BIO
OMNITHEANT
I am the great ant, the immigrant.
Laura X Moya Guerrero (They/She pronouns) is a documentary film director and editor. Their filmmaking is supported by The Sundance Institute and Catapult Film Fund, and was featured in Variety Magazine and The Washington Post. Laura is a formerly undocumented, queer, and chronically ill filmmaker.
Her debut directorial film was “The Rights of Butterflies” (AFI Docs 2012.) The short documentary launched with a screening tour to successfully help pass the DREAM ACT in Maryland. Her second film, “What The Pier Gave Us,” started as a short (BAMCinemaFEST 2021), and a feature-length version is now in production.
In post, Laura was an editor for Kartemquin’s feature film “Traces of Home” directed by Colette Ghunim. Her editor repertoire also includes short films such as “Shirley Chisholm: A Groundbreaking Legacy” (History Channel), a short about Beatriz Gonzalez “Cinta Amarilla” (The Shed), and a Spike Lee Tribute (MoMA).
In the past, they were a fellow at the Sundance Latine Film Fellowship, Sundance Art of Editing Fellowship, Sundance Accessible Futures Intensive, Karen Schmeer Film Editing Diversity in the Edit Room Fellowship, and the Associate Artist-in-Residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts by Natalia Almada.
Laura proudly transferred from a community college in Maryland to NYU, where they received a full-ride scholarship bestowed to two students in the Tisch Arts Department. They graduated with a BFA in Film & TV production.
Photo by Justin Hakeem @justin.hvkeem
PANELS
IDA’s Getting Real, Intersectionality in the Edit Room, 2020
Firelight Media’s Beyond Resilience Un(Documenting): Storytelling Through the Undocumented Lens, July 10th, 2020
Union Docs, Next Steps Now: Session II, 2016
PROGRAMS
Proficient in Avid, Premiere, Davinci Resolve, Prelude, Media Encoder, Catalyst Browser & Shot Put Pro.
DP/CAM OP SKILLS
Experience shooting in RED KOMODO, Sony FX9, Sony FX6, C
300 ii, SONY FS7, Sony FS5, Sony EX1, FS100, 7D, & 5D MARK III.
If you wish to see an up to date sample of my editing and filming style, please e-mail me for the password to my link reel. Thank you.
Photo by Corinne Jiao-Yuntao Beaumier
EDUCATOR
Created syllabus and taught “Editing: Art + Practice” at the New School’s graduate School of Public Engagement: Media Studies - Documentary.
Created material and taught Managing Media Masterclass for the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective.
Created curriculum and taught two classes at DCTV: Digesting Codecs and On Set Media Management.
CONSULTANCY
Consultant on Peace Is Loud’s Impact Campaign resource for filmmakers.
Photo by Eli Sleepless
