Wendy Greene Bricmont

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Wendy Greene Bricmont
NationalityAmerican
Education Oberlin College
OccupationFilm editor

Wendy Greene Bricmont is an American film editor known for her work on films such as Annie Hall , My Girl , Kindergarten Cop , [1] The Slumber Party Massacre , and Mean Girls . She is an alumna of Oberlin College. [1]

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Life

After studying English, theater and film at Oberlin College, [2] Bricmont began her career in a New York company that specialized in editing television programs, documentaries and films. [3]  It was the television drama Bernice Bob's Her Hair where she first worked as an assistant editor under Ralph Rosenblum. Just one year later, she was editing Woody Allen's Annie Hall on an equal basis with him. Both Rosenblum and Bricmont received the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for this. Other films were to follow in which Bricmont worked as co-editor before she edited a film independently for the first time in 1984 with Love Letters, a thriller starring Jamie Lee Curtis.

She has worked with Czech director Ivan Reitman for many years since 1990. She not only edited Kindergarten Cop, Junior and One Father Too Many for him, but also Six Days, Seven Nights, Evolution and The Super Ex. She always did this alongside the multiple Oscar-nominated American editor Sheldon Kahn. Bricmont is a member of the American Cinema Editors. [4]

Selected filmography

Editor
YearFilmDirectorNotesOther notes
1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen
1980 On the Nickel Ralph Waite
1982 The Slumber Party Massacre Amy Holden Jones First collaboration with Amy Holden Jones
Uncredited
1983 Love Letters Second collaboration with Amy Holden Jones
1984 Gimme an 'F' Paul Justman
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear Michael Chapman Second collaboration with Michael Chapman
1987 Surrender Jerry Belson
1988 License to Drive Greg Beeman
1990 Kindergarten Cop Ivan Reitman First collaboration with Ivan Reitman
1991 My Girl Howard Zieff First collaboration with Howard Zieff
1993 Calendar Girl John Whitesell
1994 My Girl 2 Howard ZieffSecond collaboration with Howard Zieff
Junior Ivan ReitmanSecond collaboration with Ivan Reitman
1996 Race the Sun Charles T. Kanganis
The Rich Man's Wife Amy Holden JonesThird collaboration with Amy Holden Jones
1997 Fathers' Day Ivan ReitmanThird collaboration with Ivan Reitman
1998 Six Days, Seven Nights Fourth collaboration with Ivan Reitman
1999 Light It Up Craig Bolotin
2001 My First Mister Christine Lahti
Evolution Ivan ReitmanFifth collaboration with Ivan Reitman
2002 The Sweetest Thing Roger Kumble
2004 Mean Girls Mark Waters
2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded Angela Robinson
2006 My Super Ex-Girlfriend Ivan ReitmanSixth collaboration with Ivan Reitman
2007 I Think I Love My Wife Chris Rock
2008 Mad Money Callie Khouri
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Thor Freudenthal Second collaboration with Thor Freudenthal
2012 Fun Size Josh Schwartz
So Undercover Tom Vaughan
2013 One Chance David Frankel
2015 The DUFF Ari Sandel
2016 Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Steve Carr
2018 Set It Up Claire Scanlon First collaboration with Claire Scanlon
2020 The High Note Nisha Ganatra
2022 The People We Hate at the Wedding Claire ScanlonSecond collaboration with Claire Scanlon
2024 Five Blind Dates Shawn Seet
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1977 The Great Bank Hoax Joseph JacobyAssistant editor
1983 All the Right Moves Michael ChapmanAssociate editorFirst collaboration with Michael Chapman
2009 Hotel for Dogs Thor FreudenthalAdditional editorFirst collaboration with Thor Freudenthal
2016 Carrie Pilby Susan Johnson
Additional crew
YearFilmDirectorRole
1977 Roseland James Ivory Assistant to director
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear Michael ChapmanTitle designer: Main title
Producer
YearFilmDirectorCredit
1987 Surrender Jerry BelsonAssociate producer
Thanks
YearFilmDirectorRole
1990 Back to the Future Part III Robert Zemeckis Thanks
TV movies
Editor
YearFilmDirector
1986 Amazing Stories
1989 Perfect Witness Robert Mandel
Editorial department
YearFilmDirectorRole
1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair Joan Micklin Silver Assistant editor
Sound department
YearFilmDirectorRole
1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair Joan Micklin SilverSound editor
TV series
Editor
YearTitleNotes
1986 Amazing Stories 2 episodes

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