Education:

Pratt Institute, The Actors Studio

Film credits include:

Editor, The Boy From New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong; Touch: The Domain Of The Senses; The Music People; consulting editor, Say It Isn’t So; Judge Not; Color of Love; Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me; La Maestra in the House

Author:

The Eye is Quicker; Film Editing: Making a Good Film Better; Setting Up Your Scenes: The Inner Workings of Great Films; Film School: How to Watch DVDs and Learn Everything About Filmmaking; Illuminations: Memorable Movie Moments

Awards and honors include:

Distinguished Artist-Teacher Award, School of Visual Arts; screenwriting judge, Nicholl Fellowships, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; ANDY; CLIO