Spot Welders has brought editor Livio Sanchez aboard its roster. Sanchez’s exploits span commercials, music videos, documentaries and independent films.
Sanchez, who edited the much heralded original Budweiser ‘Wassup’ spot, began his career at Mad River Post, where he first worked with now Spot Welders’ editor/partner Dick Gordon on a Miller Lite package. From there, Sanchez’s career progressed with his joining The Whitehouse and then Final Cut, before Filmcore (now Beast) in 2007. Over the years, he has amassed various awards including a Cannes Gold Lion as well as honors from the AICP Show, AICE Awards, MVPA Awards and D&AD.
Most recently Sanchez cut Wilderness Downtown a HTML5 film by director Chris Milk, for the band Arcade Fire. Sanchez regularly collaborates with Milk on music videos and commercials. The editor has also worked with such other notable directors as Kathryn Bigelow, Scott Hicks, The Hughes Brothers, Janusz Kaminski, Stacy Peralta, and Marc Webb. Sanchez’s credits include such brands as Nike, Google, Anheuser Busch, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ESPN and PBS.
Spot Welders is a film and television editorial house with locations in New York City, Venice, CA, and a partnership with Work in London.
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More