Maria Badia

Director & Editor

Brooklyn, New York, United States

About

Maria Badia is an Editor and Director from Barcelona, based in New York since 2008. She is fascinated by intimate stories, and believes in the power of storytelling as an awareness tool. She also loves to dive in historical content, due to her journalistic background. She is an editor for several episodes of The American Theatre Wing’s Working in Theatre, an Emmy nominated documentary series that reveals theatre’s inner-workings. She is a regular collaborator at BBC Reel, Retro Report and Goldcrest Films, among others. More recently she has been editing long episodic content at Blackfin Productions. She was a fellow at Uniondocs Collaborative Studio, a documentary arts center which keeps inspiring her vision on new approaches on filmmaking. She is also a member of the member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and a Karen Schmeer Film Editing fellow, a year-long group mentorship program for non fiction film editors from diverse backgrounds, identities and experiences. e: [email protected] / p: +1 646 243 9230

Experience

  • Director & Editor at BBC Worldwide
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

    Freelance director and editor of short video content at BBC Culture, Travel, Capital and World. Latest work, INSIDE THE WORLD OF 'SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY'

  • Video Editor at Retro Report
    Jan 2023 - Feb 2023 · 2 mos

    Russia’s recent nuclear threats have revived Cold War animosity with roots in the Cuban missile crisis. During ​a standoff in 1962, a tense confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly resulted in a nuclear war.

  • Video Editor at Retro Report
    Jun 2022 - Sep 2022 · 4 mos

    Midterm Elections: How 1994 Midterms Set Off an Era of Divisive Politics | Retro Report

  • Video Editor at Blackfin, Inc.
    Mar 2022 - Jun 2022 · 4 mos

    A Univision Documentary Series which investigates the murder of a US informant in Southlake Texas. The victim was a lawyer of one of the biggest cartels in Mexico, 'El cartel del Golfo'.

  • Video Editor at Blackfin, Inc.
    Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 · 3 mos

    The Investigation of Peter Nygard, Episode 4 50 minute Episode of a Discovery+ Documentary Series, produced by Blackfin Films,that investigates Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard's rise to power through his recent arrest in Canada, indicted on sex-trafficking charges