Andrew Steven Mondshein (born February 28, 1957) is an American film editor and director with more than 25 motion picture credits. Crew biographies on Feast of Love website. He was widely recognized for his editing of the film The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999); he was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, the ACE Eddie, and he won the Satellite Award.
Early life Mondshein grew up on the east coast of the United States, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida.
Career His first credits are as an assistant editor on two 1982 films directed by Sidney Lumet, Deathtrap and The Verdict. He went on to edit five of Lumet's films between 1984 and 1992. Mondshein was among the first film editors to adopt electronic techniques (on the film Power (Lumet-1986)).
Mondshein has had a notable collaboration on eleven films with the Swedish director Lasse Hallström. Their collaboration commenced with Hallström's first English language film Once Around (1991). It includes Chocolat (2000), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and for which Mondshein was nominated for a second Eddie. Their most recent collaboration is The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014). Because of his concurrent work on The Sixth Sense, Mondshein played only a peripheral role in Hallström's The Cider House Rules (1999); Lisa Zeno Churgin edited that film, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Film Editing. Interview with Mondshein.
Mondshein has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.
Filmography
Feature films Year Film Director Other notes1982 DeathtrapSidney LumetAssistant Editor The Verdict 1983 Daniel 1984 Garbo Talks 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan Susan Seidelman 1986 Power Sidney Lumet 1987 Making Mr. Right Susan Seidelman 1988 Running on Empty Sidney Lumet1989 Cookie Susan Seidelman Family Business Sidney Lumet1991 Once Around Lasse Hallström Final Verdict Jack Fisk 1992 A Stranger Among Us Sidney Lumet 1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape Lasse Hallström 1994 Jason's Lyric Doug McHenry 1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarBeeban Kidron 1997 Swept from the Sea Co-edited with Alex Mackie1998 Wide Awake M. Night Shyamalan Return to Paradise Joseph Ruben Co-edited with Craig McKay 1999 The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan Satellite Award for Best EditingNominated — Academy Award for Best Film EditingNominated — BAFTA Award for Best EditingNominated — American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – DramaticNominated — ACCA for Best Film Editing2000 Chocolat Lasse Hallström Nominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical Lost Souls Janusz Kamiński Original film edited by Anne Goursaud. Serves as editor for re-cut of the film 2001 The Shipping News Lasse Hallström 2002 Analyze That Harold Ramis2005 An Unfinished LifeLasse Hallström Casanova 2006 The Hoax 2007 Feast of Love Robert Benton2009 Cold Souls Sophie Barthes Everybody's Fine Kirk Jones 2010 Remember Me Allen Coulter 2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Peter Hedges 2013 Safe HavenLasse Hallström 2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey2015 A Tale of Love and Darkness Natalie Portman Freeheld Peter Sollett2017 The Mummy Alex Kurtzman Co-edited with Gina Hirsch and Paul Hirsch American Made Doug Liman Co-edited with Dylan Tichenor and Saar Klein 2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom George C. Wolfe 2021 Chaos Walking Doug Liman 2022 Deep Water Adrian Lyne Co-edited with Tim Squyres 2023 Rustin George C. Wolfe 2024 A Quiet Place: Day One Michael Sarnoski Co-edited with Gregory Plotkin 2026 Killing Castro Eif Rivera The Death of Robin Hood Michael Sarnoski
Television Year Title Distributor Episodes 1991 Women & Men 2 HBO Films 1995 The Barefoot Executive Walt Disney Pictures 1997 Dellaventura CBS Episode 4: "Joe Fallon's Daughter"Episode 5: "Clean Slate" 1998 Evidence of Blood MGM
Documentary Year Title Director Other notes 2008 Flow: For Love of Water Irena Salina Co-edited with Caitlin Dixon and Madeleine Gavin
See also List of film director and editor collaborations
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