In this episode of The Video Editing Podcast from Unsplice, we are joined by multi award winning commercial video editor, David Gesslbauer. You’ll hear the career path he took to becoming one of Berlin’s most sought-after agency-represented commercial editors. This is a fun episode; David is a funny guy. This is part 1 of the conversation, all about his journey to where he is now. In part 2 coming next, the subject turns to effects and transitions and where they belong in award-winning editing. To watch the video version of this podcast head to https://youtu.be/utEA5P-fMvg These are the awards that David has won for his editing: CLIO Gold - Film Craft: Editing Student for “BORN GUILTY” 2022CLIO Silver - Film Craft: Editing for “WE WILL BECOME BETTER” 2022NEXT EDITOR - Wooden Pencil, D&AD Awards 2019EDITOR OF THE YEAR Silver - shots Europe Awards 2021EDITOR OF THE YEAR Silver - shots Europe Awards 2019YOUNG DIRECTOR AWARD Gold - Video Art for “UNUM”YOUNG DIRECTOR AWARD Gold - Filmschool & Charity Commercial for “DARK RED”YOUNG DIRECTOR AWARD Gold - Filmschool & Charity Commercial for “BORN GUILTY”UK Music Video Award - Best International for “WE WILL BECOME BETTER” 2021EUROBEST Silver - Editing for “WE WILL BECOME BETTER” 20218 x Vimeo Staff Picks This podcast is from Unsplice – The online mentor for freelance video editors looking to improve their editing and career. To receive weekly video editing tips in your inbox, head to https://www.unsplice.com Would you like to have a mentoring session on the podcast? Head to https://www.unsplice.com/ask to submit your question. It can be related to the art of editing or about career progression. It’s up to you. If you took anything away from this episode, it would be super appreciated if you subscribed and left a 5* review. This helps other video editors like yourself find and learn from the podcast. Thank you for listening. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-video-editing-podcast/donations

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