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My Story

Film Editor, Videographer, Drone Pilot, Photographer...

...Adventurer, Traveler, Restless Soul, and Story Teller. 

I was born in 1988 to a single teenage mother. My adopted father came along when I was 5.

I grew up in the deep south just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.
 
My parents and I didn't get along very well in my adolescence, so at the age of 18 I left home and spent the next 6 months either couch-surfing or homeless. Filling myself with every new experience I could find.
 
I have sung and/or played guitar in 5 bands throughout my life, spanning genres from hardcore to indie to electro-dance.
 
I graduated college with a B.A. in Film. It took me 7 years with 10 changes to my major from Sociology to Physics to Poetry.

I worked as a Video Editor and Camera Operator for a large digital media ad agency for two years right out of college after a 6 month unpaid internship.
 
I've fallen in love multiple times. The third time was the charm; we tied the knot in April of 2016. 

My first son was born on May 1, 2018 and my second on November 2, 2023 and I love them more than anything in this world.

I have 2 Jack Russell Terriers named Harvey and Audrey, as well as a pot-bellied Pig named Herbert.

I was the timelapse photographer for NCIS: New Orleans for all 6 seasons, shooting over 300 timelapses during that span.


I started my Wedding Videography business in 2016 which had great success due to the quality of product I provided. I chose to move on from it in 2023.

I have been a Christian, a Buddhist, and an Atheist. 

I have Co-Produced and Edited three feature films, The God Inside My Ear (2017), Sister Tempest (2020), and The Wheel of Heaven (2024). I hope to make a career as a Film Editor.
 
I have traveled throughout this country and many others, making beautiful friends along the way.

I have drone camera operated for numerous large budget feature films and tv shows including Disney's Haunted Mansion (2023), Five Nights at Freddy's (2024), Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023), Interview with a Vampire (2022), Five Days at Memorial (2022), Synchronic (2019), and many more.


I have come to peace with those who have wronged me and those who I have wronged in the past, including reconciliation with my parents, former loves. and old friends and enemies alike.

What I am hoping to convey here is that I have lived a life. 

For me, cinema is the best way to define exactly what that means; a love and a passion, a therapy and a religion.

Sure, I can make whatever you want look professional and cinematic. Film School and work experience have taught me that.

But what sets me apart from others is my relationship with the experience of life through the lens of a camera.

 

Contact Information

Feel free to contact me at any time of the day or night.
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© 2017 by Joseph Estrade

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