I am Julián MartÃnez.
Don Swaynos has been working in film and television for over twenty years.
As an editor, he has cut a wide variety of projects including narrative films, documentaries, reality shows, commercials, and branded content.
He recently edited the documentary features Luv Ya, Bum! (SXSW Documentary Spotlight Audience Award) and Chop & Steele (Tribeca, Fantastic Fest). He has cut award-winning narrative films that have screened at Sundance, SXSW, Berlinale, and Fantastic Fest. For television, he edited CNN’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy-nominated docuseries High Profits, as well as reality shows for A&E, TLC, and The Discovery Channel.
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Don's commercial editorial work includes spots for for clients such as Dodge,Yeti, Indeed, and Dell.
As a writer/director Don helmed the award-winning satirical horror-comedies Roger is a Serial Killer and Don’t Ever Change (Vimeo Staff Pick, Short of the Week). Don has won Addy and Pollie Awards for his screenwriting work on branded content and political advertising. He has also written about film, with published articles on filmmakers Robert Downey and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Additionally, Don produced the meta-documentary about a documentary Beaver Trilogy Part IV, the comedy doc Chop & Steele, and the experimental thriller Discreet.
Don is currently in production on the "possibly fictional true crime documentary" Professional Texan (a recipient of the AFS Development Fund Grant).
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Awards & Recognition
Awards and Recognition
Luv Ya, Bum!
[documentary feature]
(editor)
Roger is a Serial Killer
[narative short]
(writer/director)
Chop & Steele
[documentary feature]
(producer/editor)
Chop & Steele
[documentary feature]
(producer/editor)
FEATURE FILM DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Professional Texan
[documentary feature]
(director)
FEATURE FILM DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Roger is a Serial Killer
[narative short]
(writer/director)
Awards and Recognition
Documentary Spotlight (Audience Award), SXSW
Luv Ya, Bum! [documentary feature] (editor)
Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection, Fantastic Fest
Chop & Steele [documentary feature] (producer/editor)
AFS Development Grant
Professional Texan [documentary feature] (writer/director)
Shots Unsigned
Best Script (Short), Knoxville Horror Film Festival
Roger is a Serial Killer [narrative short] (writer/director)
Awards and Recognition
Documentary Spotlight (Audience Award), SXSW
Luv Ya, Bum! [documentary feature] (editor)
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Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection, Fantastic Fest
Chop & Steele [documentary feature] (producer/editor)
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Shots Unsigned
Best Screenplay (Short), Knoxville Horror Film Festival
Roger is a Serial Killer [narrative short] (writer/director)
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AFS Development Grant
Professional Texan [documentary feature] (writer/director)
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Austin Addy (Gold)
Indeed: Get My Job [commercial campaign] (editor)
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Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival
Vimeo Staff Pick
Short of the Week
Maude [narrative short] (editor)
Vimeo Staff Pick
Short of the Week
Don’t Ever Change [narrative short] (writer/director)
Official Selection, Berlinale
Discreet [narrative feature] (producer/editor)
Vimeo Staff Pick
Heroes from the Storm [documentary short] (editor)
Emmy Nomination (Outstanding Business & Economic Reporting: Long Form)
New York Times Critics’ Pick
High Profits [docuseries] (editor)
Jury Award, Best Texas Short, SXSW
The Samaritans [narrative short] (editor)
Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival
Beaver Trilogy Part IV [documentary feature] (producer)
Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival
John Cassavetes Award Nominee, Spirit Awards
Pit Stop [narrative feature] (editor)
New York Times Critics’ Pick
Official Selection, SXSW
Love & Air Sex [narrative feature] (editor)
Best Experimental Film, Lausanne Underground Film Festival
Six Hundred and Forty-One Slates [experimental short] (director/editor)