Brandon Vallee Ross

Brandon Vallee Ross About Contact Crew PRIMARY JOB TITLE Director ALSO AVAILABLE FOR Camera Operator, Picture Editor, Producer, Writer EXPERIENCE Experienced IMDB PAGE https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9063313/ ADDITIONAL LINK https://www.instagram.com/bvr_productions/ ADDITIONAL LINK https://www.youtube.com/@bvr_productions ADDITIONAL LINK https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonvalleeross/ BIOGRAPHY

Brandon Vallee Ross is a Canadian writer, director, producer, and editor based in London, Ontario. Over the years, he's gained experience as a Video Editor and Assistant Video Editor on unscripted shows ranging from "American Pickers" and "Big Brother Canada", to "Brother Vs. Brother", giving Brandon an excellent understanding of post-production workflows, and how the fruits of pre-production and production's labours gets shaped into their final form for network delivery.

Brandon’s previous work has spanned the realms of livestream/live events, narrative, reality, factual, training, and documentary formats, with programs that have aired on various networks and platforms.

Having a varied career in film, Brandon brings a wealth of knowledge to each stage of production. Brandon blends a unique visual and symbolic style with a focus on strong storytelling to deliver memorable media, containing messages with a moral.

Brandon’s roots in London run deep. He lived in Toronto for 7 years establishing a career in the film and television industry. He moved back to London in 2024 to sprout family roots of his own, while continuing filmmaking work in all its various forms.

Since moving back to London, Brandon has enjoyed connecting and working with the many talented film professionals in London, and is proud to champion his hometown in all his filmmaking endeavours.

RESUME

• Video Producer / Editor – Altium Inc. – Freelance (Remote) - May 2023 – Present  - Produced and edited video content for multiple series of training modules.

• Videographer / Video Editor / Livestream and Live Switching Op – Prospect Fighting Champions – Francis Film Productions (On-site/Remote) - October 2025 – Present  - Link to PFC’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@prospectfightingchampionsh5029

• Camera Operator – Ensemble Vivant Live-Off-The-Floor Shoot for Slice Media – Freelance (On-site) - August 2025  - Setup and operated several cameras for a 4-day multi-cam shoot at two locations, the Yamaha Canada Music building in Scarborough and at 918 Bathurst Studio.

• Video Editor – Canon Canada via Socality – Freelance (Remote)- November 2025  - Edited two social media recap reels of footage shot during Canon’s Creative Lab hosted at Socality.  - Links: https://www.instagram.com/canoncanada/reel/DTTDC7wlTxo/ https://www.instagram.com/canoncanada/reel/DTIvu24gJlQ/

• Video Editor – SickBird Productions – Freelance (Remote) - March 2022 – February 2025  - Provided creative and emotive storytelling for short form videos that required a quick turnaround. The videos are posted through a Snapchat Channel called The Shade Room.

• Writer / Director/ Producer / Editor – Independent - February 2024 – June 2024  - A horror short film called “Phrog” about an irritated young woman, alone in her new home, venturing into her basement to investigate a strange noise where she makes a shocking discovery.  - Link to view the film: https://youtu.be/abbRUlyEnOc

• Assistant Video Editor – Scott Brothers Entertainment (Remote) - April 2023 – July 2023  - Worked on the show “House Hunters: Season 232”.  - Supported the post-production team by executing and fulfilling ingests, outputs, and editor requests in an Avid Media Composer workflow, with proxies created in DaVinci Resolve.

• Writer / Director / DP / Camera Op / Sound Recordist / Editor – Independent -January 2023 – March 2023  - A low budget short film called “Sleep Awake” that I made with the help of a crew of three.  - Description of film: A micro-short Sci-Fi/Horror film about a girl with sleep troubles.  - Link to film: https://youtu.be/oddUe7kKwXU

• Lead Assistant Video Editor – Scott Brothers Entertainment (Remote) - April 2021 – February 2023  - Worked on the shows “The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project: Season 1” and “Brother Vs. Brother: Season 8”.  - Handled all ingests, outputs, syncing, grouping, media management, and general organization of offline projects, as well as day to day editor requests.

