John McSwain

Los Angeles, California

MFA, Fine Art, Parsons School of Design
BFA, Creative Photography, University of Florida

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The long and the short of it:

I’ve been a video editor for 15+ years, I got my start way back at VICE when they were first making video content for a site called vbs.tv
I’ve since gone on (to everyone’s surprise) to establish a solid freelance career in both NY and LA; cutting commercials, documentaries, music videos and beyond.
In 2018 I started taking music composition seriously and now split my time between music and editing. I enjoy both, I’m good at both, and sometimes I’m hired to do both on the same project. I recently completed the score for a feature length documentary. Out soon hopefully…
I DJ as well (I know…I know..) and some of my mixes are available here + remixes I’ve produced. My long running party Sade Night is monthly in LA and regularly in NY and Miami. It will be 10 soon.
I also host a podcast about editing called Cutting Class. And I produce and edit a podcast called You Should Probably Read More.
Aaaand I’ve written a few articles, though I only think one of them is any good so that’s the only one shown here.

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A selection of agencies & production companies I've worked for/with:

Anomaly, Artclass, Art Machine, Athletics, BBDO, BYT, Decon, Facebook, First Ave Machine, Gretel, Good Co, Google Creative Labs, Hush, Joan, Juniper Jones, Lightning Orchard, Magic Leap, Magnetic, Mass Appeal, MFG, Milk, Mirada, Mutiny, ODD, Set, Sid Lee, Special Guest, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Trailer Park, Unreasonable, Vice, Voyager, Ways & Means, Work-Order.

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contact: vacationscanhelp@gmail.com

@vacationsonline

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Clio Entertainment Awards 2023 Shortlist - Xbox Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - The Power of Jade
Tangerine Reef - Pitchfork
Tangerine Reef - Washington Post
Coral City - Work: Untitled Interview
Complex Magazine - More Love EP
Complex Magazine - OVO Mix 52
NY Magazine, Best of New York - 2014