David Teague

David Teague is an Emmy-winning documentary film editor and writer. His work as an editor includes the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning LIFE ANIMATED, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning CUTIE AND THE BOXER, the Independent Spirit-nominated THE DEPARTURE, the Emmy-nominated E-TEAM, and the Oscar-winning FREEHELD. He wrote and produced STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING, shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for his work on the film. He was the supervising editor for the Sundance-winning FRIDA and the Emmy-nominated PRETTY BABY: BROOKE SHIELDS for which he received a Cinema Eye Editing Award. As a consulting editor, he worked on KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE, CRIP CAMP, CAMERAPERSON, WELCOME TO CHECHNYA, and MAYOR. He wrote the fiction film CASSANDRO with director Roger Ross Williams, starring Gael García Bernal, which premiered at Sundance 2023. David has served as an editing mentor with IFP/Gotham, Firelight, Tribeca, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, the Catapult True/False Rough Cut Retreat, and the Sundance Institute.