Leah Boatright is a documentary editor with a decade of experience focusing on stories where private lives intersect with larger societal forces, exploring themes of belief, survival, and control. Her recent work includes Baby Doe (SXSW 2025) and The Librarians (Sundance/SXSW 2025). And her past projects include the Emmy-nominated Storm Lake (2021) and The Fourth Wall (Tribeca 2023). While she has worked with commercial clients like HBO and Vogue, her focus remains on complex films that embrace ambiguity. She works in New York City. We were so excited to talk to her about her new project, Baby Doe. Let's dive into the interview. - YouTube www.youtube.com NFS: How did you get your start in editing? Leah Boatright: Starting in third grade, I would edit in-camera, making short comedies with my friends. By high school, I was using Final Cut to make more elaborate stories. I didn’t really think of editing as a profession until my first job after college at an art and design publication’s video department, where I was required to churn out character profiles. At first, it was my least favorite part of the production process because I was stuck inside, behind a computer. I had minored in fine art and was used to the direct expression of drawing and painting, so it was frustrating to be nudging little blocks around a virtual timeline. Once the software stopped feeling like a wall between me and the work, storytelling took over, and it felt like home. NFS: Who...
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