Justin Michael Kroger
Los Angeles CA
Justin.Kroger@gmail.com
Professional Profile
As a Los Angeles CA resident, my passion is to connect brands and consumers through cinema-quality content and dynamic storytelling.
I have 19+ years of professional experience in directing, shooting, editing and coloring video for feature films, television, and commercials. I am a 6x Associated Press Award winning ENG Photographer/Editor and a 2x Emmy nominated documentarian.
Professional Experience:
Masters Of Illusion (CW Network) - Colorist//Editor
The Big Stage (CW Network) - Colorist//Editor
Blue Diamond Almonds: The Flavor Experiment (Commercial) - Camera Op
Snickers: Halloween Mummy Cake (Commercial) - Director of photography, Editor, Colorist, VFX
Snickers: Phyllo Bites (Commercial) - Director of photography, Editor, Colorist, VFX
Snickers: Ooey Gooey Bars (Commercial) - Director of photography, Editor, Colorist, VFX
Hate Among Us - (Feature Documentary) - Editor/Colorist
Aqua Pharmaceuticals: School Picture Day - Camera Department
Aqua Pharmaceuticals: School Picture Day Case Study - All Production
Billy Blanks Tae Bo Boom Boxing - DP, Editor
Mobile 8 SnapChat Advertisements - Editor
That’s My Time (Film) - Production Sound Engineer
BuzzFeed - Tasty Videos - Director Of Photography/Editor
Pale Horse (Feature Film) - Colorist/Editor
Coma (Film) - Production Sound Engineer
The History Channel- Via: The Marketing Arm -Director Of Photography, Editor, Graphics Artist.
Under 100 (Commercial) - Director, DP, Editor
KShop (Commercial) - Director, DP, Editor
Treasure (Commercial) - Director, DP, Editor
Blue Diamond Almonds//FanScape: Case Study (Via The Marketing Arm) - All Production
Microsoft Xbox Video- Via: Xylophone Films -Photographer/Editor - Responsibilities included: Shooting/Editing celebrity interviews at Comic-Con for Microsoft Xbox's media channel and website "Xbox Video"
Music Videos:
TYDI: Redefined - Assistant Director, Camera Op, Visual Effects Supervisor
CVBZ: Be Like You (Official Music Video) - Director, DP, Editor, Colorist
CVBZ: Be Like You (Lyric Video) - Director, DP, Editor, Colorist
CVBZ: Contraband - Director, DP, Editor, Colorist, VFX
His Dream Of Lions: Love Me Like I’m Sick - All Production
His Dream Of Lions: Danger Close - All Production
His Dream Of Lions: Cradle - All Production
Jordan Tortorello: Rain - All Production
Jaeger Wells: What It Feels Like - All Production
Jaeger Wells: Sao Paulo Liars Club - All Production
The CMDWN: This High - All Production
The CMDWN: RO$ES - DP
Jerad Finck: Criminal - 1st AC
The Show Ponies: The Chain (Live Cover) - All Production
Kaitlin Huwe ft. Wesley Flowers: That Old Black Magic - DP
Awards
6x “Associated Press Award” winning photographer/editor
Associated Television International
Editor/Colorist 2018-2020
High achievements:
⦁ Online Editor/Colorist/Compositor of the feature length, Emmy Nominated Documentary “The Hate Among Us” hosted by Dean Cain and Montel Williams
⦁ Edited/Colored 12 episodes of the CW television series “Masters Of Illusion”
⦁ Edited/Colored 10 Episodes of the broadcast television series “The Big Show”
⦁ Edited/Colored 6 episodes of the broadcast television show “Evil Touch”
⦁ Edited the broadcast television show “Popstar’s Best of 2019”
⦁ Edited the broadcast television special series “Christmas Caroler Challenge 2019”
The Live Young Group
Content Director/Online Marketing Manager
Responsibilities:
Artist Development - Strategic marketing implementation/pairing artist with complimentary creatives and oversight of production.
Directing/Shooting/Editing content for high profile entertainers, geared specifically to increase online social media engagement and grow following base/increase company revenue as a direct result.
Solidifying retainer clients through consistent engagement with current and potential (entertainment) industry leaders.
Creating, managing and delegating marketing posting schedule for clients.
Line Producing
Managing employee to client relations.
High achievements:
Solidified high profile clients. Gained over 200 million impressions online in under 12 months and converted those impressions to over 2,120,239 dedicated subscribers. Produced/marketed content that helped elevate multiple songs to the USA hot 100 charts.
Shot/Edited feature-length music documentary (The Drop with Greyson Chance) that sold to Full-Screen media and is currently being distributed world-wide.
