Sarah Flack is a BAFTA Award-winning American film editor. She is notable for collaborating extensively with American independent film directors Steven Soderbergh (Schizopolis, The Limey, Full Frontal) and Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette and Somewhere).[1]
Flack's work on Lost in Translation won her the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. The film went on to win numerous other awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film.
Flack began her career working as a production assistant on the film Kafka where she first met film director Steven Soderbergh. After assistant editing on a handful of other independent films, Flack was hired by Soderbergh to co-edit his self-financed experimental film, Schizopolis.[2] She is represented by the Skouras Agency.[3]
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Filmography
- Kafka (1991) (production assistant)
- Swing Kids (1993) (apprentice editor)
- Black Beauty (1994) (assistant editor)
- White Man's Burden (1995) (assistant editor)
- Romeo and Juliet (1996) (second assistant editor)
- Schizopolis (1996) (uncredited editor)
- The Limey (1999) (editor)
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) (editor)
- Full Frontal (2002) (editor)
- Swimfan (2002) (editor)
- The Guys (2002) (editor)
- Lost in Translation (2003) (editor)
- November (2004) (additional editor)
- Looking for Kitty (2004) (editor)
- The Baxter (2005) (editor)
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005) (co-editor)
- Marie Antoinette (2006) (editor)
- Dan in Real Life (2007) (editor)
- Away We Go (2009) (editor)
- Somewhere (2010) (editor)
Awards & nominations
Awards Won:
- Lost in Translation (2003) - BAFTA Award - "Best Editing"
Nominations:
- Lost in Translation (2003) - American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards - "Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical"
- The Limey (2000) - Online Film Critics Society Awards - "Best Editing"[4]
References
External links
- Sarah Flack at the Internet Movie Database
- Photo of Sarah Flack, Producer Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola
- "Full Frontal" By Stephanie Zacharek, about the prismatic editing "the editing... keeps your mind occupied in "Full Frontal", Aug. 2, 2002, Salon.com
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Daniel Rezende for Cidade de Deus |
BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Lost in Translation 2003 |
Succeeded by Valdís Óskarsdóttir for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
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