TATE YOUNG

WRITER / DIRECTOR
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EDITING

I've been cutting documentary, current affairs and non-fiction professionally since 2003. As a director and editor, I tend to edit my own docs, but I've worked extensively as an editor for shows like at GlobalTV's 16x9, the 2016 CSA winner for Best News Series and one of Canada's best investigative long form journalism shows for almost a decade. I recently cut 4 one-hour episodes of CTV / CRAVE's EVOLVING VEGAN with Mena Massoud and had a blast doing so.

While at GlobalTV, I cut 50+ feature stories: a mix of investigative, medical, crime, arts, human interest, legal and government stories, running between 15 minutes and an hour. It was a fast-paced rush most days, and it made me a better filmmaker and storyteller. Everyone on staff was expected to be a strong journalist -- including the editors. The editor's gig was story and montage. We worked with producers for days to shape narrative, then crafted the openers and moments to keep viewers hooked. Reel covers the span of the show, full stories below.

On a different tack - I've also cut reams of 30 second commercial spots, if you're interested in hyperframe editing.

And, if you want a laugh: years ago, I was a one-man promo machine at BookTV, writing and editing 30 second spots by the bushel. Today, I find these are great fun: Hitchcock, Batman, erotic montages, idiosyncratic weirdness. A couple of them probably shouldn't have run on national TV, but it makes me love them more.


PESTICIDE PERIL
OFF THE GRID
URBAN SYMPHONY
SMOKE & MIRRORS
THE 29th HERO
THRILL RIDE
MAD FASHION
PRECIOUS CARGO
THE UNDERWORLD
THREATENED FERTILITY
RIDING THE RAILS
ETERNAL PRISONER
20/20 HINDSIGHT
BURIED IN GRIEF
GENETIC RX
WAKING THE BRAIN
FIELD OF DREAMS
BLOOD FEUD
TAINTED MEAT
END OF THE WORLD
ROLE PLAY
LIFE IN PAIN
PEOPLE FOR GOOD
GENERATION X-RATED
CODE OF CONDUCT
COLD REALITY
KEEPING SECRETS
POETRY IN STONE

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