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Christopher Tenzis
Chris Tenzis made his first film at age nineteen, SOME GUYS, which premiered at The Chicago Underground Film Festival. His short films include 'TIS THE SEASON, which screened in the 2008 Northwest Film & Video Festival, A MAN AND HIS PANTS, which won the Audience Award at the 2004 Northwest Film & Video Festival and played at SXSW in Austin, Texas and
Sundance, SONG, which premiered at the 2007 Portland Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and
CHANGE, which premiered at The Denver International Film Festival and played on PBS.
Tenzis worked in post-production at Will Vinton Studios for six years where he was an editor for the animated series THE PJs (WB Network), starring the voice of Eddie Murphy, and GARY & MIKE (UPN Network). He worked in post-production for three years for the Sundance
Filmmakers Lab and is currently a Creative at Apple Inc. where he has been an Apple Certified Pro instructor of Final Cut Pro for the past five years.
Tenzis has a B.A. in Theatre Arts and studied film at The British Film Institute and The London International Film School. His recent work has been a series of Levi's promo films for Wieden + Kennedy. He keeps a blog on film in Portland, PDXFilm.org, and has programmed special screenings at Cinema 21.
Teaching Now
Advanced Final Cut ProDigital Video Editing