Dan Gitlin
{{Short description|American film editor}}
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| birth_name = Daniel Scott Gitlin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|March 10, 1983}}
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| nationality = American
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| occupation = Film editor
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Dan Gitlin (born March 10, 1983) is an American film editor based in Los Angeles.
Early career
Prior to his career working with Lo-Max Films and Paradise Pictures, Gitlin was an assistant editor and online editor at the Westside Media Group in Los Angeles.
Film career
Gitlin is the supervising editor of American Epic, a body of work exploring the early history of American recorded music.[http://www.sundance.org/projects/american-epic] {{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He is primarily known for his work with film director Bernard MacMahon, with whom he has edited four films to date, and works as an editor with Lo-Max Films and Paradise Pictures.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6551085/|title=Dan Gitlin|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2018-07-18}}
Gitlin was the supervising editor of the three films that comprise the American Epic trilogy; American Epic: The Big Bang, American Epic: Blood and Soil, and American Epic: Out Of The Many The One. He also edited The American Epic Sessions,{{Cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/features/103270/american-epic-sessions-review-interview-with-director-jack-white|title=American Epic Sessions: In conversation with the director of a truly one of a kind music documentary|last=Moore|first=James|website=Gigwise.com|access-date=2016-01-26}} a musical film featuring many top contemporary artists,{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/american-epic-sessions-london-review-831315|title='The American Epic Sessions': London Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=12 October 2015 |access-date=2016-01-26}} including Alabama Shakes, The Americans, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Frank Fairfield, Ana Gabriel, Rhiannon Giddens, Merle Haggard, Bobby Ingano, Elton John, Pokey LaFarge, Bettye LaVette, Los Lobos, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Taj Mahal, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Fred Martin & The Levite Camp, Ashley Monroe, Nas, Willie Nelson, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, Raphael Saadiq and Jack White.{{Cite news|url=http://movies.blog.austin360.com/2016/03/16/sxsw-review-the-american-epic-sessions/|title=SXSW review: 'The American Epic Sessions' |website=Movies.blog.austin360.com|access-date=2018-07-18}}
Films he has worked on have been selected for a number of film festivals including: The American Epic Sessions at the BFI London Film Festival 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=americanepicsessions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906191907/https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=americanepicsessions|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2015|title=Buy cinema tickets for The American Epic Sessions {{!}} 2015 BFI London Film Festival|website=BFI London Film Festival 2015|access-date=2016-01-26}} The American Epic Sessions at IDFA 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=e16577e3-8b84-4064-8369-5855968bca6a|title=The American Epic Sessions {{!}} IDFA|access-date=2016-01-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202025857/https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=e16577e3-8b84-4064-8369-5855968bca6a|archive-date=2 February 2016|df=dmy-all}} American Epic: The Big Bang at IDFA 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=75594AB8-985A-4249-B8C0-51518E0AB08E|title=American Epic: The Big Bang {{!}} IDFA|access-date=2016-01-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202043012/https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=75594AB8-985A-4249-B8C0-51518E0AB08E|archive-date=2 February 2016|df=dmy-all}} American Epic: Out Of The Many The One at the Hawaiian International Film Festival where it was nominated for the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award,{{Cite news|url=http://program.hiff.org/films/detail/american_epic_2015|title=Hawaii International Film Festival|access-date=2018-03-25|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141830/http://program.hiff.org/films/detail/american_epic_2015|archive-date=2018-03-26|url-status=dead}} American Epic: Out of the Many the One at Sydney Film Festival where it won the Foxtel Audience Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sff.org.au/media/3260/16-06-22-festival-wrap-sff2016_final-1.pdf|title=63rd Sydney Film Festival Complete Foxtel Movies Audience Award Announced|date=June 22, 2016|website=sff.org.au/|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318181757/http://sff.org.au/media/3260/16-06-22-festival-wrap-sff2016_final-1.pdf|archive-date=March 18, 2018|url-status=dead}} to great acclaim at the North American Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival 2016{{Cite web|url=https://realscreen.com/2016/03/16/sxsw-16-reviving-recording-history-in-american-epic/|title=SXSW ’16: Reviving recording history in “American Epic”|website=Realscreen.com}}{{cite web | url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_FS19779 | title=The American Epic Sessions|website=Schedule.sxsw.com}} and the Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2016, where Robert Redford presented the USA premiere of American Epic at The Eccles. The Sundance special event was produced by Allison McGourty, and featured an introduction by Sundance founder Robert Redford, a screening of excerpts from the American Epic films, and a Q&A, hosted by Peter Golub of The Sundance Institute, with MacMahon, Taj Mahal, Jack White and T Bone Burnett.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/jack-white-avett-brothers-premiere-american-epic-doc-at-sundance-2016-20160129|title=Jack White, Avett Brothers Premiere 'American Epic' Doc at Sundance 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2016-02-03}} This was followed by performances by Taj Mahal and The Avett Brothers.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/jack-white-avett-brothers-premiere-american-epic-doc-at-sundance-2016-20160129|title=Jack White, Avett Brothers Premiere 'American Epic' Doc at Sundance 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2016-02-04}}
Filmography
- The American Epic Sessions (2017)
- American Epic: The Big Bang (2017)
- American Epic: Blood and Soil (2017)
- American Epic: Out Of the Many The One (2017)
Awards and honors
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6551085/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr13 IMdB link]
- [https://www.americanepic.com/ American Epic official website]
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