# Jennifer Lame

Jennifer Lame (born 1981/1982) is an American film editor. She is known for her work on Manchester by the Sea, Hereditary, Tenet, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the films of Noah Baumbach. In 2023, Lame edited Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. She is a native to Narberth, Pennsylvania and is married to film producer Craig Shilowich.

## Early life

Jennifer Lame was born in 1981 or 1982 in Philadelphia. Her father is Tony Lame, a former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer as well as KYW-TV. She attended Episcopal Academy and, in 2004, graduated from Wesleyan University.

## Career

Lame started editing films with Price Check. She has become a recurring collaborator on Noah Baumbach's films including Frances Ha, While We're Young, Mistress America, The Meyerowitz Stories, and Marriage Story. She also edited Paper Towns, Manchester by the Sea, Tyrel, Hereditary, Midsommar, Tenet, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Oppenheimer. Just before winning her first Oscar, she was named Time's "Person of the Week" for her role as a prominent female editor.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Sidney Lumet | Apprentice |
| 2007 | Reservation Road | Terry George | Apprentice |
| 2009 | Sorry, Thanks | Dia Sokol Savage | Assistant |
| 2009 | The Lovely Bones | Peter Jackson | Second assistant |
| 2011 | Almost Perfect | Bertha Bay-Sa Pan | Assistant |
| 2012 | Price Check | Michael Walker | |
| 2012 | Frances Ha | Noah Baumbach | First collaboration with Noah Baumbach |
| 2014 | While We're Young | Noah Baumbach | Second collaboration with Noah Baumbach |
| 2015 | Paper Towns | Jake Schreier | With Jacob Craycroft |
| 2015 | Mistress America | Noah Baumbach | Third collaboration with Noah Baumbach |
| 2016 | De Palma | Noah Baumbach Jake Paltrow | Additional editor Fourth collaboration with Noah Baumbach |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Editing Nominated - Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Editing |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories | Noah Baumbach | Fifth collaboration with Noah Baumbach |
| 2018 | Tyrel | Sebastián Silva | |
| 2018 | Hereditary | Ari Aster | First collaboration with Ari Aster |
| 2019 | Midsommar | Ari Aster | Additional editor Second collaboration with Ari Aster |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach | Sixth collaboration with Noah Baumbach Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Editing Nominated - San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing Nominated - St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Editing |
| 2020 | Tenet | Christopher Nolan | First collaboration with Christopher Nolan Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing Nominated - London Film Critics Circle Awards 2020 – Technical Achievement Award Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing Nominated - San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing Nominated - San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2020 for Best Editing Won - Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2020 for Best Editing Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Editing |
| 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah | Shaka King | Additional editor |
| 2022 | Blonde | Andrew Dominik | Additional editor |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ryan Coogler | Nominated - Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Editing |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | Second collaboration with Christopher Nolan Won - Academy Award for Best Film Editing Won - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Won - Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Editing Won - BAFTA Award for Best Editing Won - Boston Online Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Won - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Won - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing Won - HPA Award for Outstanding Editing – Feature Film Won - Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Editing Won - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Film Editing Won - Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing Won - Saturn Award for Best Editing Won - St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Won - Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Nominated - Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Editing Nominated - Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Editing Nominated - San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing Nominated - Astra Film and Creative Award for Best Editing Pending - Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Editing |
| 2023 | Postcard from Earth | Darren Aronofsky | Documentary |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2005 | The Simple Life | Jeff Fisher | Digitizer Episode: "Mortuary" |
| 2008 | Brotherhood | Various | Assistant 5 episodes |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | Various | Assistant 7 episodes |
| 2010 | Rubicon | Various | Assistant 5 episodes |
| 2011 | 30 Rock | Tricia Brock | Assistant Episode: "Mrs. Donaghy" |
| 2012 | Smash | Michael Mayer | Assistant Episode: "Pilot" |