Claire Ave’Lallemant
A documentary editor (a.k.a. story seamstress if you please)
Below you will find a visual portfolio of projects with a few key details about each. Please reach out for work samples, availability, and karaoke buddy requests.
WORK

Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Chris Wilcha
Executive Produced by Judd Apatow & Deep Cut Media
A comical attempt to save a New Jersey record store and confront a mid-life crisis.
TRT: 92 minutes
Premiere: 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (World Premiere) and 2023 DOC NYC (US Premiere)
Distribution: Oscilloscope Laboratories

Lead Editor (6-part Doc Series)
Editor: Episodes 1, 2, and 5
Additional Editor: Episodes 3, 4, and 6
Directed by Rudy Valdez
Produced by Imagine Documentaries
A teacher, mentor and father figure in the heart of Detroit, Anthony has impacted and empowered more than 1000 kids through music for over two decades. His efforts with DYC captivated America in an incredible rise to the finale during the sensational fourteenth season of “America’s Got Talent”.
TRT: 270 minutes
Premiere: 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
Distribution: Disney+

Consulting Editor (Short Doc)
Directed by Rudy Valdez
Produced by USA Bank and Park Pictures
Edited by Andrea Cruz
Every child needs their parent. But 11 year-old Densel, 13 year-old Harye, 16 year-old Virginia, and the over 11 million children across the U.S. who are the only English speakers in their family, sometimes that relationship gets flipped. This is the untold story of kids who act as their family’s translators on matters that are sometimes more adult than they are.
TRT: 21 minutes
Premiere: 2023 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF)
Awarded: 2023 Tribeca X Best Short Documentary
Distribution: https://translatorsfilm.com/

Post production consultant (Feature Doc)
Directed by Melissa Lesh and Trevor Frost
Produced by 30 West, Alysa Nahmias, Joshua Altman
Back from war in Afghanistan, a young British soldier struggling with depression and PTSD finds a second chance in the Amazon rainforest when he meets an American scientist, and together they foster an orphaned baby ocelot.
TRT: 105 minutes
Premiere: 2022 Telluride Film Festival
Awarded: 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Documentary
Distribution: Amazon Prime Video

Editor (Feature doc)
Directed by Chezik Tsunoda
Executive Produced by Joe Beshenkovsky and Hill Harper
A mother takes a transformative journey after losing her son to the silent epidemic of childhood drowning. She goes on a quest for answers and ways to make a difference in the midst of tragedy. This raw depiction of loss, perseverance, and community shows how pain can be turned into purpose and truly effect change.
TRT: 81 minutes
Premiere: 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
VOD: Amazon Prime + Apple TV

Editor (Doc Series – Season 2, Episode 1)
Directed by Rudy Valdez
Executive Produced by Glen Zipper and Amy Berg
Butler University’s beloved mascot – an aging English bulldog named Trip – faces retirement just as his longtime handler must undergo a risky surgery.
TRT: 50 minutes
Distribution: Netflix

Editor (4-part Doc Series)
Directed by Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason
Produced by The Cinemart
After his son’s tragic death, a Louisiana pharmacist goes to extremes to expose the rampant corruption behind the opioid addiction crisis.
TRT: 220 minutes
Distribution: Netflix

Additional Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Oren Jacoby
Produced by Storyville Films
For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a joy, packed with legendary stars and performances. Key players—Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway’s most groundbreaking shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. The film includes performances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin.
TRT: 84 minutes
Premiere: 2019 DOC NYC Film Festival
Distribution: Kino Lorber
Broadcast: POV 2022

Additional Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Amy Berg
Produced by Disarming Films and Paramount
While the 2016 election catalyzed the Women’s March and a new era of feminist activism, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola have been fighting for their communities for decades. Their stories expose the fundamental connection between personal and political and raise the question: what’s intersectionality and can it save the world?
TRT: 98 minutes
Premiere: 2019 Sundance Film Festival

Editor (Doc Series – Season 1, Episode 6)
Directed by Amy Berg
Executive Produced by Glen Zipper and Disarming Films
Did you know there are more dogs in New York than there are people in the city of Cleveland—and thousands of them are rescues? This episode takes a look at the adoption ecosystem in the Big Apple.
TRT: 49 minutes
Distribution: Netflix

