Hi everyone!
Please save the date for our upcoming Lunch with Alumni featuring Vashi Nedomansky (’88) on Wednesday, March 17 during B Lunch. Vashi is a former NHL player and current Hollywood film editor. His dad, Vaclav Nedomansky, was also in the NHL and was the first hockey player to defect from eastern Europe and went on to play for the Toronto Toros and then in the NHL for the Red Wings. Vashi graduated from DCDS in 1988 and will be interviewed by your classmates Dwight Ellis (’21) and Lauren Mocur (’22). He is joining us from LA via Zoom.
Please submit questions here by THIS Friday, March 5th. I’ve attached a deck he shared with us so you can learn a bit about him and included a bio from IMDB below.
Vashi-Visuals Presentation Overview
Thanks so much and see you on March 17th!
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Vashi Nedomansky defected from Czechoslovakia as a child during the Cold War and grew up in Toronto and Detroit. Following his career as a professional hockey player, Vashi has been a film editor in Los Angeles since 2001.
Vashi has edited 11 feature films including the global phenomenon “Sharknado 2”, the comedy “An American Carol” for director David Zucker (Airplane, Scary Movie) and the PTSD documentary “That Which I Love Destroys Me” for director Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Snitch). He also edited 6 Below, the first native 6K feature film workflow in Hollywood history.
Vashi has cut over 50 national commercials for numerous brands including Nike, Volkswagen, Ford, NHL, EA Sports, Adobe, Medal of Honor, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, US Reserve and the US Air Force.
His company VashiVisuals has provided post-production workflow, consulting services and Premiere Pro training for numerous projects including: Deadpool, Gone Girl, The Good Doctor and House of Cards. Vashi has also trained fellow ACE film editors in transitioning to Adobe Premiere Pro including: Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, Billy Fox, Don and Dean Zimmerman, Julian Clarke, Nicolas De Toth, Jon Corn, John Venzon, Joan Sobel, Bruce Green and many more.
Vashi has collaborated on projects with: Jerry Bruckheimer, Michel Gondry, John Landis, Dennis Hopper, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. and Disney Studios—
