Hannah Buck is an award winning film editor with a focus on creative non-fiction and experimental forms. Her background in visual arts largely informs her approach to editing. Her films have screened at festivals all over the world, including Sundance, Berlinale, CPHdox and many others.

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Recent editing credits include Lana Wilson's Look Into My Eyes (Sundance 2024), Penny Lane's Confessions of a Good Samaritan (SXSW 2023) for which she won the Karen Schmeer Excellence in Documentary Editing Award, Invisible Beauty (Sundance 2023) directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng, Searchers (Sundance 2021) directed by Pacho Velez, Vision Portraits (SXSW 2019) directed by Rodney Evans, The Proposal (Tribeca 2018) directed by Jill Magid and executive produced by Laura Poitras, Chef Flynn (Sundance 2018) directed by Cameron Yates, and Chico Colvard's Black Memorabilia (MoMA Doc Fortnight 2018).

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Earlier credits include Memories of a Penitent Heart (POV, 2017), directed by Cecilia Aldarondo, Terence Nance's documentary series Triptych (PBS, 2015), and Nance's acclaimed debut feature, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Sundance, 2012).

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Hannah has served as consulting editor on multiple projects. Recent consulting credits include Sundance grand jury prize winner I Didn't See You There (2021), directed by Reid Davenport and The American Sector, directed by Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez, which premiered at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. In addition to this she has been a consultant for organizations and programs such as the Sundance Art of Non-Fiction Program, Field of Vision, and Union Docs Labs. 

 

Hannah has been a fellow at the Sundance Edit and Story Lab, The Macdowell Colony, IFP Film Program, and the Sundance Documentary Program.