Natalie Ancona is a Los Angeles and Berlin-based editor and writer, crafting films that expand our understanding of the human experience through social impact stories and observational verité films. 

Most recently, Natalie was Editor of Bottle Conditioned (CPH:DOX, SIFF) directed by Academy Award-nominted Jerry Franck. She is also Editor and Writer of From This Small Place (Montclair, Heartland) directed by Taimi Arvidson. Upcoming projects include a feature with Actual Films, and a short directed by Milena Pastreich. 

Other editing roles include Apple TV’s Hollywood Con Queen, Grammy Award-winning QUINCY (TIFF) and Havana Libre (Big Sky.) Natalie was Assistant Editor on Sirens (Sundance,) Amazon Prime’s Val (Cannes,) The Mars Generation (Sundance,) and several Netflix series.

Natalie has worked with filmmakers such as Davis Guggenheim, Chris Smith, Rashida Jones, Clay Tweel, Kelly Loudenberg, Christina Burchard, and Michael Barnett. In 2019, she was named a Karen Schmeer Diversity in the Edit Room Mentee, through which she was mentored by Inbal Lessner and Alex O’Flinn.

Outside of the edit bay, Natalie is drawing, swimming in lakes, and snuggling with her cat. 

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