Highlights

Authentic Film Sizzle

Sizzle Reel


edit reel

Editing Reel



Rough Edges Title

Rough Edges Trailer

(script, camera, direction, edit, color, music)
Authentic Films

Rough Edges Poster

Rough Edges

(script, camera, direction, picture and sound edit, color, graphics)
Authentic Films

here comes another bubble

The Loosies - Here Comes Another Bubble

(edit, motion graphics)
for the a cappella group The Loosies

motion graphics reel

Motion Graphics Reel



color reel

Color Reel



Narrative

dialogue reel

Dialogue Reel


montage reel

Montage Reel

Documentary & Reportage

wincing man

Chest Wax

(picture and sound edit, music selection, VFX)
Current TV

orphan girl

Not Just a Number

(picture and sound edit, music selection, VFX)
Current TV

dancing woman

Talia's Bisexual Odyssey

(picture and sound edit, music selection, VFX)
Current TV

KT Tunstall

Vogue Trendwatch

(edit)
Vogue Magazine

Trailers

Rough Edges Trailer

Rough Edges

(script, camera, direction, edit, color, music)
Authentic Films

Rough Edges Teaser

Rough Edges :30 Teaser

(script, camera, direction, edit, color, music)
Authentic Films

Ronald McDonald

McLibel

(edit)
Spanner Films

soldier

Voices in Wartime

(edit, narration)
Two Careys Productions

widow

Uncovered: The War on Iraq

(edit, color)
Robert Greenwald Productions

Music Videos

someone like you

Adele - Someone Like You

(direction, edit, VFX)
fan video shot in 2 days with some friends

here comes another bubble

The Loosies - Here Comes Another Bubble

(edit, motion graphics)
for the a cappella group The Loosies

bunda

New Life Crisis - The Bunda

(edit, VFX)
Yees Media

happy up here

Royksopp - Happy Up Here

(all visuals)
animation demo excerpt

Animation & Graphics

motion graphics

Motion Graphics Reel




here comes another bubble

The Loosies - Here Comes Another Bubble

(edit, motion graphics)
for the a cappella group The Loosies

fermi paradox

Stars Like Dust: Fermi's Paradox and the Great Silence

(motion graphics, writing, voice, edit)
Odd Salon talk

animation

Animation Demo

(technical direction, animation, color, compositing)
Disney, etc

happy up here

Royksopp - Happy Up Here

(all visuals)
animation demo excerpt

Color

color reel

Color Reel


Patents

US8359537B2
Tool for navigating a composite presentation*
US8418082B2 Cross-track edit indicators and edit selections
US8522144B2 Media editing application with candidate clip management*
US8549404B2 Auditioning tools for a media editing application
US8555169B2 Media clip auditioning used to evaluate uncommitted media content
US8627207B2 Presenting an editing tool in a composite display area
US8769421B2 Graphical user interface for a media-editing application with a segmented timeline
US8881013B2 Tool for tracking versions of media sections in a composite presentation*
US9032299B2 Tool for grouping media clips for a media editing application*
US9564173B2 Media editing application for auditioning different types of media clips
* Lead inventor

About

My name is Charles Lyons. I am an accomplished filmmaker and post production expert with dozens of film and television credits at both the major studio and independent film level.

I wrote, directed, and shot the independent feature Rough Edges, which premiered at Cinequest and played the opening night of the San Francisco Independent Film Festival. I did all the post production on the film as well, including picture and sound editing, sound design, motion graphics, VFX, compositing, color grading, and even some of the score. I have edited and color graded multiple features, directed, shot, edited, and animated internal videos for Apple, edited human interest pieces for Current TV, composited 2D and 3D animation for Disney, designed and edited trailers for feature films, and more. At Apple my insights helped produce ten video editing software patents, on four of which I was the lead inventor.

My work has been seen at film festivals, in major movie theaters, and on cable television, and my focus has always been on using the latest available technical tools in service of compelling visual storytelling.

Credits

info@authenticfilms.com