Jim Whitney, Editor

Jim's genius for both visuals and sound was fine tuned at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, and LA's USC Film School where he graduated cum laude. He began his professional career at A&M and EMI records as Director of Music Videos. Since then Jim has worked with both Oscar and Emmy winning directors and has edited numerous documentaries which have appeared on the networks, PBS, Discovery, Bravo and Lifetime. His own awards include the Focus Award for excellence in documentary editing, the Jury Award at the New York Film Festival, and the Special Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Jim has been collaborating with Jim and Camilla Becket since 2001, when their kids were enrolled in the same Ojai school.