Barry Alan Poltermann (born January 12, 1964) is an American film editor, director, and producer. Poltermann is known for editing the

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Grand Prize winning documentary ''

American Movie ''American Movie'' is a 1999 American documentary film directed by Chris Smith, produced by Smith and Sarah Price, and edited by Jun Diaz and Barry Poltermann. Filmed between September 1995 and August 1997, ''American Movie'' documents the ...

'' (1999) and the HBO limited documentary series '' The Last Movie Stars'' (2022), which earned him a nomination for an

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Eddy Award. He also edited '' Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond'' (2017), which debuted at the

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and was nominated for an

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in 2018. ''American Movie'' was named by ''

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'' as one of the “1,000 Greatest Movies Ever Made” and the

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named it as one of the top 20 documentaries of all time.

Filmography (selected)

References

External links

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