Editing
Nels Bangerter
Born
1978-01-01 (48)
Place of birth
Oakland, California
Known for
Editing
Credits
3 titles
Nels Bangerter is an award-winning documentary film editor known for finding original and effective approaches to form and structure. His widely-acclaimed work includes CAMERAPERSON, the through-the-viewfinder memoir of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson; 32 SOUNDS, a film and live-performance documentary exploration of sonic experience; LET THE FIRE BURN, an all-archival examination of the police bombing of MOVE in Philadelphia; DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, a hybrid docu-comedy about loss and memory; THE HOTTEST AUGUST, an essayistic survey of New Yorkers coping with the uncertain future; and RIOTSVILLE, U.S.A., an archival interrogation of the state’s reaction to the uprisings of the lat…
Known for
7.1With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020
6.7In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of known sex offender. With unprecedented access to the surviving victims, UNSEEN looks into how this killing spree went unnoticed for so long.
Unseen
2016
With David Schickele's dreamy, retro soundscape, CINE MANIFEST captures a resilient group of artists reminiscing about a time when people weren't afraid to fight for their ideals, while also creating a stirring tribute to American independent filmmaking.
Cine Manifest
2006
Behind the camera
7.1With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020
6.7In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of known sex offender. With unprecedented access to the surviving victims, UNSEEN looks into how this killing spree went unnoticed for so long.
Unseen
2016
With David Schickele's dreamy, retro soundscape, CINE MANIFEST captures a resilient group of artists reminiscing about a time when people weren't afraid to fight for their ideals, while also creating a stirring tribute to American independent filmmaking.
Cine Manifest
2006