Wild City (2006)





      Randy has worked in a variety of positions on set and in postproduction, in fictional, documentary, and abstract pieces. He most recently assistant edited a documentary on the history and special effects of the Godzilla films. His screenwriting experience includes the historical documentary The Best Crop: A History of Orchard Farming in Orem, Utah, which aired on regional PBS, and he created a short animation that won the Ultimate Film Junkie award from the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. 

      Randy writes with MovieMagic Screenwriter; he has worked with 35mm, 16mm, MiniDV, and HD cameras; he has recorded sound on DAT and a Nagra IV and V sound recorder; and he edits on FinalCut, Avid, and 16mm and 35mm film, having used both a flatbed Steenbeck and an upright PicSync. 

      Reel coming soon...

• August 2008 - Assistant edited Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects, 68 min., director Norman England. This Japanese-language film premiered at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and is included on the Classic Media DVD of Rodan and War of the Gargantuas. Here is the English trailer, the imdb page, and a two-part review by the website SciFi Japan.
  
  
• April 2008 - Created and animated a thirty-second paper cut-out film that won the Ultimate Film Junkie award from the Tribeca Film Festival. 
  
  
• June 2007 - Assistant edited Polycarp, 85 min., director George Lekovic. This slasher horror film was the opening night screening for the premiere Hoboken Film Festival in 2007. Here are the trailer and the imdb page.
  
  
• May 2007 - Assistant edited Calling on You, 3 min., a music video for the band Paulson released on Warner Bros.' Doghouse label. It can be seen here.
  
  
• November 2006 - Assistant edited Samuel the Lamanite, 64 min., director Dennis Agle. For this live-action musical Randy also edited sixty minutes of DVD special features.
  
  
• March 2006 - Shot, directed, and edited Wild City, an abstract documentary about urban wildlife in London, England, which was shown at the sixth Matsalu International Nature Film Festival at Lihula, Estonia.
  
  
• September 2003-August 2005 - Attended the London Film School, participating in dozens of films in as many positions.
  
  
• March 2004 - Directed the short abstract film By Water, and Blood, and the Spirit, which has since shown at Mormon-themed film festivals in New York City, Brussels, and Utah, placing in the Best of Festival program at the 2007 LDS Film Festival.
  
  
• December 2002 - Wrote the screenplay for The Best Crop: A History of Orchard Farming in Orem, Utah, 55 min., director April Chabries. This historical documentary aired on regional PBS throughout the mountain west.