David Rogers is an American

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edit ...

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...

and producer best known for working on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Office ''The Office'' is a mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first made in the United Kingdom, then Germany, and subsequently the United States. It has since been remade in ten other countries. The original series of ...

'', and ''

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''. In 2007, he was honored with the

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series. This award and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series replaced Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing ...

for his work on ''The Office's '' third season finale, " The Job", which he shared with

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and another Emmy for the series finale, " Finale", which he shared with Claire Scanlon.

Professional background

Rogers began his career as an assistant editor on a variety of sitcoms throughout the mid-to-late 1990s and into the 2000s. These shows included ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

''. He first worked as a senior editor on the ''Seinfeld'' episode ''

The Clip Show "The Chronicle" (also known as "The Clip Show") is an hour-long, two-part episode that constitutes the 177th and 178th episodes of the NBC sitcom '' Seinfeld''. These were the 21st and 22nd episodes of ''Seinfeld'' from the ninth and final season. ...

'' in 1998. Since then he has edited on comedies such as ''

'', ''

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'', '' The Comeback'' and ''

''. Since 2005 has edited more than forty episodes of ''

''. At the beginning of the sixth season, Rogers became an associate producer on the series. He attained the rank of co-producer beginning with seventh season.

Filmography

References

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