Sarah Flack 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 stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

. She has frequently worked with American independent film directors

Steven Soderbergh Steven Andrew Soderbergh ( ; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern Independent film, independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventiv ...

('' Schizopolis'', ''

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 care ...

'', '' Full Frontal'') and

Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola ( , ; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has List of awards and nominations received by Sofia Coppola, won an Academy Awards, Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Lion, and a Can ...

('' Lost in Translation'', ''

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last List of French royal consorts, queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the ...

'', ''

Somewhere Somewhere may refer to: Music Albums * ''Somewhere'' (Eva Cassidy album) or the title song, 2008 * ''Somewhere'' (Keith Jarrett album), 2013 * '' Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein'', by Marina Prior, 1994 * ''Somewhere'', or ...

'', ''

The Bling Ring ''The Bling Ring'' is a 2013 crime film written and directed by Sofia Coppola featuring an ensemble cast led by Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Georgia Rock and Leslie Mann. It is based on the 20 ...

'', '' The Beguiled'' and '' On the Rocks''). Flack's work on '' Lost in Translation'' won her the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. The film went on to win numerous other awards, including a

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Eligibility Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in ...

and the

Independent Spirit Award for Best Film The Independent Spirit Award for Best Film (or Best Feature) is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards, presented to recognize the best in independent filmmaking, it was first awarded in 1985 with Martin Scorsese's film '' After Hours'' being ...

. She won a Primetime Emmy Award and an American Cinema Editors Eddie award with Robert Pulcini for co-editing the HBO film ''

Cinema Verite ''Cinema Verite'' is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Patrick Fugit. The film follows a fictionalized account of ...

''. Flack began her career working as a production assistant on the film ''

Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of real ...

'' 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, '' Schizopolis''.Sarah Flack IMDB listing
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Filmography

*''

'' (1991) (production assistant) *''

Swing Kids The Swing Youth () were a youth counterculture of jazz and Swing (genre), swing lovers in Nazi Germany, Germany formed in Hamburg in 1939. Primarily active in Hamburg and Berlin, they were composed of 14- to 21-year-old Germans, mostly middl ...

'' (1993) (apprentice editor) *'' Black Beauty'' (1994) (assistant editor) *''

White Man's Burden "The White Man's Burden" (1899), by Rudyard Kipling, is a poem about the Philippine–American War (1899–1902) that exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country.'' In "The White Man's Burden ...

'' (1995) (assistant editor) *''

Romeo + Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet or Romeo & Juliet may also refer to: Ballets * ''Romeo and Juliet'', a ballet score by Constant Lambert * Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Prokofiev), a ...

'' (1996) (second assistant editor) *'' Schizopolis'' (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 ''The Guys'' is a play by Anne Nelson about the aftereffects of the collapse of the World Trade Center. A film version of the play was released in 2002 and starred Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia. History In the play, Joan, an editor, h ...

'' (2002) (editor) *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) (editor) *''

November November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus . November retained its name (from the Latin ''novem'' meaning " ...

'' (2004) (additional editor) *'' Looking for Kitty'' (2004) (editor) *'' The Baxter'' (2005) (editor) *''

Dave Chappelle's Block Party ''Dave Chappelle's Block Party'' (also known as ''Block Party'') is a 2005 American documentary-concert film starring comedian Dave Chappelle at the height of his early mainstream success and cultural influence. Directed by Academy Award-winning f ...

'' (2005) (co-editor) *''

'' (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 distribut ...

'' (2007) (editor) *'' Away We Go'' (2009) (editor) *''

'' (2010) (editor) *''

'' (2011) (editor) *''

'' (2013) (editor) *''

A Very Murray Christmas ''A Very Murray Christmas'' is a 2015 American Christmas musical comedy film directed by Sofia Coppola and co-written by Bill Murray, Mitch Glazer, and Coppola. The film features an ensemble cast including Murray, George Clooney, Paul Shaffer, ...

'' (2015) (editor) *'' The Beguiled'' (2017) (editor) *'' Lost Girls & Love Hotels'' (2020) (editor) *'' On the Rocks'' (2020) (editor) *''

Priscilla Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin '' Prisca'', derived from ''priscus''. There is a theory that this biblical character was the author of the Letter to the Hebrews. The name first appears in the New Testament either ...

'' 2023 (editor)

Awards and nominations

Awards Won: *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) -

BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

Award - "Best Editing" *''

'' (2011) -

Primetime Emmy Awards The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the P ...

- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie *''

'' (2011) -

American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the ...

Eddie Awards - "Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television" Nominations: *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) -

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) -

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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