Senior Documentary Editor and Creative Lead with hands-on offline editing and end-to-end post-production oversight since 2007 across feature documentaries, broadcast series, and educational platforms. I build narrative structure for complex, research-heavy subjects, solve editorial challenges within large footage ecosystems, and deliver to picture lock and platform specs. I’ve served as editorial accountability on multi-year projects with credits including Netflix, National Geographic, FIFA+, and SporTV, and I’m experienced in full unscripted workflows from raw material assessment through broadcast/streaming delivery. Open to remote collaboration or relocation (EU passport / Italian citizenship).

Fernando Teshainer

Senior Documentary Editor and Creative Lead with hands-on offline editing and end-to-end post-production oversight since 2007 across feature documentaries, broadcast series, and educational platforms. I build narrative structure for complex, research-heavy subjects, solve editorial challenges within large footage ecosystems, and deliver to picture lock and platform specs. I’ve served as editorial accountability on multi-year projects with credits including Netflix, National Geographic, FIFA+, and SporTV, and I’m experienced in full unscripted workflows from raw material assessment through broadcast/streaming delivery. Open to remote collaboration or relocation (EU passport / Italian citizenship).

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Senior Documentary Editor and Creative Lead with hands-on offline editing and end-to-end post-production oversight since 2007 across feature documentaries, broadcast series, and educational platforms. I build narrative structure for complex, research-heavy subjects, solve editorial challenges within large footage ecosystems, and deliver to picture lock and platform specs.

I’ve served as editorial accountability on multi-year projects with credits including Netflix, National Geographic, FIFA+, and SporTV, and I’m experienced in full unscripted workflows from raw material assessment through broadcast/streaming delivery. Open to remote collaboration or relocation (EU passport / Italian citizenship).

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Work Experience

Senior Documentary Editor & Creative Lead at Independent — Freelance
November 1, 2014 - Present
Leads narrative architecture and hands-on offline editing for feature documentaries, broadcast series, and unscripted productions across multi-episode cycles. Manages complete post-production pipelines from footage assessment and structural design through picture lock and platform delivery, acting as the single point of editorial accountability on complex, multi-year projects. Includes senior editorial work and additional editing across projects for major broadcasters and platforms (e.g., Netflix, National Geographic, FIFA+, SporTV), and editorial consistency for reality production workflows managing large-scale footage volumes across intensive shoot schedules.
Post-Production Supervisor & Senior Editor at Canal Azul
October 1, 2011 - July 31, 2014
Held dual responsibility for editorial execution and post-production infrastructure across documentary features, television series, and the operational launch of a new broadcast network (ZooMoo Brasil). Oversaw workflow architecture across footage ecosystems exceeding 100 hours of raw material, coordinating across directors, engineers, and broadcast partners under tight turnaround conditions.
Editor & Audiovisual Producer at Lado B Filmes
May 1, 2007 - July 31, 2011
Built the technical and editorial foundation across end-to-end production cycles for tier-1 corporate and automotive clients. Responsibilities covered scripting, field production, editing workflow, 2D animation layouts, and final delivery, establishing precision and structural discipline that scaled into later documentary and broadcast work.

Education

Bachelor's degree (Advertising & Communications) at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2009
Advanced Studies (International Affairs & Diplomacy) at Damásio Educacional
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021
Filmmaking (Academia Internacional de Cinema) at New York Film Academy
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Filmmaking at Academia Internacional de Cinema (listed under 2010)
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
Extension (Sports Entertainment Management) at ESPM
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education