VIDEO EDITING
AUBREY SMYTH
Commercial and Film Director, Commercial Rep: Cutter Productions
Aubrey Smyth is a NYC based commercial and fim director who has helmed national and digital commercials for hallmark brands including Audible, Google, Netflix and Colgate to name a few.
Her first documentary about donor conception and the unregualted fertility industry, The Need To Know, was executive produced by Tribeca Studios and 23andMe. Aubrey was the Grand Prize Winner for Moët Moment Film Festival sponsored by Moët & Chandon for her film The Bout and recipient of a $25,000 prize.
ARNIESHA WILLIAMS
Post Producer, RadicalMedia
Arniesha has been immersed in post production, managing operations for feature films, episodic series, branded content and things of the like since joining RadicalMedia in 2015. She has become a rising post producer in the film industry, taking her talents from NYC to LA to continue the climb. She holds content highlighting social justice, women’s voices, and music dear to her heart.
FARAH X
Director/Editor
Farah is an award-winning director and editor, whose list of clients include Prince, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé– among many other industry icons.
She began editing at age 19, prior to attending the prestigious Film Production Program at USC. At age 20, Farah was hired to edit a project for famed Hellraiser director Clive Barker. She also directed her first music video around this time, which made the rounds at numerous festivals, and got her on Billboard Magazine's "Top 10 Up and Coming Directors to Watch" list.
Farah was sought out by Mariah Carey to be her personal editor. Soon after, she became the personal editor to the legendary Prince. Since then, Farah has gone on to edit and direct several award-winning projects, with a consistent focus on women’s stories–especially women of color. Her work has been showcased at SXSW, AFI Docs, LA Film Festival and can be seen on Netflix and iTunes.
Farah recently finished co-directing (and co-editing) her first feature length documentary, The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2019 and has gone on to win several awards worldwide. She is also finishing her first novel.
When Farah is not editing or directing, she is often traveling or hiking with her dog, Ziggy. She calls Brooklyn, NY home.
DANA BOL
Creative Editor
Dana Bol studied experimental film with Stan Brakhage at the University of Colorado Boulder, engendering a life long love of layered imagery and film. After her studies, Dana moved to the Netherlands.During her two years abroad, she participated in various film projects, including editing commercials and documentaries as well as working with such creative visionaries as director John Schlesinger and Nicolai van der Heide. Returning to the U.S., Dana worked at several editorial companies before forming arc*light editorial in 1998. She was the managing director until 2001, when she formed Tallgirl, a company specializing in VFX and Creative Film Editing which she still runs today.
Dana has a passion for rock climbing and painting, and enjoys connecting with other artists, finding inspiration in collaboration.
SEWRA KIDANE
Fashion Film Director/Editor
Sewra G Kidane is a renowned Creative Commercial Film Editor, working with fashion and beauty brands such as Creme of Nature, Estée Lauder, Herring & Herring, and Ooshie. She has an innate ability with her editing style, elevating the quality of the footage, whether its high budget beauty rushes, gritty digital handheld material, or found media and transforming it from a raw concept into a stylized spot.
Ms. Kidane is also the highly acclaimed Director and Editor of the award-winning fashion film, “Punctuation Proclamation”. The film has been featured in various national media outlets and has been named on Forbes’ list of “The 12 Best Fashion Films” and Aesthetica Magazine "5 To See Fashion Films"; along with winning several awards, including “Best Visual Moving Art”, “Best Short Film” and “Best Glam Fashion Film”. Noticing a lack of Black fashion, glamour, and beauty being shown and celebrated, particularly in the fashion film world, Ms. Kidane decided to create her own lane. Her vision combined with her meticulous artistry has allowed her to pave a new style of fashion film.
Her second fashion film "As Above" is currently on festival tour; already receiving 7 Official Selections, including 2019 LA Fashion Festival, 2019 Women of The Lens Festival in London, and 2019 Reel Sisters Film Festival in NYC. "As Above" has been nominated for Best Director at the 2019 Croatia Fashion Film Festival and Best Glam at LA Fashion Festival, and Best Fashion Film for 2020 Taste Awards and Best Score at the Hollywood Art and Movie Awards (which btw was scored by a woman... Alexia Riner). The film has won two awards; Achievement in Narrative Short at 2019 Silicon Valley African Film Festival and Stylemaker Award at 2020 Taste Awards in Beverly Hills, the second time Ms. Kidan'e work has won the Stylemaker Award.
A native New Yorker and a graduate of Emerson College, Boston, Ms. Kidane is currently based in New York City. Along with cutting client work and directing fashion films, she also teaches “Film + Fashion” and "Edit + Post" at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and is in post with her next 2 fashion films; "Bitch I Got An Attitude" with editorial model Iman Mariah, and in the final finishing post stages for "The Monks of Brooknam", a conceptual fashion film created for menswear designer Anitra Michelle.