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Rachel Sophia Stewart is a professional film editor based in Philadelphia. Over the past 10 years, she has worked as the senior editor on the 6abc series “Philadelphia: The Great Experiment.” Her work has been recognized with seven Mid-Atlantic Emmys, including two for best editing. Outside of Philadelphia history, she has worked on international films in Argentina, Mexico and China. Her most recent feature “Beethoven In Beijing” had its national premiere on PBS in late 2021. This past year Rachel edited two episodes of a short documentary series for Amazon Web Services, as well as ran post production on a documentary feature premiering soon. That film titled “Man on the Run” tells the true story of a man who stole billions of dollars from Malaysia. 

She is currently involved in post on “Beyond Yellowface,” a documentary following the founders of the Final Bow For Yellowface movement, challenging the world’s leading ballet companies to jettison Asian stereotypes. 

For the past 4 years, Rachel has also been running 8 by 8 Post Production, a company she founded to put all of her post production experience and post management skills into practice. Rachel’s goal is to be the change she wants to see in this industry… and those changes start with good post production management, an organized and thoughtful workflow, great editing, and end with happy clients. 

This is Rachel’s forth year teaching advanced courses on editing at her alma mater Temple University.

Film editor, Spanish speaker, martial artist.

In 2023, I have had the opportunity to work with a wide range of new and old clients. It has been a busy and rewarding year, and I'd love to say thank you to everyone I've had the pleasure of working with. Editing is my passion and it is definitely one of the reasons I love waking up in the morning. 

I firmly believe film is able to change the world. And I want to help make the films that will do so. I have a passion for editing and its ability to create new meaning and emotion within a film. I think this is possible in every film, narrative, documentary, and commercial/corporate work. 

While my passion is for editing, I have worn many different hats on and off set, and around the globe, working for companies such as the Discovery Channel, Universal, Esquire Network, Slate.com and on Morgan Freeman’s television show “Through the WormHole.”

My most recent feature documentary “Beethoven In Beijing” took me around the world three times, traveling behind-the-scenes with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Traveling through China definitely presented some interesting problems that needed creative solutions. It was an exercise in flexibility and creativity, two skills I find extremely important to the art of  editing. “Beethoven In Beijing” was  been accepted to eight different film festivals, including DocUtah, Berkshire International, and most fittingly the Classical Arts Film Festival at the Jarvis Conservatory. 

I enjoy candle-lit dinners and conversations about workflow, and project organization. I am highly competitive, enjoy living a cinematic life and am down for a good discussion about the kuleshov effect any day of the week.