Cindy Nielsen has been upped to staff editor at Chinagraph. She originally worked for the New York shop as a freelance cutting assistant starting in 1999. In February ’00, she became a Chinagraph staffer, serving as assistant editor to editor Nick Martin.
Martin is partnered in the offline editorial house with senior editors Eric Carlson and Kane Platt, and executive producers Rosemary Quigley and Anne Gordon. This contingent initially worked together for several years at the venerable, since closed Dennis Hayes and Associates. They founded Chinagraph in ’97, which also features editors John Mallerman, John Gramaglia and now Nielsen.
"I’m very excited to take this step at Chinagraph," said Nielsen, who had been cutting her own work for some time before making the official transition to staff editor. While other companies pursued Nielsen, she chose Chinagraph based on her comfort level with its editors, creative spirit and boutique working environment.
Her work spans a hip cutting style for Sylvania to beauty for clients such as Maybelline. Beyond spots, Nielsen has been active in documentaries, a prime example being Tribute, which aired on PBS in September ’03. The documentary chronicled the coming together of New York’s art community in order to contribute to the city’s healing process after the Sept. 11 tragedy.
A graduate of The Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., where she received a bachelor of arts in photography, Nielsen later attended New York University’s Professional Program for Intensive Studies in Film Editing. Upon completion, she garnered an apprenticeship at Homestead Editorial, New York, where she became an assistant editor, before hooking up with Chinagraph.
