Michael A. Chandler
Michael Chandler is an American film editor of feature and documentary films, and a producer, director, and writer of documentary films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the film "Amadeus". He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the same film, which he shared with Nena Danevic. He is a two-time winner of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Award, for Best Edited Feature for "Amadeus" and for Best Edited Documentary for the ABC production "Can’t It Be Anyone Else?" He was film editor on "", "Never Cry  Wolf" and "Empire Records". He was writer and editor of "Freedom on My Mind" (Academy Award Nomination, Sundance Grand Jury Prize), co-writer and consulting editor on "" (Academy Award Nomination), editor of "" (Academy Award Nomination) and "Squires of San Quentin" (Academy Award Nomination), and co-writer and editor of "Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven" (Emmy Award). As writer and editor of the ABC television special "Can't It Be Anyone Else?" he was awarded the Christopher Award, presented for works that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit." He produced and directed, with Sheila Canavan, the feature documentary "Compared  to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank", a Showtime Networks Broadcast Premier and official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival; the PBS Independent Lens feature documentary "Knee Deep" which one reviewer called, “one of the year's best 'believe it or not' documentaries, a rural Rashomon and a compelling cinematic experience;” and produced & directed "Forgotten Fires" , a PBS documentary which investigated the burning by Ku Klux Klansmen of Black churches. Bill Moyers said about it: "If we wanted a real dialog about race in America, we'd start with this film." Chandler also produced & directed investigative documentaries for the  PBS series "Frontline", including "Blackout," a collaboration with "The New York Times", "The Future of War", and "Secrets of the SAT". Chandler is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Writer's Guild.