Kirsten Whatley

(she / her)

Filmmaker and Editor

Hana, Hawaii US

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A Hawaii-based filmmaker and editor, specializing in documentary, nature, and dance films.

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Kirsten Whatley is a Hawaii-based filmmaker and editor, specializing in documentary, nature, and dance films. A lifelong dancer herself, she brings a lyrical style to her film work, using light, texture, and sound to give viewers an immersive, sensory film experience. // She is currently working with Whale Wise Productions on editing a series of healing films that combine underwater whale footage from French Polynesia with sound therapy. She has also edited dance films for Dancing Camera, a movement film production company in New York, and is currently editing for the Migration Dance Film Project in Montreal. // She recently wrote and edited a short documentary for Toronto director and photographer Ann Leese. HOW’S YOUR MOM chronicles one woman’s inspiring way of relating to a loved one with Alzheimer’s. The film was an award nominee at the Yorkton Film Festival (Canada) 2023 and a semi-finalist for the Lunenburg Doc Fest (Canada) 2023. // Kirsten’s own nature-based short films have screened at the Maui Film Festival (2021) and the Canada-based Social Distancing Festival (2020). Before film, Kirsten worked as an award-winning nonfiction writer, book author, book editor, and photographer on primarily environmental and cultural subjects.

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