Varun is a Film & TV Editor based in Los Angeles, who loves working on comedies with strong emotional spines. Varun recently received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing in a Comedy Series for his work on the series finale of "Reservation Dogs". His work on What We Do In The Shadows was nominated for Best Edited Comedy Series at the 2021 ACE Eddie awards.

 

Varun was born and raised in Bangalore (India), spent his formative years juggling corporate and filmmaking careers in Singapore, before moving to Los Angeles in 2010 for film school. Varun has an MFA in Film Editing from the American Film Institute (AFI), where he now also teaches. He is a member of American Cinema Editors, ACE Diversity Mentorship program, ACE Education Committee, and a proud union member of the Motion Pictures Editors Guild and IATSE.

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Varun's previous work spans TV shows, Indie Feature Films, Web Series, Music Videos & Promos. 

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Recent TV Editing credits:
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• Nobody Wants This 
  Season 2 (Netflix / 20th TV / I Am Jenni Konner)
   

• Deli Boys
  Season 1 (Hulu / 20th TV / I Am Jenni Konner)
   

• Bad Thoughts
  Season 1 (Netflix / YMH / Tom Segura)
   

• Reservation Dogs
  Seasons 1, 2 & 3 (FX / Waititi / Crazy Eagle Media)
  - 4x Emmy Awards Nominee 2024, including Best Comedy Series and Outstanding Picture Editing
  - 2x Peabody Award Winner - 2021 & 2023
  - 3x AFI Awards for TV Program Of The Year 2021, 2022 & 2023
  - Independent Spirit Awards winner for Best New Scripted Series 2022
  - Gotham Awards winner for Breakthrough Series 2022
  - Critics Choice Awards nominee for Best Comedy Series 2022
   

• Based On A True Story
  Season 1 (Peacock / Aggregate)
   

• Florida Man
  Limited Series (Netflix / Aggregate)
   

• Blindspotting
  Season 1 (Starz / Lionsgate / Snoot)
  - Independent Spirit Awards nominee for Best New Scripted Series 2022
  - Gotham Awards nominee for Breakthrough Series 2022
   

• What We Do In The Shadows
  Seasons 1 & 2 (FX / Scott Rudin Productions)
  - Emmy Award nominee for Best Comedy Series 2021
  - ACE Eddie Award nominee for Best Edited Comedy Series 2021
   

• I Am Not Okay With This
  Season 1 (Netflix / 21 Laps) 
   

• Arrested Development
  Season 4 Remix (Netflix / Dakota Films)
   

• Trial & Error
  Season 2 (NBC / Warner Brothers)
   

• Manic
  Pilot (HBO)
  Premiered at Tribeca'16

​Recent Film Editing credits:
 

• Ava's Impossible Things
  Director: Marina Rice Bader
  Distributor: Gravitas
  Premiered at Outfest'16
   

• Miss India America
  Director: Ravi Kapoor 
  Distributor: Mar Vista
  Newport Beach Film Festival'15, Cinequest'15
   

• Samnang (short)
  Director: Asaph Polonsky (AFI) 
  Premiered at New York Film Festival'13 
  Best Short Film Nominee - Student Academy Awards'13
   

Varun has also edited web series, TV pilots, music videos and promos for The Academy, Issa Rae Productions, ColorCreative, Biden-Harris 2020, Vice x Youtube, Dakota Films, AwesomenessTV, All Def Digital, and Arsenic Inc. 

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contact:

Ivana Savic, GSK Talent 

ivana@gsktalent.com

323-782-1854

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