# Craig McKay (film editor)

Craig McKay (born in New York's Hudson Valley) is an American feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer. Recognized with two Academy Award nominations for editing Reds and The Silence of the Lambs, and an Emmy Award for editing the NBC miniseries Holocaust, he has edited more than forty films including Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Cop Land and Maid in Manhattan.
His directing credits include Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories for PBS and HBO's The Red Shoes, written by John Guare. Story consultant credits include Bravo's Haiti: Dreams of Democracy, Academy Award-nominated Mandela, and PBS's award-winning Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.
McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker's Lab and is also an executive producer on the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life.
He is a member of the DGA, AMPAS, WGAE and Local 700. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.

## Selected filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1977 | Thieves | John Berry | |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | First collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
| 1981 | Reds | Warren Beatty | |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Jonathan Demme | Second collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
| 1986 | Something Wild | Jonathan Demme | Third collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
| 1988 | White Hot | Robby Benson | |
| 1988 | Married to the Mob | Jonathan Demme | Fourth collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
| 1989 | She-Devil | Susan Seidelman | First collaboration with Susan Seidelman |
| 1990 | Miami Blues | George Armitage | |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | Fifth collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
| 1992 | Shining Through | David Seltzer | |
| 1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | John McNaughton | |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme | Sixth collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | Terry George | |
| 1997 | Cop Land | James Mangold | Second collaboration with James Mangold |
| 1998 | Return to Paradise | Joseph Ruben | |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Scott Elliott | |
| 2000 | Blue Moon | John A. Gallagher | First collaboration with John A. Gallagher |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Iain Softley | |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan | Wayne Wang | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Jonathan Demme | Seventh collaboration with Jonathan Demme |
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Mike Mitchell | |
| 2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | Liev Schreiber | |
| 2007 | Awake | Joby Harold | |
| 2008 | Life in Flight | Tracey Hecht | |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You | Fatih AkinYvan AttalRandall BalsmeyerAllen HughesShunji IwaiJiang WenShekhar KapurJoshua MarstonMira NairNatalie PortmanBrett Ratner | Uncredited |
| 2009 | Sin Nombre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
| 2009 | Carriers | Àlex PastorDavid Pastor | |
| 2010 | The Conspirator | Robert Redford | |
| 2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | David Lowery | |
| 2013 | Europa Report | Sebastián Cordero | |
| 2015 | The Curse of Downers Grove | Derick Martini | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | Mission Mars | Nicholas Webster | Assistant editor | |
| 1970 | Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | Sidney Lumet | Assistant editor | |
| 1970 | The Way We Live Now | Barry Brown | Assistant editor | |
| 1970 | Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Jerry Schatzberg | Assistant editor | First collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg |
| 1971 | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Ulu Grosbard | Associate film editor | |
| 1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Paul Newman | Assistant editor | |
| 1973 | Scarecrow | Jerry Schatzberg | Associate editor | Second collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | William Friedkin | Assistant film editor | |
| 1979 | The Wanderers | Philip Kaufman | Additional editor | |
| 1998 | Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne | Additional editor | |
| 2001 | Gaudi Afternoon | Susan Seidelman | Editorial consultant | Second collaboration with Susan Seidelman |
| 2009 | Sin Nombre | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Editorial consultant | |
| 2009 | Road, Movie | Dev Benegal | Consulting editor | |
| 2010 | The Whistleblower | Larysa Kondracki | Consulting editor | |
| 2011 | On the Ice | Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | Consulting editor | |
| 2011 | Dream House | Jim Sheridan | Additional editor | |
| 2012 | Goats | Christopher Neil | Additional editor | |
| 2015 | Solace | Afonso Poyart | Additional editor | |
Sound department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | Sound | Uncredited |
| 1975 | Night Moves | Arthur Penn | Sound editor | |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Heavy | James Mangold | Very special thanks | First collaboration with James Mangold |
| 1996 | Manny & Lo | Lisa Krueger | Special thanks | |
| 1996 | Domain of the Sense | Judith ColellIsabel GardelaNuria Olivé-BellésTeresa PelegriMaría Ripoll | Thanks | |
| 1997 | A Brother's Kiss | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Thanks | |
| 1998 | Smoke Signals | Chris Eyre | Thanks | |
| 1999 | The Opportunists | Myles Connell | Thanks | |
| 2015 | The Networker | John A. Gallagher | Special thanks | Second collaboration with John A. Gallagher |
Documentaries
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2010 | Babies | Thomas Balmès |
| 2013 | Tricked | John-Keith WassonJane Wells |
TV documentaries
Producer :
| Year | Film | Director | Credit |
| 1988 | Haiti Dreams of Democracy | Jonathan DemmeJo Menell | Co-producer |
| 2011 | A Game of Honor | Peter Radovich | Associate producer |
TV movies
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Marvin J. Chomsky |
| 1978 | How to Pick Up Girls! | Mick JacksonBill Persky |
| 1980 | Death Penalty | Waris Hussein |
| 1982 | Born Beautiful | Harvey Hart |
| 1983 | Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | Dick Lowry |
| 1985 | Private Sessions | Michael Pressman |
| 1985 | Doubletake | Jud Taylor |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Volker Schlöndorff |
Director :
| Year | Film | Notes |
| 1994 | Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories | Television special |
| 1997 | Subway Stories | "The Red Shoes" segment |
TV series
Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1978 | Holocaust | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Doubletake | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Trying Times |
Editorial department :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Trying Times | Post-production consultant | 2 episodes |
Director :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1984 | Saturday Night Live | 1 episode |
TV specials
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1974 | Free to Be... You and Me | Bill DavisLen StecklerFred Wolf |
| 1994 | Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories | Himself |

## Academy Award Nominations

* 1982 – Reds (nominated) Academy Award Best Editing (with co-editor Dede Allen)
* 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) Academy Award Best Editing

## Other Awards and Nominations

* 1978 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) Emmy Awards Emmy Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series (with co-editors Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Alan Heim and Brian Smedley-Aston)
* 1979 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series
* 1982 – Reds (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (with co-editor Dede Allen)
* 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) BAFTA Film Award - Best Editing
* 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
* 2012 – The Silence of the Lambs was listed as the 26th best-edited film of all time in a survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.