Carolyn Giardina is senior entertainment technology and crafts editor at Variety.

She has devoted her career to covering the art and science of entertainment, bringing to her work a wealth of knowledge of entertainment technology and the creative arts, as well as film history. She has covered such industry inflection points as the DTV and digital cinema transitions; entertainment technology, including production, post and exhibition; the creative arts including cinematography, editing, and sound; and related topics such as labor issues.

Carolyn has been honored with American Cinema Editors’ Robert Wise Award for journalistic contributions to film editing; the International Cinematographers Guild’s Technicolor William A. Fraker Award for journalistic contributions to cinematography; and the Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership Lumiere Award.

She joined Variety and Variety VIP+ in February 2024, following more than a decade at The Hollywood Reporter. Earlier, she worked in the U.S. and aboard, on titles including SHOOT, Film & Video and the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal. She also co-authored a book about stereoscopic 3D filmmaking, titled “Exploring 3D” (Focal Press, 2013).

Carolyn has long been an active member of the community—a frequent conference speaker/moderator who has served on numerous industry boards, committees and award juries. That includes nearly two decades on the HPA Board of Directors, during which time she co-founded and was founding chair of the HPA Awards.

Her commitment to education includes serving as a lecturer at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film & Media Arts.