# Brian Berdan

Brian Berdan is a film editor. He was born in Michigan and earned his glider pilot's licence on December 12, 1992. Graduating from UC Berkeley in 1984, Berdan started his career with a job sweeping floors at Studio C, in San Francisco, then moved on to Lucasfilm in the post production division. From there, he began his freelance editing career as an apprentice editor on David Lynch's Blue Velvet. He also trained on Peter Bogdanovich's Noises Off and Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth. It was Stone who gave Berdan his first credit as Editor on the manic and controversial Natural Born Killers. He continued working with Stone on Nixon and U Turn. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

## Filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Oliver Stone | Second collaboration with Oliver Stone |
| 1995 | The Sadness of Sex | Rupert Wainwright | |
| 1995 | Nixon | Oliver Stone | Third collaboration with Oliver Stone |
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe Blank | George Armitage | First collaboration with George Armitage |
| 1998 | Smoke Signals | Chris Eyre | |
| 1998 | Around the Fire | John Jacobsen | |
| 1999 | The Book of Stars | Michael Miner | |
| 2000 | Auggie Rose | Matthew Tabak | |
| 2001 | Finder's Fee | Jeff Probst | |
| 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | Mark Pellington | |
| 2004 | The Big Bounce | George Armitage | Second collaboration with George Armitage |
| 2005 | The Cave | Bruce Hunt | |
| 2006 | Crank | Mark NeveldineBrian Taylor | First collaboration with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor |
| 2006 | Outsourced | John Jeffcoat | |
| 2007 | Cleaner | Renny Harlin | First collaboration with Renny Harlin |
| 2009 | 12 Rounds | Renny Harlin | Second collaboration with Renny Harlin |
| 2011 | Love | William Eubank | First collaboration with William Eubank |
| 2011 | 5 Days of War | Renny Harlin | Third collaboration with Renny Harlin |
| 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Mark NeveldineBrian Taylor | Second collaboration with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor |
| 2014 | The Signal | William Eubank | Second collaboration with William Eubank |
| 2016 | The Boy | William Brent Bell | First collaboration with William Brent Bell |
| 2019 | Crypto | John Stalberg Jr. | |
| 2020 | Underwater | William Eubank | Third collaboration with William Eubank |
| 2020 | Brahms: The Boy II | William Brent Bell | Second collaboration with William Brent Bell |
| 2021 | Separation | William Brent Bell | Third collaboration with William Brent Bell |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet | David Lynch | Apprentice editor | First collaboration with David Lynch |
| 1987 | Three for the Road | Bill L. Norton | Assistant editor | |
| 1987 | Rented Lips | Robert Downey Sr. | Additional editor | |
| 1987 | Cherry 2000 | Steve De Jarnatt | Apprentice film editor | |
| 1990 | Madhouse | Tom Ropelewski | Apprentice editor | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | David Lynch | First assistant film editor | Second collaboration with David Lynch |
| 1992 | Noises Off | Peter Bogdanovich | Additional editor | |
| 1992 | Night and the City | Irwin Winkler | Assistant editor | First collaboration with Irwin Winkler |
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Duwayne Dunham | Additional editor | |
| 1993 | Heaven & Earth | Oliver Stone | Associate editor | First collaboration with Oliver Stone |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Scott Kalvert | Additional editor | |
| 1995 | The Net | Irwin Winkler | Additional editor | Second collaboration with Irwin Winkler |
| 1997 | U Turn | Oliver Stone | Additional editor | Fourth collaboration with Oliver Stone |
| 2002 | Farewell to Harry | Garrett Bennett | Additional editor | |
| 2005 | Domino | Tony Scott | Additional editor | |
| 2017 | Song to Song | Terrence Malick | Additional editor | |
Additional crew :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Karen Moncrieff | Title designer | |
| 2013 | Devil's Pass | Renny Harlin | Title designer | Fourth collaboration with Renny Harlin |
Soundtrack :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Oliver Stone | Performer: "Wild Plate Rubs"Writer: "Wild Plate Rubs", "BB Tone" | Uncredited |
| 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | Mark Pellington | Performer: "Lurid"Writer: "Lurid" | |
| 2006 | Crank | Mark NeveldineBrian Taylor | Performer: "Satiated"Writer: "Satiated" | |
| 2007 | Cleaner | Renny Harlin | Performer: "Jim Brown"Writer: "Jim Brown" | |
| 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Mark NeveldineBrian Taylor | Performer: "Fight Club"Writer: "Fight Club" | |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2004 | Lenny the Wonder Dog | Oren GoldmanStav Ozdoba | Our particular thanks to |
Visual effects :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Isolation | Bobby Roe | Visual effects | ": "Pacific Northwest" segment |

### Documentaries

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2022 | Nuclear Now | Oliver Stone |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2021 | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Oliver Stone | Additional editor |

### Shorts

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2017 | Sun Up, Sun Down | Ghizlane S. Morlot |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1995 | Amanda and the Alien | Jon Kroll |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Year | Duwayne Dunham |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2014 | Rosemary's Baby | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Royals | 1 episode |
| 2017−19 | Happy! | — |
| 2021 | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | 4 episodes |
Editorial department :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989−90 | Twin Peaks | Assistant editorAssociate editor | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks | Additional editor | 18 episodes |