George Artope, Editor
George Artope, a Chicago native, was born into the creative field. With both parents working in television, he gained exposure to the production and post-production process early. Traveling frequently to Los Angeles and Europe as a youth provided him opportunities to learn and work on commercial sets. Inspired by these experiences, Artope created his first film, which was an edit, in 1996 (a documentary), which accepted him into New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Instead, Artope decided to struggle his way into film school at the University of Southern California in 1997. Upon graduation, he began working in the industry in production, but realized his calling was in editorial while previously working at Cutters, Inc., Sky View Studios, and Cucoloris Films in Chicago and Los Angeles respectively. In 2004, Artope collaborated with William Artope’s vision of fostering young talent to create Eye Edit, a creative offline editorial company located in downtown Los Angeles. Artope feels that editing is the backbone of film and his specialties lie in storytelling, emotion, and music sensibility.
Since 2004, Artope has built up an impressive reel of independent films, commercials, documentaries, and music videos. Many of the films he has worked on won festival awards and continue to inspire audiences at film festivals around the country.
