I have been editing documentaries most of my life. My first job as an assistant editor was on an underfunded film, and I was paid in room and board. I was smitten, and am fortunate to have been mentored by great editors from New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, which has enabled me to make a living, help raise a family, and mentor emerging editors, some of whom are now producing and editing significant work.
I still believe in the power of film to affect hearts and minds. For nearly 40 years, I’ve produced, directed, and edited docs that are important to me. I co-edited the Oscar-nominated Regret To Inform, a film the New York Times described as “unforgettable … exquisitely filmed, edited and scored.” My work has screened on PBS’ American Masters, POV, Independent Lens, Frontline, Voces, on HBO, Showtime, Al-Jazeera, and in television and film festivals worldwide. I edit in English and Spanish.
I bring a producer’s sensibility to my editing work, and am comfortable advising producers on future shoots and on the use of animation, graphics, music, narration, and sound design. I always strive to complete a show on time and within budget, and I have experience in post-production supervision. I can create workflows to deal with multiple formats and move a film from picture lock to final mix and layback.
I’ve collaborated with dancer/performance artist Nina Wise; solo theater performer, Charlie Varon; Academy Award-winning filmmakers, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman; artist/animators Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, and Academy Award-winning sound designer, Richard Beggs, among others.
Meshes of the Afternoon
Four Daughters
The Devil Never Sleeps
Sugar Cane Alley
King of Masks
Beirut: The Last Home Movie
Across the Universe
Daughters of the Dust
Salesman
400 Blows
Memories of Underdevelopment
Network
Murderball
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
In Search of Our Fathers
The Third Man
The Law in These Parts
Anything by Chaplin
Meshes of the Afternoon Four Daughters The Devil Never Sleeps Sugar Cane Alley King of Masks Beirut: The Last Home Movie Across the Universe Daughters of the Dust Salesman 400 Blows Memories of Underdevelopment Network Murderball Umbrellas of Cherbourg In Search of Our Fathers The Third Man The Law in These Parts Anything by Chaplin