RESUME
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Ali Cotterill
alicotterill (at) gmail (dot) com
Current Project
Tell Me More (2021-present), Editor, PBS, Company: Second Peninsula
• Lead editor on interview series for PBS with great thinkers across all fields. Wrote and edited 26 episodes with no script
• Season 2 Episodes: Melinda Gates, W. Kamau Bell, Dr. Atul Gawande, David Byrne, Ai-Jen Poo
• Season 3 Episodes: Anna Deavere Smith, Richard Lui, Judd Apatow, Kate Bowler, Lilly Singh, Anthony Ray Hinton
• Season 4 Episodes: Mahogany Browne, Nick Hornby, Cecile Richards, Katie Couric, Dave Eggers, Omar Tate, Angela Duckworth
• Season 5 Episodes: Jewel, Constance Wu, Maya Shankar, Lang Lang
• Season 6 Episodes: Gitanjali Rao, Matthew Desmond, Ret. Col. Greg Gadson, Linda Villarosa, Arianna Huffington
Commercial/Corporate/Non-Profit
Editor on 250+ corporate and non-profit campaigns (2008-present)
• Wrote and edited short docs for broadcast, web, social, museums, and events from 5-15 hours of raw footage with no script
• 10+ years experience editing for Fortune 500 companies and non-profits alike
• One stop-shop - I do story editing, picture editing, sound editing and motion graphics
• Corporate clients include: Access Health CT, Barnes & Noble, Conde Nast, DreamWorks, General Electric, Gore, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Lexus, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Novartis, OUT Magazine, Royal Caribbean, Target
• Non-profit and Educational clients include: AIDS Memorial Park, Animal Care Centers, Association of American Publishers, The Bridge,
Center for Family Representation, Columbia University, Community Impact, Education through Music, HealthRight International
Job Path, Lawyer’s Alliance, McGowan Foundation, Municipal Art Society, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Shorty Awards, Stanford University
StartOut Awards, Stony Brook University, StoryCorps, Treatment Action Group, University of Pennsylvania
• Production Companies/Agencies: BlueC Studio, Blueprint NYC, Brands at Work, Freeman, Gotham Pictures, Healthline,
Real Productions, Redglass Pictures, Second Peninsula, TimeTravlr Creative, Trinket Films
Documentary Features
Being Bebe (2021), Additional Editor
• Screenings: Tribeca, NewFest, Outfest + 40 more
All We've Got (2019), Editor/Co-Writer
• Broadcast on PBS (2023)
• Screenings: NewFest, LesGaiCineMad (Madrid) + 20 more
North Pole, NY (2018), Director/DP/Editor
• Screenings: IFF Boston, SF DocFest + 15 more
• Awards: Audience Award, Best Feature, Indie Street Film Festival
• Theatrical Premiere: December 2018, NY
Jinkx Monsoon: Drag Becomes Him (2015), Trailer Editor
Cold Feet (2015), Additional Editor
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012), Editor/Co-Writer
• Screenings: Documentary Fortnight at MoMA, Hot Docs, + 100 more
• Awards: Best Documentary, Grand Jury Prize, Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Best Documentary, Pittsburgh LGBT Film Festival
• Theatrical premiere: July 2012, NYC
Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival (2011), Post-Production Coordinator/Trailer Editor/Additional Camera
• Screenings: Hot Springs Documentary Festival, Coney Island Film Festival, Big Sky Film Festival
Television
Bronson Pinchot Project (2011), Editor, Pilot, DIY Network, Company: Departure Films
Million Dollar Contractor (2011), Editor, Season 1, DIY Network, Company: Departure Films
Out in America (2010), Additional Assistant Editor, PBS, Company: Two Cats Prod.
Celebrity House Hunting (2010), Assistant Editor, Pilot, Biography Channel, Company: Departure Films
Biography (2010), Assistant Editor, Season 23, A&E/Biography Channel, Company: Departure Films
Superpooches (2010), Assistant Editor, Pilot, TLC/Animal Planet, Company: Departure Films
Shorts
Damnation: The Flashback (2015) (Narrative), Editor, Dir. Reno Dakota, Starring: Melissa Leo
Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America (2011) (Web Series, Episode “Brit”), Editor, Dir. Amelia Tovey
The Kite Man of Central Park (2011) (Documentary), Editor, Dir. Felicia Jamieson/Ali Cotterill
Carrotmob NYC (2009) (News/Doc), Editor, Dir. Ali Cotterill, Current TV (US/UK)
Pinball Wizards (2008) (News/Doc), Editor, Dir. Ali Cotterill/Jarratt Taylor, Current TV (US/UK)
Losing 1983 (2008) (Documentary), Editor, Dir. Ali Cotterill
• Awards: 2nd place Next Frame Film Festival, International Touring Program 2008-09
Podcasts
The Answer is No (2021)
When You’re a Jet (2021)
Music Videos
EZ Heeb (2009), Director/Editor, Artist: Athens Boys Choir
• Awards: Logo TV, Top Ten 2010
Fagette (2008), Director/Editor, Artist: Athens Boys Choir
• Awards: Logo TV, Top Ten 2009 Logo TV, Winner, Best Short, Pittsburgh LGBT Festival
Night Owl (2008), Co-Editor, Artist: Swan Island, Logo TV
Toi et Moi (2007), Director/Editor, Artist: Scream Club, Logo TV
At Least I Tried (2006), Director/Editor, Artist: Nicky Click
• Awards: Logo TV, Top Ten 2009
Education
Art Institute of Portland, B.F.A with Honors, Digital Film and Video
Oberlin College, B.A. with Honors, English
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Study Abroad Year