About Shay…
Shay McCleavy is an editor, director, and writer dedicated to telling stories emphasizing immediacy, intimacy, and empathy. With an eye toward the audience, he collaborates and works to translate complex images, characters, and scenarios into gripping and engaging stories and experiences that stick with their viewers.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS, LOS ANGELES, CA
MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION 2018
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, GEORGETOWN, KY
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MUSIC & THEATRE AND FILM STUDIES; MAGNA CUM LAUDE
RELEVANT TRAINING
USC Advanced Directing - Professor Everett Lewis
Directed seven short films in a variety of genres. Was responsible for putting teams together, casting, and allowing for creative collaboration while executing multiple ongoing projects.
USC Directing Techniques - Professor Michael Connors
Explored film grammar through in-class rehearsals, blocking and movement exercises, and out-of-class productions including a four minute scene shot in one continuous take and a short film.
USC Advanced Editing - Professor Norman Hollyn
Experience in editing a narrative drama feature film. Worked with 5 other students to take feature film from a first assembly to a final cut. Used shared storage.
USC Comedy TV Pilot; Editing - Professor John Rosenberg
Experience as script supervisor, ingesting footage, utilizing multiple drives, and assembling the cut whilst production continued until the semester’s end.
USC Directing In a Virtual World - Professors: Michael Fink and Peter Sollet Learned the process and implementation of green screen photography with Academy Award Winner Michael Fink. Shot and edited multiple experiments on a green screen utilizing Adobe After Effects and Nuke for VFX.
Skills
Avid Media Composer
Sapphire Effects
Premiere Pro
After Effects
DaVinci Resolve
Final Cut Pro
Protools/Dialogue Editing
Digital File Management
Utilizing Shared Storage
Advanced Post Production Workflows
Production Sound Recording and Mixing