Kai Keefe

kaikeefe@gmail.com

Experience

• freelance video editor (March 2015 - Present)

  • The Real Wild West - Curiosity Stream Series (2023)

    • Upcoming 4 part documentary series examining the forgotten history of minority figures from the American West.

  • Last Days of Pompeii - PBS Documentary (2022)

    • PBS feature for the “Secrets of the Dead” series, highlighting new discoveries at Pompeii.

  • The Forgotten Peacekeepers - Documentary Short (2022)

    • Upcoming documentary series about the Beirut bombing of 1982 and subsequent Supreme Court battle to compensate the survivors.

  • Sign the Show - Feature Film (2021)

    • Feature film about sign language interpreting in live music and entertainment and Deaf access, with commentary from entertainers like Kelly Clarkson, D.L. Hughley, Andre 3000, Camryn Manheim, and more.

  • LFG - HBO Feature Documentary (2021)

    • Feature documentary about the US Women Soccer Team’s fight for equal pay and discrimination lawsuit.

• NFL INSTANT REPLAY TECH, NFL (July 2020 - present)

  • I work as the instant replay technician for the Washington Commanders home games, as well as other stadiums as needed.

  • Responsible for setting up, managing, and troubleshooting Instant Replay equipment and video playback for NFL games.

  server room operator, newseum (October 2016 - January 2020)

  • The Newseum (museum of news) in DC contains a full service TV studio that it rents to various clients, including Hearst’s “Matter of Fact” with Soledad O’Brien.

  • Responsible for recording all video from studio cameras using K2 servers and KiPro.

  • Sub-clip (edit) the raw video, transfer from server to client hard-drive using Vantage software.

  • Run video playbacks during studio productions.

• Newseum Video Production Intern (June 2016 - August 2016)

  • Edited a 25 minute documentary about the Pulitzer Prizes, currently on display in the museum’s Pulitzer Gallery exhibit.

  • Edited VR video content.

  • Filmed and edited social media and marketing videos for the Newseum.

• Studio Manager, BSOS Production Department (August 2015 - June 2016)

  • Created video content for the UMD College of Behavioral & Social Sciences.

  • Filmed and edited documentary style profiles of interesting projects and faculty within the BSOS department.

  • Managed the BSOS production studio and advised on video equipment purchases.

• freelance photographer, the baltimore sun (may 2014 - May 2015)

  • Photographed local events to accompany articles in the Baltimore Sun.

Education

University of Maryland, College Park

• Broadcast journalism Major, Environmental Science minor.

• Multimedia Editor for The Diamondback (2014-2016).

  • As Multimedia Editor I helped start the very first multimedia/video division of the popular long running college newspaper.

AWARDS

• NATAS/Capital Emmy (2016)

  • Awarded a NATAS award for “best short form non-fiction” for documentary style profile on a low income, single mother with a disabled daughter living in Howard County.

• Tribecca Film Festival Honor (2014)

  • Honored at Tribeca film festival for short video profile on a female medical researcher aimed at inspiring high school students to pursue STEM careers.

  • Received a $1,600 “Gold Award” from Lab-TV.

• Best Screenplay, Maryland Filmmakers Club festival (2015)

  • Awarded “best screenplay” for my original short film “Broccoli Hands,” which has since received thousands of views on YouTube.

• The national cover music video contest winner

  • Acclaimed indie-rock band The National held a nationwide cover song video contest.

  • I performed, filmed, and edited the winning video

SKILLS

• Proficient with Adobe Premiere, Audition, After Effects, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Davinci Resolve, and Avid.

• Experience editing 360 degree video and virtual reality content.

• Experience creating descriptive audio.

• HTML, CSS, Javascript.