EDITED BY
Dave Edison
SAG - AFTRA - AGVA - WGA
IMDb
Adobe Premiere Pro / After Effects / Photoshop
Final Cut Pro / DaVinci Resolve Edit
FILMS
Don't Say It
Romcom
Pat is a failed restauranteur toiling away at
his brother's deli. Lara is a frustrated waitress
in a middle-aged rut. Both divorced & in need of romance,
Pat flaunts his Jersey charm, world-class Italian chicken
& maybe even a karaoke song, determined to win her heart.
Directed by Stephen Ward (2024)
South Of Sanity
Dark Comedy
Fresh out of rehab, money and options, Lacy is forced
to leave L.A. & return to rural Alabama to help with
her family's flea market business. No place for a
recovering addict, the family uses the market
as a cover for their meth operation.
Directed by Shy Pilgreen & Robert Peters (2023)
Sci-Fi
A global Internet blackout blurs reality & delusion for an
online conspiracy theorist who believes she's targeted by
a powerful secret society seeking world domination.
Co-written & directed by Laura Russo (2022)
Feature documentary
Most Americans have never heard this forgotten
story of the worst maritime disaster in US history.
Executive Producer / Narrator - Sean Astin
Directed by Mark Marshall & Mike Marshall (2018)
3 indie Sci-Fi features
Chrononaut (aka Doomsday)
Starship: Apocalypse
Written & Directed by Neil Johnson (2014/2015/2016)
Shotokan Man
(aka Dixie Dynamite)
Animated feature
Big Bear International Film Festival selection.
I edited, modified Flash animation, fixed or added lip sync,
composited animation with 3D Studio Max backgrounds.
Directed by Bob Clark (2009)
In this award-winning dark comedy, a couple wanders
into a meeting of people even stranger than themselves.
Directed & Edited by Dave Edison
Written & Produced by Eva-Marie Fredric
(12 minutes, 2011)
Space Limbo
A group of misfits sign up to video their space journey
in search of a new life on a new planet, but first they find
their personal breaking points in this short sci-fi comedy.
Written & directed by Judy Norton
(19 minutes, 2022)
Winner of Tokyo Shorts Film Festival & a selection at
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.
An ex-cop comes to the aid of a troubled woman in this
short film written by & co-starring Michael Charles Lopez.
Directed by Tamir Yardenne
(18:27, 2021)
Drama feature
&
Last Rights
Horror feature
Simba Entertainment / 3000 Mile Productions
Directed by Jason Dallas (2012)
TELEVISION/STREAMING
(partial listing)
Independent sci-fi series
starring Doug Jones, Bill Mumy, Mira Furlan,
Robert Picardo & other sci-fi luminaries.
Created by award-winning
writer / director Marc Scott Zicree.
Also edited record-breaking Kickstarter
campaign & subsequent crowdfunding videos.
Ginger Pauley, "The Vintage Girl," explores life in
America from 1900 to 1970 & how people today
are enjoying the vintage lifestyle.
Indie Series Award winner,
Best Non-Fiction Series, 2018
Directed by Nicolas Wendl
Sitcom pilot starring iconic TV actors from
the 1970s to 1990s
Written & Directed by Steven Wishnoff (2017)
Mystic Cosmic Patrol
A super team fights giant monsters & their
personal issues in the parody limited series.
Written by Gavin Hignight
Directed by Neil Johnson
(2016)
I edited the opening & the after-show
interview in this improvised standup
special by one of the best comedians around.
Click the title above for an 4-minute excerpt &
watch the whole show on Amazon Prime.
(2021)
The High School Reunion Stand-Up Comedy Show
The night before their high school reunion,
3 comedians perform a 1-hour standup show
to benefit the local volunteer fire department.
(2023)
Reelz Network
Lead editor, 1 hour documentaries (2016 & 2017)
TIME Presents: Celebrities on Trial
Time Presents: Milestones 2016, A Tribute to the Stars We've Lost
Entertainment Weekly: '80s TV Stars - Where Are They Now?
Kardashian: The Man Who Saved OJ Simpson
Sean Penn & El Chappo: Bungle In The Jungle
Daytime Emmy winner, Best Reality Series of 2012
Pilot episode of A&E/Biography Channel Series
Improvised comedy webseries
In the year 2346, Tom & his nephew Sam
rented a discount time machine which broke
down here, leaving them stuck in 21st century L.A.
Created by & starring Tom Saunders & Sam Laybourne
Directed by Michael Jaeger (2008)
The Brit List on BBC America
Edited comedian commentaries about celebrities & pop
culture, added graphics, prepped timelines for final edit.
(2012)
Created animated titles & bumper graphics
for this TV & Internet talk show.
(2006)
Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe In Santa (2002)
Wolf Tracer’s Dinosaur Island (2003)
Wolf Tracer’s Dinosaur Island II, The Lost City (2004)
plus promos for proposed projects
Animator & Editor
Who's Your Daddy? Chemistry Set
Director/editor of commercial parody for
B.E.T. Live starring John Salley
R-Net Health
national cable network
Full Circle - daily 1-hour talk show (1997-98)
The Sweet Smell Of Excess - stand-up series (1999)
Bottoms - reality-based comedy series (1999)
The Down Low
Buena Vista TV / Popular Arts
Director - Moses Edinborough (pilot 1996)
KCAL-LA
On-Air Promos edited on the
then-groundbreaking Immix Turbo Cube (1996)
Comedy USA
Stand-up comedy & interview series originating
on location at NYC comedy clubs.
Guests included Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock,
Adam Sandler, Paul Reiser, Larry Miller,
Colin Quinn & Paul Provenza.
