Summary

I’m Sara Wasserman, a freelance documentary editor local to Brooklyn, NY. My passion is verite documentary film and I'm excited to work with you!

Credits

7/21 – 2/23

Additional Editor Great Photo, Lovely Life

HBO — Film (Feature-length) — Ark Media, LLC Details
7/21 – 2/23

Collaborated alongside the directors to edit original scenes for this feature HBO documentary. Facilitated a remote editing workflow for the team, and ensured the edit went smoothly as assistant editor from importing footage at the beginning of the project through to the online edit.

7/21 – 2/23

Lead Assistant Editor Great Photo, Lovely Life

HBO — Film (Feature-length) — Ark Media, LLC Details
7/21 – 2/23

Collaborated alongside the directors to edit original scenes for this feature HBO documentary. Facilitated a remote editing workflow for the team, and ensured the edit went smoothly as assistant editor from importing footage at the beginning of the project through to the online edit.

2/21 – 5/21

Assistant Editor (Avid) Emergency: NYC (Season 1)

Netflix — TV — Yulari Films Details
2/21 – 5/21

Created organizational structure, ingested footage, synced and grouped cameras, and trained a team of assistant editors on protocol for the Netflix original documentary series, Emergency: NYC.

8/19 – 6/20

Assistant Editor (Avid) Lenox Hill (Season 1)

Netflix — TV — Submarine Entertainment Details
8/19 – 6/20

Worked as assistant editor on the Netflix original documentary series Lenox Hill. I assisted four editors to deliver nine complex episodes under tight deadlines. I managed the Avid NEXIS, ingested new footage, created hard drive and LTO backups, and delivered the episodes to our finishing post facility, while simultaneously helping the editors create amazing episodes of our show.

1/18 – 10/19

Assistant Editor (Avid) Paper Children

YouTube — Film (Feature-length) — YouTube Originals Details
1/18 – 10/19

Worked in collaboration with lead editors to facilitate organization, workflow efficiency, and exported various deliverables for the feature documentary, Paper Children. In addition to syncing footage, creating stringouts, and keeping the Avid project orderly, I also assisted as needed on story and technical issues.

8/16 – 1/18

Junior Editor

Staff Position — Fusion Details
8/16 – 1/18

Worked with a special team within Fusion to edit short documentary videos for social media and Fusion.net. The team worked across platforms, creating content for Univision, Fusion, Planeta, Project Earth, The Root, Track Record, and many others.

7/14 – 6/16

Story Editor

Staff Position — Launch Media Details
7/14 – 6/16

Followed many projects through conception to completion for clients across the world. Created the story edit to finish up many projects in a creative and unique way. Collaborated with Launch Media team through every step of the process: creative direction, production, and post-production.

9/12 – 6/14

Studio Technician

Staff Position — WFSU-TV Details
9/12 – 6/14

Worked all positions in a television studio: director, technical director, audio, tape, teleprompter, and graphics. Assisted on video shoots: Florida State University faculty lecture series, Florida Footprints Documentary, and packages for PBS talk show Dimensions. Produced original short documentary, Voices of Railroad Square Art Park, aired repeatedly during Summer 2014 on WFSU-TV.

Orgs

  • Alliance of Documentary Editors

Media

  • Lenox Hill | Official Trailer | Netflix

  • Cultural Remix: Ibeyi

Recos

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Education

Class of '14

Florida State University

Bachelor of Science - Media Production

My Gear

  • iMac

Skills

  • Post Production
  • AVID Media Composer
  • Adobe Premiere
  • organization
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Assistant Editing
  • Typing 80+ wpm
  • Adobe Certified Expert - Premiere Pro CC