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Documentary & film editing

Patient, cinematic cutting for true stories and narrative films that deserve a full arc.

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What this service entails

Seamless storytelling with cinematic flair

Long-form stories are found in the edit. I log and assemble hundreds of hours into selects, shape interviews into honest narration, and build sequences where image, archive, and score carry equal weight.

  • Logging, selects, and assembly for documentary and narrative features.
  • Interview shaping, paper edits, and story consulting with directors.
  • Archive integration, stills animation, and licensed score placement.
  • Festival and distribution masters, trailers, and press kits.
Video editing timeline with blue and purple clips

Capabilities

Room to let the story breathe

STORY STRUCTURE

Treatments, stringouts, and act maps tested against real audiences.

ARCHIVE & STILLS

Photo animation, footage research support, and rights-ready timelines.

CINEMATIC GRADE

Scene-referred color with filmic contrast and honest skin tones.

FESTIVAL FINISH

DCP-ready masters, dialogue lists, and caption files for premiere.

Related work

Films from the room

Questions, answered

How do you handle hundreds of hours of footage?

Every shoot day is logged, keyworded, and reduced to a selects reel you approve. You only ever review the moments that matter.

Can you join a film already in progress?

Yes. I start with a diagnostic viewing of your current cut and a frank memo on structure, then rebuild from the strongest material.

Do you work with directors remotely?

Most of my features are cut remotely with frame-accurate review links, weekly video sessions, and shared scripts and transcripts.

What deliverables do festivals need?

Exhibition masters, trailers, dialogue and music cue sheets, captions, and stills — packaged to each festival’s spec sheet.

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