Jorge Weisz

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Jorge Weisz is a Mexican-Canadian film editor. [1] He is most noted for his work on the film Empire of Dirt , for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014. [2]

His other credits have included the films Pretend We're Kissing , Wet Bum , Debug , The Steps , April's Daughter , Level 16 , Castle in the Ground , Placa de acero , Hammer , Night Raiders , The Horror of Dolores Roach and Sweetland .

He has been a two-time Directors Guild of Canada nominee for Best Picture Editing in a Feature Film, for Hammer in 2020 [3] and for Night Raiders in 2022. [4] and a three-time Canadian Cinema Editors award nominee for Best Editing in a Feature film, for Empire of Dirt in 2014, [5] Wet Bum in 2015 [6] and The Steps in 2016.

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References

  1. "From 'therapist' duties to dealing with fandom: Film editors take on more than cutting scenes". CBC Arts, September 20, 2019.
  2. Kay, Jeremy (13 January 2014). "Canadian Academy unveils nominees". Screen Daily . Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. Connie Thiessen, "DGC feature, doc, and short film nominees announced". Broadcast Dialogue, September 21, 2020,
  4. Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter , September 23, 2022.
  5. Pat Mullen, "Misc. Canadian Film Awards News: CCE Nominees and Peabody win for 'Highrise'". Cinemablographer, April 7, 2014.
  6. Julianna Cummins, "Canadian Cinema Editors unveil 2015 award nominees". Playback , April 27, 2015.