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Zijun Cathy You

New York,NY

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Editor

Multiple
New York, NY
09.2021 - Current
  • Feature Documentary Film for Little Monster Films (still in production): Assistant Editor on location for 6 weeks. Managed media over 14 cameras, transcoded, sync-mapped, and verified all footage in a timely manner on a daily basis. Logged and organized all the metadata of the media. Group synced clips and created stringouts for all the footage.
  • designed and managed workflows for projects in AVID or Premier Pro based on the specific needs of each film, such as Emmy-Award-winning documentary series "100 foot wave" season 2, season 3; Netflix series "Megan & Harry"; HBO documentary feature film "Hell of A Cruise", and many other independent documentary works.
  • fluently used supplementary software such as AI to troubleshoot issues and improve efficiency during work.

Director, Producer, Editor

Doc "Chinatown Auxiliary"
, NY
03.2020 - 01.2023

An intimate and emotional story about a group of old Chinese immigrants volunteered as NYPD auxiliaries at Chinatown for decades just to overcome the dilemma of being immigrants.

  • Acquired by PBS and will be streamed at WORLD Channel series Local, USA in summer 2024
  • Directed, filmed, produced and edited approximate 300hr footage into a 30 minutes short
  • Received 2022 CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Fund Award
  • Screened and won awards in multiple film festivals such as PFF, NYSFF, etc.

Editorial Assistant, Photojournalist

The Seattle Globalists
Seattle, WA
05.2018 - 02.2019

A famous online publication that covers the connections between local and global issues in Seattle by highlighting diverse voices.

  • Created over 30k more views and interaction on the website by writing a breaking news with exclusive access to a news source
  • Photographed and edited pictures and videos needed for news stories to create more visual content across different platforms

Education

Master of Arts - Social Documentary Filmmaking

School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
05.2021

Bachelor of Arts - Economics, Communication

University Of Washington
Seattle, WA
12.2017

Skills

  • Documentary film directing, editing, producing and shooting
  • Project managing and workflow design
  • Journalism writing, researching and editing
  • Story pitching and development
  • Excellent interview and communication skill both in Chinese and English
  • Skillfully use of Photoshop, Avid Media Composer, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and Canon DSLR camera, Sony video camera fs5, fs7

Timeline

Assistant Editor

Multiple
09.2021 - Current

Director, Producer, Editor

Doc "Chinatown Auxiliary"
03.2020 - 01.2023

Editorial Assistant, Photojournalist

The Seattle Globalists
05.2018 - 02.2019

Master of Arts - Social Documentary Filmmaking

School of Visual Arts

Bachelor of Arts - Economics, Communication

University Of Washington
Zijun Cathy You