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DeShaun Simpson is a great video editor and has been in the video production field for 10 years and as a full-time video editor for 5 of those years. His last staff editing position was as an Avid Video Editor at Artistic Communication Center in Chicago. He has worked on a wide variety of productions including national commercials, corporate videos, community service PSAs, commercials, music videos, documentaries, and infomercials.
DeShaun grew up on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. He started getting curious about the film world when he was just a teenager. He was fascinated by the different ways movies could be made, using such diverse techniques. Ever since then, he dreamed of becoming a filmmaker.
DeShaun graduated in 1998 from Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing, Illinois. He was awarded a small community scholarship from the city of Markham, Illinois to attend Columbia College in Chicago. DeShaun majored in film and video with an emphasis on editing. He attended Columbia College for two years then for practical and economic reasons he went on to Illinois Center for Broadcasting in Lombard, Illinois.
His first year at Illinois Center for Broadcasting he received an internship at the "Jerry Springer Show" in Chicago. During his last semester at ICB he received another internship at Artistic Communication Center as an assistant editor and upon graduating in 2001 became a full-time Avid Video Editor. In 2006, he left Artistic Communication Center to expand more opportunities and became a free-lance video editor in Chicago land area.
For the last year and a half, DeShaun has served his craft as free-lance video editor. In that role he has travel all across the country and has built an impressive list of clients and credits. Recognized as an expert in the video editing arena, his work has made air on local, national and international programming including The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, BET, MTV, and BBC that receive high program rating for their genres.
DeShaun's strengths are artistic and technical understanding of the video production; organization, punctuality and reliability; which translate into meeting deadlines; and the following video editing skills:
• Video Editing Software: Avid DS Nitris, Avid Adrenaline, Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Discreet Smoke, Discreet Inferno.
• Audio: Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Cool Edit.
• Multimedia: Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe After Effects Pro, Sorenson Squeeze, Discreet Cleaner.
Today he's continuing to free-lance providing corporate and documentary post-production services through his client list. DeShaun clients have the opportunity to collaborate with him side-by-side during edit sessions. His clients include, Towers Productions; iShot Video Productions, StaPhocus Productions, Artistic Communication Center, Robb Dog Productions, Operation PUSH, MoTV, UMG, The Nappy Network, Urban World Productions, Just Like That Entertainment, and etc.
All of these experiences have made an impression that every piece, from feature film to corporate video has a unique story at its core. DeShaun knows as an editor, it is his job to unearth that story and realize it with every tool at his disposal. In addition, he's currently living a happy life with his kids D'Sion & RiAna. He is always seeking work in film and video production and post-production.

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