Avo John Kambourian is an award winning editor and documentary filmmaker from Los Angeles.From an early age, he gravitated towards storytelling by writing articles and creating short documentaries about artists. But his passion for filmmaking grew into a love for editing, and helping filmmakers bring their stories to the screen.

His thesis, Echoes of Kef Time, was one of three projects selected to be funded & produced by USC in the Spring 2022 semester. The film premiered at Newport Beach Film Festival, and has won numerous awards, and centers on the erasure of Armenian-American musical traditions in central California. In 2022, he also was nominated for the American Cinema Editors (ACE) coveted Anne V. Coates student editing award, and was a finalist for the ACE Internship Program.

Most recently, Avo had the opportunity to serve as apprentice editor on The Lost Bus, directed by Paul Greengrass for Apple Studios and Blumhouse. His prior assistant editor credits include STEVE! a 2-part documentary about the legendary comedian Steve Martin, as well as Piece by Piece, a first of its kind animated LEGO documentary about the life of musician and producer Pharrell Williams. Both directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, the latter of which will be released in theaters in October.

As an editor Avo prides himself on not being defined by genres. Having worked on everything from documentary, horror, drama, and comedy. In 2024, a short film he co-edited, Neither Donkey, Nor Horse, premiered at Telluride Film Festival and won a Student Academy Award.

He is currently editing his first animated film from Director C. Craig Patterson.