Jay Cassidy
American film editor
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::summary American film editor ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jay Cassidy |
| nationality | American |
| education | University of Michigan (BA) |
| American Film Institute (MFA) | |
| occupation | Film editor |
| known_for | Silver Linings Playbook |
| :: |
| name = Jay Cassidy | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | education = University of Michigan (BA) American Film Institute (MFA) | occupation = Film editor | known_for = Silver Linings Playbook Jay Cassidy is an American film editor with several credits since 1978.
Cassidy began his career in the 1970s working on documentaries and political advertising. He has had a notable collaboration with Sean Penn, having edited all of the films directed by Penn. Early in his career, Cassidy edited the documentary film High Schools (1983) that was directed by Charles Guggenheim; more recently he has edited several documentaries by Guggenheim's son Davis Guggenheim, including An Inconvenient Truth (2006).
Cassidy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and for an ACE Eddie Award for Into the Wild (directed by Sean Penn - 2007). In 2012, he was nominated for his second Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Silver Linings Playbook, which won the Eddie and the Satellite Award for Best Editing. Cassidy was nominated for a third Academy Award for American Hustle (directed by David O. Russell - 2013), and again won the Eddie for that film. He had won the Eddie for Best Documentary Editing for An Inconvenient Truth (directed by Davis Guggenheim - 2006). Both High Schools and An Inconvenient Truth were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and An Inconvenient Truth won the award.
Cassidy has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.
Cassidy received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan circa 1972 and was a photographer for The Michigan Daily and the Michiganensian on campus. In 2006, Cassidy won the 39th Cartoon Caption Contest of The New Yorker magazine.
The Best of May, 1968, a short film directed by Cassidy in 1972, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019.
Filmography
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::data[format=table title="Producer"]
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Three for the Road | Bill L. Norton | Associate producer |
| 1990 | Frankenstein Unbound | Roger Corman | |
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::data[format=table title="Camera and electrical department"]
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Thorn | Peter McWilliams | |
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::data[format=table title="Editorial department"]
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Nightflyers | Robert Collector | Supervising editor |
| 2022 | Amsterdam | David O. Russell | Editor |
| :: |
::data[format=table title="Production manager"]
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Remote Control | Jeff Lieberman | Post-production supervisor |
| Tequila Sunrise | Robert Towne | ||
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::data[format=table title="Sound department"]
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Heartland | Richard Pearce | Sound editor |
| 1981 | Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh | Dialogue editor |
| :: |
::data[format=table title="Soundtrack"]
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Roadhouse 66 | John Mark Robinson | Writer: "Detroit Doll" |
| :: |
::data[format=table title="Thanks"]
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Albino Alligator | Kevin Spacey | The director wishes to thank |
| 1999 | The Big Kahuna | John Swanbeck | Special thanks |
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Documentaries
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| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Jerusalem Lives | Charles Guggenheim |
| 1979 | HR 6161: An Act of Congress | |
| 1983 | High Schools | |
| 1986 | The Making of Liberty | |
| 2006 | An Inconvenient Truth | Davis Guggenheim |
| 2008 | A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film | |
| 2010 | Waiting for "Superman" | |
| 2011 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | Jon M. Chu |
| From the Sky Down | Davis Guggenheim | |
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Shorts
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| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Norman and the Killer | Bob Graham |
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TV movies
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| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Love Is Forever | Hall Bartlett |
| 1997 | The Hunchback | Peter Medak |
| 2003 | Thoughtcrimes | Breck Eisner |
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TV documentaries
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| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The First Year | Davis Guggenheim |
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TV series
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Wanted | 1 episode |
| 2006 | 3 lbs | |
| 2016 | The Night Of | |
| :: |
References
References
- (March 27, 2008). "Jay Cassidy on Into the Wild: The RT Interview". Rotten Tomatoes.
- Kilday, Gregg. (December 16, 2012). "'Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Five Satellite Awards, Including Best Picture". Hollywood Reporter.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080218035827/http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html "American Cinema Editors > Members"], webpage archived by WebCite from [http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html this original URL] on 2008-03-04.
- Keyes, Carly. (April 8, 2013). "'Playbook' editor Jay Cassidy opens up about film's behind-the-scenes process". The Michigan Daily.
- Cassidy, Jay. "Jay Cassidy photograph collection".
- Mankoff, Robert. (2008). "The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Book". Andrews McMeel Publishing.
- "Preserved Projects".
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