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PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, EDITOR

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Working with CBS Sports for March Madness

POST–PRODUCTION

Paul Devlin’s work in post-production is represented in the samples below. His diverse credits as an Emmy Award-winning freelance video editor include a wide range of genres, styles, and clients, from music videos to feature-length films to sport broadcasting.

 

The insider backstories that accompany each sample provide insight not only into the projects and the process, but also into how these industries have evolved over the course of a decades-long career. 

The Vestrymen
“Backyard”

Wearing every hat means making no creative compromises.

White Zombie
“Thunderkiss 65”

Editing with Rob Zombie

CBS Sports
College Football Tease

Making magic when there's nothing to work with.

Super Bowl LV
Tease & Sponsored Bumpers

When COVID-19 forces even the Super Bowl to go remote.

BLAST! - Trailer
(BBC)

Can science be exciting? It is if you set the stakes.

NY Knicks
Jalen Brunson Returns

Send over the hard drive and I’ll make it happen!

Geico
Commercial Spot

One of the fastest turnarounds for a commercial spot.

Norelco
Commercial Spot

A classic commercial

SlamNation Excerpt
“Escape!”

When CNN steals your stuff, you know you’re doing something right.

Dinosaur Jr
“Start Choppin”

Matt Dillon in the edit, but curveballs can blow the budget.

Beautiful Lie (Excerpt)
"Shopping for Two"

Discovering editing gold that everyone else missed.

Cyndi Lauper
"Who Let in the Rain"

Managing a celebrity client.

Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War - “An Historic Rivalry”

Editing with archival treasures!

Naughty By Nature
“Written on my Kitten”

Sometimes an editor needs to know when NOT to cut.

Calvin Klein
"Obsession"

Sometimes an editor needs to be an actor as well.

Power Trip (Excerpt)
"Krazy Kiosk"

Finding the right, authentic music pays off.

CBS Sports
March Madness

It's March Madness! No panic allowed for an editor!

Freestyle (Excerpt)
“360”

Get the inside scoop on a classic hip-hop doc.

The Athletic
“Max Scherzer”

Careful, the rights to those still images can break the bank!

Homework
“Special Kind of Lady”

A rare insider peek into Manhattan's post-production golden age.

Southern Hoops
(ESPN Series)

Working with director Fritz Mitchell.

Beautiful Lie (Opening)
He Said/She Said Productions

Setting the stage for surprise.

Super Bowl XXXV
Bumper

Editing with a great producer to create a fast-turnaround, high-energy bumper.

Yankees-Dodgers:
An Uncivil War (ESPN Films)

One of the most dangerous editing decisions I ever made.

CutTime Excerpt:
The Reverb Motherf*ckers

The East Village in all its former glorious grittiness.

Elvis Costello
“So Like Candy”

Working on a piece for one of my heroes

CBS Sports
NFL Tease

Game time! Editors, get psyched to cut that tease!

BLAST! (Excerpt)
On The Colbert Report

A rare coup: A clip of my film appears on The Colbert Report

NBC Sports
Tokyo Olympics, 2021

A unique challenge: news producers making sports, and sports producers making news.

Shaquille O’Neill
PSA

How to justify your job when working with an agency.

SlamNation
Trailer (HBO)

Look behind-the-scenes at the post-production of the seminal feature film that popularized the slam poetry phenomenon.

Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War - “Reggie’s Moment”

An inside story from a legend.

Super Bowl
Feature

Working with legendary sportscaster Dick Enberg on-site at the Super Bowl.

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Trailer (VH1)

Get the inside scoop on a classic hip-hop doc.

The Athletic
“Little League of Honor”

A poignant tribute to the community power of sports and its unsung heroes.

The Front Man
“Don Dohler”

Developing narrative even when there seems to be none.

Cece Peniston
“Finally”

Check out this never-released Director's Cut of a famous music video.

MTV
AIDS PSA

Working with a mentor.

The Eyes of St. Anthony (Excerpt)

Evoking mood in scripted narrative.

CBS Sports
James Franklin Feature

Occasionally a sports story transcends sports.

NBC Sports
Paris Olympics, 2024

A post-COVID comeback for the Olympics!

Tennis Channel
“Best of Three”

So much gossip in those outtakes!

Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War - “A Tale of Two Cities”

Making sports relevant to the larger culture.

CBS Sports
"Reveille"

Working with legendary CBS producer Joseph E. Zappulla.

The Front Man
(The Orchard)

Realizing that someone else should be the editor.

Tennis Channel
“Dear Fans”

Discovering that jump cuts are not mistakes anymore!

Dove - Magic Johnson
Commercial Spot

See how a commercial spot seamlessly integrates into the sports event coverage.

CBS Sports
U.S. Open Tennis Preview Show

A rare privilege - the opportunity to craft an entire half-hour of network television.

The Athletic
“Peach Jam”

The Athletic's short-lived foray into video production resulted in some great stories.

SlamNation (Excerpt)
“Saul Williams”

Saul Williams breaks out! And a whole new genre of performance enters the mainstream.

Power Trip
PBS Independent Lens

Props from Susan Sarandon!

Freestyle (Excerpt)
"Preachers Become Rappers"

An excellent example of the power of juxtaposition.

ESPN
French Open Tennis

Love those phone calls out of nowhere - suddenly I'm on a plane for a gig in Paris!

CBS Sports
Tour de France

See why CBS Sports won three Emmys in a row with its Tour De France coverage.

BLAST! (Excerpt)
“What is a Light Year?”

Simplifying complexity is an essential skill for an editor.

The Front Man (Excerpt)
"Christie on Howard Stern"

When a simple scene turns out to be impossibly complex.

CBS Sports
Nagano Olympics

Building a career from the Olympics.

NBC Sports
Beijing Olympics, 2022

Lock down in Beijing - how do you do an Olympics during COVID?

Beautiful Lie (Excerpt)
“An Affair With Myself”

Clever editing shows how it is possible to have an affair with oneself.

Power Trip - Trailer
(PBS)

10 film festival awards and an Independent Spirit Nomination

Power Trip (Excerpt)
"Land of Georgia"

A pause for digression can sometimes support the main point.

Fury in the Slaughterhouse
"Every Generation"

Collaborating on a music video with the celebrated visual artist, Doug Aitken.

CBS Sports
Image Promo

How many versions can you take?: Editing an network Image Promo.

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