Passionate about the craft of making documentary films, Joanna Rabiger has worked as an editor, researcher, story consultant and associate producer on numerous independent films, several of which have aired on American PBS’s Independent Lens series. Called upon to write treatments, pitches and synopses in her day to day work, Joanna began writing grant proposals for independent filmmakers at their request. She has now authored more than twenty documentary film proposals, of which six have been successfully funded. Joanna is also skilled at writing copy for festival submission, websites and marketing purposes.

In addition to grantwriting she is available for hire as an editor and as an editing & story consultant, with recent credits that include Marcy Garriott’s international festival hit, INSIDE THE CIRCLE and Carnivalesque Films’ groundbreaking film INVISIBLE GIRLFRIEND. She is editor of the PBS Independent Lens documentary GIRL WRESTLER directed and co edited by Diane Zander. Joanna recently edited WHALES OF GOLD, directed by Lucia Duncan, a feature documentary that explores the difficulties faced by a small fishing community located in the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja, Mexico. She was an editor on Liz Welch Tirrell’s hilarious feature documentary THE LONG HAUL, in which longtime couple Martha and Lavonne load up their Ford F250 pickup truck, hitch up their 1956 Airstream Caravaner and move their lives from New Jersey to California, with much bickering, boozing and humor along the way.

Joanna is able to work remotely with independent filmmakers anywhere in the world—she is currently working with a filmmaker in Azerbaijan! A native of the UK who has lived and worked in the States since 1999, she is based in Austin, TX. Fluent in French, with a serviceable knowledge of Spanish, she enjoys working on bilingual projects, and is also available for hire as a translator/transcriber (from the French language).