Stuart Bass

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Stuart Bass
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Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • Editor
  • Director
  • Photographer
Years active1985–present

Stuart Bass, ACE, is an American film and television editor and director. [1] [2] He is best known for his work on the television series The Wonder Years , MacGyver , The Office , Arrested Development , Pushing Daisies , and A Series of Unfortunate Events . [3] [4]

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Life and career

Bass was born in Montreal, Canada. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1978 in Communication Arts and a M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980. [5] In 2009, The Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine stated that "Stuart Bass Brings a Cinematic Sensibility to Cutting Comedy". [6] He is a member of American Cinema Editors. [7] He was a governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences from 2007 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017. [8] He retired as an editor/director in 2019 and is pursuing fine art photography.

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2009Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series The Office [9]
2008Won Pushing Daisies : Pie-lette [10]
Won Hollywood Professional Association Outstanding Editing - Television [11]
2006Nominated Arrested Development [12]
NominatedPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series [13]
2005Won American Cinema Editors Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
1997Nominated Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1994Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming But... Seriously [14]
1989NominatedBest Edited Half-Hour Series for Television Sabrina the Teenage Witch : The Crucible

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References

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  2. "Netflix organises virtual Q&A session for Indian editing community with Emmy Award-winning editor Stuart Bass". animationxpress.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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  4. "ART OF THE CUT, editing "A Series of Unfortunate Events"". provideocoalition.com. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  5. "Alumnus Stuart Bass Wins Emmy". commarts.wisc.edu. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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  7. "ACE Active Member Directory". americancinemaeditors.org. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  8. "Television Academy Adds 11 to Board of Governors". yahoo.com. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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  11. "2008 HPA Awards". hpaonline.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  12. "Hollywood Post Alliance Award Nominees Announced". studiodaily.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  13. "2006 Emmy nominations list – part 2". variety.com. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  14. "OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT - informational programming - 1994". emmys.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.