Pamela Martin (film editor)

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Pamela Martin
OccupationFilm editor

Pamela Martin is an American film and television editor with more than twenty-eight feature film credits since the 1990s. She is best known for her works on The Fighter, directed by David O. Russell, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, [1] and King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, being nominated at the Satellite Award for Best Editing and earning her second Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing. [2]

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Martin has been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors and she was also a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.

Filmography

Martin's feature film credits as editor are tabulated below.

YearFilmDirectorOther notes
1994 Spanking the Monkey David O. Russell
1996 Ripper Phil Parmet Video game
Ed's Next Move John Walsh
The Substance of Fire Daniel J. Sullivan Adapted from a play
1997 The House of Yes Mark Waters
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Tamara Jenkins
2000 Gun Shy Eric Blakeney
How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog Michael Kalesniko
2001 Bubble Boy Blair Hayes
2002 Warning: Parental Advisory Mark WatersTelevision film
2004 Saved! Brian Dannelly
2005 Weeds TV Episode: "You Can't Miss the Bear"
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
2009 Youth in Revolt Miguel Arteta
2010 The Fighter David O. Russell
2012 Ruby Sparks Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Hitchcock Sacha Gervasi
2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Miguel Arteta
2016 Free State of Jones Gary Ross
2017 Battle of the Sexes Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
2018 Operation Finale Chris Weitz
2019 Seberg Benedict Andrews
2020 Downhill Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
2021 King Richard Reinaldo Marcus Green
2024 Bob Marley: One Love
2025 Deliver Me from Nowhere Filming

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef.
Academy Award 2011 Best Film Editing The FighterNominated [3]
2022 Best Film Editing King RichardNominated
American Cinema Editors Awards 2007 Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Little Miss SunshineNominated
2010 Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic The FighterNominated [4]
2022 Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic King RichardWon
Black Reel Awards 2022 Outstanding EditingKing RichardNominated [5]
Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2022Best Film EditingKing RichardNominated [6]
Satellite Awards 2022 Best Film Editing King RichardNominated [7]

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