Nicholas Gautschi: Assistant director, assistant editor and editor in Los Angeles, California.

Hello Everyone!

I've been working as a freelance editor since 2012, and over the last year or two, I've gotten more and more into preproduction.

This started as a request from a director friend who saw something about Martin Scorsese "shooting for the edit" and asked me if I could think of a way to do that with just a script.

I said sure, we made a lined script, made storyboards from there, and then our schedule, and then our budget. I'm also proud to say that this project was a fifteen-page short film shot over two days with 103 shots captured the first day, and 123 the next, with around sixty set-ups each day, with 12 hours including lunch and a second meal.

Since then, I've tried to do more and more in preproduction while retaining credit as editor. To date, I've 1st'd on a handful of music videos, two feature films, and another handful of short films.

Anyway, I didn't know what else to write here as an intro, the rest is in my bio, and if anyone has any tips for my profile or a lead on a gig, feel free to add me and send me a message! I'm always happy to talk film or answer questions.

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