I love a good documentary with a social angle. That's why I was keen to check out Zurawski v Texas and speak with its editor, Austin Reedy. He’s worked on multiple documentary films, including Keith Maitland’s Emmy award-winning film TOWER, Karim Amer’s Defiant, and most recently Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault’s film Zurawski V Texas. He has also worked on several television series—most recently on the HBO documentary series The Vow. His work has been shown at Sundance, TIFF, and Telluride among others. I was stoked to sit down with him to talk about his process and work on this film. - YouTube www.youtube.com No Film School: Can you talk to us about how your editing journey started? Who or what were influences for you? Austin Reedy: Growing up I enjoyed movies, but I was mostly obsessed with playing music. I was in bands for years and always expected I’d eventually end up working in that industry. However, when I was in college a friend suggested I take some editing classes, and I was immediately hooked. The balancing of images, sound and music was a natural fit for me. I’d also always loved writing and storytelling. All of those things came together in film editing. I moved to Austin in 2009 to intern on a documentary film and have been at it since.NFS: What attracted you to a project like Zurawski v Texas? Why did you want to help tell this story?Reedy: I always enjoy diving into narratives about real...
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