pro·lif·ic [pruh-lif-ik]
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JENNIFER began her career in the cutting rooms of some of New York's most esteemed filmmakers, working on Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, Small Time Crooks, and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion; Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York; and Sidney Lumet's Strip Search, Find Me Guilty, and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
Lilly’s credits as an Editor include Electrick Children, selected as the opening night film for the Generations program of the 2012 Berlinale and winner of the FIPRESCI award at the Off Plus Camera IFF; Helena from the Wedding, screened in the Narrative Competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival; Sorry, Thanks, a 2008 IFP Narrative Lab project, Adrienne Shelly Director's Grant recipient, and SXSW 2009 world premiere; and Were the World Mine, which was showcased at over 150 international festivals and earned Lilly the James Lyons Award for Best Editing at the Woodstock Film Festival.
In addition to feature films, Lilly edits episodic television and short films, including Academy Award winner The Shore, directed by Terry George. She also directs and edits advocacy films for aid organizations, developing projects in Romania, Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts, an Editor for the Sundance Institute's Directors Lab, and a resident of Brooklyn, NY.
ELECTRICK CHILDREN • Livewire Films • 2011 • Director: Rebecca Thomas • Producer: Jessica Caldwell • Editor
Cast: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Billy Zane, Liam Aiken, Cynthia Watros, Bill Sage
WHEN HARRY TRIES TO MARRY • 108 Productions • 2011 • Director: Nayan Padrai • Producer: Ritu Ahuja • Editor
Cast: Stefanie Estes, Caitlin Gold, Rahul Rai, Grant Kretchik
HELENA FROM THE WEDDING • Beech Hill Films • 2010 • Director: Joseph Infantolino • Producer: Alexa L. Fogel • Editor
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Lee Tergesen, Jessica Hecht, Dagmara Dominczyk, Corey Stoll, Gillian Jacobs
SORRY, THANKS • Anxious Engine Productions • 2009 • Director: Dia Sokol • Producer: Lauren Veloski • Editor
Cast: Wiley Wiggins, Kenya Miles, Andrew Bujalski, Donovan Baddley
WERE THE WORLD MINE • SPEAK Productions • 2008 • Director: Thomas Gustafson • Producer: Cory James Krueckeberg • Editor
Cast: Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Christian Stolte, Zelda Williams
THE LIMBO ROOM • Light Pony Films • Director: Debra Eisenstadt • Producer: Alessandra Gatien • Editor
Cast: Melissa Leo, Peter Dinklage, Andrea Powell, Christina Kirk
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD • Capitol Films • 2007 • Director: Sidney Lumet • Producer: Michael Cerenzie
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei • Associate Editor
RESERVATION ROAD • Focus Features • 2007 • Director: Terry George • Producer: Nick Wechsler • Assistant Editor
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Elle Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo
THE SENTINEL • 20th Century Fox • 2006 • Director: Clark Johnson • Producer: Michael Douglas • First Assistant Editor
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Kim Basinger
FIND ME GUILTY • Crossroads Entertainment • 2006 • Director: Sidney Lumet • Producer: Bob DeBrino • Assistant Editor
Cast: Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco, Frank Pietrangolare, Richard DeDomenico
DAREDEVIL • Marvel Enterprises • 2003 • Director: Mark Steven Johnson • Producer: Avi Arad • Assistant Film Editor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan
GANGS OF NEW YORK • Mirimax Films • 2002 • Director: Martin Scorsese • Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent • Apprentice Editor
THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION • DreamWorks SKG • 2001 • Director: Woody Allen • Producer: Letty Aronson
Cast: Woody Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Helen Hunt, John Tormey • Assistant Film Editor
SMALL TIME CROOKS • DreamWorks SKG • 2000 • Director: Woody Allen • Producer: Jean Doumanian
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport, Jon Lovitz • Apprentice Editor
SWEET AND LOWDOWN • Magnolia Productions • 1999 • Director: Woody Allen • Producer: Jean Doumanian • Apprentice Editor
Cast: Woody Allen, Sean Penn, Chris Bauer, Tony Okrent
HOMESTRETCH • Homestretch Productions • Director: Sheri Bylander • Additional Editor
AMERICAN HARDCORE • AHC Productions • Director: Paul Rachman • Assistant Editor
ARE WE THERE YET? • Season 2, 11 Episodes • TBS • Editor
DAMAGES • Pilot Episode • FX, Sony • Post Production Supervisor
THE JURY • Season 1 • Levinson/Fontana • Fox • First Assistant Editor
STRIP SEARCH • Levinson/Fontana • HBO • Assistant Editor
CHAPPELLE SHOW • Season 1 • Comedy Central • First Assistant Editor
CONTEST SEARCHLIGHT • Comedy Central • Assistant Editor
THE CHILENJE MOTHER & CHILD SUPPORT GROUP • Director/Editor
Lusaka, Zambia
THE MAKULA FUND • Director/Producer/Editor
Kampala, Uganda
CHARITY FOR PEACE FOUNDATION • Director/Producer/Editor
Gulu, Uganda
CHILD CARE ROMANIA/A.S.I.S • Director/Producer/Editor
Bucharest, Romania
JAMES LYONS AWARD FOR BEST EDITING OF A NARRATIVE FEATURE
Woodstock Film Festival 2008