Podtalk: Film Editor Ana Christian on Her Craft, First Short ‘Baby’

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CHICAGO – The cinema scene is vital and growing in Chicago and it has to do with local innovators and contributors like film editor Ana Christian. Along with her husband Ryan Stemple, they have built a post production biz called Journeywork Entertainment, and Ana has recently finished directing her first short film, “Baby.”

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Ana Christian
Photo credit: JourneyworkEnt.com

Ana Christian is from North Carolina, but relocated to Chicago after getting her undergrad at Notre Dame (2014) and Masters of Cinema Arts at DePaul University (2018). She met her husband and business partner Ryan Stemple in 2018, and they were married in 2023, while at the same time establishing Journeywork Entertainment … a “marrying” of Ryan’s QUICKSILVER COLOR and Ana’s ANACHRONY POST. Ana’s recent editor credits include 2023’s “Good Guy with a Gun” and “Reporting for Christmas,” and the upcoming “Single Car Crashes.” She wrapped filming recently on her first solo directing project, the short film “Baby.”

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Ana Christian at the Work Station
Photo credit: JourneyworkEnt.com

In an Podtalk interview by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Ana Christian talks about the craft of editing, her new film and how an editor watches a film differently …

For more information about Journeywork Entertainment, founded by Ana Christian and Ryan Stemple, click here.

HollywoodChicago.com senior staff writer Patrick McDonald

By PATRICK McDONALD
Editor and Film Critic/Writer
HollywoodChicago.com
pat@hollywoodchicago.com

© 2024 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com

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