Craig McKay (film editor)

Craig McKay (born in New York's Hudson Valley) is an American feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer. Recognized with two Academy Award nominations for editing Reds and The Silence of the Lambs, and an Emmy Award for editing the NBC miniseries Holocaust, he has edited more than forty films including Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Cop Land and Maid in Manhattan.

Craig McKay
OccupationFilm editor

His directing credits include Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories for PBS and HBO's The Red Shoes, written by John Guare. Story consultant credits include Bravo's Haiti: Dreams of Democracy, Academy Award-nominated Mandela, and PBS's award-winning Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.

McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker's Lab and is also an executive producer on the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life.

He is a member of the DGA, AMPAS, WGAE and Local 700. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.[1]

Selected filmography

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Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1977 Thieves John Berry
1980 Melvin and Howard Jonathan Demme First collaboration with Jonathan Demme
1981 Reds Warren Beatty
1984 Swing Shift Jonathan Demme Second collaboration with Jonathan Demme
1986 Something Wild Third collaboration with Jonathan Demme
1988 White Hot Robby Benson
Married to the Mob Jonathan Demme Fourth collaboration with Jonathan Demme
1989 She-Devil Susan Seidelman First collaboration with Susan Seidelman
1990 Miami Blues George Armitage
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme Fifth collaboration with Jonathan Demme
1992 Shining Through David Seltzer
1993 Mad Dog and Glory John McNaughton
Philadelphia Jonathan Demme Sixth collaboration with Jonathan Demme
1996 Some Mother's Son Terry George
1997 Cop Land James Mangold Second collaboration with James Mangold
1998 Return to Paradise Joseph Ruben
1999 A Map of the World Scott Elliott
2000 Blue Moon John A. Gallagher First collaboration with John A. Gallagher
2001 K-PAX Iain Softley
2002 Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang
2004 The Manchurian Candidate Jonathan Demme Seventh collaboration with Jonathan Demme
Surviving Christmas Mike Mitchell
2005 Everything Is Illuminated Liev Schreiber
2007 Awake Joby Harold
2008 Life in Flight Tracey Hecht
New York, I Love You
Uncredited
2009 Sin Nombre Cary Joji Fukunaga
Carriers
  • Àlex Pastor
  • David Pastor
2010 The Conspirator Robert Redford
2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints David Lowery
Europa Report Sebastián Cordero
2015 The Curse of Downers Grove Derick Martini
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1967 Mission Mars Nicholas Webster Assistant editor
1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots Sidney Lumet
The Way We Live Now Barry Brown
Puzzle of a Downfall Child Jerry Schatzberg First collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg
1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Ulu Grosbard Associate film editor
1972 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Paul Newman Assistant editor
1973 Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg Associate editor Second collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg
The Exorcist William Friedkin Assistant film editor
1979 The Wanderers Philip Kaufman Additional editor
1998 Practical Magic Griffin Dunne
2001 Gaudi Afternoon Susan Seidelman Editorial consultant Second collaboration with Susan Seidelman
2009 Sin Nombre Cary Joji Fukunaga
Road, Movie Dev Benegal Consulting editor
2010 The Whistleblower Larysa Kondracki
2011 On the Ice Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Dream House Jim Sheridan Additional editor
2012 Goats Christopher Neil
2015 Solace Afonso Poyart
Sound department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1972 Slaughterhouse-Five George Roy Hill Sound
Uncredited
1975 Night Moves Arthur Penn Sound editor
Thanks
Year Film Director Role Notes
1995 Heavy James Mangold Very special thanks First collaboration with James Mangold
1996 Manny & Lo Lisa Krueger Special thanks
Domain of the Sense
Thanks
1997 A Brother's Kiss Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
1998 Smoke Signals Chris Eyre
1999 The Opportunists Myles Connell
2015 The Networker John A. Gallagher Special thanks Second collaboration with John A. Gallagher

Documentaries

Editor
Year Film Director
2010 Babies Thomas Balmès
2013 Tricked

TV documentaries

Producer
Year Film Director Credit
1988 Haiti Dreams of Democracy
  • Jonathan Demme
  • Jo Menell
Co-producer
2011 A Game of Honor Peter Radovich Associate producer

TV movies

Editor
Year Film Director
1978 Holocaust Marvin J. Chomsky
How to Pick Up Girls!
1980 Death Penalty Waris Hussein
1982 Born Beautiful Harvey Hart
1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story Dick Lowry
1985 Private Sessions Michael Pressman
Doubletake Jud Taylor
1987 A Gathering of Old Men Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Year Film Notes
1994 Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories Television special
1997 Subway Stories "The Red Shoes" segment

TV series

Editor
Year Title Notes
1978 Holocaust 2 episodes
1985 Doubletake
1987 Trying Times
Editorial department
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Trying Times Post-production consultant 2 episodes
Director
Year Title Notes
1984 Saturday Night Live 1 episode

TV specials

Editor
Year Film Director
1974 Free to Be... You and Me
1994 Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories Himself

Academy Award Nominations

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Other Awards and Nominations

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References

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  1. ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
  2. ^ "The 75 Best Edited Films". Editors Guild Magazine. 1 (3). May 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17.
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