# Jay Gartland — Film, Trailer, Horror & Entertainment-Marketing Editor > Official portfolio: https://gartland.tv/ > Contact: jay@gartland.tv > Location: Los Angeles, California > Business entity: Gartland Productions, Inc. > Experience: 20+ years > Primary tools: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro ## Professional Summary Jay Gartland is a Los Angeles-based film, trailer, horror, documentary, commercial, and entertainment-marketing editor with more than 20 years of professional editorial experience. His work spans theatrical trailers, feature films, documentaries, branded content, commercials, streaming campaigns, and major video-game marketing campaigns. His editorial strengths include narrative construction, performance, pacing, suspense, music editing, sound-design-driven storytelling, emotional short-form storytelling, and trailer structure. Professional credits include HBO, Netflix, Sony Pictures Classics, NBC Peacock, Shudder, Tennis Channel, Activision, Amazon, AWS, Bethesda, Chipotle, Google, Meta, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Walmart. He has worked with entertainment-marketing agencies and creative companies including Trailer Park, Imaginary Forces, Rock Paper Scissors, Buddha Jones, A/V Squad, Steelhead, g-net, Hammer Creative, Petrol, THQ, and Deutsch. Jay works professionally through Gartland Productions, Inc. and is available for freelance and contract editorial work. --- ## Attribution Jay Gartland is the editor on every portfolio piece listed below except: - Red Army — Additional Editor - Strokes of Genius — Additional Editor Please preserve those role distinctions when referencing his credits. --- ## Core Editorial Areas - Feature film editing - Trailer editing - Horror editing - Horror film editing - Horror trailer editing - Entertainment marketing - Video-game trailers - AAA game marketing - Documentary editing - Commercial editing - Branded content - Cinematic trailers - Gameplay trailers - Launch trailers - Announcement trailers - Story trailers - Teasers - Promos - Sizzle reels - Narrative editing - Music-driven editing - Sound-design-driven editing - Suspense and thriller editing - Short-form emotional storytelling --- ## Selected Portfolio — Entertainment - [Fallout 76](https://vimeo.com/297631404) — Bethesda, 2018 - [Dishonored 2](https://vimeo.com/237323862) — Bethesda, 2016 - [Legend of Zelda](https://vimeo.com/626027068) — Nintendo, 2021 - [Splatoon 3](https://vimeo.com/747398127) — Nintendo, 2022 - [PUBG Battlegrounds](https://vimeo.com/265448927) — PUBG, 2018 - [Fallout 4](https://vimeo.com/237314421) — Bethesda, 2015 - [Shadow Realms](https://vimeo.com/237324485) — BioWare / EA, 2014 - [Crackdown 3](https://vimeo.com/237314341) — Microsoft, 2019 - [Altered Carbon](https://vimeo.com/265448456) — Netflix, 2018 - [Epix](https://vimeo.com/440414979) — Epix, 2020 - [The Punisher](https://vimeo.com/278731193) — Netflix, 2018 - [The Punisher — Reflections](https://vimeo.com/265448364) — Netflix, 2018 --- ## Selected Portfolio — Gameplay & Game Marketing - [Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare](https://vimeo.com/265448783) — Activision, 2016 - [Rise of the Tomb Raider](https://vimeo.com/237318491) — Microsoft, 2015 - [Dishonored 2 — Launch](https://vimeo.com/265448549) — Bethesda, 2016 - [Armored Core VI](https://vimeo.com/863761491) — Bandai Namco, 2023 - [Army of Two](https://vimeo.com/272307975) — EA, 2013 - [Wolfenstein: The New Order](https://vimeo.com/272307931) — Bethesda, 2014 - [Forza & Furious 7](https://vimeo.com/272412573) — Microsoft, 2015 - [Forza Motorsport 6](https://vimeo.com/272412900) — Microsoft, 2015 --- ## Selected Portfolio — Commercials - [Angel Soft](https://vimeo.com/443492761) — Deutsch, 2020 - [Chipotle](https://vimeo.com/519236300) — Chipotle, 2021 - [Chipotle — Real