NEW YORK, June 22, 2009, --- Editor Kate Owen, who now divides her time between New York and London, has secured her first stateside representation, joining the roster of Chinagraph, New York. She continues to be handled in the U.K. by Marshall Street Editors, a London shop she's been cutting work at for nearly a decade.
    Editing full-time since 2000, Owen has amassed a body of spot work that spans clients such as Guinness, Johnny Walker, Xerox, Canon and Samsung, and the Victoria Beckham collection. 
    She got her start assisting at the age of 18, working at an edit house in London's Soho district. Owen began her cutting career with film trailers and then diversified into commercials encompasing assorted genres, from action to comedy and fast-paced montages.
    Owen joins a lineup of Chinagraph editors that includes owners Eric Carlson and Kane Platt, as well as John Gramaglia, Peter Mostert, Pete Slife, and Thomas Ostuni. The company's exec producer is Rosemary Quigley.