Jay Cassidy

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Editing

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Male

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Jay Cassidy

Biography

Jay Cassidy is an American film editor with dozens of 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 - 20...

Production

2007

Into the Wild

as Editor

2001

The Pledge

as Editor

2009

Brothers

as Editor

2022

Amsterdam

as Editor

1998

Urban Legend

as Editor

1995

1994

Brainscan

as Editor

2006

First Snow

as Editor

2010

Conviction

as Editor

1988

2011

1981

2013

1982

2014

Fury

as Editor

2014

Foxcatcher

as Editor

1987

Three for the Road

as Associate Producer

2015

Joy

as Editor

1981

Wolfen

as Dialogue Editor

1997

The Hunchback

as Editor

2017

The Last Face

as Editor

1999

1971

Cinema Street

as Director

2000

Gossip

as Editor

2003

Thoughtcrimes

as Editor

2001

2018

1984

Roadhouse 66

as Editor

1987

Nightflyers

as Supervising Editor

1988

Tequila Sunrise

as Post Production Supervisor

1988

Aloha Summer

as Editor

1997

1991

1974

The Thorn

as Camera Operator

1990

Frankenstein Unbound

as Associate Producer

1983

2002

2008

2024

Killer Heat

as Editor

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