Craig McKay
Craig McKay (* in Hudson Valley , New York ) is an American film editor , film producer and film director .
Life
After Craig McKay assisted editor Paul Jordan in the film editing of Endstation Mars in 1968 , he spent a few years as an assistant editor for Evan A. Lottman on films such as Asphalt Blossoms and The Exorcist . With the television film Free to Be ... You & Me from 1974, McKay was allowed to direct a film editing independently for the first time. In the following years he then cut films such as Melvin and Howard and Reds by Warren Beatty , for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Editing in 1982 . For the film, McKay and Dede Allen had to delegate a team of 64 editing assistants in order to be able to cope with five times the amount of normal film material. He received his second Oscar nomination for The Silence of the Lambs by Jonathan Demme . With this, in turn, he has a longstanding collaboration that includes films such as The Mafiosi Bride , Philadelphia and The Manchurian Candidate .
Craig McKay is a member of the American Cinema Editors . In 2019 he received the ACE Career Achievement Award .
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Mars terminus (Mars mission , assistant editor)
- 1970: Blood relatives ( Last of the Mobile Hot Shots , assistant editor)
- 1973: Asphalt blossoms (Scarecrow , cutting assistant)
- 1973: Der Exorcist ( The Exorcist , assistant editor)
- 1974: Free to Be… You & Me
- 1977: I'm Right and It's Your Fault (Thieves)
- 1978: Holocaust - The History of the Weiss Family (Holocaust)
- 1980: Melvin and Howard (Melvin and Howard)
- 1981: Reds
- 1984: Swing Shift - temporary love (Swing Shift)
- 1986: Dangerous Girlfriend (Something Wild)
- 1987: A Gathering of Old Men (A Gathering Of Old Men)
- 1988: The Mafiosi Bride (Married to the Mob)
- 1989: The Cocaine Connection (White Hot)
- 1989: The devil (She-Devil)
- 1990: Miami Blues
- 1991: The Silence of the Lambs (The Silence of the Lambs)
- 1992: Like a Light in a Dark Night (Shining Through)
- 1993: Philadelphia
- 1993: His name is Mad Dog (Mad Dog and Glory)
- 1996: Mothers & Sons (Some Mother's Son)
- 1997: Cop Land
- 1998: For a Friend's Life (Return To Paradise)
- 1999: Persecuted Innocently (A Map of the World)
- 2001: K-PAX - Everything is possible (K-PAX)
- 2002: Manhattan Love Story (Maid in Manhattan)
- 2004: The Manchurian Candidate (The Manchurian Candidate)
- 2004: How do we survive Christmas? (Surviving Christmas)
- 2005: Everything Is Illuminated (Everything is Illuminated)
- 2007: Awake
- 2008: Life in Flight
- 2009: Carriers
- 2009: Sin nombre
- 2010: Babies (Bébés)
- 2010: The Lincoln Conspiracy (The Conspirator)
- 2013: The Saints (Ain't Them Bodies Saints)
- 2013: Europe Report
- 2015: The Curse of Downers Grove (The Curse of Downers Grove)
Awards (selection)
- 1982 : Best Editing - Reds (nominated)
- 1992 : Best Editing - The Silence of the Lambs (nominated)
- 1992: Best Editing - The Silence of the Lambs (nominated)
Web links
- Craig McKay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official blog
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dan Ochiva: Sensing the Right Rhythm, An Evening with Craig McKay on editorsguild.com (from February 24, 2011 English ), accessed 11 April 2011
- ↑ List of members of the American Cinema Editors in (English) , accessed on October 19, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McKay, Craig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor, film producer, and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hudson Valley , New York |