Phillip Schopper

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Phillip Schopper is an Emmy-award winning film editor. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Phillip Schopper was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he began his acting career. [4] [5] He began making films as a child using his parents' 8mm camera. [6]

Schopper later studied at the University of Arizona and American Academy of Dramatic Arts. [4]

Career

Schopper began his career as Bruce Davison's understudy in an off-Broadway play called A Home Away From and later that year he was cast as the juvenile lead (Tad Springer) in the National Company touring production of the hit Broadway play, Spofford , written and directed by the legendary Broadway director, Herman Shumlin. [7] [8]

His first feature-length film editing project was the 1976 music documentary Heartworn Highways . [6] During his career, Schopper has been involved in the production or post-production of several notable films, such as Prince of the City , Resurrection, Nine to Five , Reds , and Ishtar . [6]

Schopper has worked as an editor on projects for networks such as PBS, Bravo, and A&E Network. [6] For PBS he edited and directed two programs for the American Masters series, Nichols and May: Take Two, and The Lives of Lillian Hellman. [6] While at ABC, he was an editor for the DuPont Award-winning series Hopkins 24/7 and the Emmy-nominated series NYPD 24/7. [6] Schopper has also edited several documentaries for HBO, including the Emmy-winning Teddy: In His Own Words and the Emmy-nominated Gloria: In Her Own Words, which profiles Gloria Steinem. [6]

In 2013, the HBO documentary Nixon by Nixon, received three nominations at the News and Documentary Emmys, including Outstanding Editing. [9] [10]

In 2014, Schopper co-directed and edited All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State, which was released on HBO. [11] [12] [13] The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. [14] A year later, he edited along with Angela Gandini HBO documentary San Francisco 2.0 which was nominated for Long Form Emmy in the same year. [15]

In 2018, Schopper, along with Sabine Krayenbuhl, and Brad Fuller, edited The Price of Everything , an Emmy and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury award nominated film about the contemporary art world. [16] [17]

In 2020, Schopper along with Simon Ardizzone edited Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections which was nominated for Video Source Award and News and Documentary Emmy nominee (for Outstanding Investigative Documentary) in 2021. [16] [18] [19]

Schopper is also a member of the American Cinema Editors. [20]

Filmography

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  2. ↑ Kelly, Christopher (2014-04-26). "Old Story in Politics Resonates in New Era". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Nichols and May: Take Two + American Masters: Mike Nichols * Timeless Film Festival Warsaw".
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Meet the 2014 Tribeca Filmmakers #47: Phillip Schopper and Keith Patterson Harness the Story in 'All About Ann'". April 17, 2014.
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  21. ↑ "Phillip Schopper Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
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