Tom Costello
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I’m an Emmy winning editor and producer, with over two decades experience producing and editing documentaries and long-form features in the areas of human interest stories, sports, politics, and more.
RECENT EXPERIENCE
2024 Paris Summer Olympics - Primetime Features NBC 2024
100 Days to Indy Season 2 - Indy 500 Docuseries The CW 2024
Full Swing Season 2 - PGA Golf Docuseries Netflix/Vox/Box to Box 2024
Super Bowl LVIII CBS 2024
Super Bowl LVIII- SpongeBob simulcast Nickelodeon 2024
100 Days to Indy Season 1 - Indy 500 Docuseries Vice Sports/The CW 2023
Full Swing Season 1- PGA Golf Docuseries Netflix/Vox/Box to Box 2023
Beijing Winter Olympics Primetime Features NBC 2022
Beijing Winter Paralympics Primetime Features NBC 2022
American Rock Stars - 4 episode docuseries NBC/Peacock 2022
A Longer Conversation – Liev Schreiber Pilot Illuminated Content 2021
Tokyo Summer Paralympics Primetime Features NBC 2021
Ring City USA Boxing Features NBC Sports Channel 2021
Countdown to Fury vs Wilder III ESPN/Fox 2021
PBC Fight Camp: Pacquiao vs Spence Jr. Fox 2021
Team Rubicon – Back Home in Houston Sneaky Big Studios 2020
Presidential Primary Town Hall with Amy Klobuchar TheRecount.com 2019
PBC Countdown: Wilder vs Ortiz II Fox 2019
The Boardroom ESPN + 2019
2 Days: Dmitri Bivol HBO 2018
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
HBO Digital Producer, November 2013 – December 2018
Produced and edited over 750 digital asset videos for HBO Sports social media outlets, focusing on HBO Boxing, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, and HBO Sports documentaries.
Specialized in directing and editing HBO Boxing News videos on remote shoots, with content posted on HBO digital/social outlets within hours of shooting.
Produced features for air within live broadcasts, and produced additional digital content for episodes of 24/7, the HBO Boxing Podcast, and Facebook Live broadcasts.
Edited live highlights during boxing telecasts for immediate posting on the @HBOBoxing twitter account to promote viewership within the broadcasts.
HBO Associate Producer – Digital Media, April 2011 – November 2013
Pathway Productions, Indianapolis, IN: 2 years as broadcast documentary producer for the ESPN SportsCentury anthology series
ESPN, Bristol, CT: 4 years as Associate Producer, producing features for SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, and additional studio programming.
AWARDS
4 Sports Emmy Award Wins total - Most recent win in 2023 as editor for Outstanding Live Special, NBC Winter Olympic Games
9 Sports Emmy Award Nominations total
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON B.A. in Communication