About Me
My name is Jamie Wright. I am a freelance video editor and filmmaker.
I have worked on a number of feature length and short subject films, music videos, found footage projects, and promotional spots. Having experience in both documentary and narrative, I enjoy an array of different styles and modes of storytelling. Filmmaking to me has always been about an intersection between traditional practices and modern innovation. A fan of mixed media and archival materials as well as simple animations and montage, I am committed to making the viewers experience as rich as possible.
I am interested in human interest pieces. Films about the story behind the story, the origins of peoples motivations and intriguing historical events. I love learning about history and the stories behind & within various subcultures and locations. Some of my favorite films and series certainly had their own unique styles, but didn’t sacrifice good storytelling for it. Aesthetic is only as good as the substance it is enhancing.
In addition to video editing, I also have experience as a cinematographer, event photographer, and director. Although editing is my main passion. I also am available for transcriptions, event photography, and graphic design.
Contact me today to talk about your upcoming or current project!
Skills & Assets
• Video Editing • On Camera Interviews • Transcriptions
• Videography • Simple Animations • Asst Editing/Organization
• Color Grading • media packaging • Simple Sound Editing/Mixing
NEWS & UPDATES
SAY YES by derek woods band
Throwback to a fun video I made with Derek Woods Band in November 2021. Shot at The Church Recording Studio.
Best short documentary
Everything In Hardware picked up Best Short Documentary at Albuquerque Film & Music Experience 2021 and Dam Short Film Festival 2022. Such a great festival both these folks put on every year. I am truly honored to have been able to screen my film at both.
Everything In Hardware Review
Everything In Hardware has been reviewed by Monthly Indie Shorts. Of note are the encouraging words they gave me specifically as an up-and-coming director. READ THE REVIEW HERE
FESTIVAL NEWS (MARCH 2021) - EVERYTHING IN HARDWARE AT INDIE EYE & V.i.Z. FILM AWARDS
Everything In Hardware won Best Short Documentary and Best Original Music at the March 2021 edition of Indie Eye Film awards! We also picked up Best Sound Design at the March 2021 edition of V.i.Z. Film Fest. We are honored to be a part of these 2 indie film awards program. A great way for us to start our 2021 festival run! All of the winners and honorable mentions at Indie Eye are discussed as part of a monthly podcast. Check out the discussion on Everything In Hardware at Indie Eye (they start talking about us at around 14:19) and our official Laurels below!
Premiere date & Press for Everything in Hardware
Everything in Hardware will be premiering on WQED (Pittsburgh’s local PBS TV station) on October 22nd, 2020 at 8pm, and then again for an encore presentation on the 26th at 7:30. Scott Tady, entertainment editor at The Beaver County Times and Scott Mervis from The Pittsburgh Post Gazette wrote some lovely articles about the film recently. Check them out!
EVERYTHING IN HARDWARE
Everything In Hardware is a documentary short I recently directed.
The Bindley Hardware Company was a hardware wholesaler and retailer at the turn of the 20th century in Pittsburgh, PA. Over 100 years after its retirement, the Bindley family’s only surviving ancestor, Jon Bindley, has re-invented the hardware seller as an American roots band. Alongside some of the city’s foremost historical institutions, Jon personally pieces together his family’s timeline. With recovered Bindley Hardware artifacts and ephemera in tow, Jon comes to understand what it means to be a son of the rust belt and how everything and everyone is part of a long line of reinterpreted tradition.
Encapsulating local Pittsburgh imagery, original music by Jon & his band, interviews with historians and artists, and even a fact finding mission to Southern Florida, Everything In Hardware follows an idea from realization to reinvention.
Check out the website and official trailer below.
RESUME - SELECTED WORKS
RABBIT STORIES | FEATURE narrative editor, colorist (2011)
The kevin hurley show: College Hypnosis | ePK cinematography, editor, colorist (2012)
universal language | short narraitve editor, colorist (2013)
meet me here | short narrative editor, colorist (2014)
like totally hot couple seeking same | short narrative editor, colorist (2014)
same difference | FEATURE documentary editor, colorist (2015)
new deep south: Instababy | webisode documentary editor (2016)
following phil | FEATURE narrative editor, colorist (2018)
starrcade - long limo | music video editor (2018)
zero one | short narrative editor, colorist (2019)
baby love | short narrative editor, colorist (2019)
the london - momentum | music video director, cinematography, editor, colorist (2019)
black locust lumber | social media spots director, cinematography, editor, colorist (2019)
everything in hardware | short documentary director, cinematography, editor, colorist (2020)
millvale builds | 2 episode documentary webseries director, cinematography, editor, colorist (2019 & 2021)
ELECTRIFY YOUR SYMPHONY | MUSIC VIDEO COLLAGES FOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRAS - MARK WOODS MUSIC editor (2021)
“Say Yes” and “Dont look away” - Derek Woods Band | MUSIC VIDEO Director, cinematography, editor, Colorist (2021 & 2023)
we were going to start a death metal band | feature documentary editor (2021)
THE SWAN WAY | feature NARRATIVE editor (2023)
THE TANNERY | feature NARRATIVE editor (2024 - currently in post)
Education
SUNY Purchase film conservatory
BFA in Film Production
2005-2009
Contact
Divisionstfilms@gmail.com
Queens NY 11385 | Pittsburgh PA 15238