Directed, Edited, Produced & Co-created
by Dave Edison (1989)
Thrillseeker
Director/editor of this music video by
comedian/actor Fred Stoller
seen on Free Speech TV (syndicated)
Feelings
Director/editor of this music video by
comedy/rock duo 1% Goat
seen on Independent Eye (PBS)
Comedy Club Superstars
ABC-TV / Andrew Solt Productions (1996)
Off-line editor
VIDEO
(partial listing)
Dom Irrera - Is This Thing On?
DVD from award-winning
stand-up comedian Dom Irrera.
Edited & produced by Dave Edison,
also authored DVD & designed packaging
The Adventures of Emii: A Musical Journey
Directed by - Neil Johnson (2013)
Demo Reels
Numerous actors, comedians, singers, dancers, etc.
Crowdfunding
I edited many (or so) videos for successful
Kickstarter, Indiegogo & Seed-&-Spark campaigns
(details upon request)
Director/editor of numberous
music, comedy & promotional videos,
many of which can be seen on this website
VIDEO PRODUCTION
The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show
FOX-TV / Buena Vista Television (1997)
Post-Production Coordinator
Set up department & controlled editing of
comedy & other playback video for
1-hour nightly talk/comedy series.
Scheduled & tracked 3 Avid editing bays
& 2 video graphics stations, created &
maintained video library, generated
purchase orders for equipment &
personnel, logged music cues,
monitored satellite transmission.
The Marilyn Kagan Show
KCAL, Los Angeles
Field Producer / Field Director
October, 1994 - July, 1995
Directed, produced & supervised editing
of man-on-the-street segments, promos,
show bumpers & video packages
for 1-hour daily TV talk show.
Post-Production Supervisor (Emmy Nominated)
July, 1995 till end of series in 1996
Selected edits for content, running time,
shot fixes & graphic changes, controlled editing,
coordinated elements through delivery of final show.
Assistant Director / Co-creator
second season opening sequence & graphics
The Down Low
Associate Producer
Entertainment news pilot (1996)
Buena Vista Television/Popular Arts Entertainment
AWARDS
Malibu West International Film Festival
Best Editing - Feature
Chrononaut (aka Doomsday)
Writer / Director - Neil Johnson (2016)
Action On Film International Film Festival
Best Editing - Feature - Runner Up
Starship: Rising
Writer / Director - Neil Johnson (2014)
American Film Institute’s VISIONS OF U.S. Award
Co-sponsored by Sony Corporation (1992)
Judged by an industry panel
headed by Francis Ford Coppola
Last Shot with Judge Gunn
Editor of daytime Emmy-winning
daily courtroom reality series (2011-2012)
Los Angeles Emmy nomination
Associate Producer
The Marilyn Kagan Show (1996)
-ALSO-
WRITING
Steel And Lace
Sci-fi theatrical feature, co-writer (1990)
Also seen on Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO,
Movie Channel, Cinemax, broadcast television,
Image Home Video & Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray
Co-writer, Wolf Tracer Studios
Wolf Tracer’s Dinosaur Island (animated, 2003) &
Dinosaur Island II, The Lost City (2004 unreleased)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
NBC - freelance monologue material (1992-1993)
Comic Strip Live
FOX - contributing writer, monologue (1992)
Comedy Express
FOX, Los Angeles - contributing writer, monologue & sketches (1992)
Uncle Davver's Really Scary Movie Show
Writer & Performer (pilot, 2003)
Screenplays & television writing samples available upon request
PERFORMANCE
height: 6’ weight: 180 eyes: brown hair: none
TELEVISION
(partial listing)
thirtysomething
ABC-TV (three episodes)
Stand-up Comedy
The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers - FOX
The Late Show Starring Ross Shafer - FOX
Comic Strip Live - FOX
Comedy Express - FOX
Robert Klein Time - USA Network
George Schlatter's Comedy Club - Syndicated
Make Me Laugh - Comedy Central
Comedy On The Road - A&E Network
Caroline's Comedy Hour - A&E Network
America's Funniest People
Writer/director/editor - video finalist - ABC-TV
FILM
Steel And Lace
Sci-fi feature - “Detective Sidman”
Directed by Ernest Farino (1990)
Home Remedy
Comedy feature - “Allen”
Written & directed by Maggie Greenwald (1987)
VOICES
Announcer for R-Net Health national cable company
Narrator of documentaries "That Swing Thing" & "Words Not Deeds” (TaDa Productions)
Available voices include toughs, dweebs, monsters, clowns, old & young,
robots & computers, animals (cat, wolf, parrot, bugs, cow, ape…).
Soundalikes Tiny Tim, Marvin the Martian, Groucho Marx, Jay Leno,
Gilbert Gottfried, Peter Lorre, Monty Pythons & more.
STAND-UP COMEDY
Over 20 years experience at clubs, corporate events,
colleges & cruises, plus TV appearances (see above).
Shared billing with Jay Leno, Jackie Mason,
Jeff Foxworthy, Eddie Murphy, Leon Redbone,
Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Tim Allen & others.
RADIO
The Dr. Demento Show
"Babe, I Got A Lobotomy (Just For You)"
by Edison & The Techno-Talents
aired on the legendary nationally
syndicated comedy & music program.
THEATER
& other live performance
Minnie's Boys (Julius aka Groucho)
The Mad Show (ensemble)
The Fantasticks (her father)
The Threepenny Opera (Mack’s gang member / beggar)
The Real Inspector Hound (Inspector Hound)
The Man With The Flower In His Mouth (The Man)
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Senex)
Universal Studios Hollywood (1993-2011) Groucho, Dr. Frankenstein, Merlin the Wizard
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