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Editors – Laura Zempel and Nat Fuller
The Emmy®-nominated BEEF editing team of Laura Zempel and Nat Fuller came into this project with plenty of experience crafting storylines featuring complicated characters and situations. Nat kicked off his career with another well-known Netflix property, STRANGER THINGS, starting as an assistant before transitioning to full editorial duties on the Duffer Brothers supernatural juggernaut. For Laura, her time in the editing suites of complex dramas began with assisting on DEXTER, to ultimately cutting on HBO’s critically-acclaimed EUPHORIA.
Created by Korean director Lee Sung Jin (Sunny) for Netflix, BEEF stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as Danny Cho and Amy Lau, two strangers whose involvement in a road rage incident escalates into a prolonged feud.
LAURA ZEMPEL
In addition to her Emmy®-nominated work on BEEF, Laura’s skills as an editor can be seen in EUPHORIA (2019-22), DISPATCHES FROM ELSEWHERE (2020) and ROOM 104 (2017-19). Prior to that, she assisted on HOUSE OF CARDS (2014), DEXTER (2011-13) and IF I CAN DREAM (2010).
NAT FULLER
Nat’s journey to being an Emmy®-nominated editor began with assisting duties on the features MALEFICENT (2014) and THE LAST WITCH HUNTER (2015), in addition to the debut season of STRANGER THINGS (2017). Fuller would go on to co-edit the indie THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON (2019) amidst taking on lead editing duties for Seasons 2-4 for STRANGER THINGS (2017-22).
Editing BEEF
In our discussion with the BEEF editing team of Laura Zempel and Nat Fuller, we talk about:
- Filling two gigs with one agent
- Nailing the ninety’s needle drops
- Not taking sides in the edit
- Sound designing drug trips
- Taming the tension in postproduction
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