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Jennifer Lilly

Editor

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BIO

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

NARRATIVES

 

 

 

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 TomeiAssociate 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 BroadbentApprentice Editor

THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION • DreamWorks SKG • 2001 • Director: Woody Allen • Producer: Letty Aronson
Cast: Woody Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Helen Hunt, John TormeyAssistant Film Editor

SMALL TIME CROOKS • DreamWorks SKG • 2000 • Director: Woody Allen • Producer: Jean Doumanian
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport, Jon LovitzApprentice Editor

SWEET AND LOWDOWN • Magnolia Productions • 1999 • Director: Woody Allen • Producer: Jean Doumanian • Apprentice Editor
Cast: Woody Allen, Sean Penn, Chris Bauer, Tony Okrent

 

 

 

DOCUMENTARIES

 

 

 

HOMESTRETCH • Homestretch Productions • Director: Sheri Bylander • Additional Editor

AMERICAN HARDCORE • AHC Productions • Director: Paul Rachman • Assistant Editor

 

 

 

TELEVISION

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

ADVOCACY FILMS

 

 

 

THE CHILENJE MOTHER & CHILD SUPPORT GROUPDirector/Editor
Lusaka, Zambia

THE MAKULA FUNDDirector/Producer/Editor
Kampala, Uganda

CHARITY FOR PEACE FOUNDATIONDirector/Producer/Editor
Gulu, Uganda

CHILD CARE ROMANIA/A.S.I.S Director/Producer/Editor
Bucharest, Romania

 

 

 

AWARDS

 

 

 

JAMES LYONS AWARD FOR BEST EDITING OF A NARRATIVE FEATURE
Woodstock Film Festival 2008