Julian Semilian

Julian Semilian is a poet, translator, novelist and filmmaker. He was born in Romania and presently teaches film editing at the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking, after a twenty-four year career as a film editor in Hollywood where he has worked on more than 50 movies and TV shows. Semilian also holds an adjunct faculty position at Columbia University, where he teaches a master editing class each September. As a translator he has also published the work of Romanian poets,...See more

Julian Semilian is a poet, translator, novelist and filmmaker. He was born in Romania and presently teaches film editing at the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking, after a twenty-four year career as a film editor in Hollywood where he has worked on more than 50 movies and TV shows. Semilian also holds an adjunct faculty position at Columbia University, where he teaches a master editing class each September. As a translator he has also published the work of Romanian poets, concentrating chiefly on the Romanian avant-garde. Mr. Semilian's translation of Nostalgia, by Mircea Cartarescu, was published in 2005. BlackWidow Press published his translation of Inventor of Love by Gherasim Luca. See less