Narrative Film Editor —
Available in San Francisco
Emmy-nominated film and television editor with a hybrid narrative and documentary background — the combination the Bay Area's independent film scene actually demands. Best Editor — Asheville Film Festival. SBIFF 2023 Official Selection. ACE Affiliate. BFE Full Member. Available in San Francisco, the Bay Area, and remotely.
Documentary & Narrative — The Bay Area's Hybrid Standard
The Bay Area Wants Editors Who Can Do Both
San Francisco's independent film culture has never been cleanly divided between documentary and narrative. SFFILM — the oldest film festival in the Americas, running since 1957 — has championed work that crosses those lines for decades. DocFest draws serious non-fiction filmmakers from around the world. The Sundance-adjacent indie scene that runs through the Bay Area rewards hybrids: filmmakers and editors who bring documentary instincts to narrative form, and narrative structure to non-fiction work. That's the background I come from.
My narrative feature debut was Grace Point (2023), directed by Rory Karpf, starring Andrew McCarthy, John Owen Lowe, and Jim Parrack — it premiered at the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and is now on Tubi, Amazon, and Apple TV. I received Best Editor at the Asheville Film Festival and Best Editing at the Southern Shorts Awards for short narrative work. Currently in post on Lex Talionis, directed by P.M. Nelson, an award-winning director with a strong genre sensibility, and Underfunded, directed by Tommy Joe Martins.
The documentary side: The Gotti Files (A&E, 2027) is the eight-episode docuseries I'm currently serving as Co-Executive Editor on, produced by Propagate Content and Lady Moon Entertainment, showrun by Rory Karpf. Alongside that, television credits on Netflix (Coach Snoop), Amazon Prime Video (All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines), HBO Max and TNT (Shaq Life), ESPN (Dominique Belongs to Us), and Peacock (Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure with NFL Films). The Sports Emmy nomination in 2018 for UFC 25 Years in Short sits at the center of it.
The Bay Area has long been a hub for technology-adjacent storytelling — documentaries about innovation, culture, identity, and institutional power. My documentary background spans true crime, sports history, and character-driven non-fiction, all of which translate directly to the kinds of stories that originate in or gravitate toward the Bay Area production scene. I work on location in San Francisco or the Bay Area for the right project, and remotely for everything else.
Feature Film
Grace Point
Narrative feature starring Andrew McCarthy, John Owen Lowe, and Jim Parrack. Premiered at the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival — a festival with strong Bay Area ties and a respected track record for selecting genuine character-driven work. A film about faith, family, and the weight of place.
Available · Tubi · Amazon · Apple TV
Short Films
The Hybrid Background
Narrative Instincts. Documentary Range.
Best Editor at the Asheville Film Festival. Best Editing at the Southern Shorts Awards. These are narrative recognitions from film festivals that take short form seriously as a storytelling medium. They sit alongside documentary credits on Netflix, Amazon, A&E, and ESPN — platforms that fund non-fiction because they know story, not just topic. The Bay Area film scene, perhaps more than any other in the country, has historically rewarded editors who can move between these registers without losing precision in either.
Television & Network Credits
Awards & Credentials
Asheville Film Festival
Best Editor
Southern Shorts Awards
Best Editing
SBIFF 2023
Official Selection — Grace Point
Sports Emmy 2018
Nominated — UFC 25 Years in Short
ACE
ACE Affiliate Member
American Cinema Editors — the Hollywood-based professional organization for film and television editors. Widely considered one of the highest professional distinctions in the editing craft. Affiliate membership reflects recognized standing in the professional community.
BFE
BFE Full Member
British Film Editors — full membership in the UK's professional editors' organization. The BFE's international scope connects the Bay Area's trans-Pacific and transatlantic co-production world to a recognized editorial professional credential.
Why It Fits the Bay Area
Narrative · Documentary · Available in SF
The Bay Area is not a single genre. It's SFFILM's documentary tradition and the independent narrative scene at DocFest and beyond. It's technology storytelling and character-driven non-fiction. It's the kind of productions that need editors who don't operate in a single register — who can bring narrative discipline to documentary material and documentary observation to scripted work.
SBIFF 2023 for Grace Point. Best Editor at the Asheville Film Festival. ACE Affiliate and BFE Full Member. Co-Executive Editor on The Gotti Files at A&E. Credits on Netflix, Amazon, HBO Max, ESPN. That's the range. If your Bay Area project needs editorial craft at both the story and the execution level — and you're open to a national editor with the right background — I'd like to hear about it.
Common Questions
Is Corey Scott Frost available for San Francisco and Bay Area productions?
Yes. I'm available for San Francisco and Bay Area productions on location or remotely. Most of my work is done remotely — clean file handoffs, responsive communication, no geographic friction. The Bay Area's technology infrastructure makes remote collaboration particularly seamless. For productions that want editorial presence in San Francisco or the broader Bay Area, I travel for the right project. I work in both Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro. Home base is Charlotte, NC.
Why does a hybrid narrative and documentary background matter for Bay Area productions?
The Bay Area's independent film tradition has always valued editors who can move between non-fiction and narrative work without losing craft in either. SFFILM has championed hybrid work since 1957. The documentary scene — from DocFest to the broader non-fiction community in the Bay Area — produces films that demand narrative instinct alongside observational precision. My feature narrative debut Grace Point premiered at SBIFF 2023; my television documentary credits span Netflix, A&E, Amazon Prime Video, and ESPN. Both sides of that résumé are real.
What film festival credits do you have relevant to the Bay Area film scene?
Grace Point premiered at the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival — a festival well-regarded in Bay Area film circles and a meaningful narrative film credential. I received Best Editor at the Asheville Film Festival and Best Editing at the Southern Shorts Awards for short narrative work. The Sports Emmy nomination in 2018 for UFC 25 Years in Short is the television-side credential.
What is SFFILM, and why does it matter for Bay Area independent filmmaking?
SFFILM — the San Francisco International Film Festival — is the oldest film festival in the Americas, founded in 1957. It has a long documentary tradition alongside its narrative programming, and it has historically championed international and independent work that other festivals overlook. For Bay Area filmmakers, SFFILM represents the standard the local film community holds itself to. Productions working in that tradition benefit from editorial collaborators who understand what serious, director-driven work requires at the structural level — not just technical polish, but genuine story craft.
What's the best way to reach out about a Bay Area project?
Email is the most direct path. Tell me about the project — format, where you are in production, what you're looking for editorially, and your timeline. If it's a fit, I'll respond within one business day and we can talk further. No forms, no booking links — just a direct conversation about whether the project is the right match.
Working on a project in
San Francisco or the Bay Area?
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