Jeff Jerry Draheim (born 1963) is an American film editor. He mostly works in the Hollywood industry, especially in animation. He debuted with the video game Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules (1997). His film credits include The Princess and the Frog, Frozen, Moana, Frozen 2, and Wish. He has won one Eddie Award and has been nominated for two Eddie and Annie Awards.
Early life Jeff Draheim was born in 1963 to Jan and Jerry Draheim, who lived in Omaha at that time. He graduated from Millard High School in 1981. He studied film and broadcast journalism at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and University of Southern California.
Career Upon graduation he worked at Morin Advertising and KPTM television at Omaha and did video post-production at Avid, Inc. in Orlando. He joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1994 and worked as a lead editor for Florida division, creating animation for commercials, documentaries and theme park presentations. From there he gradually worked his way up to animated shorts and then features, working on movies like Brother Bear, The Princess and the Frog and the Academy Award winning 2014 short Feast. Later he worked on Frozen, Moana, Frozen 2, and Wish.
Personal life He lives in Valencia, California with his wife Adrienne and their two children.
Filmography
Editor YearWorkNotesReference1997Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules(Video Game)2007How to Hook Up Your Home Theater(Short)2009The Princess and the Frog2010Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa(TV Short)2011The Ballad of Nessie(Short)Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice(TV Short)2013Frozen2014Feast(Short)2015Frozen Fever2016Moana2019Frozen 22023Wish
Editorial department YearWorkJobNotesReference1996Pinocchio(editor: animation)(Video Game)Pocahontas(editor: animation)(Video Game)2000John Henry(supervising editor)(Short)2003Brother Bear(associate editor)2005Kronk's New Groove(lead editor)(Video)2006Brother Bear 2(supervising editor)(Video)2008The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning(additional editor)(Video)2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return(associate editor)2016Zootopia(additional editorial support)
Miscellaneous crew YearWorkJobNotesReference2014Big Hero 6(departmental leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Accolades YearAwardCategoryWorkResultReference2014Eddie AwardBest Edited Animated Feature FilmFrozenAnnie AwardOutstanding Achievement in Editorial in an Animated Feature Production2017Eddie AwardBest Edited Animated Feature FilmMoanaAnnie AwardOutstanding Achievement in Editorial in an Animated Feature Production2020Eddie AwardBest Edited Animated Feature FilmFrozen 2
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External links
Jeff Draheim on LinkedIn