Paul Rubell is an American
film editor
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The film edit ...
. His career spans 25 years in both film and
television
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.
Rubell obtained his
bachelor's degree
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in
English literature
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from the
University of California, Los Angeles
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. Rubell worked for a time with editor
Lou Lombardo. His first editing credit was for the film ''
The Final Terror
''The Final Terror'' is a 1983 American slasher film directed by Andrew Davis, and starring John Friedrich, Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, Adrian Zmed, Mark Metcalf, Akosua Busia, and Joe Pantoliano. Blending elements of the survival thriller and t ...
'' (1983). He worked for about ten years on films and programming for television before returning to feature films as the editor for ''
The Island of Dr. Moreau''.
Rubell has been elected to membership in the
American Cinema Editors
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.
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on 2008-03-04.
Awards
* 1989
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nominated for an Emmy for '' My Name is Bill W.''
* 1990
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nominated for an Eddie Award
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for Best Edited Television Special for ''My Name is Bill W.''
* 1996
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nominated for an Eddie Award for Best Edited Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television for '' The Burning Season''
* 1996
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nominated for an Emmy
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for '' Andersonville''
* 1997
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won the Eddie Award for Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series for ''Andersonville'' (episode 2)
* 2000
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nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Editing
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Winners and nominees
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
References
External links
Official website
{{Satellite Awards Chron
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for '' The Insider''
* 2000 nominated for an Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic for ''The Insider''
* 2000 nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing
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for ''The Insider''
* 2005
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won the Satellite Award for Best Editing for ''Collateral
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* Marketing collateral, in marketing and sales
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Collate ...
''
* 2005 nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Editing
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The film-voting members of the Academy select the five nom ...
for ''Collateral''
* 2005 nominated for an Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic for ''Collateral''
* 2005 nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing for ''Collateral''
Filmography
References
External links
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1952 births
American film editors
American Cinema Editors
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Living people
People from Los Angeles
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