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Meet the Cast

Bernards High School Fencing Team
Columbia High School Fencing Team

Samuel 'Doc' D'Ambola - 1960s Essex Catholic Fencing Coach 

Denise O'Connor - 1964 & 1976 Olympian

Andy Shaw - USA Fencing Historian

Jeffrey Bukantz - Olympic Referee

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Meet The Team

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Holly Buechel

Director/Producer

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Holly Buechel combines her love for filmmaking and fencing in her first feature-length documentary, Fencing for the Edge. Her first short film, Speed of Fencing, successfully toured film festivals around the country. As a former NJSIAA Champion, Holly experienced competitive high school fencing before attending and competing for the University of Pennsylvania. After college, she coached for two seasons at Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ. Holly completed her MFA in Video Editing from The City College of New York. Since then, she has edited professionally for several companies in the New York tri-state area. Holly won Best Documentary Editing for Talking Drum at the 2011 City visions and worked as the Assistant Editor on Bully. She won a Silver Telly for her Online/Internet Video in Education editing for the NEA’s STEM initiative and produced content for non-profits such as USA Fencing, Girls Scouts USA, Fencing in the Schools, and Blue Engine.

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Jenna A. Bush

Editor/Writer

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Jenna A. Bush is a documentary editor and filmmaker. As a member of the disability community, she is consistently striving for greater representation both on screen and in the edit room. Credits include writing and editing the features FENCING FOR THE EDGE and MALLORY. She was also most recently an associate editor for PATRICE, a feature highlighting disability rights and marriage inequality. Jenna's work has been featured in film festivals around the world and has received a variety of accolades including Best Editing.

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Hai-Tao Wu

Cinematographer

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Cinematographer Hai-Tao Wu was previously a producer/cinematographer for TV commercials and documentaries in Taiwan. Working for over 15 years as a DP, his projects include documentaries, fashion shows, broadcast news, and commercials. He has recently shot additional camera work for feature documentaries such as Netizens, Three Identical Strangers, Personhood, No Man Left Behind, and Aaron Carter: The Little Prince of Pop.

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Kim Bunce

Cinematographer

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Cinematographer Kim Bunce graduated from The University of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Digital Video. In 2013, Move It, a PSA for the Federal Highway Administration that she produced and edited with Stonehouse Media won a Bronze Telly Award. As a Co-Producer and Director of Photography, she wrapped principal photography on her first feature documentary, Beer of Life, in 2015. She also captures live event photography and videography for Palladium Times Square, Starland Ballroom, Little Nest

Portraits, Phoenix Society, and The Jaunt.

Additional Crew

Cinematography                                         Hai-Tao Wu 

                                                                        Kim Bunce 

                                                                        Holly Buechel

Sound Mixer                                                   Nicholas Guldner

                                                                        Ja-Ann Wang

                                                                        Michael Sterkin

Additional Camera                                      Jessica Vogt Johnson

                                                                        Kathryn Rende

                                                                        Gary Bardizbanian

                                                                        Warut Snidvongs

                                                                        Paul Demonte

                       Sergei Krasikov

                       Joe Leih

                       Jordan Schmelzer

                       Kyler Dennis

                       Ben Dewey

                       Daniel Pelzar

Assistant Editor                                             Matthew Buechel

Sound Designer                                            Zach Egan

Additional Music                                           David Citron

Color Grading                                               Simon Yahn                                                     Consulting Editor                                          Cheree Dillon           

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