• Director of Photography / Camera Operator / Editor – Freelance (On-Set/Remote) - June 2022 – November 2022  - Shot and edited a music video called “Dapper Man” directed by Jason Romilly for the band The Mendozaz.  - Link to music video: https://youtu.be/KBztyJ-mDP0

• Video Editor – HeartHat Entertainment (Remote) - July 2022 – September 2022  - Edited the Digital Socials for the show "We Bought a Funeral Home" on Discovery+.

• Director of Photography / Editor / Colourist – Freelance (On-Set/Remote) - August 2021 – April 2022  - Shot and edited a short film called “6 Amazing Facts You Need to Know about Beans”, written and directed by Alan Jones.

• Lead Assistant Video Editor – Freelance (Remote) - October 2020 – March 2022  - Worked on a documentary called “Searching for Home”  - Description of film: Searching for Home follows three young people participating in the Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness study. Set amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the film delves into the lives of these young people as they candidly share their stories.  - Link to film: https://www.searchingforhome.ca/home#film

• Lead Assistant Video Editor – Freelance (Remote) - April 2021 – June 2021  - Provided Assistant Editing services for the videos posted on CBC's “Hello Spring - Scenes of Spring” series from May 12, 2021 - June 18, 2021 (see link: https://www.cbc.ca/life/hellospring/springscenes).

• Lead Assistant Video Editor / Packaging Editor – Banger Films (In-Office/Remote) - November 2019 – April 2021  - Worked on a series for YouTube Originals called "K-Pop Evolution".  - Link to series: https://youtu.be/HerU6Gzn_O4

• Night Time Assistant Video Editor – Our House Media (In-Office) - April 2019 – November 2019  - Ingested video and audio to be prepped for use by editors.  - Exported various cuts to be uploaded for screenings, transcription, and for broadcast.  - Prepared final offline versions for the onlining process.  - Created edit decision lists for archival and music tracking.

• Daytime Requests Assistant Video Editor – Cineflix Productions (In-Office) - October 2018 – April 2019  - Completed various coordinator and editor requests for all shows.  - Imported and ingested footage, and exported various cuts and screeners.  - Provided support in off-line and on-line editing, and in maintenance of shared storage.  - Assisted in managing access to servers, drives, and accounts.  - Managed the different formats, workflows, and organization of each individual show.  - Used strong communication skills in meetings, and in response to emails and phone calls.  - Trained interns on post-production workflows.

• Night Time Assistant Video Editor – Cineflix Productions (In-Office) - May 2018 – October 2018  - Used tape decks to capture and digitize footage from tapes for Season 9 and 10 of "American Pickers".  - Used production notes to log and sync & group footage.  - Worked with AVID to capture, manage media, and export screeners.  - Assisted with overflow tasks from other shows.

• Night Time Assistant Editor / Media Manager – Insight Productions (On-Set) - February 2018 – May 2018  - Worked on the production and post-production of Global’s “Big Brother Canada: Season 6”.  - Managed and monitored the record of the live, 24/7, multi-cam production.  - Indexed and synced & grouped ingested footage, while troubleshooting any errors.  - Fulfilled editor and producer requests.  - Assembled scenes for story editors, locating and isolating key story moments.  - Worked with AVID, After Effects, and Photoshop.

• Production Assist. / Driver – Paperny Entertainment An eOne Company (On-Set) - May 2017 – June 2017  - Located, picked up, and transported props and set pieces from storage units and rental warehouses to the set of the Food Network special “Bake It Possible”.  - Responsible for ensuring talent was delivered on time for shoots, and ran various errands for the set under the direction of the Production Coordinator.  - Picked up rental minivans and cube trucks  - Contributed to set design building and tear down, ensuring all cooking lab equipment was handled appropriately.

• Assistant Video Editor – Paperny Entertainment An eOne Company (In-Office) - March 2017 – April 2017  - Worked as a Post Production Intern, turned Assistant Editor on the finishing touches of Season 4 of Discovery Channel’s “Cold Water Cowboys”.  - Cut together the trailer for the video game version of the show.  - Worked with AVID Media Composer and Adobe After Effects.  - Assisted in creating and selecting content to be used in online promotion.

• Transcriber – VICE Canada (Remote) - July 2017 – September 2017  - Received video footage from producers and used a program called InqScribe to type out what was said in the videos and submitted the finished transcriptions by specified deadlines.