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Bill Cammack
Emmy Award-winning Video Editor
Bill Cammack is a seasoned professional dedicated to helping individuals and businesses produce high-quality video and audio content effortlessly. With his expertise in Adobe Premiere for video editing and Pro Tools for audio mixing, Bill ensures the delivery of top-notch presentations within the scheduled timeline, allowing his clients to focus on other aspects of their projects.
Bill Cammack's educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from the renowned MIT Sloan School of Management. Additionally, he attended Bronx High School of Science, further shaping his skills and knowledge in the field.
Throughout his career, Bill has held various roles in reputable organizations. He served as a Music Producer and Songwriter at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), highlighting his creativity and music industry experience. As a Member of the Audio Engineering Society, Bill demonstrated his commitment to excellence in audio production. Moreover, his tenure as a Video Editor at Bill Cammack and a Personal Assistant to the Vice President at Woolworth Corporation (now known as Foot Locker, Inc.) showcased his diverse skill set and adaptability in different professional environments.
Bill Cammack's proficiency in Adobe Premiere and Pro Tools, coupled with his extensive background in music production, video editing, and management information systems, makes him a sought-after professional in the industry.
Highlights
I graduated in Management Information Systems 🤓 so I used to go to Chinatown and buy cases and motherboards and chips and drives and build my own PCs. I got bored of programming computers 🥱 and landed on the HOBBY of editing video, so since I already had my computer, all I had to do was buy an I/O card for audio and video and I was off to the races. 🏎️
The first thing I did was contact people that I knew NEEDED video editing but didn't have much of a budget for it... or even NO budget for it.
This was because if I was going to SELL business to someone, I had to be sure I could DO the business to begin with.
I did enough projects where I was confident and then at the time, there was a magazine called The Independent or something where Editing Houses were advertising at the back, so since I live in Manhattan 🦸♂️🗽🇺🇸 I literally hit the bricks and walked around to all of the places I could find to attempt to talk to the studio owners.
I don't remember how many places I visited, but 3 weeks later, ONE OF THEM asked me to join them as the 2nd Editor!
This was mainly because while I was doing other work for other people, I had learned an editing system that they had at that studio, so when I walked in the door, it was clear that I could do the work they needed.
It just so happened that that studio specialized in filming and editing Music Videos so the first projects I worked on "professionally" (I mean it was professional with the other people too, just I was practicing) went to MTV and VH1 and wherever else.
This meant that I had credibility as a professional editor🕴️so after that I started freelancing and then I was editing News and then I was doing Corporate work and Ad Agency work and then I was editing for Networks and then I won my Emmy and then I was editing Unscripted Television Series and recently we won an award for a Film I edited.
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Times are WAY DIFFERENT NOW! 😂 and my advice is to make sure you live somewhere with an excellent internet connection so you can work REMOTELY for any company that sees you as a valuable addition to their group. 👸🤴
The reason they will see you as VALUABLE is because you have guided someone they respect to a WIN!
It's all about Networking and Word of Mouth.
If you want to start editing NOW, figure out what type of editing you want to do and then create versions of that on your own, on your free time, whether you get paid for it or not, so you can show someone look this is what I can do for you if you give me a chance!
If you're editing TikTok jump cut nonsense videos, nobody's going to hire you for a documentary or anything important.
It doesn't work like that.
Also, if you're a long format storyteller who utilizes video and audio, nobody's going to hire you to make TikTok jump cut videos! 😂
Figure out what it is that you like to do and then demonstrate to people that you can help them with their business or their vanity project and SOMEBODY will put you on.
Today, we're studying using Fairlight for music! 🤓📚
