Motion Picture Television Editor
David Michael Maurer has established himself as an innovator and valuable fresh face in the world of Motion Picture Editorial. His performance background and understanding of story has made him a creative asset for dramatic projects and his technical skills have helped numerous projects with the latest high definition and tapeless workflows.
Maurer's versatile career spans from the early years of reality television to contemporary scripted feature films in multiple genres. In Primetime reality television, Maurer’s work has been seen by hundreds of millions of viewers throughout the world on such hit shows as “American Idol”, "The Apprentice", “Oprah Winfrey’s The Big Give”, “Sheer Genius”, and “13: Fear is Real” for Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Jay Bienstock. Maurer received two Emmy Nominations in 2004 & 2005 for his work on "The Apprentice".
In feature films, Maurer edited the critically acclaimed “Four Sheets to the Wind” for writer/director Sterlin Harjo, which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress Tamara Podemski, as well as a Special Jury Prize for Best Actress at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
In 2007, Maurer edited Toby Wilkins’ terrifying and stylish theatrical feature “Splinter” which won numerous awards including Best Editing from the Screamfest Film Festival. The film reviewed rave reviews for it's performances, scares, and innovative editorial style from Variety, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, USA Today, and many more. The film won six awards at the Screamfest Film Festival including “Best Editing”.
In 2008, Maurer edited Sterlin Harjo’s “Barking Water” which Premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and New Director’s / New Films in NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In addition to editing, Mr. Maurer has directed/produced multiple television pilots, studied Meisner Acting technique with film/television coach Andrew Benne and story with Hollywood guru Robert McKee.
About David...
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“...for all the credit that goes to Wilkins and Cragg, special attention must go to editor David Maurer.
Splinter is an incredibly well-edited film, so much so that you don’t really notice how well cut together it is at first, just that it has a really solid, tight pace.
But Splinter, which holds up to repeated viewings anyway, deserves to be watched simply to see how beautifully it was edited.”
“This is the top release of the week for me.”
“...a no holds barred scare fest.”
“This is an exciting, scary and wonderful small horror film with big ambitions and the filmmakers are to be watched closely. They nailed this one!”
“Emmy Nominated Editor David Michael Maurer, an Emmy-nominated master of his craft, took an inventive approach when collaborating with director Toby Wilkins.”
“Avoiding a Horrific Post Workflow on Splinter”
