Andrew Gersh is a documentary film and video editor based in Berkeley, California. His work has appeared on PBS, ABC, MSNBC, National Geographic, Discovery, Turner Broadcasting, the BBC and Channel 4, UK and in theaters worldwide.
He began his editing career on staff at WGBH in Boston, working on many groundbreaking series for PBS, including NOVA, FRONTLINE and the ten-hour WGBH/BBC co-production on the history of ROCK & ROLL.
Recent work includes "Ask Not" (San Francisco International Film Festival, MoMA NY, national PBS broadcast on Emmy-award winning series Independent Lens), National Geographic Explorer: "Inside Guantanamo" (Emmy nomination for Best Documentary, 2010) and "Ready, Set, Bag!" (Los Angeles International Film Festival).
His latest feature documentary, "The Revolutionary Optimists," was awarded the Hilton Worldwide LightStay Sustainability Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and opens in theaters nationwide in 2013. "SPARK: A Burning Man Story" had its world premiere at the 2013 South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival. He is a Sundance Documentary Edit and Story Lab Fellow.