- Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Oscar-winning director
- Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a revolutionary Soviet film director and film theorist noted in particular for his silent films "Strike", "Battleship Potemkin" and "Oktober". His work vastly influenced early film makers owing to his innovative use of and writings about montage.
- Dyan Cannon
Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Freisen on January 4 1937) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer.
- Harold Rosson
Harold G. "Hal" Rosson was an American Cinematographer during the early and classical Hollywood cinema. He is best known for his work on the 1939 masterpiece The Wizard of Oz.
- Roger Spottiswoode
Roger Spottiswoode (born January 5, 1945) is a Canadian-born film director and writer, who began his career as an editor in the 1970s. He has directed a number of notable films and television productions, including "Under Fire" (1983) and the 1997 James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies" starring Pierce Brosnan. Spottiswoode was one of the writing team responsible for "48 Hrs." starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.
- Lev Kuleshov
Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov was a Russian filmmaker known for his work on film editing and the impact it has on the viewers. The Kuleshov Experiment, which was one of the earliest theories of montage, showed the ability of viewers to associate emotions with images. This and other techniques were explored by Kuleshov in his work in Marxist film theory.
- Jim Behnke
Jim Behnke is a film editor. His works include The Majestic and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
- Nicole Holofcener
Nicole Holofcener (born March 22, 1960, in New York City) is a film and television director. Holofcener grew up around show business with her actor father and set decorator mother. With the help of her stepfather, film producer Charles Joffe, she started as an assistant to editor Susan E. Morse, a frequent collaborator of Woody Allen. After studying film at Columbia University, she made a short titled "Angry" in 1991.
- Bill Richmond
William "Corky" Richmond (born 1958, Long Island, New York) is a television producer, director and editor who has worked for MTV and VH1. Among other projects, he has produced the TV short "A Day in the Life of Jenny McCarthy", and was co-director of the 1991 documentary "Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin" and the mini-series "Sex in the 90s".
- Lisa Lassek
Lisa Lassek is a film producer and editor whose credits include her role as Associate Producer for the television series "Firefly". She has edited episodes for the sixth season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", served as an assistant editor for "Angel", and has edited various episodes of "Firefly". Lassek has also edited Joss Whedon's first feature-length film "Serenity".
- Erik Aadahl
Erik A. Aadahl (born September 16, 1976 in San Francisco) is an American television series editor of Scandinavian descent. Aadahl studied film at Yale and Stanford Universities and he took a full Trustee scholarship to USC's School of Cinematic Arts as a film production major, where he went on to supervise the Spielberg Scoring Stage. He graduated in 1998, and became the Editor Guild's youngest new member.
- Robert Bassler
Robert Bassler started his film career off in the late 20s as an editor, becoming a producer in 1942, with his first film, the Rita Hayworth musical “My Gal Sal”. His credits include several controversial films: 1948’s “The Snake Pit” which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film was a shocking expose of conditions in a mental asylum; and “Suddenly” in 1954 was a stark assassination thriller which was alleged to have influenced Lee Harvey Oswald.
- Edwin Stanton Porter
Edwin Stanton Porter was an influential early film pioneer. Porter was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, in the United States. In the late 1890s Porter worked as both a projectionist and mechanic, eventually becoming director and cameraman for Thomas Edison and the Edison Manufacturing Company. Influenced by both England's "Brighton School" and the story films of Georges Méliès, …
- Irving Allen
Irving Allen (November 24 1905 - December 17 1987) was a theatrical and cinematic producer and director. He won an Academy Award in 1948 for producing the short movie "Climbing the Matterhorn". In the early 1950s he formed Warwick Films with partner Albert "Cubby" Broccoli and relocated to England to leverage film making against a subsidy offered by the British government.
- Shavar Ross
Shavar Malik Ross (born March 4, 1971; South Bronx, New York) is an American actor-turned film director, writer, film producer and editor. His parents separated when he was 6 years old. His mother took Shavar and his sister to Macon, Georgia, while his father went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. In 1979, while visiting his father in California during his school's Christmas vacation, Shavar was discovered by top children's agent Evelyn Shultz.
- John E. Hudgens
John E. Hudgens (born April 6, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an independent director, producer, and editor noted for his short "Star Wars" fan films and for many "Babylon 5" promotional videos. On his own, Hudgens began editing "Babylon 5" videos cut to popular music beginning in 1994.
- Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye (born May 13, 1966 in Liberia) is a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye is a lesbian and her work often concerns themes of race, sexuality and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians.
