Filmmaker

About

About Luis Dechtiar

Luis Dechtiar portrait

I’m a film editor

and I’ve been working on documentary and fiction films for the past 20 years. My work has premiered at film festivals such as TriBeCa, SXSW, and DOC NYC, and has been featured on Apple TV+, HBO, Fox, PBS, Disney+, ARTE Europe, CBS, Fusion TV, National Geographic, and The Atlantic, among others.

My passion for filmmaking began in Brazil, where I was first drawn to storytelling, writing, and visual arts from a young age. I studied Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, in Boston, and have since worked on hundreds of productions as an editor, producer, story developer, director, or post-production manager.

My focus as an editor is to bring to surface the dramatic elements of a story. By crafting words, rhythms, soundscapes and moving images into an emotionally compelling experience, I hope to speak to a greater truth. One that can be felt deeply, rather than just understood. My hope is to work on the most cutting edge and thought-provoking content being produced in the filmmaking world.

I’ve edited productions using AVID Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro, but my expertise is in Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. I’ve used it since 2014 to edit most of my work, including many feature-length documentaries, TV specials, series, and hundreds of short films. I’m enthusiastic about developing efficient post-production workflows using FCP to allow the most time for creativity and collaboration.