281 - makastoo@gmail.com - www.matthewaskinazi.com 

Lead Video Editor
Adobe / Avid

Lead Editor on top rated programming broadcasted on world’s premier networks 
- Quick, experienced, stylistic and fun

National Geographic / Discovery Communications         2022 

- Creative high profile promotional edits with Trick & Mortar ad agency

David Letterman - My Next Guest, NETFLIX         2021 

DESUS & MERO, Showtime Networks         2019 - 2021

- Showtime’s first late-night show - Winner WGA Best Comedy/Variety Talk Series
- Produce weekly “Bodega Boys” podcast for YouTube / social media promotional content

VICE Media, Inc.          2013 - 2019
In-House Senior Editor

Cut as in-house editor with world's leading youth media company, VICE

• Create content directly alongside Vice founders & Chief Creative Officer 
• Content for tv network VICELAND & all of Vice’s 11 digital channels ranging from Vice News to Motherboard (technology), Noisey (music), Munchies (food), The Creators Project (collaboration with Vice & Intel), Vice Sports, Vice’s film division and record label, and projects with Virtue (in-house creative services agency)
• Lead Editor of VICELAND’s top rated show ‘Desus & Mero’ - Film in AM weekdays & deliver EOD / broadcast same night
• Network branding promos, show intros
• Sizzle Reels showcasing VICE mission statements / strategic fundraising & pitch decks
• Launch Vice News directly alongside editor-in-chief with a series of “Meet the Hosts” vignettes, "Best-of-Vice” videos, "Welcome to Vice News” launch content & short films chronicling what issues matter toyoung people today
• Launch Munchies (Vice’s food network) directly alongside executive producers with subscribe videos,branding content and original programming
• Cut content as Vice’s in-house ad agency, Virtue "Behind every great brand is an idea. We take these ideas and turn that into content.” Clients include: Google & YouTube - 20th Century Fox - Coca-Cola -Verizon - Samsung - AT&T - ABInBev (all of Anheuser-Busch's 17 brands including Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Beck etc.) Ralph Lauren - North Face - Chanel - Rolex & many more

AskinaziEdit LLC          2011 - Present 
Freelance Senior Editor

Clients:

• Bustle Digital Group (Bustle, Elite Daily, Romper) - Lead Editor - Branded + Editorial / In-House ad agency - Clients: Nordstrom, Tinder, Amazon Video, Teavana - 2018
• MTV - VMAs Award Show live editor - 2018, 2016, 2015
• Viacom / MTV - Traveled around country with team covering music festivals (Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, etc.)for MTV, VH1, Palladia etc. - Created original content with tight turnaround for Viacom Live coverage - Summer 2015 
• MTV2 - original pilot 2016
• TVLand - promos 2016/2015
• BET - BET Awards Sizzle Reels for clients Coca-Cola, Covergirl, etc. 2016
• MTV - Integrated Branding Campaigns - Clients: Covergirl, Samsung, Trojan - 2015 
• Refinery29 - Lead Editor on variety of original programming - Branded + Editorial - 2015 
• A&E Networks - In-House Promo editor - 2015
• Vice Media - 2013 - 2019
• AT&T, Verizon, Olive Garden, CBS - 2013
• Sony Music - Teamed up with Columbia Records to create visual content promoting artists: MGMT, Gossip - 2013
• Lisa Oz Show - Veria Network - 2013 
• Gotham Comedy Live - AXStv - 2013 
• Promo Editor - Various high-profile campaigns seen on Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Animal Planet,Travel Channel, Military Channel, Science Channel, Velocity Network - 2011 - 2013
• MyDiscovery - “Ultimate Sharks: iPad App” - Apple’s ‘App of the Week’ Aug 1, 2011

Discovery Communications          2008 - 2011 
In-House Video Editor

Broadcast Credits:

• -  Hoarding: Buried Alive (3 seasons) – TLC – 2011
• -  Puppy Bowl V, VI & VII – Animal Planet - 2008/2009/2010
• -  True Crime – Investigation Discovery – 2011
• -  Kennedys’ Home Movies – TLC – 2011
• -  Curiosity: Questions of our Life – Discovery Channel – 2010
• -  Home Made Simple – TLC – 2008/2009/2010
• -  Finding Amelia – Discovery Channel – 2010
• -  Anxious – TLC – 2010
• -  Confessions of a Reality Show Loser – TLC – 2010
• -  Dive to the Bottom of the World – Discovery Channel – 2009
• -  Into the Pride – Animal Planet – 2009
• -  Somali Pirate Takedown: The Real Story – Discovery Channel – 2009
• -  City 2.0 – Science Channel – 2009
• -  Vanishing Frog – Animal Planet – 2009
• -  Discovery Channel CME: Continuing Medical Attention – 2009/2010/2011
• -  Best Bites: Shark Week with Craig Ferguson – Discovery Channel – 2010
• -  Human Planet – Discovery Channel – 2010
• -  Masters of Survival – Discovery Channel – 2010
• -  Phobias – TLC – 2010
• -  Energy: Powering the Future – Science Channel – 2010
• -  Paralyzed & Parenting – TLC- 2010
• -  Disease Detectives – Discovery Health – 2010
• -  Planet Earth: Behind the Scenes – Discovery Channel – 2010
• -  Dirty Jobs: Nitty Gritty – Discovery Channel – 2010 

Discovery Communications          2006 - 2008 
Quality Control Technician

• -  Evaluate programming in preparation for broadcast
• -  Fluent with all industry standard SOPs, file formats, tape and deck workflow 

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University of Miami - Bachelor of Science - Film & Studio Art 2006

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www.matthewaskinazi.com