OCTOPUS is a boutique management company representing high end, creative
post-production talent. Our creative family includes Editors, 2D and 3D
Motion Graphics Designers, Visual Effects Artists and Compositors, Flame,
Smoke and Shake Artists, Producers, Post Supervisors and more. These
talented artists work in a wide range of media, from feature films and
episodic television, to commercials, music videos, new media, web
programming and non-broadcast corporate and industrial work.
Adam Spreng
Andrew Giles
Billy Senia
Bradley Ross
Brian Goetz
Brian Kushner
Carlos Almonte
Cass O'Meara
Christopher Pensiero
Craig Weiseman
Dave Herman
Emma Morris
Frank Demeri
Jamie Kirkpatrick
Jessica Rosa
Joe Vassallo
Jonathan Baskin
Jonathan Baskin
Jon Baskin is an award-winning editor who worked as a staff and freelance editor for the past seventeen years at various prestigious networks such as HBO, USA Network, ESPN, NBC and CBS. He won two consecutive Emmys for his work on HBO’s Inside The NFL and was nominated for another Emmy in Outstanding Journalism for a piece on Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. Jon earned 2009 Promax Gold and Silver Medals for a Real Time with Bill Maher promo for HBO, a Promax Gold Medal for an Entourage promo and a Silver Medal at The New York Festival for a Costas Now image piece. He also won a Monitor Award for a Road Runner High Speed Online campaign. He cut numerous promos for the series Pysch for USA Network.
Jon has cut seasons of tv series Saturday Night Live, Big Fights Boxing Hour (ESPN Classic), Inside Space (Sci-Fi Channel) and Costas Now (HBO). He cut The Lady in Question is Charles Busch, a documentary about the actor/writer, which premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival and aired on The Sundance Channel through 2008. He also cut documentaries about HBO’s Big Love and The Wire, which won a Silver Medal at The New York Festival.
He directed, produced and edited BEEF, a documentary about four female slam poets, which was an Official Selection at The Maryland Film Festival and The Directors View Film Festival. He also directed, produced and edited I Am Not A Juvenile Delinquent, a documentary about a group of incarcerated teenage girls, which was an Official Selection at Girl Fest Hawaii.
SKILLS:
Avid, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Color Correcting, Titles, Effects - Sapphire, Boris, Illusion
JP Cadaveira
Justin Monnig
Kent Harrington
Larry Tempesta
Lauren Giordano
Lia Starace
Marc Beroza
Nick Stone
Noah Ward
Patrick Gambuti Jr.
Patrick Heaphy
Patty Sunshine
Rebecca Lally
Rob Campbell
Zena Sfeir
Alex Scott
Craig Donnelly
Curtis Eberhardt
David Stoy
Francis Oh
Fredrik Sundwall
Glenn Hernandez
Jayme Choi
Jihyun Ha
Justin Barnes
Leah L'Esperance
Lori Newman
Manu Gaulot
Mark Feggins
Matthew Lane Smith
Scott Klossner
Shana Preiser
Shyam
Simon Potter
Vincent MacTiernan
Yasmin Mistry
Zach Horn
Alex Scott
Ben Insler
Chris Savino
Glenn Hernandez
Jason Strougo
John Richard Sanchez
Justin Barnes
Lauren Kushner
Matt Kushner
Matthew Lane Smith
Michael Mirandi
Parthiban Elangoval
Shyam
Steve Talkowski
Zeth Willie
Aniello Zampella
Christopher Riemann
Craig Donnelly
David Stoy
Glenn Hernandez
Manu Gaulot
Matthew Lane Smith
Shana Silberberg
Vincent MacTiernan
Yasmin Mistry
Aniello Zampella
Cicely Brooks
Mike Stolzenberger
Rich Siciliano
Aniello Zampella
Karen Heston
Mike Stolzenberger
Elizabeth Hurd
Julie Fischer
Paul Leonardo
Adrianna Merlucci
Anthony Dash
Ben Jones
Brandon Kieffer
Christos Angelidakis
Cicely Brooks
Dan Lohaus
David Bryen
Elizabeth Hurd
Greg Flick
Jamik Sawyers
Jeremy Olsen
Mathew Ein
Nicole Michaelis
Robert Nabipour
Adam Young Roe
Anne Vega
Eytan Gutman
Jennifer James Wilmoth
Julie Fischer
Mark Osberger
Eduardo Sinclair
H. Spencer Young