# Lisa Zeno Churgin

Lisa Rachel Zeno Churgin (born January 20, 1955) is an American film editor with more than 25 film credits; she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the 1999 film The Cider House Rules (directed by Lasse Hallström). Since 2002, Churgin has also served as the president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Churgin's editing of House of Sand and Fog (directed by Vadim Perelman-2003) was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Editing.
Churgin has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1979 | The Warriors | Walter Hill | Assistant editor |
| 1980 | The Long Riders | Walter Hill | Assistant editor |
| 1980 | Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | Assistant editor |
| 1981 | Southern Comfort | Walter Hill | Assistant editor |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Miloš Forman | Assistant editor |
| 1984 | Solo | Lyman Dayton | |
| 1985 | Mask | Peter Bogdanovich | Assistant editor |
| 1985 | Spies Like Us | John Landis | Assistant editor |
| 1986 | Three Amigos | John Landis | First assistant editor |
| 1988 | Vibes | Ken Kwapis | First assistant editor |
| 1988 | The Accidental Tourist | Lawrence Kasdan | First assistant editor |
| 1990 | Love at Large | Alan Rudolph | |
| 1991 | Closet Land | Radha Bharadwaj | |
| 1991 | Samantha | Stephen La Rocque | |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Tim Robbins | |
| 1993 | The Wrong Man | Jim McBride | |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | Ben Stiller | |
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Diane Keaton | |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Tim Robbins | |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Andrew Niccol | |
| 1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Risa Bramon Garcia | |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Lasse Hallström | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Film Editing |
| 2001 | The Wedding Planner | Adam Shankman | |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile | Brad Silberling | |
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno | Jordan Brady | |
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Vadim Perelman | Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Editing |
| 2005 | Mozart and the Whale | Petter Næss | Co-edited with Miklos Wright |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes | Curtis Hanson | Co-edited with Craig Kitson |
| 2005 | Embedded | Tim Robbins | Video film |
| 2006 | The Last Kiss | Tony Goldwyn | |
| 2008 | Henry Poole Is Here | Mark Pellington | |
| 2008 | Pride and Glory | Gavin O'Connor | Co-edited with John Gilroy |
| 2009 | Tenderness | John Polson | Co-edited with Andrew Marcus |
| 2009 | The Ugly Truth | Robert Luketic | |
| 2011 | Priest | Scott Stewart | |
| 2012 | One for the Money | Julie Anne Robinson | |
| 2012 | Pitch Perfect | Jason Moore | |
| 2015 | Barely Lethal | Kyle Newman | |
| 2016 | Pete's Dragon | David Lowery | |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun | David Lowery | |
| 2020 | An American Pickle | Brandon Trost | |
| 2020 | Through the Glass Darkly | Lauren Fash | Co-edited with Adriaan van Zyl |
| 2024 | Goodrich | Hallie Meyers-Shyer | |
| TBA | The Man Who Saved Paris | Robert Budreau | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Programme | Studio | Episode(s) | Notes |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | HBO | Season 1 E02 "Apollo One" E11 "The Original Wives Club" | TV Mini-series |
| 2013 | Trophy Wife | ABC | Season 1 E01 "Pilot" | |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Netflix | Season 1 E01 "The End" E04 "The Funeral" E07 "The Spelling Bee" E10 "The Elevator" E12 "The Bachelor Party" | |