Sarah Flack is an American

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. She frequently worked with American independent film directors Steven Soderbergh (''

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The Limey ''The Limey'' is a 1999 American crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Barry Newman, Nicky Katt, and Peter Fonda. The plot concerns an English career ...

'', '' Full Frontal'') and

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('' Lost in Translation'', '' Marie Antoinette'', '' Somewhere, The Bling Ring, The Beguiled, On the Rocks''). Flack's work on '' Lost in Translation'' won her the

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. The film went on to win numerous other awards, including a

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and the

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. She won a Primetime Emmy Award and an American Cinema Editors Eddie award with Robert Pulcini for co-editing the HBO film "Cinema Verite". Flack began her career working as a production assistant on the film ''

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'' where she first met film director Steven Soderbergh. After assistant editing on a handful of other independent films, Flack was hired by Soderbergh to edit his self-financed experimental film, ''

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Filmography

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'' (1991) (production assistant) *'' Swing Kids'' (1993) (apprentice editor) *''

Black Beauty ''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). ...

'' (1994) (assistant editor) *'' White Man's Burden'' (1995) (assistant editor) *''

Romeo + Juliet Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a pries ...

'' (1996) (second assistant editor) *''

'' (1996) (uncredited editor) *''

'' (1999) (editor) *'' Lush'' (1999) (editor) *'' Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2'' (2000) (editor) *'' Full Frontal'' (2002) (editor) *'' Swimfan'' (2002) (editor) *'' The Guys'' (2002) (editor) *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) (editor) *'' November'' (2004) (additional editor) *''

Looking for Kitty ''Looking for Kitty'' is a 2004 American film written and directed by Edward Burns, in which he plays a private detective in New York City, hired by David Krumholtz to help track down his run-away wife. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival o ...

'' (2004) (editor) *''

The Baxter ''The Baxter'' is a 2005 American film written by, directed by and starring comedian Michael Showalter. A "Baxter", as defined by the film, is the nice, dull guy in a romantic comedy who is dumped at the end of the story for the protagonist. ...

'' (2005) (editor) *''

Dave Chappelle's Block Party ''Dave Chappelle's Block Party'', also known as ''Block Party'', is a 2005 American documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle, and directed by Michel Gondry. The film and its soundtrack are dedicated to the memory of music pr ...

'' (2005) (co-editor) *'' Marie Antoinette'' (2006) (editor) *''

Dan in Real Life ''Dan in Real Life'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Hedges, and stars Steve Carell, Alison Pill, Juliette Binoche, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney and Dane Cook. This is the first Touchstone Pictures film to be distributed by W ...

'' (2007) (editor) *''

Away We Go ''Away We Go'' is a 2009 American comedy-drama directed by Sam Mendes and written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The film's two leads are John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. It is Mendes's first film without Thomas Newman's collaboration. Plot Ve ...

'' (2009) (editor) *'' Somewhere'' (2010) (editor) *'' Cinema Verite'' (2011) (editor) *'' A Very Murray Christmas'' (2015) (editor) *'' The Beguiled'' (2017) (editor) *'' Lost Girls & Love Hotels'' (2020) (editor) *''

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'' (2020) (editor) *'' Priscilla (film)'' TBA (editor)

Awards & nominations

Awards Won: *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) - BAFTA Award - "Best Editing" *'' Cinema Verite'' (2011) - Primetime Emmy Awards - Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie *'' Cinema Verite'' (2011) - American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards - "Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television" Nominations: *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) - American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards - "Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical" *''

'' (2000) -

Online Film Critics Society Awards The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is an international professional association of online film journalists, historians and scholars who publish their work on the World Wide Web. The organization was founded in January 1997 by Harvey S. Karten ...

- "Best Editing" * ''On the Rocks'' (2020) - American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards - Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy

References

External links

* *https://www.vogue.com/article/oral-history-of-marie-antoinette-15th-anniversary *https://www.indiewire.com/influencers/sofia-coppola-sarah-flack/ *https://variety.com/lists/women-of-awards-season-2021/ *https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/listen-steven-soderbergh-cast-crew-discuss-the-limey-at-20th-anniversary-event/ *https://twitter.com/filmlinc/status/1207850364894138368 *https://www.indiewire.com/influencers/the-irishman-editor-thelma-schoonmaker/ *https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/an_interview_with_somewhere_s_sarah_flack
Photo of Sarah Flack, Producer Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola
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