Joe Rabig launched his 30-year career as an editor after graduating from Columbia College Chicago in 1986. A lifelong resident of the Chicago area, he has cut films in the faraway cities of Halifax, Nova Scotia and Bucharest, Romania.
He has a wide list of credits in television and film working with award-winning directors such as Joe Chappelle, Colleen Griffen and Thom Fitzgerald.
Joe Rabig won the Best Editing award at the Women’s Independent Film Festival for Colleen Griffen’s “The Cold and the Quiet” and recently cut Monica Raymund’s acclaimed directorial debut, “Tanya” for The Hidden Tears Project.
The Pages
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Film
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Editor Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm (Sumpter) is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke (Curtis), a steely, commanding politician with an unwavering knack for achieving her goals. Colluding with Rachel is Adrian, an unyielding, patriotic chief of staff. Martin (Tavassoli) harbors another type of obsession with Libby in this story of betrayal and regret. Written by Deadline
Hidden Tears: Tanya
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Film
(Short and Drama)
Editor Tanya tells the story of a young girl who is trapped as a sex slave until she meets a man who is just as lonely as she is.
Boyband
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Television
(Comedy)
Editor Lance Stewart. Preston Sterling. Yancy Kaminski. Chad Steele. Shaun Meadows. Individually, they are five young visionaries who share love for music and dreams of superstardom. Together, they form a blossoming artistic unit of refreshing youth coupled with deep emotional resonance - so deep they haven't even come up with a name for themselves yet. Nonetheless, this cohesive collection of high school harmonics is poised to dominate the boy band scene over the coming year.
Christmas Apparition
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Film
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The Cold and the Quiet
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Film
(Drama and Mystery)
Editor Isolated over the Christmas holiday by her own anxiety, a young college student finds herself responsible for a strangers troubled children as she struggles with the unsettling connection between her own unraveling mental stability and the cold, quiet dark of their broken home. Written by Anonymous
Cold Case Files
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Television
(Documentary, Crime and Mystery)
Editor Unsolved crimes locked away in dusty file cabinets. Time is an ineffectual balm. Painful memories are left to a victim's loved ones. What happens when a killer gets away with murder? Thanks to the efforts of a special breed of modern detective, no one escapes the laws of justice - no matter how old the case. Written by Toby Padilla
Unearthly Harvest
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Film
(Horror)
Editor Beginning with the strange and gruesome murder of two teens en route to a Halloween party, all of their lives are disrupted when an evil man named Professor Desmond Samuelson arrives. Soon after strange and frightening things begin to happen. Now it's a race against time to see who will triumph as Desmond plots his most deadly scheme. Written by John Swanson
Music of Mass Destruction: Live from Chicago
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Film
(Music)
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True Crime Authors
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Television
(Documentary)
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No Tomorrow
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Film
(Drama, Horror and Thriller)
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Unconventional Warfare
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Film
(Documentary)
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Wolf Girl
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Film
(Drama, Fantasy, Horror and Thriller)
Editor Tara Talbot is afflicted with the rare genetic condition hypertrichosis-- she is covered head to toe in hair. She lives her life in Harley Dune's Travelling Freak Show, on display as the 'Terrifying Wolf Girl', but underneath she is just a teenage girl who longs to be normal. Written by Anonymous
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
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Film
(Biography, Horror and Thriller)
Editor A warlord must fight a bloody battle in order to regain his kingdom.
American Justice
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Television
(Documentary, Biography and Crime)
Editor Bill Kurtis hosts this documentary series that profiles criminal cases involving high profile murders, serial killers, and organized crime. Each episode culminating with the justice dispensed by the American legal system in each case.
Investigative Reports
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Television
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Takedown
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Film
(Biography, Crime, Drama and Thriller)
Editor Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cybertrophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that... Written by Jaromir Król
The Unexplained
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Television
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Biography
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Television
(Documentary and Biography)
Editor First hosted by veteran actor Peter Graves, and later by Jack Perkins, this popular Arts and Entertainment Network series profiled the lives of notable figures in the history of entertainment, sports, arts, science, politics and warfare. The show is notable for its in-depth research, which often provides viewers with little-known information about well-known people. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Phantoms
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Film
(Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller)
Editorial department Dr. Jennifer Pailey and her sister Lisa visit the a small town in the Rocky Mountains. The sisters find no one but a few corpses, then join Sheriff Bryce Hammond and his deputies, Flyte, a British academic, and the remains of an Army commando unit. Together they uncover a sub-terrainain life-form that absorbs its victims while gaining their knowledge. Making it extremely intelligent, and because of the victims perception of it, it believes itself to be the devil. Flyte suggests that the creature's body is almost identical chemically to crude oil, and could be killed by bacteria used to break down fossil fuels. Together they plan to use the Enemy's extreme arrogance and god complex against itself. Hammond finds it has assumed the form of the boy he accidentally killed during an drug raid. When the boy grabs the glass vial from him, he shoots it and exposes the creature to the oil eating bacteria. Written by <creep945@aol.com>
The Call
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Film
(Short and Comedy)
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The World Without You
Film
(Drama)
Editor The Frankel family copes with the death of son Leo, a journalist killed on assignment in Iraq. During a weekend memorial service marking the one-year anniversary, old hurts and dark secrets emerge that threaten to tear the fragile threads holding the family together.
Best Short - "Tanya" - Midwest Independent Film Festival
(2017)
Best Editing - "The Cold and the Quiet" - Women's Independent Film Festival
(2014)
Columbia College Chicago
(1984-1986)
Moraine Valley Community College
(1984-1986)