Mary C. Reese
Editor/Writer
[COLLAGE]:
an artistic composition combining unrelated images to create a new, cohesive, or surreal work.
I was always destined to be a some sort of a Collagist.
Born in Texas, almost immediately whisked away to Oregon, then Hawaii, Florida, California, Virginia. Dad was in the Marines Corps, you see. After twenty-one years of service, with a wife and three young daughters, he hung up his military cover and replaced it with a straw farmer’s hat, putting his roots down for good in Oregon.
From Washington, D.C. and the Pentagon to nine acres of farmland outside Salem – quite the contrast.
As a child, in all that crisscrossing the country, I learned how to hold on to the things I most loved from where I was and to take them with me to wherever I was going.
It prepared me perfectly to be an editor, and I’ve spent most of my career in that role. I’m delighted to gather up all the disparate pieces of a project and to cut, paste, layer, erase, enhance, crumple up, start over, and blend, polish, and mold them into something great.
Seems that I am now having a bonafide “Hallmark Movie Moment,” as I find myself splitting time between Hollywood, CA and our family farm in Oregon, where I’m supporting my mom and my sister now that my dad has passed away.
Technology allows me to continue editing remotely and, in this modern age, commuting from Salem to Burbank isn’t much longer than the daily back and forth between Hollywood and Culver City. Between editing gigs, I’m starting a baking side hustle with my mom, and my husband and I (along with our five cats and two dogs) are tending to the land – planting trees, restoring habitat, and creating biodiversity.
I love editing, and I’ve had a long and interesting career. But after years of putting all the pieces together at the end, I’m eager to see what it’s like to start at the beginning. Like baking homemade treats or growing vegetables in the garden, I’m ready to whip up my own stories and scripts, from scratch. I can’t wait to see where this next journey takes me.
CONTACT INFO
Mary C. Reese
323.823.7767
marycreese@mightyeditboss.com
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