TAYLOR G MCCONNACHIE

​​When I began my editing career in 2011, I opened Coma Edits to reflect my own editing

as a sole freelancer in Toronto's west end.

I figured adding a name to the company would be less lame than operating as a numbered company.

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Quickly thereafter I was approached by more and more aspiring editors. 

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They wanted to understand how to get started, to shadow my work, and frankly 

they simply wanted to have a comrade in the edit suite. 

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In the Film and Television industry globally there is door after door slammed shut on emerging creatives.

Knowledge is protected, opportunities are kept behind unnecessary gates, and ego reigns supreme. 

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This fucking sickens me. 

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I found myself cutting more and more identity pieces. Hoping to connect people

by portraying their stories authentically. 

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How could I do this work and not help those that were reaching out to me to do the very same?

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I began mentoring in 2015 and since then have learned how to support folks more and more effectively. 

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I'm an editor first and foremost.

I also find time to help those around me to grow.

What I learn, I pass along.

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I have built a roster of like-minded freelancers to round out a post team where my clients need it.

We operate as a boutique post house when it's helpful. 

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I've partnered, I've expanded, and then I've shrank back down

so I can do what counts. I started writing and producing,​ but most importantly, I cut.

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I tell stories to help dissolve the divide between "us" and "them".

 

​And along the way I extend my hand to anyone who needs it.​

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