David Fabelo's work as both a narrative and documentary editor has screened at festivals internationally - including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, SXSW and LAFF. He is a fellow of the Sundance Documentary Edit and Story Lab, twice serving as an assistant editor.

Narrative credits include Slash, Good Night, Fourplay, and I'll Come Running. Documentary credits include The Russian Five, The Sensitives, Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove, Vinyl Nation, and Horton Foote: The Road to Home. He has served as post-production supervisor on several features including Bryan Poyser's Love & Air Sex and Rick Alverson’s Entertainment. He was a story producer for four seasons on the streaming series Small Business Revolution, produced by Flow Studios. He frequently collaborates with Austin based production companies on commercials, brand documentaries and reality series.

​David has directed two award-winning short films: the comedies "Test Day" and "Do Over.”

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Systems

Adobe CC | Da Vinci Resolve | Avid Media Composer | Final Cut Pro

Kind Words

  • Good Night

    “One of the best films I've seen at SXSW…. The alchemy is in the editing…”

    - IndieWire

  • Fourplay: Tampa

    “Most noteworthy, perhaps, is David Fabelo’s editing, the crispness of which adds another injection of humor into the proceedings.”

    - Hammer To Nail

  • An Ordinary Family

    “Poignantly, editor David Fabelo fashion[ed] the strong script in a way that allowed for the maximum ability to delve into the intricate dynamics the film explores.”

    - Examiner

  • The Sensitives

    Xanthopoulos allows each of the subjects to move at their own pace, but he and editor David Fabelo settle into an agreeably lilting rhythm that reflects life progressing even when the film’s subjects are threatened with being left behind.

    - The Moveable Fest

  • Vinyl Nation

    Kudos also to editors David Fabelo and Jason Wehling for balancing so many testimonials with not much sense of monotony.

    - Variety

  • The Russian Five

    …[M]oving in ways you won’t see coming…. [A] tale that couldn’t possibly be of general interest, but, in fact, the reverse is true. The intensely human situations… will captivate you even if you don’t know a puck from a ping-pong ball.

    - LA Times