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CHICAGO, USA // Kathryn Hempel, Editor, Partner, Vice President of Cutters Studios and Artist. Kathryn is a recent Women In Film Chicago Focus Award honoree. She h as edited award-winning commercials and films of various genres, including P&G’s internationally acclaimed Always "Like A Girl" campaign that won an Emmy for Outstanding Commercial, swept the Webby Awards, won seven CLIO Awards and numerous Pencils at the D&AD show, and 14 Cannes Lions. Her portfolio includes documentary, dialogue, comedy, narrative and visual storytelling spots. Kathryn has also edited web content, videos, shorts and long format documentaries, all influencing her ability to create and to cut to the essence of a story. Kathryn co-wrote and edited "Road to Roubaix," a feature length documentary about the Paris-Roubaix cycling classic in France – and directed and edited the short documentary film "Ox-Bow," which screened at the Tribeca International Film and Video Festival.

Kathryn’s interest in film editing blends well with her art. She has created original art for commercial andindependent feature film sets, and recently exhibited a 365-day art project, along with creating a book and short art film encapsulating the year of making a piece of art every day.

The creator and founder of the international Camp Kuleshov editing, design and sound competition for assistants in all AICE member companies, Kathryn is proud to be on the Clio Awards Film Technique: Editing Jury as well as the Curatorial Committee for the 2016 AICE Awards.