Valerie Keller ~ editor ~ valrikat@gmail.com ~ 215-760-1113

Valerie Keller, twice-Emmy-nominated editor, has been editing since 1989 and co-producing the hit cable TV series BiG TeA PaRtY since 1998. Her work has aired nationally on networks and MSO's such as Travel Channel, Discovery, Sundance, Comcast and PBS, been aired via satellite on THE DISH Network and the VOOM Satellite Network; played in festivals around the world; featured in art galleries; shown on the web; aired on Phila public and cable TV. Valerie created over 60 inventive HD shorts which aired on the VOOM satellite network, as well as doing editing work on spots and promos for many major networks. BiG TeA PaRtY, which Valerie co-produces and edits, is a series of educational 'how-to' programs, created for broadcast, as well as a Sustainable Living resource website & blog at BigTeaParty.com. BTP's hour-long documentary "Unconventional Coverage" won Best Documentary at the 2001 Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema. Her original short "Stepping On Upworld" was screened at the Philadelphia Art Museum as part of a showcase of work by instructors from Scribe Video Center in summer of 2008, and included in the 2006 Philadelphia Stories series on PBS member station WYBE, and her original HD short "Discarded" was part of the September 2006 exhibit "Out Of Frame: Motion Art" at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the country's oldest inter-disciplinary arts organization.

QUALIFICATIONS / ABILITIES  
~ Editing systems: Final Cut Pro, Avid, Steenbeck
~ Experienced with Photoshop, After Effects, DVD Studio Pro
~ Experienced with HD, HDV, DV, DigiBeta, P2, mixed format projects
~ Experienced with compression formats for DVD or web
~ Experienced with DVD authoring
~ Knowledgeable in broadcast specifications and requirements
~ Experienced at teaching and tutoring Final Cut Pro and Photoshop
~ Able to work independently or collaboratively

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 - present  Independent Contractor: Editor - Philadelphia, PA
* Recent video editing work includes: feature-length documentary, web videos, network spots, historical, training, medical
2004 – 2007     Staff Editor – Concrete Pictures, Bala Cynwyd, PA
* Job included:
~ Cutting promos & spots for clients including: Travel Channel, Sundance, PBS, Comcast, CW Network, Kraft, Discovery Channel, Military Channel, Science Channel
~ Creating original HD shorts for satellite art channel "Mobius Media"
~ Audio design, compositing, color correction, formatting for DVD, formatting for web, authoring DVDs
2001 – 2004     Independent Contractor, Editor –  Philadelphia, PA
* types of work included: promos, big-screen events videos, training, industrial, educational, documentary, fiction
1998 – ongoing Co-Producer/Co-Director/Editor – BiG TeA PaRtY, Philadelphia, PA
1997 – 2004     Instructor,  Final Cut Pro, Photoshop – Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, PA
2003                Instructor,  Final Cut Pro - Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
1996 – 2000     Staff Editor/Assoc. Producer – Video/Film Associates, Philadelphia, PA
1989 – 1996     Freelance editor – Philadelphia, PA

EDUCATION     BA – Radio, Television & Film, Temple University, 1986

SELECTED HONORS AND GRANTS
~ PIFVA Subsidy Grant - Finishing Funds, Phila Independent Film/Video Association, 2009
~ Screening - "Those Who Teach, Make", showcase of instructor work, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2008
~ Exhibition - "Pop Ambient", a night of DJs and video art - Siam Lotus, Phila, 2007
~ Philadelphia Stories Grants to create original programming – PBS member station WYBE, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001
~ Exhibition - "Out Of Frame: Motion Art", an all-HD video art exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, 2006
~ Leeway Development Grant - to produce educational video and travel to conference, 2004
~ PIFVA Subsidy Grant – Philadelphia Independent Film & Video Association, 2003, 2002, 2000
~ Emmy nomination - children's educational program "My Name Is Jeremiah", 2003
~ Winner of Best Documentary Film Award – Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, 2001
~ Puffin Foundation Grant – artists' grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ, 2001
~ New Producer Grant - to attend INPUT Public TV conference, 2000
~ Bronze Apple Award – National Educational Media Network, 1997
~ ITVS full funding grant – Independent Television Service, 1994
~ Viewer’s Award – San Juan Film Festival, 1995
~ Emmy Award Nomination for Cultural Programming - dance film "Fever", 1992

FOR MORE INFO, WORK SAMPLES:
valkel.blogspot.com
valkeldocs.blogspot.com
bigteaparty.com