Craig McKay | |
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Occupation | Film editor |
Craig McKay (born in New York's Hudson Valley) is an American feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer. Recognized with two Academy Award nominations for editing Reds and The Silence of the Lambs , and an Emmy Award for editing the NBC miniseries Holocaust , he has edited more than forty films including Philadelphia , The Manchurian Candidate , Cop Land and Maid in Manhattan .
His directing credits include Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories for PBS and HBO's The Red Shoes , written by John Guare. Story consultant credits include Bravo's Haiti: Dreams of Democracy , Academy Award-nominated Mandela , and PBS's award-winning Witness: Voices from the Holocaust .
McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker's Lab and is also an executive producer on the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life .
He is a member of the DGA, AMPAS, WGAE and Local 700. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. [1]
Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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1977 | Thieves | John Berry | |
1980 | Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | First collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
1981 | Reds | Warren Beatty | |
1984 | Swing Shift | Jonathan Demme | Second collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
1986 | Something Wild | Third collaboration with Jonathan Demme | |
1988 | White Hot | Robby Benson | |
Married to the Mob | Jonathan Demme | Fourth collaboration with Jonathan Demme | |
1989 | She-Devil | Susan Seidelman | First collaboration with Susan Seidelman |
1990 | Miami Blues | George Armitage | |
1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | Fifth collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
1992 | Shining Through | David Seltzer | |
1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | John McNaughton | |
Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme | Sixth collaboration with Jonathan Demme | |
1996 | Some Mother's Son | Terry George | |
1997 | Cop Land | James Mangold | Second collaboration with James Mangold |
1998 | Return to Paradise | Joseph Ruben | |
1999 | A Map of the World | Scott Elliott | |
2000 | Blue Moon | John A. Gallagher | First collaboration with John A. Gallagher |
2001 | K-PAX | Iain Softley | |
2002 | Maid in Manhattan | Wayne Wang | |
2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Jonathan Demme | Seventh collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
Surviving Christmas | Mike Mitchell | ||
2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | Liev Schreiber | |
2007 | Awake | Joby Harold | |
2008 | Life in Flight | Tracey Hecht | |
New York, I Love You | Uncredited | ||
2009 | Sin Nombre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
Carriers |
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2010 | The Conspirator | Robert Redford | |
2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | David Lowery | |
Europa Report | Sebastián Cordero | ||
2015 | The Curse of Downers Grove | Derick Martini |
Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | Sound | Uncredited |
1975 | Night Moves | Arthur Penn | Sound editor |
Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Heavy | James Mangold | Very special thanks | First collaboration with James Mangold |
1996 | Manny & Lo | Lisa Krueger | Special thanks | |
Domain of the Sense |
| Thanks | ||
1997 | A Brother's Kiss | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | ||
1998 | Smoke Signals | Chris Eyre | ||
1999 | The Opportunists | Myles Connell | ||
2015 | The Networker | John A. Gallagher | Special thanks | Second collaboration with John A. Gallagher |
Documentaries
Year | Film | Director |
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2010 | Babies | Thomas Balmès |
2013 | Tricked |
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TV documentaries
Year | Film | Director | Credit |
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1988 | Haiti Dreams of Democracy |
| Co-producer |
2011 | A Game of Honor | Peter Radovich | Associate producer |
TV movies
Year | Film | Director |
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1978 | Holocaust | Marvin J. Chomsky |
How to Pick Up Girls! | ||
1980 | Death Penalty | Waris Hussein |
1982 | Born Beautiful | Harvey Hart |
1983 | Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | Dick Lowry |
1985 | Private Sessions | Michael Pressman |
Doubletake | Jud Taylor | |
1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Volker Schlöndorff |
Year | Film | Notes |
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1994 | Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories | Television special |
1997 | Subway Stories | "The Red Shoes" segment |
TV series
Year | Title | Notes |
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1978 | Holocaust | 2 episodes |
1985 | Doubletake | |
1987 | Trying Times |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Trying Times | Post-production consultant | 2 episodes |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1984 | Saturday Night Live | 1 episode |
TV specials
Year | Film | Director |
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1974 | Free to Be... You and Me |
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1994 | Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories | Himself |
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