EVAN M JOHNSON
-DOCUMENTARY EDITOR-
The opportunity to dedicate myself to a historical era or modern cause. The challenge of finding the perfect story elements in an abundance of material. The moment when audio and visual elements align, as if by fate, to create new meaning.
These are things I love about editing documentaries.
Below is some of the work that has provided me with these experiences.
ALL AMERICAN
PRODUCER / EDITOR
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In this modern, coming of age documentary, immigrant and first-generation American girls confront gender expectations, economic disadvantages and cultural divides while defining themselves and their futures within the fastest growing high school sport in the country:
women’s wrestling. All American screens at film festivals through the spring of 2025 before being released alongside an exciting impact campaign.
THE KING OF IN BETWEEN
PRODUCER / EDITOR
As a multi-racial rock and roller who drew influence from the Greenwich Village folk scene, the Doo-wop sounds of his Brooklyn childhood, and reggae before its global popularity, Garland Jeffreys holds a unique place in rock history. This film explores how America's racial attitudes, the tyranny of genre in the 20th century record industry, and Garland's own decisions made him a cult figure, but never a superstar.
The King of In Between was awarded DocNYC's 2023 Audience Award and is currently featured in film festivals around the world.
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AND WE GO GREEN
ADDITIONAL EDITOR
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Formula E, the up and coming descendent of the enormously popular, gas-guzzling Formula 1, races electric cars in order to accelerate much needed advancements in green technologies. I worked with a small team, led by Dir. Fisher Stevens, to balance climate activism with sports documentary in a movie about an underdog team and a league with something to prove. Check it out on Hulu.
THE ORATORIO
ADDITIONAL EDITOR
The Oratorio combines American and European histories, operatic performance, and Martin Scorsese to tell the story of New York City's St. Patrick's Old Cathedral and a 19th century cultural milestone that was, until now, forgotten. It's available through PBS.
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AFTERWARD
ADDITIONAL EDITOR
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In this challenging film, a Jerusalem-born psychoanalyst shares her personal investigation into the traumas caused by the Holocaust as well as the ongoing Israeli-Palestine conflict. The documentary premiered at DocNYC in 2018 and has screened for audiences around the world.
It can now be seen on Apple TV.
GOING FOR GOLD
EDITOR
Going For Gold captures a day in the life of a part-time boxer, full-time mom. I edited this short documentary in 2015 for MSNBC.
Watch it on their website or right here.
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BioPic Studios
In 2024, I launched BioPic Studios.
BioPic aims to make the preservation of histories, memories and legacies through professional documentary filmmaking available to all people. Learn more and watch BioPics on our website: www.biopicstudios.com.
Additional Experience
My time in the documentary industry started with an editorial internship on 2013's History of the Eagles. Through that internship, I was connected to an amazing group of filmmakers at Jigsaw Productions. As an assistant editor at Jigsaw in the following years, I witnessed the evolution of many powerful documentaries and helped to create a few, such as Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge, The New Yorker Presents, and Sinatra: All or Nothing At All. That invaluable experience introduced me to the full process of making a documentary from pre-production through the many stages of post. It was also my first glimpse of how beautifully collaborative the process can be and the individual growth one can take from it.