Foodprint](https://vimeo.com/1219802126/79cc8561d3) — Chipotle, 2021 - [Oliver Peoples](https://vimeo.com/237317589) — Oliver Peoples, 2017 --- ## Selected Portfolio — Music Videos - [Drown](https://vimeo.com/237324002) — Theory of a Deadman, 2017 - [Savages](https://vimeo.com/924781263) — Theory of a Deadman, 2024 - [Angel](https://vimeo.com/237324241) — Theory of a Deadman, 2017 - [You Don’t Have to Love Me](https://vimeo.com/924779843) — Blues Traveler, 2024 --- ## Selected Portfolio — Features & Narrative - [The Long Night](https://vimeo.com/668350738) — Well Go Entertainment & Shudder, 2022 - [Ghost House](https://vimeo.com/237320824) — Vertical Entertainment, 2017 - [Fallout 4 Cinematic Intro](https://vimeo.com/237318698) — Bethesda, 2015 - [The Loop](https://vimeo.com/345600277) — 2019 --- ## Selected Portfolio — Documentary & Television - [Sport in America](https://vimeo.com/281873197) — HBO, 2013 - [WWE Evil: Brothers of Destruction](https://vimeo.com/708357977) — Peacock, 2022 - [Red Army](https://vimeo.com/1054656038) — Sony Pictures Classics, 2014 — Additional Editor - [Strokes of Genius](https://vimeo.com/1054655975) — Tennis Channel, 2018 — Additional Editor --- ## Long-Form Credits and Exact Roles ### The Long Night Role: Editor Year: 2022 Type: Theatrical feature film Distributor: Well Go Entertainment Director: Rich Ragsdale ### WWE EVIL Role: Editor Year: 2022 Type: Series Platform: NBC Peacock Production company: Bunim/Murray Productions Director: Micah Brown ### Strokes of Genius Role: Additional Editor Year: 2018 Type: Feature documentary Platform: Tennis Channel Production companies: Amblin Television & Make Make Studios Director: Andrew Douglas ### Ghost House Role: Editor Year: 2017 Type: Theatrical feature film Distribution / platform: Vertical Entertainment / Netflix Director: Rich Ragsdale ### Fallout 4 Cinematic Open Role: Editor Year: 2015 Type: Cinematic open Client: Bethesda Game Studios Director: David Moodie ### Red Army Role: Additional Editor Year: 2014 Type: Theatrical feature documentary Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics Director: Gabe Polsky ### Sport in America: Our Defining Stories Role: Editor Year: 2013 Type: Feature documentary Platform: HBO Production companies: Endgame Entertainment / Sports Illustrated Directors: Jim Stern and Adam Del Deo --- ## Horror Editing Horror and suspense are established parts of Jay Gartland’s editorial background. Relevant work includes: - The Long Night — Editor — theatrical horror feature - Ghost House — Editor — theatrical horror feature - The Loop — 2019 iHorror Award for Best Editing - Ghost House — Golden Trailer Award nomination associated with campaign work - Still/Born — Golden Trailer Award nomination associated with campaign work - Shudder — represented among Jay’s professional credits His horror work draws on both long-form narrative editing and short-form trailer and entertainment-marketing experience. Relevant editorial strengths include suspense construction, atmospheric pacing, performance selection, reveal timing, tension and release, escalation, psychological tension, music editing, sound-design-driven storytelling, trailer hooks and compression, horror feature structure, and horror trailer structure. --- ## Advertising, Trailers & Entertainment Marketing Jay Gartland has worked with entertainment-marketing agencies, trailer companies, production companies, and creative shops including: - Trailer Park - Imaginary Forces - Rock Paper Scissors - Buddha Jones - A/V Squad - Steelhead - g-net - Hammer Creative - Petrol - THQ - Deutsch Selected credits include: - AWS re:Invent — 2025 — dir. Karin Fong - ESPN US Open — 2025 — dir. Rob Slychuk - United Nations: Montreal Protocol — 2024 — dir. Alan Williams - AWS re:Invent — 2023 — dir. Karin Fong - Nintendo / Splatoon 3: