Biography

Dirk Westervelt has enjoyed repeat collaborations with several filmmakers throughout his career. After working for a time in the camera department, Westervelt moved to the cutting room on the first two features directed by F. Gary Grey (the hit comedy Friday and action/drama Set It Off) as assistant editor and then associate editor.  For George Tillman Jr., he began as associate editor on the director's hit comedy/drama Soul Food, then served as editor on the biographical drama Men of Honor, the action/drama Faster, and on Notorious (about the life of the rapper known as Notorious B.I.G.). He served as visual effects editor and temp music ed...Read More