About Mitch

About Mitch2017-08-10T01:43:44-04:00

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Mitch Jacobson

Mitch is a creative producer/director, broadcast editor and a multi-camera expert with 30 years experience in entertainment production. He has edited documentaries (Pavarotti and The Newport Jazz Festival), comedy (Guy Code, Wild ‘N Out), sizzles reels (Tommy Hilfiger, P Diddy, Pepsi), talk shows (The Chew, Rachael Ray and The Wendy Williams Show) & concert films (Paul McCartney, Aerosmith, Kid Rock). Mitch has directed and shot 100’s of live special events for Planet Hollywood, Universal Studios, Hard Rock Cafe and Disney.

Mitch is the owner of Category Five Studios in New York City. He also works on loan-out for broadcast and cable networks (MTV, Discovery, ABC, History) and the biggest brands in fashion, music, sports and entertainment.

He has been a keynote speaker at the NAB- National Association of Broadcasting conference, an editing instructor for The Motion Picture Editors Guild and a contract trainer for NewTek’s TriCaster and the presenter of “Stream Camp” a national touring live stream multicamera workshop. He is also the hosts the special webcast “Cutting It Close” a technolgy talk show.

His book, Mastering Multicamera Techniques: From Pre-production to Editing and Deliverables (Focal Press) has been published in English, Portuguese and Russian. It is also available as a Kindle e-book on Amazon.com

Mitch Jacobson’s Blog:

Cutting it Close

Multi-Cámara Locura: CineVideo Expo, Mexico City

After participating in this year's FMC Editor's Retreat, I was approached by fellow editor and certified Avid Trainer Carlos Alberto Rojano of Artec and the Center of Art and Technology (CAT) in Mexico City, Mexico. [...]

By |May 29th, 2010|Categories: Mastering Multicam|1 Comment

Fear No Gear: A Report on the Developments at NAB 2010

by Mitch Jacobson  and photos by Mark Forman The buzz was apparent the moment I landed in Las Vegas.  People just seemed excited.  I was not disappointed either as NAB 2010 turned out to [...]

By |May 12th, 2010|Categories: Technology|Comments Off on Fear No Gear: A Report on the Developments at NAB 2010

We’re Cutting It Close!!!

Welcome to my new blog...as with a lot of editors, we chase deadlines AND trim a tight cut, I'm almost always "cutting it close". This blog will be a place for me to post my [...]

By |May 10th, 2010|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on We’re Cutting It Close!!!
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