How I became an award winning commercial editor - with David Gesslbauer

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” 2022

CLIO Silver - Film Craft: Editing for “WE WILL BECOME BETTER” 2022

NEXT EDITOR - Wooden Pencil, D&AD Awards 2019

EDITOR OF THE YEAR Silver - shots Europe Awards 2021

EDITOR OF THE YEAR Silver - shots Europe Awards 2019

YOUNG 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” 2021

EUROBEST Silver - Editing for “WE WILL BECOME BETTER” 2021

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