BIO

Andrew Maggio is a freelance motion picture editor with over nine years experience in the commercial and entertainment industry. His unique experience with vfx, design, and animation demonstrates his ability to be a strong collaborator as well as a powerful storyteller. Through his control of pace and rhythm, he has given abstract works as much emotional impact as those with a human connection.

Andrew's career began at Digital Kitchen Chicago in 2001 where he began to cut ground breaking spots for clients such as Coke, Target, Budweiser, HBO, FX Network, Cartoon Network and many others. In 2004, he edited the main titles for FX Network's Rescue Me. James Poniewozik, entertainment critic for TIME magazine, had this to say about the opening sequence, "Rescue Me's credits, are the best on TV, a flawless marriage of music, picture and idea. Image after perfectly chosen image hits on the themes of manliness, aggression, bathos and desolation... The scene of a flock of pigeons exploding into the air as the rhythm section and lyrics kick in deserves an Emmy in itself."

In 2006 Andrew cut a series of PSA's for PBS featuring some of the most universally recognized talent in the world: Cookie Monster, Grover, Ernie, and Oscar the Grouch. All based on famous movie parodies, these shorts demonstrated Andrew's ability to cut dialogue, comedy, and retain all the cinematic value of the original pieces. Written Impossible, featuring Cookie Monster as a professional cookie thief, went on to win Gold at the Promax Broadcast Design Awards.

The following year Andrew was asked to direct and edit a featurette on Digital Kitchen for a bonus disc distributed by the revered Stash DVD magazine. Fearing he would be forced to create another drab and pretentious studio piece, Andrew sold his idea to replace the studio staff with actual fashion models and took a tongue-in-cheek approach to the other studio pieces he had seen in the past. The result was Designer Slash Model, which took off on the web tallying over 100,000 views in it's first month and was reposted on thousands of blogs and websites worldwide.

Beyond his professional work, Andrew makes music videos for his friends' bands with zero budget. Acting as a one man operation, Andrew applied what he learned from Designer Slash Model and produced a video for The Safes, an unsigned Chicago band, that was then featured on Pitchfork.com and ranked over 10,000 views in it's first week. The video also reaped the benefits of the viral internet. After being given the taste-maker approval from Pitchfork, The Sky Is Falling was reposted on many other sites and music blogs. The heightened exposure for the band was invaluable.

Outside of work Andrew enjoys playing music himself and plays in numerous local bands. His aesthetic is strongly influenced by an active participation in punk rock and graffiti culture. Unable to repress his inner child, Andrew thinks playing video games, drawing cartoons, and playing with his dog are the best uses of his free time.