Jay Cassidy

Jay Cassidy
Education	University of Michigan (BA) American Film Institute (MFA)

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 (1983) 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

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1978	Almost Crying	George Manupelli
1981	The End of August	Bob Graham
1982	Waltz Across Texas	Ernest Day
1984	Roadhouse 66	John Mark Robinson
1988	Aloha Summer	Tommy Lee Wallace
	Fright Night Part 2
1990	Frankenstein Unbound	Roger Corman
1991	The Indian Runner	Sean Penn	First collaboration with Sean Penn
1993	Bodies, Rest & Motion	Michael Steinberg
1994	Brainscan	John Flynn
1995	The Crossing Guard	Sean Penn	Second collaboration with Sean Penn
1996	Albino Alligator	Kevin Spacey
1998	The Replacement Killers	Antoine Fuqua
	Urban Legend	Jamie Blanks
2000	Gossip	Davis Guggenheim
2001	The Pledge	Sean Penn	Third collaboration with Sean Penn
2002	11′09″01 September 11		"USA" segment Fourth collaboration with Sean Penn
	Tuck Everlasting	Jay Russell
	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Kaos
2004	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Niels Mueller
2006	First Snow	Mark Fergus
2007	Into the Wild	Sean Penn	Fifth collaboration with Sean Penn
2008	Johnny Got His Gun	Rowan Joseph	Filmed live on stage
2009	Brothers	Jim Sheridan
2010	Conviction	Tony Goldwyn
2011	Seeking Justice	Roger Donaldson
2012	Silver Linings Playbook	David O. Russell	First collaboration with David O. Russell
2013	American Hustle		Second collaboration with David O. Russell
2014	Foxcatcher	Bennett Miller
	Fury	David Ayer
2015	Joy	David O. Russell	Third collaboration with David O. Russell
2016	The Last Face	Sean Penn	Sixth collaboration with Sean Penn
2017	Thank You for Your Service	Jason Hall
2018	A Star Is Born	Bradley Cooper
2020	Birds of Prey	Cathy Yan
	The King of Staten Island	Judd Apatow
2022	Amsterdam	David O. Russell	Fourth collaboration with David O. Russell
2023	The Burial	Maggie Betts

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1987	Three for the Road	Bill L. Norton	Associate producer
1990	Frankenstein Unbound	Roger Corman

Camera and electrical department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1971	The Thorn	Peter McWilliams	Additional photography Camera operator

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1987	Nightflyers	Robert Collector	Supervising editor
2022	Amsterdam	David O. Russell	Editor

Production manager

Year	Film	Director	Role
1988	Remote Control	Jeff Lieberman	Post-production supervisor
	Tequila Sunrise	Robert Towne

Sound department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1979	Heartland	Richard Pearce	Sound editor
1981	Wolfen	Michael Wadleigh	Dialogue editor

Soundtrack

Year	Film	Director	Role
1984	Roadhouse 66	John Mark Robinson	Writer: "Detroit Doll"

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
1996	Albino Alligator	Kevin Spacey	The director wishes to thank
1999	The Big Kahuna	John Swanbeck	Special thanks

Documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1973	Jerusalem Lives	Charles Guggenheim
1979	HR 6161: An Act of Congress
1983	High Schools
1986	The Making of Liberty
2006	An Inconvenient Truth	Davis Guggenheim
2008	A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film
2010	Waiting for "Superman"
2011	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	Jon M. Chu
	From the Sky Down	Davis Guggenheim

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1991	Norman and the Killer	Bob Graham

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1983	Love Is Forever	Hall Bartlett
1997	The Hunchback	Peter Medak
2003	Thoughtcrimes	Breck Eisner

TV documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
2001	The First Year	Davis Guggenheim

TV series

Year	Title	Notes
2005	Wanted	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	3 lbs	Episode: "Lost for Words"
2016	The Night Of	Episode: "The Beach"

External links

• Jay Cassidy at IMDb
• "Jay Cassidy, ACE - Resume" (PDF). artistry.net. Retrieved 2018-10-08. Filmography including television. Lists directors, production companies, notable awards & nominations.