Jonathan Budine - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jonathan Budine is an American film director, producer and editor.

A graduate of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, Jonathan Budine spent the first part of his career working as a Director for multi-camera live events including Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

Minor League baseball, syndicated Professional Wrestling and various other events in the Greater Philadelphia Area.

He directed “Town Hall Meetings” for Tom Ridge

Tom Ridge

Thomas Joseph "Tom" Ridge is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives , the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania , Assistant to the President for Homeland Security , and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security...

and Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum

Richard John "Rick" Santorum is a lawyer and a former United States Senator from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Santorum was the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference -making him the third-ranking Senate Republican from 2001 until his leave in 2007. Santorum is considered both a social...

in 1994, as well as the NASCAR Silver Bullet Softball Game and several talk shows for TNT and Discovery. His work during this time won him two Telly Awards.

In 1995, Budine made his move to New York City to work as an editor at Broadway Video Editorial {a Broadway Video

Broadway Video

Broadway Video is a media production and distribution company located within the Brill Building on Broadway, New York, United States. Founded in 1979 as a production house tasked with post-production work on Saturday Night Live, Broadway Video has since become one of the largest independent...

company}, Creative Group and as of 2010 with Motive NYC. During this time he edited national commercials, shows, and key marketing campaigns for CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

, NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

, the Food Network, Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...

, MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, Survivor, The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams...

, Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

, ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

, HBO, Showtime and many others.

In 2002, while at Creative Group, Jonathan was tapped to be one of the editors for Michael Moore’s Academy Award winning film “Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Michael Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns...

” as well as the biographical film “The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture is the name of a 1994 autobiography by film producer Robert Evans. It is also the name of a 2002 film adaptation of the book directed by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen and released by Focus Features and USA Pictures...

”.

Drawing from experience as an editor for Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

s infamous commercial shorts, Jonathan Budine Co-Produced and Directed his own original short film “Take Out” (which was an official selection to the Philadelphia Film Festival

Philadelphia Film Festival

The Philadelphia Film Festival is held annually in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Until 2009 it was generally held during the first weeks of April....

, Hoboken International Film Festival, the Fantasia Festival

Fantasia Festival

Fantasia International Film Festival is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996...

, the 2007 Dragon*Con short film festival), the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and in Octoberof 2007, TAKE OUT made its LA premiere at Grauman's Mann Chinese Theater for the Screamfest Film Festival. As of March 2008, Jonathan is in post-production on his next short film starring Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick is an American child actor. His first film role was as Damien Thornin the 2006 remake of the thriller The Omen.-Personal life:...

, the star of the 2006 remake of The Omen.

In August 2007, Budine directed Esty, a hot new artist in his first music video - TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY. The video was shot in and around Esty's hometown of Newburgh, NY over a two day period in August 2007. The music video used the downtown Newburgh

Newburgh

-Places:Scotland*Newburgh, Fife, a former royal burgh*Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, a village*Newburgh, Borders, a village*Newburgh, Moray, a village*Newburgh, Orkney, a villageEngland*Newburgh, Lancashire, a village*Newburgh, North Yorkshire, a village...

Restaurant "It's All Good" and the river front dock beside Torches Restaurant as locations. Chelsea Homes in Marlboro, NY

Marlboro, New York

Marlboro is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 2,339 at the 2000 census.Marlboro is in the southeast part of the Town of Marlborough and also the southeast corner of Ulster County.- History :...

was also used. The video premiered on YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

, September 15, 2007.

In June 2008, the Mini Movie channel purchased the World Wide Rights to TAKE OUT. The short can be seen on the internet based company's web site. Mini Movie is based out of Beverly Hills and is supported by ad sales.

Budine went on to produce and direct Houston's #1 video during the beginning of 2010. Diego's song Sex You was made into a music video and debuted on YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

in 2009 by Budine with help from producer / production designer Jim Welsh and Producer Kim Black.

In July 2010, Jonathan Budine was added to the creative team at MOTIVE

Motive

-Creative or artistic work:* Motive art movement, a philosophical artistic movement started by the artist Blake Ward* Motive , 1990* Motive , 1990* The Motive, a punk band...

, a studio specializing in identity, branding, interactive, creative development and live action production for television, online and radio. Budine, a nationally known director, producer and editor, will work on a variety of projects.

Budine has been a resident of Nutley, New Jersey

Nutley, New Jersey

2010 Census Data:*TOTAL: 28,370 or 100%*White: 23,405 *African American: 628 *Asian: 2,824 *American Indian and Alaska Native: 36 *Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 4...

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.