Andrew Gersh, ACE is an award-winning documentary film editor based in Portland, Oregon and the San Francisco Bay Area.
His latest feature documentaries include CRIP CAMP, winner of the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 IDA Awards and the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards, and nominated for the 2021 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. He was nominated for Best Editing at both the IDA (2020) and Critics Choice Awards (2020). CRIP CAMP was acquired by the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions and Netflix.
For REAL BOY, he was awarded the Karen Schmeer Excellence in Documentary Editing Award at the 2016 Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston 2016), and the James Lyons Editing Award For Documentary Feature at the 2016 Woodstock Film Festival. The film has won best-of-fest awards around the world, and had its national broadcast premiere on PBS’ Independent Lens.
Other work includes RETROGRADE (2023 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Editing; Nat Geo),TRY HARDER! (Sundance 2021; Independent Lens/PBS), WORLDS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN (Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018; American Masters/PBS), SPARK: A Burning Man Story (SXSW 2013) THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS (Sundance 2013; Independent Lens/PBS) and numerous films for PBS’ FRONTLINE.
Andrew is a two-time Sundance Documentary Edit and Story Lab Fellow and an active member of American Cinema Editors (ACE). He continues to edit on a freelance basis remotely for projects around the world, and is also available for editorial and story consultation.