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Sarah Flack is an American film editor. She is notable for collaborating extensively with American independent film directors Steven Soderbergh (Schizopolis, The Limey, Full Frontal) and Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette and Somewhere). Flack's work on Lost in Translation won her the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. The film went on to win numerous other awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film.
Flack began her career working as a production assistant on the film Kafka where she first met film director Steven Soderbergh. After assistant editing on a handful of other independent films, Flack was hired by Soderbergh to co-edit his self-financed experimental film, Schizopolis.[1] She is represented by the Skouras Agency.[2]
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Filmography
- Kafka (1991) (production assistant)
- Swing Kids (1993) (apprentice editor)
- Black Beauty (1994) (assistant editor)
- White Man's Burden (1995) (assistant editor)
- Romeo and Juliet (1996) (second assistant editor)
- Schizopolis (1996) (uncredited editor)
- The Limey (1999) (editor)
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) (editor)
- Full Frontal (2002) (editor)
- Swimfan (2002) (editor)
- The Guys (2002) (editor)
- Lost in Translation (2003) (editor)
- November (2004) (additional editor)
- Looking for Kitty (2004) (editor)
- The Baxter (2005) (editor)
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005) (co-editor)
- Marie Antoinette (2006) (editor)
- Dan in Real Life (2007) (editor)
- Away We Go (2009) (editor)
- Somewhere (2010) (editor)
- Cinema Verite (2011) (editor)
Awards & nominations
Awards Won:
- Lost in Translation (2003) - BAFTA Award - "Best Editing"
Nominations:
- Lost in Translation (2003) - American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards - "Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical"
- The Limey (2000) - Online Film Critics Society Awards - "Best Editing"[3]
Pending nominations:
- Cinema Verite (2011) - Primetime Emmy Awards - Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie [4]
References
External links
- Sarah Flack at the Internet Movie Database
- Photo of Sarah Flack, Producer Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola
- "Full Frontal" By Stephanie Zacharek, about the prismatic editing "the editing... keeps your mind occupied in "Full Frontal", Aug. 2, 2002, Salon.com
Awards and achievements Preceded by
Daniel Rezende
for Cidade de DeusBAFTA Award for Best Editing
for Lost in Translation
2003Succeeded by
Valdís Óskarsdóttir
for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindBAFTA Award for Best Editing (1985–2009) Nena Danevic/Michael Chandler (1985) · Jim Clark (1986) · Claire Simpson (1987) · Michael Kahn/Peter E. Berger (1988) · Gerry Hambling (1989) · Thelma Schoonmaker (1990) · Gerry Hambling (1991) · Joe Hutshing/Pietro Scalia (1992) · Michael Kahn (1993) · John Wright (1994) · John Ottman (1995) · Walter Murch (1996) · Peter Honess (1997) · David Gamble (1998) · Tariq Anwar/Christopher Greenbury (1999) · Pietro Scalia (2000) · Mary Sweeney (2001) · Daniel Rezende (2002) · Sarah Flack (2003) · Valdís Óskarsdóttir (2004) · Claire Simpson (2005) · Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson (2006) · Christopher Rouse (2007) · Chris Dickens (2008) · Bob Murawski (2009)
Complete list · (1968–1984) · (1985–2009) · (2010–2034) Categories:- American Cinema Editors
- American film editors
- BAFTA winners (people)
- Living people
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