Jacob Bricca, ACE is an award-winning documentary editor, producer, director, and teacher. His editing credits include the international theatrical hit Lost in La Mancha, the New Yorker Films theatrical release Con Artist, the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Award winner The Bad Kids and the 2020 Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominee Missing in Brooks County. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizon's School of Theatre, Film and Television, where he teaches classes on editing and documentary filmmaking.

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I 1. Planning Your Schedule 2. Organizing Your Footage 3. Everyday Work Practices Part II 4. Viewing and Digesting 5. Making and Refining Select Reels Part IIIa 6. Evidentiary Editing: Building Interview-Based Scenes 7. Verité Editing: Building Observational Scenes 8. Building Montages Part IIIb 9. Choosing and Framing Footage 10. The Fundamentals of Narrative 11. Working with Narrative 12. Working with Details 13. Working with Time Part IV 14. Feedback and Revision 15. Fine Cut to Final Cut and Beyond Part V 16. Editing the Short Documentary 17. Analysis of Two Feature Documentaries Appendix