Craig McKay (born in New York's Hudson Valley) is an American feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer. Recognized with two Academy Award nominations for editing Reds and The Silence of the Lambs, and an Emmy Award for editing the NBC miniseries Holocaust, he has edited more than forty films including Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Cop Land and Maid in Manhattan.

His directing credits include Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories for PBS and HBO's The Red Shoes, written by John Guare. Story consultant credits include Bravo's Haiti: Dreams of Democracy, Academy Award-nominated Mandela, and PBS's award-winning Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.

McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker's Lab and is also an executive producer on the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life.

He is a member of the DGA, AMPAS, WGAE and Local 700. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors."American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.

Selected filmography + Editor Year Film Director Notes1977 ThievesJohn Berry1980 Melvin and HowardJonathan DemmeFirst collaboration with Jonathan Demme1981 RedsWarren Beatty1984 Swing Shift Jonathan DemmeSecond collaboration with Jonathan Demme1986 Something WildThird collaboration with Jonathan Demme 1988 White HotRobby Benson Married to the MobJonathan DemmeFourth collaboration with Jonathan Demme1989 She-DevilSusan SeidelmanFirst collaboration with Susan Seidelman1990 Miami BluesGeorge Armitage1991 The Silence of the LambsJonathan DemmeFifth collaboration with Jonathan Demme1992 Shining ThroughDavid Seltzer 1993 Mad Dog and GloryJohn McNaughton PhiladelphiaJonathan DemmeSixth collaboration with Jonathan Demme1996 Some Mother's SonTerry George1997 Cop LandJames MangoldSecond collaboration with James Mangold1998 Return to ParadiseJoseph Ruben1999 A Map of the WorldScott Elliott2000 Blue MoonJohn A. GallagherFirst collaboration with John A. Gallagher2001 K-PAXIain Softley2002 Maid in ManhattanWayne Wang 2004 The Manchurian CandidateJonathan DemmeSeventh collaboration with Jonathan Demme Surviving ChristmasMike Mitchell2005 Everything Is IlluminatedLiev Schreiber2007 AwakeJoby Harold 2008 Life in FlightTracey Hecht New York, I Love You 2009 Sin NombreCary Joji Fukunaga Carriers2010 The ConspiratorRobert Redford 2013 Ain't Them Bodies SaintsDavid Lowery Europa ReportSebastián Cordero2015 The Curse of Downers GroveDerick Martini

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role Notes1967 Mission MarsNicholas Webster Assistant editor 1970 Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsSidney Lumet The Way We Live NowBarry Brown Puzzle of a Downfall ChildJerry SchatzbergFirst collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?Ulu GrosbardAssociate film editor1972 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon MarigoldsPaul NewmanAssistant editor 1973 ScarecrowJerry SchatzbergAssociate editorSecond collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg The ExorcistWilliam FriedkinAssistant film editor1979 The WanderersPhilip Kaufman Additional editor1998 Practical MagicGriffin Dunne2001 Gaudi AfternoonSusan Seidelman Editorial consultantSecond collaboration with Susan Seidelman 2009 Sin NombreCary Joji Fukunaga Road, MovieDev Benegal Consulting editor2010 The WhistleblowerLarysa Kondracki 2011 On the IceAndrew Okpeaha MacLean Dream HouseJim Sheridan Additional editor2012 GoatsChristopher Neil2015 SolaceAfonso Poyart

+ Sound department Year Film Director Role Notes1972 Slaughterhouse-FiveGeorge Roy HillSound1975 Night MovesArthur PennSound editor

+ Thanks Year Film Director Role Notes1995 HeavyJames MangoldVery special thanksFirst collaboration with James Mangold 1996 Manny & LoLisa KruegerSpecial thanks Domain of the Sense Thanks1997 A Brother's KissSeth Zvi Rosenfeld1998 Smoke SignalsChris Eyre1999 The OpportunistsMyles Connell2015 The NetworkerJohn A. GallagherSpecial thanksSecond collaboration with John A. Gallagher

Documentaries

+ Editor Year Film Director2010 BabiesThomas Balmès2013 Tricked

TV documentaries

+ Producer Year Film Director Credit1988 Haiti Dreams of DemocracyCo-producer2011 A Game of HonorPeter RadovichAssociate producer

TV movies

+ Editor Year Film Director 1978 HolocaustMarvin J. Chomsky How to Pick Up Girls!1980 Death PenaltyWaris Hussein1982 Born BeautifulHarvey Hart1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. StoryDick Lowry 1985 Private SessionsMichael Pressman DoubletakeJud Taylor1987 A Gathering of Old MenVolker Schlöndorff

+ Director Year Film Notes1994 Bubbe Meises: Bubbe StoriesTelevision special1997 Subway Stories"The Red Shoes" segment

TV series

+ Editor Year Title Notes1978 Holocaust 2 episodes1985 Doubletake1987 Trying Times

+ Editorial department Year Title Role Notes1987 Trying TimesPost-production consultant2 episodes

+ Director Year Title Notes1984 Saturday Night Live1 episode

TV specials

+ Editor Year Film Director1974 Free to Be... You and Me1994 Bubbe Meises: Bubbe StoriesHimself

Academy Award Nominations 1982 – Reds (nominated) Academy Award Best Editing (with co-editor Dede Allen) 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) Academy Award Best Editing

Other Awards and Nominations 1978 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) Emmy Awards Emmy Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series (with co-editors Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Alan Heim and Brian Smedley-Aston) 1979 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series 1982 – Reds (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (with co-editor Dede Allen) 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) BAFTA Film Award - Best Editing 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film 2012 – The Silence of the Lambs was listed as the 26th best-edited film of all time in a survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.

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