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Profile

I am Benjamin Dickerson; an award winning Editor, Director and Producer living in Toronto, Canada; capable of offering decadent and articulate solutions in the fields of Production, Post-Production, Creative or Technical Direction and Consultation. I’ve worked within Toronto’s Creative Industry in several roles for the past ten years. I have worked with just about every conceivable video or film format and distribution platform for the past 5 years. Before that I worked as a multimedia designer at a few of Toronto’s premier publications and agencies. For the last two years I was at Carbon Sound & Picture’s Pro Video Department in a Sales and Support Role. I speak fluent Spatial Resolution, Compression and Data Rates for just about every video codec out there. My design background has led into a love affair with After Effects. I am perhaps most formidably an officially Apple Certified Level One Final Cut Pro user. I have even spent some time teaching Video and Final Cut Pro at Centennial College, Carbon Sound & Picture, Trinity Square Video and OCAD.

Experience

Editor / Animator / New Media Producer / Consultant, Sole Proprietorship
Offering solutions in Video and Film Production Post-Production, Broadcast Graphic Design, Media & Platform Online Integration and Distribution.
Video Production Instructor at Centennial College
Teaching basics of video production and Post-Production in the Interactive Digital Media at Centennial College in Toronto.
Pro Video Sales and Support, Carbon Sound & Picture
Carbon Sound & Picture is dedicated to providing the highest quality support for Production and Post Production Professionals. We have technicians experienced in post production and broadcast hardware, software and workflows. Our status in the industry allows us access to top-level support contact at major vendors like Apple, JVC, Panasonic, Sony, Avid, AJA and many more.
Sharkwater, 1st Assistant Editor, Animator, Promo Editor
Sharkwater is a feature Documentary that attempts to to alter public perceptions of sharks and debunk historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters. Instead it shows the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of life in not just the oceans, but on land as well. Revealing the Shark to be essential to our survival.

My clients include; Alliance Atlantis, Lancome Cosmetics, CTV, CBC, Global Canwest, the Globe and Mail, Sony Canada, Deluxe Post, Technicolor, E1 Entertainment, Rogers Communications, Ryerson University, Unviversity of Toronto, Ontario College of Art & Design, York University, Sheridan College, Centennial College, Canadian Tire, Corus Entertainment, Vice Magazine, Channel Zero, IMAX, CFMDC, NFB, Teletoon, The Ontario Government, Government of Canada, The City of Toronto, Tribute Publishing and The Toronto International Film Festival.

Education

Ontario College of Art and Design — BFA, Fine Art Integrated Media, 2006

Professional Certification

Awards & Acknowledgements

“Lindsay the Alchemist”:
Distributor: Ouat Media
20th Annual Images Festival, Toronto, 2007
Calgary Fringe Festival, Best Canadian Mid-Length Drama
William F. Whites Award
Trinity Square Video Award
Exclusive Lab Award