Saar Klein

Saar Klein (born 1967 in Israel) is an American film editor who has been nominated twice for Academy Awards (for "The Thin Red Line" (1998) and for "Almost Famous" (2000)), and who received an ACE Eddie Award for editing the latter film.

Klein was born in Israel. He emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 10. In 1989, Klein received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. [Promotional materials for the film "Jumper" distributed by 20th Century Fox. The materials were posted to the web at http://upperrogue.bestredyp.com/movie.html?browse=info&show=45702; retrieved April 23, 2008.] [http://www.skouras.com/editors/klein/resume.html Biographical materials] posted to the web by Skouras, Ltd.; Klein is one of the firm's clients. Retrieved April 23, 2008.] Klein was offered an internship with editor Joe Hutshing on the film "JFK" (directed by Oliver Stone-1991); his first editing credit (as an apprentice to editors David Brenner and Sally Menke) was for the 1993 film "Heaven & Earth" (directed by Oliver Stone). [cite magazine|last=Wood |first=Jennifer M. |title=The Power of Positive Friction: A Conversation with Editor Saar Klein |work=MovieMaker |date=February 3, 2007 |url=http://www.moviemaker.com/editing/article/the_power_of_positive_friction_2768/ |accessdate=2008-09-11] "The Thin Red Line", which was nominated for an editing Academy Award, was only his second credit as an editor. Klein shared this credit with Leslie Jones and Billy Weber; the film was directed by Terrence Malick. Klein and Joe Hutshing co-edited "Almost Famous" (2000), which was directed by Cameron Crowe.

Klein edited "The Bourne Identity" (directed by Doug Liman - 2002), which was the first in the series of films based on the novels of Robert Ludlum. Christopher Rouse, who worked as an additional editor on "The Bourne Identity", edited the subsequent films that were directed by Paul Greengrass. Klein next edited "The New World" (2005), which was his second film with director Terrence Malick. His current project is "Jumper" (2008), which is directed by Doug Liman.

Klein has written and directed two short films, "Nouveau Riche No. 11" and "Nouveau Riche No. 34", which have been shown at several film festivals.

Klein is currently editing Terrence Malick's film "Tree of Life".

Filmography (as feature film editor)

# "Jumper" (Liman-2008)
# "The New World" (Malick-2005)
# "The Bourne Identity" (Liman-2002)
# "Almost Famous" (Crowe-2000)
# "Endurance" (Woodhead, Greenspan-1999)
# "The Thin Red Line" (Malick-1998)
# "For Which He Stands" (McCormick-1996)

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