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ALEX
SIMPSON

Editor / Videographer / Photographer / Illustrator

FOUNDER · TIGHT FIVE INC.

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01 · FEATURED

Still from Fools Rush In: a man in mime makeup smiles in close-up against warm out-of-focus lights

NARRATIVE · 24 MIN

FOOLS
RUSH IN

A mime falls for a coworker, but how do you fit in when the rest of the office is clowns?

ROLE

Lead editor

MADE AT

Niagara College, Year 3

Still from Fools Rush In: a man in mime makeup checks a red clown nose in an office bathroom mirror — 02A ▸

Still from Fools Rush In: seen from behind, a man faces an elevator crowded with clowns — 03A ▸

Still from Fools Rush In: a woman and a man in mime makeup stand on either side of an office water cooler — 04A ▸

Still from Fools Rush In: a woman and a man in mime makeup talk in a cubicle decorated with balloons — 05A ▸

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SHOT REEL

BONES

Music video for EMERG. Assistant editor.

THE WHIP CUT

What a whip shot is, and how it hides a cut.

THE DAY I DIED

Short film. Director of photography.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

WHITE KNUCKLE

FILM STILLS · PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Still from White Knuckle: Passmores diner glowing at night, its octagonal windows lit warm

Still from White Knuckle: two people sit at a diner counter, seen through the window

CITIES OF ONTARIO

LONDON · HAMILTON · TORONTO

Rain-soaked park path under a single streetlight at night — 01A ▸

Downtown towers lit up over an empty parking lot at night — 02A ▸

Fountain silhouetted against a sunset, framed by leaves — 03A ▸

Steel footbridge leading toward a row of condo towers at dusk — 04A ▸

Weathered brick wall beside office blocks in a lot at night — 05A ▸

Looking up through a steel and glass atrium roof — 06A ▸

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ILLUSTRATION

Ink, marker and digital.

Alex's digital self-portrait in greyscale, wearing a cap, against a black background with white streaks — PANEL 01SELF-PORTRAIT TWO · DIGITAL

Commissioned YouTube thumbnail art for RadHead: a crowd of video game characters in a soft, painterly sticker style — PANEL 02COMMISSION ONE · RADHEAD

Commissioned YouTube thumbnail for RadHead about weird and bad fan games — PANEL 03COMMISSION TWO · RADHEAD

Ink sketch portrait of Xander Serpa with crosshatched shading — PANEL 04XANDER SERPA · INK

Ink portrait of Sophie Thatcher with freckles and a buttoned collar — PANEL 05SOPHIE THATCHER · INK

Bold marker portrait of Ella Purnell with shoulder-length dark hair — PANEL 06ELLA PURNELL · MARKER

Digital greyscale portrait of Maria Prisyazhnuk — PANEL 07MARIA PRISYAZHNUK · DIGITAL

Alex's self-portrait in black marker with blue fill — SELF-PORTRAIT ONE · MARKER

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ABOUT

From illustration to filmmaking, I do a lot. Since I've been old enough to hold a camera, I've been pointing one at anything. I've even gotten pretty good.

EDUCATION

Niagara College

Broadcasting: Radio, Television and Film

2026

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TOOLKIT

V2

After Effects

Avid Media Composer

V1

Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

A1

Pro Tools

Adobe Audition

CAM

Blackmagic Pocket + URSA

RED cinema cameras

LGT

LED, tungsten + fluorescent

Multi-track field recorders

PRODUCTION COMPANY · INCORPORATED IN ONTARIO

TIGHT FIVE
INC.

Alex's video editing company. Hire Tight Five Inc. for edits and social content, with Alex doing the cutting.

Video editing
Social media content

PROD.

Tight Five Inc.

EDITOR

Alex Simpson

BASED

Toronto, ON

EST.

2026

Work with Tight Five

CONTACT

LET'S CUT
SOMETHING.

Alexshanesimpson@gmail.com

519-902-9139 · Toronto, ON · Bookings through Tight Five Inc.

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