User:Addison James

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Addison James

Born	March 19, 1986 Tustin, California, US
Nationality	American

Addison James (born March 19, 1986) is an American artist, primarily working as an editor in the film editing and commercial industries^[1]. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California^[1].

1 Background
- 1.1 Early life and career
- 1.2 iPhone Scandal
2 Education
3 Editing
- 3.1 Awards
4 Environmentalism
5 References
6 External Links

[edit] Background

Born in Tustin, California, Addison was raised throughout Orange County, California. Addison's father, Steve, founded Steve's Detailing in 1971^[2], the first ever auto detailing business, which grew to become a nation-wide franchise with the world's largest detail shop operated out of Costa Mesa, California^[3]. As a result of Steve's love for cars, Addison had a strong interest in automobiles from a young age^[4].

[edit] Early life and career

At the age of 8, Addison's grandfather, who invented the first magnetic tape data storage system^[5], built Addison a custom personal computer running Microsoft Windows 3.1^[4]. Soon after upgrading to Microsoft Windows 95, Addison taught himself HTML and JavaScript using internet resources^[4].

At the age of 11, Addison began to teach himself Macromedia Flash 1 and ActionScript^[4].

At the age of 12, Addison's first job was designing Macromedia Flash videos for Shorty's Skateboards^[1], who at the time was one of the world's biggest skateboarding companies^[6].

At the age of 13, Addison's interest in computers and design led him to find an early version of Apple Final Cut Pro- one of the editing systems he has been cutting on since 1999^[4].

At the age of 14, Addison created a Macromedia Flash website that caught the eye of Microsoft, and he was soon invited to spend a summer at their Redmond, Washington headquarters with a select number of other young kids from around the world, all working and sharing their knowledge with Microsoft^[4]^[7].

At the age of 16, Addison edited a feature length documentary about a local Orange County, California based choral director^[8].

[edit] iPhone Scandal

Around 8pm on June 28, 2007, Addison paid a number of young kids to line up overnight outside the Pasadena, California Apple Store to buy iPhones on their June 29, 2007 release date. By 11:00pm on June 29, 2007, Addison had resold 11 iPhones to prearranged people who wanted to avoid lines. Several phones sold in access of $900, in total making Addison enough profit to buy himself a free iPhone, as well as cash to break his existing wireless contract.^[9]

[edit] Education

Addison attended high school Sage Hill School in Newport Coast, California, Orange County, California's top college preparatory school, where he was a part of the first four-year graduating class^[10]. Immediately after graduating, Addison moved to Pasadena, California to attend Art Center College of Design where he would later graduate with Honors at the age of 21^[1].

[edit] Editing

After graduating from Art Center College of Design in August 2007, Addison began working for HoneyShed^[1] as an editor to director Brian Beletic of Smuggler^[11]. HoneyShed is best described as MTV+QVC^[12], and is owned by Smuggler^[11] and Droga5^[12]. As of May 2008, Addison has cut over 70 HoneyShed spots^[1]. Alongside HoneyShed, Addison continues to work as a freelance editor^[1].

[edit] Awards

• CLIO Award, Student Bronze, 2008, awarded to: Climate Change PSA "Blowing Smoke" 0:30^[1]
• EMMY Award, Student Commercial, 2008, awarded to: Climate Change PSA "Blowing Smoke" 0:30^[1]
• CLIO Award, Student Bronze, 2007, awarded to: Bayer Aspirin "Grey Beard" 0:60^[1]
• ADDY Award, Nationals Gold, 2007, awarded to: Family Obesity PSA "Fat Lane" 0:30^[1]
• ADDY Award, Districts Gold, 2007, awarded to: Bayer Aspirin "Grey Beard" 0:60^[1]
• ADDY Award, Districts Gold, 2007, awarded to: B3 Energy Drink "Out Of Gas" 0:60^[1]
• AICP, Shortlist, 2007, awarded to: Bayer Aspirin "Grey Beard" 0:60^[1]

[edit] Environmentalism

Addison is very committed to the green movement. His personal blog frequently posts tips on how to make simple changes in one's life that have a big impact on the environment^[13].