Fanscape
Director of Photography/Editor/Creative Director
Responsibilities/Achievements:
Shooting/editing commercial content for large brands
DP/Editor of 3 commercials for Snicker’s that went on to be our company’s most successfully engaging videos to date (Over 60 Million impression/over 8 million views)
BuzzFeed “Tasty” Video Department
Director of Photography/Video Editor
Responsibilities:
Filming/editing “TASTY” instructional cooking videos.
Helped build YouTube subscriber base to more than 12,988,631 people.
The Marketing Arm
Director of Photography/Editor
Responsibilities/Achievements:
Shooting/editing commercial content
Helped raise over $1 Billion dollars for a new technology pharmaceutical company by producing videos specifically tailored to individual potential investors. Solidified investors include: Opera, Tom Hanks, US congressmen and many more.
Camera op for Blue Diamond Almonds “Tasty Experiment” commercial. The commercial went on to gain over 2 million impressions online.
CrowCreated
Content Creator
Responsibilities/Achievements:
Shot/Edited 30+ Music Videos with millions of views worldwide
Production Sound Engineer for the film “COMA” (currently in the 2019 festival circuit)
Production Sound Engineer for the film “That’s My Time” (2018)
Colorist for the feature film (PaleHorse) that sold to a major world-wide distribution company and is scheduled for theatrical release in 2019
Directed/Edited commercial for Barefoot Wine that was marketed world-wide
Microsoft XBOX Video
Video Content Editor/Videographer
Responsibilities/Achievements:
Shooting/editing celebrity interviews
Shot and edited 57 (3-6 minute) videos in 4 days for Xbox Video
KATV Channel 7 (ABC)
Photographer/Video Content Editor/Live Truck Operator/Producer
Responsibilities:
Editing/Shooting “Night-side” news casts (5pm, 6pm, 10pm)
Weekend assistant producer
ENG live truck operator
Writing stories, web posting, social media management
River Rock Communications/(Fox) KLRT
Talk Business With Roby Brock (Fox)
Video Editor/Assistant Producer
Responsibilities: Shooting and editing daily news segments and weekly show.
Rachel Ray’s Tasty Travels (The Food Network)
Assistant Producer
FBC Production
Assistant Video Producer/Videographer/Editor
High achievements:
Shot and edited for a world wide live broadcast with ccn
Shot and edited a 30 part dvd series that is now marketed world-wide (Men's Fraternity).
Wrote, directed, shot & edited spots aired on network television
Image Works Productions
Video Editor/Assistant Writer
Applications and Equipment
Red (Dragon, Epic, Scarlet)
BlackMagic Production Camera 4k
Sony f55, fs100, a7sii, a7rii
Canon 5d mrk iii, C100, 1Dc
DaVinci Resolve
Final Cut Pro (studio) 7/X
Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Adobe Photo Shop CC
Adobe AfterEffects CC
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Illustrator CC
DVD Studio Pro
ProTools/Logic Pro (Audio editing)
Live video switching
ENPS (Electronic News Script Writing/Production Schedule)
Certified ENG Live Truck Operator
Projector maintenance
Lighting and sound
Live video switching
SD and HD Camera Equipment : Canon, Hasselblad, PhaseOne, Nikon...
Canon 5d Mark iii, C100/300, 1DC, XLH1, XH-A1, Sony HDR-FX1, DSR-450/250, Red One/Epic/Scarlet, Panasonic AG-HVX2000, GH4, Black Magic Cinema Camera, Pocket Cinema Camera and Many More…
Education
Home-schooled, Little Rock, AR
Graduated 2005
The University of Central Arkansas, Conway AR
Digital Film/ Music Composition Major – Senior
References:
Tarina Doolittle - Small Green Door (Production Studio) - 269-838-5572 - Tarina.Doolittle@gmail.com
Chris Salicrup - BuzzFeed Producer - 214-535-8106 - chris.salicrup@buzzfeed.com
Matthew Millard - Aaron Sims (3D Artist) - 501-551-2007
Chris Cary - The Live Young Group - 918-691-2611
John Michael Cox - The Marketing Arm Senior Creative Producer - 310-754-2818
Chris Scott - KATV Channel 7 Executive Producer - 501-219-8995 CScott@katv.com
Nick Genty - ABC 7 (KATV) News Director - 501-324-7760 NGenty@KATV.com
Janelle Lilly - KATV Multimedia Journalist - 501-529-4322
Chris Jilka - News Content Manager - 501-529-4322
Jeff Kinley - Main Thing Ministries - 501-529-4322
Gary Bean - AR Electric Video Services - 501-766-0981
Paul Kroger - Fellowship Bible Church - 501-350-5632
Roby Brock - Talk Business With Roby Brock - 501-529-1737
I was honored to be featured on ABC News anchor Steve Sullivan's web blog on KATV.com ("Sully Says"). The article had over 10,000 impressions and 159 positive comments! Thank You!