MTW 014: Editor Becomes Director - Julian Doan - Raspberry

What’s it like to go from the editor’s chair to directing? Well in today’s episode we’re going to find out.

Today we’re joined by Editor, assistant editor, director and writer Julian Doan. Julian was one of the earliest students to enroll in our flagship course Feature Film Assistant Editor Immersion and since then has gone on to work on amazing projects like Ballers, In Treatment and Wild, Wild Country for HBO.

But most recently Julian yearned to flex his creative muscles and wrote directed and edited his own short film Raspberry, which was chosen to premiere and nominated for a grand jury prize at this year’s Sundance festival and gone on to screen at over 20 others around the country and winning Best Narrative Short Film at this years El Paso Film Festival.

If that wasn’t enough, Raspberry was just picked up by a major US streaming company, and will be included in a compilation of outstanding short films to be released this winter or early 2022.

Episode Guide

00:00 Introduction
01:14 - When did you get interested in film editing as a career?
01:57 - Where you interested in filmmaking as a kid?
03:14 - How did you get your start in the industry? What was your first gig?
05:04 - So you were a writer director before editing happened?
05:53 - So how did you pick up those first gigs?
07:13 - Has working on shorts helped you in editorial?
08:24 - Is it difficult for you to go back and forth between assistant and editor?
09:34 - What the difference between a working on a big network series and indie documentary?
12:46 - Did you always want to direct?
14:05 - Tell us about your experience on Raspberry. How did you make that happen?
15:47 - What was the most important thing you learned during the process?
18:13 - Has the experience of directing changed your outlook about the future of your career path?
19:57 - Do you recommend that other assistants or editors go out and make their own film?
23:25 - What are some of the tools and resources you've harnessed to get your film made?
27:38 - What recommendations do you have for someone who wants to become an assistant editor?

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