Hart F. Faber
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Producer
Hart Faber has been in production for 30 years and has recently edited
biographies, documentaries, entertainment features, news magazines and
promos for: ABC, A&E, CBS, CNN, DSC, NBC, TLC,and VH-1. He has lent his
voice and pen for use in indie films, field segments, and news
magazines.
In 2011 I was on the ABC news team that earned 2 Murrow Awards for outstanding coverage of Gabby Giffords' shooting and the raid on Osama Bin Laden.
Hart was proud that two programs he worked on were honored with Emmys in 2007. He was one of three editors on the BBC & NBC co-production of the two hour special on DSC, Global Warming: What You Need to Know, with Tom Brokaw Hart was the editor of an episode of NOW on PBS, Health Care Franchising in Kenya.
Hart was born in New York City's Greenwich Village in 1964 to Elise and Ron Faber, an actor. Although Hart enjoyed art and followed his father by acting in a couple of plays and low-budget films, his background in science and architecture while attending Stuyvesant High School guided his future.
In 1983 at the age of 18, Hart started his career in production as a gofer, suitably for a science and medical education film company. He merged the artistic and technical while learning animation & graphic design, lighting & set design, and of course editing.
By 1987 Hart was fortunate to be with Chiasma Productions as the Senior Asst. Editor and Post-production Supervisor of the jazz documentary, A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba, which featured Dizzy's first visit to Cuba in many years. He recounts his roots in Afro-Cuban music while playing with Arturo Sanduval at the International Jazz Festival of 1985. This propelled Hart forward, taking editing and all technical aspects of film production to the next level. Cinema became his challenge of choice, and by 1991 Hart had worked his way up to Project Designer, Senior Editor and Assistant Director of the award winning Chiasma Productions.
Hart branched out in 1994 with the indie Miramax film, Lie Down With Dogs, a farce following a young man's summer in Provincetown, MA. He voiced an unseen guest house owner and wrote lyrics to comedic songs in the film. He edited it the old-fashioned way, in film, and supervised the animation and opticals. This inspired him to go digital with a small Avid suite, Water Under The Bridge, in the Film Center Building. He continued to edit indie feature films such as Blazin', a martial arts romance-action-drama, or Romeo & Juliet in the hood.
After his fourth feature film Hart transitioned into TV in 1998 by editing and producing for Executive Forum, a financial talk show hosted by Edwin Newman and later by Apollo astronaut, Capt. Jim Lovell. The show centered around lively discussions between CEOs and included a field segment relevant to the topic of the week. He began writing, narrating and producing some of these segments. By 1999 his love of documentary and long-form programs led Hart to the launch of MSNBC's Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer. When 9/11 occurred Hart edited specials for MSNBC Reports, and covered news stories between 2001 and 2002. He also utilized his roots in design to create show opens for many topical specials and weekly news programs. He wrote and produced some of these show open and tease packages.
In 2002 long format wound down at MSNBC, so Hart went freelance. In the last few years, TV has been a satisfying and prolific medium for Hart. The process of crafting a story by interweaving interviews and footage of people's lives or events, is still a great pleasure. The strict adherence to the ethical responsibilities of journalism and the challenge maintaining an accessible tale despite it's inherent complexity, are what keeps Hart focused and engaged. He feels a sense of pride in being both effective and accurate in presenting a journey to the audience, whether it's thirty seconds or sixty minutes. The last few years have brought new challenges to the industry and the world, but we will rise to them and continue to bring people the world.
In 2011 I was on the ABC news team that earned 2 Murrow Awards for outstanding coverage of Gabby Giffords' shooting and the raid on Osama Bin Laden.
Hart was proud that two programs he worked on were honored with Emmys in 2007. He was one of three editors on the BBC & NBC co-production of the two hour special on DSC, Global Warming: What You Need to Know, with Tom Brokaw Hart was the editor of an episode of NOW on PBS, Health Care Franchising in Kenya.
Hart was born in New York City's Greenwich Village in 1964 to Elise and Ron Faber, an actor. Although Hart enjoyed art and followed his father by acting in a couple of plays and low-budget films, his background in science and architecture while attending Stuyvesant High School guided his future.
In 1983 at the age of 18, Hart started his career in production as a gofer, suitably for a science and medical education film company. He merged the artistic and technical while learning animation & graphic design, lighting & set design, and of course editing.
By 1987 Hart was fortunate to be with Chiasma Productions as the Senior Asst. Editor and Post-production Supervisor of the jazz documentary, A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba, which featured Dizzy's first visit to Cuba in many years. He recounts his roots in Afro-Cuban music while playing with Arturo Sanduval at the International Jazz Festival of 1985. This propelled Hart forward, taking editing and all technical aspects of film production to the next level. Cinema became his challenge of choice, and by 1991 Hart had worked his way up to Project Designer, Senior Editor and Assistant Director of the award winning Chiasma Productions.
Hart branched out in 1994 with the indie Miramax film, Lie Down With Dogs, a farce following a young man's summer in Provincetown, MA. He voiced an unseen guest house owner and wrote lyrics to comedic songs in the film. He edited it the old-fashioned way, in film, and supervised the animation and opticals. This inspired him to go digital with a small Avid suite, Water Under The Bridge, in the Film Center Building. He continued to edit indie feature films such as Blazin', a martial arts romance-action-drama, or Romeo & Juliet in the hood.
After his fourth feature film Hart transitioned into TV in 1998 by editing and producing for Executive Forum, a financial talk show hosted by Edwin Newman and later by Apollo astronaut, Capt. Jim Lovell. The show centered around lively discussions between CEOs and included a field segment relevant to the topic of the week. He began writing, narrating and producing some of these segments. By 1999 his love of documentary and long-form programs led Hart to the launch of MSNBC's Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer. When 9/11 occurred Hart edited specials for MSNBC Reports, and covered news stories between 2001 and 2002. He also utilized his roots in design to create show opens for many topical specials and weekly news programs. He wrote and produced some of these show open and tease packages.
In 2002 long format wound down at MSNBC, so Hart went freelance. In the last few years, TV has been a satisfying and prolific medium for Hart. The process of crafting a story by interweaving interviews and footage of people's lives or events, is still a great pleasure. The strict adherence to the ethical responsibilities of journalism and the challenge maintaining an accessible tale despite it's inherent complexity, are what keeps Hart focused and engaged. He feels a sense of pride in being both effective and accurate in presenting a journey to the audience, whether it's thirty seconds or sixty minutes. The last few years have brought new challenges to the industry and the world, but we will rise to them and continue to bring people the world.
