Brian Berdan

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Brian Berdan is a film editor. He was born in Michigan and earned his glider pilot's licence on December 12, 1992. Graduating from UC Berkeley in 1984, Berdan started his career with a job sweeping floors at Studio C, in San Francisco, then moved on to Lucasfilm in the post production division. From there, he began his freelance editing career as an apprentice editor on David Lynch's Blue Velvet . He also trained on Peter Bogdanovich's Noises Off and Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth . It was Stone who gave Berdan his first credit as Editor on the manic and controversial Natural Born Killers . He continued working with Stone on Nixon and U Turn . He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotes
1994 Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone Second collaboration with Oliver Stone
1995The Sadness of Sex Rupert Wainwright
Nixon Oliver StoneThird collaboration with Oliver Stone
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank George Armitage First collaboration with George Armitage
1998 Smoke Signals Chris Eyre
Around the Fire John Jacobsen
1999 The Book of Stars Michael Miner
2000 Auggie Rose Matthew Tabak
2001 Finder's Fee Jeff Probst
2002 The Mothman Prophecies Mark Pellington
2004 The Big Bounce George ArmitageSecond collaboration with George Armitage
2005 The Cave Bruce Hunt
2006 Crank First collaboration with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Outsourced John Jeffcoat
2007 Cleaner Renny Harlin First collaboration with Renny Harlin
2009 12 Rounds Second collaboration with Renny Harlin
2011 Love William Eubank First collaboration with William Eubank
5 Days of War Renny HarlinThird collaboration with Renny Harlin
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  • Mark Neveldine
  • Brian Taylor
Second collaboration with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
2014 The Signal William EubankSecond collaboration with William Eubank
2016 The Boy William Brent Bell First collaboration with William Brent Bell
2019 Crypto John Stalberg Jr.
2020 Underwater William EubankThird collaboration with William Eubank
Brahms: The Boy II William Brent BellSecond collaboration with William Brent Bell
2021 Separation Third collaboration with William Brent Bell
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1986 Blue Velvet David Lynch Apprentice editorFirst collaboration with David Lynch
1987 Three for the Road Bill L. Norton Assistant editor
Rented Lips Robert Downey Sr. Additional editor
Cherry 2000 Steve De Jarnatt Apprentice film editor
1990 Madhouse Tom Ropelewski Apprentice editor
Wild at Heart David LynchFirst assistant film editorSecond collaboration with David Lynch
1992 Noises Off Peter Bogdanovich Additional editor
Night and the City Irwin Winkler Assistant editorFirst collaboration with Irwin Winkler
1993 Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Duwayne Dunham Additional editor
Heaven & Earth Oliver StoneAssociate editorFirst collaboration with Oliver Stone
1995 The Basketball Diaries Scott Kalvert Additional editor
The Net Irwin WinklerSecond collaboration with Irwin Winkler
1997 U Turn Oliver StoneFourth collaboration with Oliver Stone
2002 Farewell to Harry Garrett Bennett
2005 Domino Tony Scott
2017 Song to Song Terrence Malick
Additional crew
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
2006 The Dead Girl Karen Moncrieff Title designer
2013 Devil's Pass Renny HarlinFourth collaboration with Renny Harlin
Soundtrack
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1994 Natural Born Killers Oliver StonePerformer: "Wild Plate Rubs"
Writer: "Wild Plate Rubs", "BB Tone"
Uncredited
2002 The Mothman Prophecies Mark PellingtonPerformer: "Lurid"
Writer: "Lurid"
2006 Crank
  • Mark Neveldine
  • Brian Taylor
Performer: "Satiated"
Writer: "Satiated"
2007 Cleaner Renny HarlinPerformer: "Jim Brown"
Writer: "Jim Brown"
2011 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  • Mark Neveldine
  • Brian Taylor
Performer: "Fight Club"
Writer: "Fight Club"
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
2004 Lenny the Wonder Dog
  • Oren Goldman
  • Stav Ozdoba
Our particular thanks to
Visual effects
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
2021Isolation Bobby Roe Visual effects": "Pacific Northwest" segment
Documentaries
Editor
YearFilmDirector
2022 Nuclear Now Oliver Stone
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRole
2021 JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass Oliver StoneAdditional editor
Shorts
Editor
YearFilmDirector
2017Sun Up, Sun DownGhizlane S. Morlot
TV movies
Editor
YearFilmDirector
1995 Amanda and the Alien Jon Kroll
1999 The Thirteenth Year Duwayne Dunham
TV series
Editor
YearTitleNotes
2014 Rosemary's Baby 2 episodes
2015 The Royals 1 episode
2017−19 Happy!
2021JFK: Destiny Betrayed4 episodes
Editorial department
YearTitleRoleNotes
1989−90 Twin Peaks
  • Assistant editor
  • Associate editor
2 episodes
2017Additional editor18 episodes