Matthew Friedman (film editor)

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Matthew Friedman is an American film editor and senior lecturer at the AFI Conservatory. [1] He won the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for best feature film editing for his work on Palm Springs, [2] which broke the existing Sundance film sales record by sixty-nine cents. [3] Friedman was nominated for the ACE Eddie the previous year as well for The Farewell, [4] [5] his third collaboration with director Lulu Wang, [6]

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His credits also include John Tucker Must Die , What Happens in Vegas , Step Up Revolution , and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel . (edited the second film of Alvin and the Chipmunks; following the retirement of Peter E. Berger) [7] Friedman played the voice of the talking bird in Scary Movie 2 . [8]

Friedman is a member of the American Cinema Editors [9] and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [10]

Partial filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes
2006 John Tucker Must Die Betty Thomas
2008 What Happens in Vegas Tom Vaughan
2009 Dragonball Evolution James Wong
2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Betty Thomas
2012 Step Up Revolution Scott Speer
2014 Posthumous Lulu Wang
2015Touch Lulu Wang Short Film
2018 Step Sisters Charles Stone III
2019 The Farewell Lulu Wang Nominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
2020 Life in a Year Mitja Okorn
2020 Palm Springs Max BarbikowWon — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
2021 The Starling Theodore Melfi

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  5. McNary, Dave (2019-12-11). "'Joker,' 'Irishman,' 'Parasite' Receive ACE Eddie Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
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