2018 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule: Indie Film Track: Storytelling through E...

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Indie Film Track: Storytelling through Editing

Film production takes many hours and many minds, but one of the most important roles often goes under-recognized: the editor. The editor's job is akin to that of the screenwriter as they are required to shape the story based on condensing many weeks of footage into something cohesive and succinct. Join us for a conversation about the critical questions all editors must ask and answer during the syncing, bridging, and slicing phase of any film, and how their role as a storyteller is pivotal to the post-production process.

Moderators

Roy Rutngamlug

moderator

Panelists

Adam Bowers

writer/director/producer/editor/actor New Low, Paperback

Adam Bowers is a writer, director, actor, and editor living in Los Angeles. His first feature, New Low, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. That same year, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces Of Independent Film.” In

Dan Bush

writer/director/Editor The Signal, The Reconstruction of William Zero, The Vault, The Dark Red

Dan Bush is an American director, writer, producer, and editor known for THE SIGNAL, and THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WILLIAM ZERO and THE VAULT.In 2007, Dan co-wrote and co-directed THE SIGNAL. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was bought by Magnolia Pictures, and hit theaters... Read More →

Stephen Kinigopoulos

director/writer/editor Fishbowl

Stephen Kinigopoulos (30) Baltimore bred, Nashville based, had his first taste of the film industry when he was 14 years old. With his mother being Hair dept. head on HBO's "The Wire" , Stephen would frequently be on set where he has also met his mentor, Executive producer of HBO's... Read More →

Ann Lupo

writer/director/producer/editor In Reality

Ann Lupo is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and actor. After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts she co-directed and co-produced DOCUMENTED, a feature documentary about Jose Antonio Vargas’ life growing up as an undocumented immigrant in America. The film premiered... Read More →

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