Saar Klein ( he, סער קליין; born 1967) is an

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film editor and director, who has been nominated for two

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for Best Film Editing for '' The Thin Red Line'' and for ''

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'', and who received an

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for editing the latter one.

Early life

Klein was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, to a family of

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descent. He immigrated to the

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with his parents at the age of 9. In 1989, Klein received a bachelor's degree in psychology from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...

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.Biographical materials
posted to the web by Skouras, Ltd.; Klein is one of the firm's clients. Retrieved April 23, 2008.

Career

Klein was offered an internship with editor

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on the film ''

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'' (directed by Oliver Stone-1991); his first editing credit (as an apprentice to editors

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and

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) was for the 1993 film '' Heaven & Earth'' (directed by Oliver Stone). ''The Thin Red Line'', which was nominated for an editing Academy Award, was only his second credit as an editor. Klein shared this credit with Leslie Jones and

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; the film was directed by

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. Klein and

co-edited ''Almost Famous'' (2000), which was directed by

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. Klein edited '' The Bourne Identity'' (directed by

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- 2002), which was the first in the series of films based on the novels of

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. Christopher Rouse, who worked as an additional editor on ''The Bourne Identity'', edited the subsequent films that were directed by

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. Klein subsequently co-edited ''

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'' (2005) (again with director Terrence Malick); Malick's films have typically used several editors. Klein recently edited ''

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'' (2008) (with director Doug Liman). Klein has written and directed two short films, ''Nouveau Riche No. 11'' and ''Nouveau Riche No. 34'', which have been shown at several film festivals. His directorial debut film '' Things People Do'' premiered in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014.

Filmography

Editor

* 1995 : ''P.C.H.'' (TV Movie) * 1996 : ''For Which He Stands'' * 1998 : '' The Thin Red Line'' * 1999 : ''

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'' * 2000 : ''

'' * 2002 : '' The Bourne Identity'' * 2005 : ''

'' * 2008 : ''

'' * 2009 : ''

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'' * 2014 : '' After the Fall'' * 2018 : '' Burden'' * 2019 : ''

The Wolf's Call ''The Wolf's Call'' (french: Le Chant du loup, italic=yes) is a 2019 French action thriller film written and directed by Antonin Baudry in his feature film directorial debut. The film is about a submarine's sonar operator, Chanteraide ( Franço ...

'' * 2021 : '' Locked Down''

Additional Editor

* 1991 : ''

'' * 1993 : '' Heaven & Earth'' * 1994 : ''

The River Wild ''The River Wild'' is a 1994 American adventure thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, and Joseph Mazzello as Roarke. It is about a family on a whitewate ...

'' * 1995 : ''

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'' * 1997 : ''

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'' * 1997 : ''Sub Down'' * 2006 : ''

The Elephant King ''The Elephant King'' is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by Seth Grossman. Story It is about a depressed teenager who wants to write a story about an anthropologist in Thailand. The anthropologist character is inspired by his older brother w ...

'' * 2008 : ''

Cadillac Records ''Cadillac Records'' is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin. The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-compan ...

'' * 2010 : '' Fair Game'' * 2011 : ''

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'' * 2017 : '' American Made''

Director / Writer

* 2014 : '' After the Fall''

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Saar American film editors American film directors Vassar College alumni Israeli emigrants to the United States Living people 1967 births Israeli Jews