Douglas Crise is an American

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Biography

Douglas Crise was born May 1, 1961 to Glenn Crise, a retired mail carrier, and Catherine, a homemaker. The middle child of the family, Crise grew up in

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. In 1979, Crise graduated from Yough High School and soon began to work as a meat cutter at

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. Crise graduated from the

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with a degree in film studies and moved to Los Angeles to find work in the film industry, working for a little while as a movie lot truck driver. After a short stay in Los Angeles, Crise returned to

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for a year before returning to

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to work as a film editor. For months, Crise worked as an unpaid intern, apprentice, and assistant editor for very little money. Crise eventually worked his way up the film industry working as an assistant editor. In

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, Crise worked as an assistant editor on the film '' Clockwatchers'', with lead editor, Stephen Mirrione. This was the beginning of what would be a long-lasting collaboration between Crise and Mirrione. Eventually, Crise and Mirrione collaborated as co-editors on

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's 2006 film, '' Babel''. For their work on the film, Crise and Mirrione received a nomination for the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Satellite Award for Best Editing. In addition to this, Crise and Mirrione won the 2007 ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic tying with

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for ''

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'', making it only the second tie in

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history.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crise, Douglas People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh alumni American film editors Living people 1961 births