Nora Tennessen

Editor
Cinematographer
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Video

Credits

Year Job Title
Project Type		 Project Name
Director / Company		 Location
2023 Editor
Film 		Empire Skate
Josh Swade / ESPN Films
2022 Editor
Film 		Chain Reaction: Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same
Wall Street Journal
2018 Editor
Television 		Explained
Vox Media/Netflix
2018 Editor
Film 		The Times of Bill Cunningham
Mark Bozek / Submarine Entertainment/Live Rocket
2018 Editor
Television 		Kusama: Infinity (Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2018)
Heather Lenz / Submarine Media
2016 Producer, Videographer, Editor
Event 		Rekindling Desire
Esther Perel

Education

Year Qualification Where
2010 M.A. in Cinema Studies New York University
2007 B.A. English Literature & Cultural Studies McGill University

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About me

Nora Tennessen is a highly-experienced editor for film & television. Her credits include three seasons of the Netflix documentary series Explained, and the documentary features Kusama: Infinity (Official Selection, 2018 Sundance Film Festival) and The Times of Bill Cunningham (Official Selection, 2018 New York Film Festival). Other highlights include Chain Reaction: Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same (2022) in collaboration with the Wall Street Journal, and, most recently, Empire Skate: a feature documentary for ESPN Films’ “30 for 30” series about the world of New York City skateboarding & street culture of the 1990s (forthcoming in 2024).

License & Passport

Passport: Yes
Driver's License: Yes

Skills

Secondary Job Title Cinematographer
Job Titles Video Editor, Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Post Production Producer
Years in industry 6+ years