Craig McKay (film editor)
Craig McKay | |
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Occupation | Film editor |
Craig McKay (born in New York's
Holocaust, he has edited more than forty films including Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Cop Land and Maid in Manhattan
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His directing credits include Bravo's Haiti: Dreams of Democracy, Academy Award-nominated Mandela, and PBS's award-winning Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.
McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker's Lab and is also an executive producer on the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life.
He is a member of the
WGAE and Local 700. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.[1]
Selected filmography
Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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1977 | Thieves | John Berry | |
1980 | Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | First collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
1981 | Reds | Warren Beatty | |
1984 | Swing Shift | Jonathan Demme | Second collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
1986 | Something Wild | Third collaboration with Jonathan Demme | |
1988 | White Hot | Robby Benson | |
Married to the Mob | Jonathan Demme | Fourth collaboration with Jonathan Demme | |
1989 | She-Devil | Susan Seidelman | First collaboration with Susan Seidelman |
1990 | Miami Blues | George Armitage | |
1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | Fifth collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
1992 | Shining Through | David Seltzer | |
1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | John McNaughton | |
Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme | Sixth collaboration with Jonathan Demme | |
1996 | Some Mother's Son | Terry George | |
1997 | Cop Land | James Mangold | Second collaboration with James Mangold |
1998 | Return to Paradise | Joseph Ruben | |
1999 | A Map of the World | Scott Elliott | |
2000 | Blue Moon | John A. Gallagher | First collaboration with John A. Gallagher |
2001 | K-PAX | Iain Softley | |
2002 | Maid in Manhattan | Wayne Wang | |
2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Jonathan Demme | Seventh collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
Surviving Christmas | Mike Mitchell | ||
2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | Liev Schreiber | |
2007 | Awake | Joby Harold | |
2008 | Life in Flight | Tracey Hecht | |
New York, I Love You | Uncredited
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2009 | Sin Nombre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
Carriers |
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2010 | The Conspirator | Robert Redford | |
2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | David Lowery | |
Europa Report | Sebastián Cordero | ||
2015 | The Curse of Downers Grove | Derick Martini |
Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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1967 | Mission Mars | Nicholas Webster | Assistant editor | |
1970 | Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | Sidney Lumet | ||
The Way We Live Now | Barry Brown | |||
Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Jerry Schatzberg | First collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg | ||
1971 | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Ulu Grosbard | Associate film editor | |
1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Paul Newman | Assistant editor | |
1973 | Scarecrow | Jerry Schatzberg | Associate editor | Second collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg |
The Exorcist | William Friedkin | Assistant film editor | ||
1979 | The Wanderers | Philip Kaufman | Additional editor | |
1998 | Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne | ||
2001 | Gaudi Afternoon | Susan Seidelman | Editorial consultant | Second collaboration with Susan Seidelman |
2009 | Sin Nombre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | ||
Road, Movie | Dev Benegal | Consulting editor | ||
2010 | The Whistleblower | Larysa Kondracki | ||
2011 | On the Ice | Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | ||
Dream House | Jim Sheridan | Additional editor | ||
2012 | Goats | Christopher Neil | ||
2015 | Solace | Afonso Poyart |
Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | Sound | Uncredited
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1975 | Night Moves | Arthur Penn | Sound editor |
Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Heavy | James Mangold | Very special thanks | First collaboration with James Mangold |
1996 | Manny & Lo | Lisa Krueger | Special thanks | |
Domain of the Sense |
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Thanks | ||
1997 | A Brother's Kiss | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | ||
1998 | Smoke Signals | Chris Eyre | ||
1999 | The Opportunists | Myles Connell | ||
2015 | The Networker | John A. Gallagher | Special thanks | Second collaboration with John A. Gallagher |
Documentaries
Year | Film | Director |
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2010 | Babies | Thomas Balmès |
2013 | Tricked |
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TV documentaries
Year | Film | Director | Credit |
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1988 | Haiti Dreams of Democracy |
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Co-producer |
2011 | A Game of Honor | Peter Radovich | Associate producer |
TV movies
Year | Film | Director |
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1978 | Holocaust | Marvin J. Chomsky |
How to Pick Up Girls! | ||
1980 | Death Penalty | Waris Hussein |
1982 | Born Beautiful | Harvey Hart |
1983 | Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | Dick Lowry |
1985 | Private Sessions | Michael Pressman |
Doubletake | Jud Taylor | |
1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Volker Schlöndorff |
Year | Film | Notes |
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1994 | Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories | Television special |
1997 | Subway Stories | "The Red Shoes" segment |
TV series
Year | Title | Notes |
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1978 | Holocaust | 2 episodes |
1985 | Doubletake | |
1987 | Trying Times |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Trying Times | Post-production consultant | 2 episodes |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1984 | Saturday Night Live | 1 episode |
TV specials
Year | Film | Director |
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1974 | Free to Be... You and Me |
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1994 | Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories | Himself |
Academy Award Nominations
- 1982 – Academy Award Best Editing (with co-editor Dede Allen)
- 1992 – Academy AwardBest Editing
Other Awards and Nominations
- 1978 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) Emmy Awards Emmy Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series (with co-editors Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Alan Heim and Brian Smedley-Aston)
- 1979 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series
- 1982 – Reds (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (with co-editor Dede Allen)
- 1992 – BAFTAFilm Award - Best Editing
- 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
- 2012 – The Silence of the Lambs was listed as the 26th best-edited film of all time in a survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.[2]
References
- ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
- ^ "The 75 Best Edited Films". Editors Guild Magazine. 1 (3). May 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17.
External links
- Craig McKay at IMDb