Harold Houze Jr. lives and works in Los Angeles, Ca. as an independent television and film editor and filmmaker whose career spans over 20 years in the media.

A 1983 graduate of Xavier University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications, Harold began his career working in radio as on-air talent. For three years he honed his skills behind a microphone, displaying a broadcasting range that included a 7 to midnight R&B show, play-by-play and color sports announcing, an afternoon drive-time newscast shift and a Sunday public affairs show.

Harold moved into the behind-the-scenes realm of television by taking an engineering residency at WWL television in New Orleans, La. A year later he returned to Los Angeles and embarked on a nine-year production career using his talents as a cameraman, sound engineer and video tape specialist for such clients as Fox Television and Black Entertainment Television.

He entered the post-production realm in 1991, and worked as an assistant editor for five years before becoming an editor. Since 1996, Harold has worked in the field of non-linear offline and online editing, with a specialization in all Avid and Final Cut Pro systems. Harold also provides color correction on shows which he finishes online.

His clients range from actors Ted Lange (Love Boat) and Yvette Freeman (ER), to Microsoft, AOL, the Director’s Guild of America, the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, The History Channel, FOX, E!, and MTV. Recent shows or series Harold has either provided offline or online editing for include "Dr. 90210", "Trading Spouses", "The Swan", and "True Hollywood Stories".

His film career began in 1995, on a documentary directed by his good friend, Karen Robinson-Hunte. He agreed to co-produce and edit the film project “Living Positive”. On the documentary, Harold also shot second unit footage as he and Karen chronicled the lives of five women living with HIV and AIDS. “Living Positive” was completed in 1999, and was very warmly received by both critics and the filmmaking community. It was featured in the DOCTOBER Film Festival, the African American Film Marketplace/S. E. Manly Short Film Showcase, and the Sonoma Valley Film Festival. In 2000 the film also aired on PBS.

Harold's currently in pre-production on “Underground Medicine”, his second film effort and his first as director. This project will provide a broad discourse on the state of our world through the eyes of spoken word artists, dancers, and animators and will be shot and preserved in High Definition.

View a PDF of Harold's showlist.

Ken Yankee lives and works in Los Angeles, CA as a film and television editor. After moving to Los Angeles from the Boston, MA area, Ken advanced his career within post production as a writer, producer, editor and occasional director for a boutique post house. Pursuing long form he later progressed into the freelance world of series and syndicated television.

Ken’s work includes a variety of genres for a variety of outlets, from talk and reality programs to documentary films to video game campaigns and everything in between. He has edited for many major studios, syndicators and cable outlets, and has earned an impeccable reputation as an editor with a talent for telling compelling stories with a unique visual flair. An achievement that in turn earned him a 2007 Daytime Emmy nomination.

Ken has also written and produced many of the shows, trailers, and promos that he has edited. His knowledge and involvement within these areas has allowed him the freedom and capability to work in any position within the production/post production department.

LaTisha C. Green was born and raised in L.A. County. After studying Film & Television Production and receiving her B.F.A. at New York University, LaTisha returned home and began her career in Television as a segment producer.

After a few years Ms. Green realized she wanted to build her career as an editor. Since then, LaTisha has a cut a variety of projects ranging from promotional videos to short films to shows on NBC, MTV, VH-1,E!, Style and other networks.

LaTisha has been an active member of the The GroupLA since it’s inception.

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Mandell Winter is a sound editor working on feature films such as: El Cantante, The Martian Child, Southland Tales, & Pathfinder.

Mandell has also edited sound for TV on “3 lbs.” & a variety of movies of the week. He aspires to become a supervising sound editor within the next year.

View a PDF of Mandell's showlist.

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