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Eric Schuman

United States


About me

Eric Schuman is a NYC-based documentary film editor and fiction writer/director whose work has played at festivals around the world, including the Venice Film Festival, CPH:DOX, True/False, SXSW, and Sundance. Films he’s worked on have been distributed by Netflix, HBO, Oscilloscope Laboratories, and Topic. Most recently, he edited a five-part documentary film series for Netflix and a documentary for Frontline that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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I speak English


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Editor

I'm a documentary editor with a strong background in fiction. Projects I've worked on have been Pulitzer finalists and nominated for Emmys.

Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor
Musician
Screenwriter

Work Samples

Project Credits
Editor
More Perfect Union

Various Social Media Videos

2024


Editor
Netflix

Mr. McMahon

2024


Editor
PBS

FRONTLINE: Inside the Uvalde Response

2023


Editor
Netflix

American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

2021

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2023


Editor
HBO

A Tree of Life

2022


Editor
PBS

FRONTLINE: Plot to Overturn the Election

2021


Editor
New Yorker

The F-Word

2021


Editor
HBO

The Crime of the Century

2019

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2020


Editor
HBO

Crazy, Not Insane

2018

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2019


Editor
Oscilloscope Laboratory

Combat Obscura

2017

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2018


Areas of Expertise
Content Type
Short Film
Documentary
Social/Digital Content

Product Segments or Genres
Music
True Crime
Fiction
Education

Software

avid media composer

Adobe Premiere

da vinci resolve

Logic


My Kit

Mac


Production Transportation & Travel

Willing to work remotely

Willing to travel domestically

Has passport

Has driver's license