JAVIER CORTES

Experience + Credits

SOUND DESIGNER WITH ADVANCED SOUND EDITING AND MIXING SKILLS:
Great To Enhance Sonic Aspect of the Project (Dialog, Music, Sound Design, Final Mix).
Sound Mixing / Dialog Recording / Editing / Sound Design / Music Editing / Surround / Multi-Channel Audio Configurations / Sound Pos-Production / Voice Over Casting / Talent Union / Scheduling and Bookings.


CREATIVE VIDEO EDITOR WITH STRONG TECHNICAL POST-PRODUCTION SKILLS:
As Video Editor, Demonstrated Creative Combination of Sound + Music + Image. Strong Sense of Rhythm for Cutting and Story Telling.Advanced use of different softwares to achieve faster results. Example: FFmpeg, Davinci, Reaper+Audio Auto Trim+EDLs.

FOX / FX:
150+ On-Air Promos / Special Trailers / International Channels As Creative Sound Designer, Music Editor and Re-Recording Mixer Working Directly With Producers And Creative Teams.


SESAME STREET
195 Episodes (3 Seasons) TV Show as Creative Sound Designer, Music Editor and Re-Recording Mixer. Work-Flow and Sonic Style Designer. Create and Lead a dedicated sound team. Responsible for Final QC and Audio Delivery.


DISNEY CHANNEL
480 Live Episodes (2 Seasons) Latin American. TV Show “Zapping Zone”. Play Music and Sound Effects Live and in Real Time Based on Unscripted Situations, on a Very Fast-Pace Live Show. Also Post-Production Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer. Also Worked as Picture Editor: Creative Editor for a Variety of Segments in a Very Fast-Pace Work-Flow for a Daily Latin American TV Show.


DISCOVERY CHANNEL
On-Air Promos and Shows. Starting With Dialog and Picture Only, Responsible To Create Full Sonic Storytelling, Delivering 2.0 and 5.1 Mixes Following Network Specs.


SHAKIRA
“Live & off the-Record” Tour DVD Global Edition. Sound Editor, Re-Recording Mixer. Helping Picture Editor Mixing and Editing Sound on the AVID Media Composer Timeline. Also as Second Picture Editor: Creating an Unscripted Documentary, Working Directly With Director and Producer. A/V Creative Editor Responsible To Produce a Documentary From an Unscripted Raw Material. The Documentary Was Included in the Global Released DVD


COMMERCIALS / ADVERTISING
Broadcast, Digital and Radio Campaigns: CHEVROLET, T-MOBILE, METRO, MILLER, TOYOTA, PROCTER & GAMBLE, SONY, KAISER PERMANENTE, GATORADE and More. Some Agencies are: PUBLICIS, SAATCHI & SAATCHI, GREY, AXIS, CONILL, CASANOVA and More. Full Sound Post-Production, From Directing Voice-Over Talents to Final Delivery. Recording, Dialog Editing, Sound Design, Final Mix and Delivery. Working Directly With Clients, Advertising Agencies, Producers, Creative and Production Departments. Coordinating Union Talents, Agents and Traffic Companies. Also, as Post-Production Supervisor and Lead Editor. FX Artist, Performing Titles, Rotoscoping, Cleanups and Finishing. Online Compositing and Final Delivering.


DIRECTV
Trailer and TV Show Editor: Creative Sound Designer, Music Editor and Re-Recording Mixer Working Directly With Producers and Creative Teams. Also, Producers Needed To Re-Create a New Trailer for a (Previously Killed) Project. I created a New Teaser/Trailer Version and thanks to that, the Show Was Successfully Approved and Launched.


MTV
A/V Producer Responsible for Creating and Editing Projects From Unscripted Material. Creative Editor for MTV Music Awards, Variety of TV Shows and Special Segments. On-Air Promos and Segments Editor. Creative Sound Designer, Music Editor and Re-Recording Mixer Working Directly With Producers and Creative Teams.


SHORT AND LONG FORMAT FILMS
Working Directly With Director and Producers, Responsible for Dialog Editing/Cleaning, ADR, Foley and Sound Design. Re-Recording Surround Mixer, Sound Supervisor and Final QC.


TV SHOWS CREATOR, FORMAT DESIGNER AND DIRECTOR
TV Show “CR”: TV Show Pilot That Became a Very Successfully TV Show Aired in Argentina and Spain for Several Seasons.
TV Show “Dr. Daniel”: 13 Ep. Aired on Univision TV Los Angeles. Show Developer, Director, Post Production Coordinator and Lead Editor.


TV SHOWS EDITOR
1998 to 2005 (7 years). Big Brother / TRIP / El Rayo / CQC / .DOC Permanent Editor Staff in a variety of TV Shows and Formats: Reality, Documentary, Comedy, Entertainment, Family. Very Fast Turn Around and Under-Pressure Work-Flows


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Expertise in Audio Editing, Sound Design and Mix. Stereo, 5.1, 7.1. Tons of deliveries for broadcast, radio, digital and online platforms. Voice over casting director and Voice over talents agents access. Radio Producer with years of experience from script to final delivery.
AUDIO:
Avid ProTools / Izotope RX / Reaper / Audition / Soundminer / LKFS Meters / Automation / Avid Mixing Surfaces / ISDN / Source Connect / EQs / Dynamics / Re-Verbs / Plugins: Waves / Nugen / Universal Audio / Fab-Filter / Dolby


VIDEO:
DaVinci Resolve / Avid Media Composer / Adobe Premiere / Adobe / Adobe After Effects / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Encoder / Final Cut / Frame.Io / FFMpeg / Encoders


SOFTWARE DEVELOPER:
Creating and Coding Several Applications to improove Production and Post-Production Workflows. Others: Google Tools (sheets, doc, etc) / Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc) / Databases developer in Filemaker / Software developer in Xojo / Quickbooks / Quicken / FTP / WordPress / Keynote / MAC OS / PC

Editing Image + Sound

Sound Design + Final Mix

Before & After