Associate Editor (Doc Series – Season 1, Episode 2)
Directed by Amy Berg
Edited by Andrew Siwoff
Executive Produced by Glen Zipper and Disarming Films
Ayham has fled his home in Syria and relocated to Germany, however his best friend and dog, Zeus, has not. The episode follows Ayham’s quest to bring Zeus out of Syria.
TRT: 53 minutes
Distribution: Netflix

Assistant Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Cameron Yates
Edited by Hannah Buck
Produced by Laura Coxson
Ten-year-old Flynn transforms his living room into a supper club, using his classmates as line cooks and serving a tasting menu foraged from his neighbors’ backyards. With sudden fame, Flynn outgrows his bedroom kitchen and mother’s camera, and sets out to challenge the hierarchy of the culinary world.
Premiere: 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Distribution: Kino Lorber

Assistant Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Rodney Evans
Edited by Hannah Buck
Vision Portraits is a feature length documentary that chronicles the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists including a photographer (John Dugdale), dancer (Kayla Hamilton), writer (Ryan Knighton) and the film’s director, Rodney Evans.
Premiere: 2019 SXSW Film Festival
VOD: Apple TV + Amazon Prime

Assistant Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Jill Magid
Edited by Hannah Buck
Executive Produced by Laura Poitras
Part thriller, part romance, The Proposal follows the making of a radical artwork that explores the contested legacy of the late Luis Barragán, Mexico’s most famous architect.
Premiere: 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
VOD: Amazon Prime

Assistant Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Michael Kasino
Produced by American Issues Initiative
Narrated by Jeffrey Wright, Rigged chronicles how our right to vote is being undercut by a decade of dirty tricks – including the partisan use of gerrymandering and voter purges, and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. The film captures real-time voter purges in North Carolina and voter intimidation in Texas leading up to the 2016 election.
Distribution: https://www.riggedthefilm.com/

Assistant Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Chris Cassel
Edited by Joey Williamson and Julie Snider
Produced by Castle Pictures
Using a mix of archival and recreations, this film follows Pope Pius XII, known to history as Hitler’s Pope, plots inside the Vatican to assassinate the Führer.
Distribution: Discovery Channel

Assistant Editor (Doc Series Episode)
Directed by Chris Cassel
Edited by Chris Paul
Produced by Castle Pictures
Most Americans agree that we’re living through a volatile and tumultuous time. Our nation is changing rapidly, and not always for the better. Throughout the 2016 Presidential election, controversy, pessimism, and fear for our nation’s future have dominated the headlines. Americans long for a hero to set us back on course… a dynamic, courageous, and incorruptible leader who truly believes we can be great again; someone, in fact, just like Teddy Roosevelt – a President both Republicans and Democrats adore. But if he were in the White House today, how would Teddy handle bitterly divisive issues like gun control, climate change, income inequality, and political dysfunction? What Would Teddy Do? – asks that very question – consulting some of America’s most prominent politicians, historians and public figures for insights about how a modern-day TR might lead America towards a brighter future.
Distribution: National Geographic: Explorer

Assistant Editor (6 episode Doc-Recre Series, Season 2)
Produced by Castle Pictures
Gunslingers is about courage, survival, and good versus evil in a world with no rules. These are the stories of 6 figures who shaped the American West – and influenced the America we now know more than we ever knew.
Distribution: American Heroes Channel (Owned by Discovery Channel)

Post-Production Assistant (Feature Doc)
Directed by James D. Solomon
Edited by Russell Greene
The brother of Kitty Genovese investigates the circumstances of her murder and the truth of the story that dozens of locals witnessed the crime and did nothing to intervene.
Premiere: 2015 New York Film Festival
2016 Oscars Shortlist

Assistant Editor (Feature Doc)
Directed by Cecilia Aldarondo
Edited by Hannah Buck
Twenty-five years after Miguel died of AIDS, his niece tracks down his gay lover and cracks open a Pandora’s box of unresolved family drama.
Premiere: 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
Broadcast: POV 2017
Awarded:
Best U.S. Latino Film, 2017 Cinema Tropical Best Doc
2016 Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
Special Jury Prize for Emotional Honesty, 2016 Indie Memphis Film Festival