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BORDERLANDS

SELECT EDITORIAL WORK SAMPLES

FEATURE FILMS/TELEVISION

*samples are trailers only, full films available via respective distributors
Art in the 21st Century: BORDERLANDS
hourlong documentary episode
directors: Rafael Salazar, Ava Wiland
series producer: Nick Ravich
network: PBS
​screenings: ARTECINEMA (Naples, IT), LE FIFA (Montréal, Québec)
Student Athlete
documentary feature (additional editor)
directors: Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
producers: LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Steve Stoute
screenings: Stranger Than Fiction (New York, NY)
distributor: HBO Sports
​
HAY DINERO
short form documentary series (series editor)
series producers: Cindy Rodriguez, Chelsea Rugg, Ava Wiland
producer: PBS/WNET
Here One Minute
narrative feature
director: Eleanor Gaver
producers: Eleanor Gaver, Schuyler Quinn, Lydia Dean Pilcher
associate producer: Russell Yaffe
screenings: Dances With Films (Los Angeles, CA)
released by: Gravitas Ventures
The Sisterhood of Night
narrative feature (additional editor)
director: Caryn Waechter
producers: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Elizabeth Cuthrell
select screenings: Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock, NY), Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, GA), Edinburgh Film Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland), LA Women's International Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA) - Best Narrative Feature
distributor: Freestyle Releasing

DIGITAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES

West to East: Turtle Island
​
short form documentary series (series editor and writer)
director: Rafael Salazar Moreno​
producer: National Gallery of Art, RAVA Films
Richard Misrach: Never the Same
​documentary episode (Extended Play)
directors: Rafael Salazar, Ava Wiland
producer: Art21, RAVA Films
select screenings:
​Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, San Francisco Independent Film Festival
You Are The Subject: Richard Serra at Glenstone
documentary short
director: Rafael Salazar Moreno
producers: Glenstone Museum, RAVA Films
featured in designboom
festivals: Le Festival International du Film sur l'Art
Guadalupe Maravill and the Sound of Healing
​
documentary episode (New York Close Up)
director: Rafael Salazar, Ava Wiland
producer: Art21, RAVA Films
select screenings:
​Thomas Edison Film Festival
Met Stories
short form documentary series (series editor)
director: Sarah Cowan
producers: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, RAVA Films
2021 Shorty Award Winner, 2021 Webby Honoree
FIELDWORKS
short form documentary series (series editor)
directors: Rafael Salazar, Ava Wiland, Julia Main
producers: A Blade of Grass, RAVA Films

SHORT FILMS

Reflecting on Red Darkness
narrative short
dir: Sam Messer, writer: Denis Johnson, narrator: Liev Schreiber
featured by:
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (Frankfurt, Germany)
Fine Arts Work Center (Provincetown, MA)
My Brother Is A Zombie
narrative short
director: Russell Yaffe
producers: Talia Alberts and Dena Greenbaum
screenings: Austin Film Festival (Austin, TX), Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose, CA), Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, GA), IFFBoston (Boston, MA)
Denis The Pirate
narrative short
dir: Sam Messer, writer: Denis Johnson, narrator: Liev Schreiber
screenings: New York Film Festival (New York, NY)
exhibitions:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ​(Hartford, CT)
​Fredericks & Freiser Gallery (New York, NY)

​For George on His 30th Birthday
narrative short
director: Ursula Ellis
producers: Emerson Nosek and Ben Gojer
starring Michael Esper, Allie Gallerani
screenings: Denver Film Festival (Denver, CO)
Crick in the Holler
narrative short
director: Ursula Ellis
producers: Ben Gojer, Kiera Kyoto Lewis,
​Emerson Nosek, and Nadia Zoe
grants: Alfred P. Sloan Short Production Grant
select screenings: Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock, NY), Citizen Jane Film Festival (Columbia, MO),
Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, NC)
distributor: Labocine
re: Jess 
narrative short
director: Talia Alberts
producers: Dena Greenbaum
select screenings:
​St. John's International Women's Film Festival
(St. John's, Canada), Youngcuts Film Festival (Montreal, Canada), Nitehawk Cinema Shorts Fest (Brooklyn, NY)
distributor: Film Shortage - Daily Short Pick​

COMMERCIAL/BRANDED CONTENT

The Art of the Wendy's Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt
digital short
producer: Tasty
client: Wendy's
​
What are the best things to put on rice around the world?
digital series (multiple episodes)
producer: Buzzfeed
client: 7UP
Moms Get Real About Motherhood Stereotypes
digital short
producer: Buzzfeed
client: Amazon
Would You Hire Yourself?
digital short
​producer: Buzzfeed
client: LinkedIn
10 Very Christmassy Moments
digital short
producer: Buzzfeed

client: ebay
The Tastemakers: CeCe Barfield Thompson and Alexandra O'Neill
producer: RAVA Films
client: Christie's
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​What Goes Around Comes Around
commercial
producer: RAVA Films
client: Christie's
When You Meet Your Girlfriend's Dad
digital series (multiple episodes)
producer: Buzzfeed

client: WHY HIM? (20TH CENTURY FOX)

POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISING

There's Something In the Water
directors: Elliot Page, Ian Daniel

editors: Xavier Coleman, Hugo Perez
select screenings:
​Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, CA), 

distributor: Netflix
Here One Minute
narrative feature
director: Eleanor Gaver
producers: Eleanor Gaver, Schuyler Quinn, Lydia Dean Pilcher
associate producer: Russell Yaffe
screenings: Dances With Films (Los Angeles, CA)
released by: Gravitas Ventures

ASSISTANT EDITING

Select Credits:
MASS MOCA — Documentary Feature Film — THE OFFICE — USA
LAST SHOT — TV Documentary Series — Viceland — México/USA
SHADOWMAN — Documentary Feature Film — Storyville Films — USA
QUEEN OF KATWE — Narrative Feature Film — Disney — Uganda/South Africa/USA
TIME FOR SCHOOL — TV Documentary Feature Film — PBS — International
THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT — Narrative Feature Film — Freestyle Releasing — USA
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