Editor · Director / Los Angeles
a social-forward editor for national brands.
funny, fast, and sending cuts before taillights.
T-Mobile, adidas, Uber Eats, JPMorgan, DoorDash, Tiffany & Co., Tommy Bahama and others. Shooting, directing and editing ads since 2006. Comedic timing on scripted spots, speed on celebrity and candid content, and on-set editing that hands clients a near-final cut at wrap.
01 — Selected work
Social, as editor
ON-SET
T-Mobile × Druski
Unwell Energy
ON-SET
Uber Eats — Get Almost Almost Anything
ON-SET
MUD\WTR
T-Mobile Home Internet
02 — #$%! IT, WE'LL DO IT LIVE
On-set editing: hands-on with talent and timing, and the client leaves the shoot with the cut.
I pull the camera feeds as they roll and assemble while the crew shoots. The director sees scenes work before the setup changes, and continuity and timing get fixed on the floor between takes.
By wrap there's a near-final edit instead of a dailies link.
Call
Bay built, feeds in, project templated to the deliverable specs before the first slate.
Midday
First assemblies of the morning's scenes play back for director and client at lunch.
Afternoon
Notes land while the set is still lit — pickups are a ten-minute reset, not a second shoot day.
Wrap, day 2
T-Mobile: 3 near-final edits handed to the client at the end of the second shoot day.
Result
Shorter post schedule, fewer revision rounds, no pickup day, and a client who has already signed off on the shape of the spot.
Shot this way
T-Mobile — directed + on-set edit
T-Mobile × Druski — on-set edit + direction
MUD\WTR — on-set edit
Instagram — on-set edit
Never Alone — on-set edit
T-Mobile Home Internet — directed + on-set edit
More spots cut on set
Director · Editor · On-set
T-Mobile Home Internet — Movie Night
Editor · On-set
MUD\WTR — Change Your Mind
Editor · On-set
Instagram — Your Community
03 — Directed + edited
Director + editor
Director · Editor · Emmy Award, PSA
VHA — Stay Ahead
Director · Editor
Tiffany & Co. with Jeff Goldblum
Director · Editor
T-Mobile Home Internet — Movie Night
04 — Longer formats
OLV + Long-form
T-Mobile — Watch Like a Member
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet × DoorDash
JPMorgan Payments × Acquired Live
EDITOR · COMPOSITOR
Disney × Target
05 — Live events
Live events, cut within days
T-Mobile × Marcello Hernández
Nike — Keep It Run Hundred
06 — Generative AI in the pipeline
AI and shaping the story after the shoot
Three spots for Unwell Energy. Generative video let me reshape the jokes after the shoot, adding beats the day didn't capture.
Editor · Generative video
Unwell — Spooky Season
Editor · Generative video
Unwell — Apple Cider Donut
Editor · Generative video
Unwell — Red White and Blueberry
07 — About
Ben Winter
Commercial editor in Los Angeles, cutting paid and organic social for national brands. I came up shooting, directing and compositing, and I have a BS in Electrical Engineering, which is why I'm at home on a set and with the technical side of post. Freelance: remote, in your edit, or on set.
What I'm hired for
- Comedy timing on scripted spots
- Fast turnaround on celebrity, candid and live content
- On-set editing from live camera feeds
- Cutdown families and hook variants for paid placement
- Compositing and VFX work
Toolkit
- Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve (edit + color)
- After Effects
- REAPER for sound
- Portable on-set edit bay
Recognition
- Emmy — PSA (director, editor)
- Gold Addy — short documentary (director)
I have a hand in every part of production because I genuinely love every step of making great ideas come alive—quickly and better than you imagined. Let's light this candle.