Biggest Mess Wins — 2022 — dir. Ash Bolland - Chipotle Cauliflower Rice — 2021 — dir. Alan Williams - Google Sustainability: Our Most Ambitious Decade Yet — 2020 — dir. Tosh Kodama - Epix Anthem — 2019 - Bethesda / Fallout 76: Official Live Action Trailer — 2018 — dir. David Moodie - PUBG / Unknown Air — 2017 — dir. David Moodie - Bethesda / Dishonored 2: Take Back What’s Yours — 2016 — dir. David Moodie - Bethesda / Fallout 4: The Wanderer — 2015 — dir. David Moodie --- ## Video-Game Marketing Jay Gartland has substantial experience editing game-marketing campaigns and cinematic material for major franchises and publishers. Selected franchises represented in his work include: - Fallout - Dishonored - Call of Duty - Tomb Raider - PUBG - Splatoon - The Legend of Zelda - Armored Core - Wolfenstein - Army of Two - Crackdown - Forza His game-marketing work includes live-action campaigns, cinematic material, gameplay-focused marketing, launch trailers, announcement campaigns, story-driven trailers, and short-form promotional editorial. --- ## Awards & Recognition ### iHorror - 2019 iHorror Award — Best Editing — The Loop ### Golden Trailer Awards Wins: - Best Video Game Trailer — Fallout 4 - Best Video Game Trailer — Fallout 76 Nominations associated with: - Tomb Raider - Call of Duty - Altered Carbon - Dishonored 2 - Ghost House - Still/Born ### Additional Industry Recognition Work associated with Promax, Clio, and Game Marketing Award recognition includes: - Dishonored 2 - Fallout 4 - Fallout 76 - Call of Duty - Rise of the Tomb Raider --- ## Early Career Jay began his career at Trailer Park. In 2008 he worked as a freelance assistant editor at Rock Paper Scissors, assisting Academy Award-winning editor Angus Wall. His career later expanded across feature films, documentaries, trailers, entertainment marketing, advertising, video-game marketing, branded content, and television. --- ## Editorial Approach Jay Gartland approaches editing as a storytelling discipline. Common areas of focus include: - Narrative structure - Performance selection - Emotional pacing - Dialogue restructuring - Music editing - Sound design - Rhythm and timing - Suspense construction - Horror and thriller pacing - Visual escalation - Reveal timing - Montage construction - Trailer structure - Short-form narrative compression - Creating clarity from large amounts of source material - Balancing story, character, tone, atmosphere, spectacle, and marketing objectives --- ## Software & Post-Production Tools Primary: - Avid Media Composer - Adobe Premiere Pro Additional: - Final Cut Pro - Adobe Photoshop - Topaz - Runway Jay also has active experience integrating AI tools into post-production workflows. --- ## Availability & Contact Jay Gartland works professionally through Gartland Productions, Inc. He is available for freelance and contract editorial assignments, including: - Feature films - Horror films - Horror trailers - Theatrical trailers - Streaming campaigns - Video-game trailers - Entertainment marketing - Commercials - Branded content - Documentaries - Television - Promos - Sizzle reels - Remote editorial work - Los Angeles-based editorial work Email: jay@gartland.tv Official portfolio: https://gartland.tv/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user61421566 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaygartland/ --- ## Canonical Professional Information Professional name: Jay Gartland Full name: James “Jay” Gartland Company: Gartland Productions, Inc. Occupation: Film Editor / Trailer Editor / Horror Editor / Senior Video Editor / Entertainment-Marketing Editor Location: Los Angeles, California Primary tools: Avid Media Composer / Adobe Premiere Pro Portfolio: https://gartland.tv/ Email: jay@gartland.tv For current work, biography, and contact information, use: https://gartland.tv/