- Peter Curran
Peter Curran was a British screenwriter, director, editor and producer. He co-wrote four episodes of the Supermarionation television series "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" in the 1960s, forming a writing duo with David Williams: "White as Snow", "Point 783", "Seek and Destroy" and "The Launching". Williams's film credits include "The Cherry Picker" (1972; as screenwriter, producer, director and editor) and "A Touch of the Sun" (1979; screenwriter, …
- Ham Tran
Ham Tran is a Vietnamese American (Ethnic Chinese) film writer/editor/director. He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film "The Anniversary", which was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. His most recent effort is the full-length Vietnamese boat people and reeducation camp drama, "Journey from the Fall", …
- Damon Packard
Damon Packard (b. May 4, 1967) is an underground American film director. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Packard's mother, Akron actress Frances Pollock, was the daughter of long-time trade union leader Sam Pollock. She died in 1968 when Damon was a year old. Packard began to become seriously involved with film began at the age of 11. His biggest inspiration was director Steven Spielberg.
- Shane Drake
Shane Drake is a music video director from Thousand Oaks, California. Owns Red Van Pictures. Shane has directed videos for bands such as Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Paramore, Hawthorne Heights, Armor for Sleep, Blindside, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Almost, and Daphne Loves Derby. Early in his career, Shane spent time working as an editor and cinematographer with such bands as Poison the Well, Deftones, Thursday, and many more.
- Christopher C. Odom
Christopher C. Odom (born July 7, 1970 in Manhasset, New York), is an independent digital film director, producer, writer, cinematographer, editor, composer and actor. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video with a Minor in Theater from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia and a Professional Certificate in Screenwriting, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital Video, from the University of California, Los Angeles.
- David Malki
David Malki ! is a full-time movie trailer editor and the creator and author of Wondermark, a webcomic. As well as working for Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Paramount Studios, and many others, he volunteers as a search-and-rescue pilot for the Civil Air Patrol. He also runs a prop gun rental business out of his home in Los Angeles, called Deathmonkey Armourers.
- Dj Wrekk
DJ Wrekk (born November 23, 1975 in Weslaco, Texas), is a Houston based multimedia extraordinaire known for his accomplishments in DeeJaying, audio engineering, music production, graphic design, film editing, web design, and I.T..
- Pascal Robitaille
Pascal Robitaille born April 29, 1981 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada is a Québécois film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor and producer.
- Dimitris Voyatzis
Dimitris Voyatzis, born Dimitrios Voyatzis, was a greek film director, actor, producer, editor, a screenwriter and a folk musician.
- Kamran Ghadakchian
Kamran Ghadakchian, Director, Editor, Born 1947, Tehran, Iran. The son of actor Ahmad Ghadakchian. Some of his films: (as director) * Sorcerer, 1972 * The Song of Tehran, 1992 * Wounded, 1997
- Matthew Knisely
Matthew E. Knisely is an American TV Photojournalist known for professional standards and his vivid editing and use of depth of field in his photography. Born in York, Pennsylvania, Knisely attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Millersville University majoring in Journalism and Philosophy. He got his start as a TV Photojournalist in his home state at two local TV stations, WGAL-TV and WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Kate Eales
She graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley.
- Heather Silverman
I'm not on the same page as everyone else...nuff said.
- Christian Hunt
I like physical activities and enjoy getting out on the.
- Sarah
my name's sarah, i'm a graduate of mariner high school and a student at george fox university in oregon (if i can afford it!). warm beach camp is the best place ever! as much as i try to get away from it i keep coming back. my friends are so important to me and i don't know what i'll do without them! i miss having a car and i miss my puppy the most. i love God.
- Ybarra Angela
It's taken a long time to find myself ... I think I'm almost there ...
- Nick Wester
Geez, how long has it been since I updated this thing? Anyhow, things that've changed since the last time: I'm 24 now. Ding, woot gratz me. No longer working in retail, now I do film editing which is deathly dull, but at least I'm sitting in a comfy chair all day.
- Christian Hunt
I am the reigning champion of outdoor pool basketball amongst neighboorhood 12 year olds. Oh yeah and I can swim 4 laps in my pool with one breath. Yes....these are the accomplishments of which I choose to brag about. I swim like a fish, I drink like a bird and walk like a duck.
- Katrina Mann
Cry too easily but laugh in my sleep.
- Allan White
So for those of you who dont know me my name is Allan i live in Hollywood. I work in the film biz in the editorial department. my current project is The Shaggy Dog staring Tim Allen and a couple others. I've been in Hollywood for almost a year know its alright traffic will always suck though. I spend most of my time hanging out with friends when im not working. There is plenty i have left out so if there is anything you wanna know just ask.
- Prajwalit
I am very simple guy on this beautiful earth. I want buildup the relation enter the nation and aboard. Simple living High Thinking. Man born for works definetly for new works & SOCH. Nation is one in the earth. This is the only boundaries of the nation but not of a man. These r the philosophies which influence me. who approve these SOCH i understand that they are mine.
- Ryan Best
Grew up in Orange County moved to Chicago four years ago to go to school and am loving every minute of it.
- James Duffy
I try and do a little of everyting. Sometimes that means I end up doing nothing. But, I made a short. It's silly, but you can watch it here:http://www.redheadedleague.com/films/robin/robin.html And somehow it got into Sundance last year.