David Chai

Experience

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  Montage Productions Pty Ltd

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Video Editor
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  Freelance Editor

  Jan 1997 - Oct 2005

  Freelance Video Editor

  Editor for drama, Documentary, Commercial, music video. Edited broadcast shows in Australia. Pets Behaving Badly and prime time specials for Network 10, Australia's funniest home videos for Channel 9, Sports Shows for Network 7, Foxtel.

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  Freelance Director

  Jan 1998 - Oct 2005

  Freelance Director

  Director for commercials, music videos and promotional videos including: OXO Mandoline featuring Mario Batali, Bellydance Jam video for Bellyqueen.

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  Kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1998

  Video Editor
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  Technicolor

  Oct 2005 - Apr 2008

  Tech Assist (Assistant Colorist)

  Provide Telecine session support. Color Correction, dailies encoding, duplication, digitizing. Features including Devil Wears Prada, Michael Clayton, I am Legend.

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  Deluxe Laboratories

  Apr 2008 - Sept 2010

  Engineer

  Buildout of Telecine rooms. Design and implementation of encoding / DVD workflow. Installation/maintenance of AVID, FCP stations.

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  Journey West Media

  Sept 2010 - Jan 2013

  Chief Creative Officer

  Create family friendly Television Series with exciting stories and fun characters. Developed and was the writer/director for the pilot episode of Fashion City - a drama about four Chinese women living in New York City. Also developed two animation series, one a Harry Potteresque teenage focused adventure series and the other a cute tween series about a young girl and her magical unicorn.

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  INDIGITAL MEDIA GROUP

  Sept 2011 - Apr 2014

  Freelance Editor / Colorist / Live Director

  Editor / Colorist for Fashion Week NY runway and backstage videos for Calvin Klein, Victoria Beckham, Mercedes Benz, Kayne West, Peter Som, Kering, Australian Wool, Parsons, and many others.Live Director for Parsons Fundraising Dinner 2013.

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  Freelance

  Jan 2013 - now

  Director / Screenwriter

  Writer / Director of thought-provoking, soul-stirring film experiences with strong characters. My first feature film Midnight Driver (AKA Siji:Driver) (Romance Thriller) won 7 awards including Best Feature Film and is distributed in China.

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  Compassion Entertainment

  Apr 2014 - now

  President