Laura Israel
Known For: Editing
Biography
Laura Israel cut her teeth editing award-winning commercials and music videos while still a film student at NYU. By the time she graduated she had formed her own editorial company, Assemblage. Her client list included: John Lurie, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Keith Richards, Sonic Youth, New Order, Ziggy Marley, David Byrne, artists Laurie Simmons and Robert Frank. The films she edited with Frank have screened all over the world and won many awards. WINDFALL, her debut doc, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won top prize at Doc NYC. A NY Times Critics Pick, the paper dubbed it “Urgent, informative and artfully assembled”. WINDFALL is distributed by First Run Features, and Ms. Israel was named in Filmmaker Magazine’s 2011 “25 New Faces of Independent Film”.
Filmography
2024
- Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films ... (Editor)
- Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971 ... (Director)
- Fearless Frank ... (Director)
- Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006 ... (Director)
2019
- Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries ... (Editor)
2018
- The King ... (Editor)
2017
- Defining Hope ... (Editor)
- Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel ... (Editor)
- National Disintegrations ... (Editor)
2015
- Don't Blink - Robert Frank ... (Director)
2013
- Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride ... (Supervising Editor)
2012
- Windfall ... (Director)
2006
- The Music of Regret ... (Editor)
2005
- Sanyu ... (Editor)
1998
- I Remember ... (Editor)
1996
- Souvenir ... (Editor)
- The Present ... (Editor)
1991
- Fishing with John ... (Editor)