Whitney Houser is a film and television editor and filmmaker focused on character-driven stories. Houser views editing as the art of shaping story through emotion, rhythm, and collaboration.

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Houser wrote, co-directed, and edited Leading Man, which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, winning Most Moving Narrative at the Moving the Spotlight event. The film went on to screen at multiple Oscar-qualifying festivals, including Out On Film, where it received the Jury Award Runner-Up for Best Drama Short. The film's casting, led by Tineka Becker, CSA, earned a 2026 Artios Award nomination.​

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Houser edited the feature film Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Kinda Feel Left Out, an Official Selection of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, with their editorial approach featured in Filmmaker Magazine and the Art of the Frame podcast.

 

Beyond film, Houser’s earlier editing work spans a range of television projects, including Impractical Jokers, Forged in Fire and Studio C. Working across comedy, competition, and drama has informed a clear sense of pacing, performance and narrative structure.

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​Houser is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and uses all pronouns.