Geof Bartz: Crafting Cinematic Television
Geof Bartz, who has worked in the film industry for over 40 years, has received two Academy Awards for his film editing. Before he joined HBO’s staff, Bartz’s documentary editing credits included many of the cult classics—such as Pumping Iron and Stripper—that nontraditional documentary viewers watch repeatedly. “To me, the whole challenge of editing is to try to get people inside of a story,” Bartz says, “I’m very devoted to storytelling.” Not coincidentally, he started out as a cinephile and an audience member. In college he majored in biology, but joined a film society as an undergraduate. “We’d ...
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