Biography
Jay Cassidy is an American film editor with dozens of credits since 1978.
Cassidy began his career in the 1970s working on documentaries and political advertising. He has had a notable collaboration with Sean Penn, having edited all of the films directed by Penn. Early in his career, Cassidy edited the documentary film High Schools (1984) that was directed by Charles Guggenheim; more recently he has edited several documentaries by Guggenheim's son Davis Guggenheim, including An Inconvenient Truth (2006).
Cassidy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and for an ACE Eddie Award for Into the Wild (directed by Sean Penn - 2007). In 2012, he was nominated for his second Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Silver Linings Playbook, which won the Eddie and the Satellite Award for Best Editing. Cassidy was nominated for a third Academy Award for American Hustle (directed by David O. Russell - 2013), and again won the Eddie for that film. He had won the Eddie for Best Documentary Editing for An Inconvenient Truth (directed by Davis Guggenheim - 2006). Both High Schools and An Inconvenient Truth were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and An Inconvenient Truth won the award.
Cassidy has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.Cassidy received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan circa 1972 and was a photographer for The Michigan Daily and the Michiganensian on campus. In 2006, Cassidy won the 39th Cartoon Caption Contest of The New Yorker magazine.The Best of May, 1968, a short film directed by Cassidy in 1972, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019.
Filmography
all 58
Movies 57
Producer 2
self 1
TV Shows 1
Director 1
Amsterdam (2022)
Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film) (2020)
The King of Staten Island (2020)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend (2018)
A Star Is Born (2018)
Thank You for Your Service (2017)
The Last Face (2017)
The Night Of (2016)
Joy (2015)
Foxcatcher (2014)
Fury (2014)
American Hustle (2013)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Obama 2012 Convention Film (2012)
U2: From the Sky Down (2011)
Seeking Justice (2011)
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
Conviction (2010)
Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Brothers (2009)
A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film (2008)
Johnny Got His Gun (2008)
Into the Wild (2007)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
First Snow (2006)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Thoughtcrimes (2003)
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
11'09''01 September 11 (2002)
The First Year (2001)
The Pledge (2001)
Gossip (2000)
The Big Kahuna (1999)
Urban Legend (1998)
The Replacement Killers (1998)
The Hunchback (1997)
Albino Alligator (1996)
The Crossing Guard (1995)
Brainscan (1994)
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
The Indian Runner (1991)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Aloha Summer (1988)
Three for the Road (1987)
High Schools (1984)
Roadhouse 66 (1984)
Love is Forever (1983)
Waltz Across Texas (1982)
The End of August (1981)
Wolfen (1981)
HR 6161: An Act of Congress (1979)
Almost Crying (1978)
The Thorn (1974)
Cinema Street (1971)
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Known ForEditing
GenderMale
Birthday1949-08-07 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJay Casidy, Jay Lash Cassidy
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