Editor, Doug Abel ACE is no stranger to the documentary scene, having previously helmed the Avid for filmmakers Michael Moore and Errol Morris.  But it’s probably safe to say that he’s never been part of a project like the one that’s taken over social media and consumed a healthy chunk of the world’s internet bandwidth.  Years in the making, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness began its journey as a sizzle reel pitched to CNN as a special on animal trafficking.  It then evolved into the concept of being a movie expressly designed for one notable cable giant.  And from there it became what it is today, a seven-episode thrill ride that’s taken over streaming media.

"I've never worked on a series where the episodes just kept adding on.  It's like we were flying the airplane and building it at the same time. So that's kind of the genesis of how it happened.  It was just serendipitous and bizarre and really crazy.  And on a daily basis…I'd get into the office 20 minutes late and everybody would be sitting around a table and I'd go, 'Oh God, what happened?'  And they’d say, 'Well, Joe just revealed dah, dah, dah'.  So there was a lot of just being nimble on the project and just being very organized".

Doug Abel, ACE

And the story that took place in the making of the series is every bit (okay, almost) as entertaining as the one that played out on the screen!

 

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