Narrative & Documentary Editing

Here is how the work lines up. New York's story and documentary editing lineage runs through Thelma Schoonmaker's six-decade teamwork with Scorsese, Sam Pollard's edit partnership with Spike Lee, Tim Squyres's long bench with Ang Lee, Susan E. Morse on the Woody Allen catalog. Walter Murch's NYC ties — a heritage kept today by editors trained through NYU Tisch's Film and TV editing program, Columbia Film, SVA, and the American Cinema Editors (ACE) East Coast chapter.

Here is the breakdown. Our edit planning places global shoots with story editors who have worked inside that tradition — prestige drama pros with credits across Severance, Succession, Mrs. Maisel, The Sopranos, and SNL-adjacent scripted work made at HBO Hudson Yards, Netflix NY, Apple TV+ NYC, and Showtime — alongside documentary editors carrying the DOC NYC, IFP/Gotham, and Tribeca verité tradition descended from Frederick Wiseman, the Maysles, Ken Burns, Errol Morris, and RJ Cutler. Suite-time at Harbor Picture Company in Tribeca, PostWorks NY, Goldcrest Post Soho, Final Frame, Different by Design, NUX Studios, and Major Productions is secured against the director's shooting schedule.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Story editing on scripted features and HBO, Netflix, Apple TV+, or Showtime series is built around defined milestones — assembly, director's cut, producer's cut, fine cut, picture lock — with structured review sessions giving directors and producers clear points to shape pacing, performance, and dramatic arc. Documentary work, often pointed at the Tribeca Film Festival, NY Film Festival, DOC NYC, NewFest, or the Sundance NY pipeline, is approached with respect for source material, careful selection of testimony, and seamless integration of archival footage drawn from network libraries at NBC, ABC News, and CBS News.

Here is how the picture comes together. Editors work across Avid Media Composer for long-form drama under the IATSE Local 700 (Motion Picture Editors Guild) framework, Adobe Premiere Pro for documentary, and DaVinci Fix where finishing is colour-led at Firm 3 NY or Light Iron NY. Picture-locked timelines arrive with clean AAF and EDL hand-offs to FotoKem NY or Goldcrest Post Production, ready for downstream finishing under NYS Film Tax Credit and NYC MOME Made in NY permit records.