EDITOR
Brent Joseph is an Austin, Texas-based video editor with over twenty years of experience. He learned his craft by working as an assistant in the cutting rooms of David Fincher, Seth Rogen, and Larry Clark before collaborating as an editor on several features & TV episodes including: Queen of Paradis (Excellence in Documentary Feature Editing, Ashland Film Festival), Five Time Champion (SXSW), Shell Shocked (PBS), and MTV’s True Life: I’m Living in Iraq (Edward R. Murrow award for Best TV Network News Documentary). Brent's short form work includes trailers for American Horror Story as well as content for Microsoft. He works on a variety of projects all connected by his dedication to telling emotionally engaging and imaginative stories.
FEATURES & TV
QUEEN OF PARADIS
Co-Editor
Directed by Carl Lindstrom
French artist Reine Paradis embarks on a dangerous and surreal road trip across the U.S. to complete her next body of work.
Winner: Excellence in Documentary Feature Editing, Ashland Film Festival
SHELL SHOCKED
Editor, Co-Writer
Directed by John Richie
An investigation into the causes and possible solutions to the youth violence epidemic in New Orleans, frequent murder capital of the US.
National Broadcast on PBS
FIVE TIME CHAMPION
Lead Editor
Directed by Berndt Mader
A small-town Texas drama about love, hope, petty theft, adultery, and the boundless opportunities presented by science.
Starring: Ryan Akin, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Jon Gries, Robert Longstreet, Betty Buckley
Music by Graham Reynolds, Soundtrack available on Apple Music.
Premiered at SXSW
YOUNG MEN'S VOICES HAVE POWER
Editor, Co-Writer
Y.M.V.P. chronicles the lived experience of four young men growing up in the toughest neighborhoods in New Orleans. Camp Restore, a non-profit in New Orleans East that had received a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, engaged these men to learn how to document their lives with video. Entrusted with 50 hours of their footage and the directive to make a feature, I was rewarded with the most challenging and gratifying projects to date.
MTV'S TRUE LIFE: I'M LIVING IN IRAQ
Co-Editor
Directed by David Schisgall
This look inside the early days of the Iraq war from the perspective of both Iraqi citizens and American soldiers was the first long-form documentary on Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Winner: 2005 Edward R. Murrow Award, Best TV News Documentary
COMMERCIALS & BRANDED
AMERICAN HORROR STORY
Season 3 Teaser Trailer
Co-Editor
Agency: mOcean
Creative Director: Greg Harrison
BOUNCE MEETS VOGUE
Editor
Directed by Bob Weisz
New Orleans bounce meets New York vogue in the "One Million Square Feet of Culture" campaign for Microsoft.
Agency: Mother
Produced by Court 13
Cinematography: Jake Springfield & The Ross Brothers.
FORD "EXPLORE"
Directed by Stephen Hunter
Tempt Films
(Director's cut)
ASSISTANT EDITING






