In this episode of Call Time, Chris welcomes multi-award-winning American film editor, producer and writer Nancy Novack, ACE, for a personal conversation about the life experiences, relationships and defining moments behind her remarkable career.

For more than 25 years, Nancy has helped shape documentary and feature films for HBO, PBS, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and Starz. Her work has been seen at prestigious international film festivals, including Sundance, Venice, Tribeca, Hot Docs and Telluride, and has contributed to productions recognized with Emmy, Peabody, duPont and George Polk awards.

Nancy shares the story of how her interest in film began and how she found her way into an industry in which lasting careers are built through persistence, curiosity and hard-earned experience. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she began working in the film business as an apprentice picture editor on Penny Marshall’s Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. From those early days, she steadily built a career that would place her at the heart of some of America’s most memorable and socially significant documentaries.

Her credits include Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, for which Nancy won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming. Her distinguished body of work also includes All In: The Fight for Democracy, Battleground, All Static & Noise, Grass Is Greener, My Lai, The Vote, Broadway: The American Musical, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music and N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear.

In this biographical conversation, Nancy reflects on the people and opportunities that influenced her, the choices that shaped her professional path and the realities of building a life in film. She talks about the evolution of her career from apprentice to editor, producer and writer, as well as the personal commitment required to remain creative and relevant across decades of change in the industry.
Nancy and Chris also explore the stories and subjects that have drawn her attention throughout her career—from American history, democracy and racial justice to music, culture and human rights. Nancy considers what she has learned from spending her working life with other people’s stories and why documentary film continues to offer such a powerful way to understand lives and experiences beyond our own.

This is an intimate portrait of a woman whose work has often taken place behind the screen but whose creative contribution has helped bring important stories to audiences around the world. Nancy’s journey is one of talent, perseverance, thoughtful collaboration and an enduring belief in the power of film.

Listen to Nancy Novack’s story on Call Time with Chris Stafford, the podcast featuring candid conversations about the lives and careers of women working across film and television.

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Nancy’s links:
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636794/
Website: https://www.odessafilms.com/nancy-novack.html
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bklyn_novack/
Instagram: @bkln_novack 

Nancy’s dinner party guests:
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Taylor Swift
Lucille Ball
Rosie O’Donnell
Ilham Tohti 

Nancy’s favorite female artists:
Yoko Ono
Martha Graham
Greta Gerwig
Beth Kamenstein
Thelma Shoonmaker
Keiko Degichi
Swoon
Dear Anushka
Joni Mitchell
Taylor Swift 

Call Time is part of the Women Unscripted Podcast Network and is produced by Hollowell Studios.

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Call Time meets the women on set including filmmakers, cinematographers, DP’s, camera operators, actors, makeup artists, costume designers. We share their story from childhood through career highlights, their highs and lows negotiating the film and television industry.
 
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🎙️ Host: Chris Stafford
Producer: Hollowell Studios
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