Garret Savage

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Garret Savage works as an editor and director. He is currently editing "My Perestroika," a feature documentary for director Robin Hessman.

Recent editorial projects include an episode of “My American Dream,” an epic film series about immigration reform, for filmmakers Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson ("Well Founded Fear"); and "Ready, Set, Bag! (formerly known as Paper or Plastic?)" (2008 Los Angeles Film Festival premiere).

His film directing credits include "4-Cylinder 400" (2004, a short documentary which premiered on IFC), "For Food" (2003, short comedy), "Shoot the Freak" (2004, short documentary), "The List" (2005, short comedy), and "1-24" (1995, experimental short, winner of UC Santa Barbara's Corwin Award for Best Short Film). In 2005 he was chosen by The Independent magazine as a "Top Short Filmmaker."

As an editor, he cut the award-winning comedic feature "Olympia" (Slamdance, Sundance Channel), has worked on projects for clients including MTV, Discovery, ABC/ESPN, IFC, WE, Paramount Pictures, and the Style Network, and has cut all of his short films. As an educator, he has been the Program Director of the Nantucket Film Festival's Teen View Filmmaking Workshop and has volunteered as a mentor for the Reel Works Teen Filmmaking program, an award-winning youth media organization sponsored by HBO. He received his BA in Film Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara and later studied acting and directing at the Atlantic Theater Company. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.