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Julie Busse
Film Editor & Filmmaker
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Kuishi Na Simba Trailer
Festival of New York - Kickoff Video
A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham "Requiem" Teaser
Through Her Eyes 2022 Trailer
Now Streaming
Kuishi Na Simba
(Living With Lions)
Curiosity Stream, Siima Media, Ouragan Films
Directed by Erica Rugabandana
Produced by Jacqueline Farmer, Erica Rugabandana, and Julie Busse
DP Cyril Barbacon
Edited by Julie Busse
Two lionesses and their cubs live a life of abundance on the Serengeti. But when the dry season arrives, the hungry lions prey on the cattle in the neighboring village, where Rugari the cattle herder and his family live. Rugari is faced with a terrible decision. Livestock are his family’s only income, and he could protect them by poisoning the lions. But if he’s caught he will be sent to jail. His daughter Nyange insists that there must be another way.
Editor and Screenwriter
Nominated for a NY Emmy
Amidst the pandemic, Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim produced performing arts creative bubbles for artists to work safely together again. Go behind the scenes as artists return to the studio and stage for the first time since the pandemic. Featuring Music From The Sole, Les Ballet Afrik, Ephrat Asherie Dance, The Missing Element, Jamar Roberts, and Seven Deadly Sins.
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Upcoming
Wild Places
Music by Aaron Travers
Video by Julie Busse
Explore some of the world's last wild places in this orchestral and video collaboration.
Premieres November 17, 2024
at the Indiana University Cinema
The Old Bear
Co-Directed by Julie Busse and Candice Odgers
Featuring Casey Anderson
With an original music score by M.G. Clark
A film by Think Lemonade Productions and Vision Hawk Films
When old bears go to the mountain for the last time, they aren't just digging their den - they're digging their graves. Through the interweaving of family stories with the final days of bears in the Alaskan wilderness, "The Old Bear" reflects on what nature can teach us about parenthood, aging, and death.
Premieres Fall 2024
(Re)Brilliancy Workshops
Presented by The Clinic and the Kaiser Permanente Nurse Scholars Program
Directed by Drummond West and Tara Rynders
This feature documentary follows the work and philosophy of The Clinic, a group of artists who use play, art, and movement to create immersive experiences for health care professionals, to remember their (re)brilliancy and rekindle the joy that comes from caring for and being cared by another human being.
Premieres May 9th, 2024
SIE FilmCenter in Denver, Colorado
About
Julie (Rooney) Busse is an Emmy-nominated film editor with a dance-informed editing style that prioritized storytelling through movement. She specializes in nature film, dance film, and art cinema. She has edited for PBS, Curiosity Stream, WWF, The Guggenheim, and others including many of America's leading choreographers and dance organizations. Julie holds an M.F.A. in film from the University of Colorado Boulder, and is a member of Think Lemonade Productions, Dancing Camera, and the Jackson Wild Collective.
In her free time, Julie is involved with the circus arts as an acrobat, plays in a local Denver band, and sews most of her own clothes.
Dancing Camera, NYC
Think Lemonade Productions, Singapore
Homebase
Denver, CO
Education
MFA, The University of Colorado
Studio Art: Film
BA, DePauw University
Studio Art: Video Magna Cum Laude
Exchange, The Glasgow School of Art
Animation and Illustration
Contact: juliekbusse@gmail.com
Sketchbook
Rabbit in Paris
Dodo in Paris
Rabbit in Paris
Cover video credits: "Wild Places" Source photos by Aaron Travers
Isolation to Creation Video and Image Credits: Image of Les Ballet Afrik; Background video, filmed by Nic Petry of Dancing Camera, edited by Julie Rooney