Trevor Laurence
Award-winning film and TV editor, director, producer and writer
Films
“Never Enough! The Freddy DeMann Story”
Producer/Editor
2022 – 2023
Feature-length documentary on the legendary pop music manager and record label executive.
“The Chisels Are Calling”
Director/Producer/Editor
2018 – 2019
Feature-length documentary. A look inside the mind and approach of John Monteleone, one of the world’s greatest instrument builders, whose guitars are on permanent display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Tempo Rubato” Editor
2016
Music documentary short (22 minutes) on Latin Jazz percussionist Samuel Torres.
Premiering November 12, 2016 at the New York Jazz Film Festival.
“Crashing the Party” Editor, Co-Producer
2014 – 2016
Feature-length historical/political documentary featuring Bill Clinton and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Supervised music, graphics and research departments. Distribution on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon.
“Saving Jamaica Bay” Editor, Co-Producer
2013 – 2015
Environmental documentary narrated by Susan Sarandon. Premiered March 2016 at the Museum of the Moving Image, winner Audience Award. Winner of several other festivals. Will air on PBS in February of 2017.
“Harlem Street Singer” Producer/Co-Director/Co-Editor
2013 – 2015
Feature-length documentary on blues, gospel and ragtime musician Rev. Gary Davis. Premiere at DOC NYC 2013. Winner of several festivals. Distribution on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon.
“Florent: Queen of the Meat Market” Editor/Producer
2008 – 2009
(Sundance International Channel, PBS) Feature-length documentary on the iconic Manhattan restaurant. Winner of Audience Award at Newfest 2009, winner Best Feature Film, NYC Food Film Festival 2010.
In addition to the above films Trevor Laurence has worked on hundreds of projects in a variety of formats including trailers, sizzle reels, narrative shorts, TV field pieces, comedy shorts, promos, corporate videos, talk show and multi-camera music performance videos.
He's also written comedy speeches for Samantha Bee and has co-authored the blog Shanghaied: Tales of an Expat, a book based on my brother 's experiences in China.
Prior to his filmmaking career he ran the companies Acoustic Sessions and International Guitar Seminars where he performed and taught blues and jazz guitar throughout the US and Europe along with some of the world's top guitarists, and also produced, directed and edited over 60 multi-camera music instruction DVDs for the music publishing industry.
In 2017 he co-founded Street Singer Productions, a film and music production company specializing in feature length documentaries.
Software
Adobe Premiere
Avid Media Composer
Adobe After Effects
Cinema 4D
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator