KELSY LUA
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[ASSISTANT EDITOR & EDITOR]
BIO
Kelsy Lua was born and raised in the Philippines. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Business administration from Boston University and pursued a Master’s degree in Film and TV Production, specializing in editing, at the University of Southern California (USC).
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Kelsy served as an assistant editor in advertising, working on commercials and on freelance projects spanning narrative films, documentaries, and music videos, bringing her storytelling expertise to diverse formats. As an editor, she has crafted short films, trailers, new media, educational content, and short animation.
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Her editing work has been recognized at film festivals. The short film On The Clock, which she edited, screened at the HollyShorts Film Festival and the Creative Mind Group showcase at the Cannes Film Festival 2019, winning the Best Narrative Short Award at the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival. Additionally, her editing work on the short documentary Breach of Trust received the First Look Industry Award for Best Documentary and was selected for AFI Fest: Meet the Press 2020, later featured in LA Times Short Docs. Kelsy’s more recent projects have screened at South by Southwest (SXSW) and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
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With a passion for psychology and storytelling, Kelsy creates content that connects, thriving on creative collaboration to bridge universal themes through her editing.
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