Jacqueline C. Cambas (born in New York City) is an American

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edi ...

Life

Jacqueline Cambas was born in New York City.Luis Reyes, Peter Rubie: ''Hispanics in Hollywood: A Celebration of 100 Years in Film and Television''. Lone Eagle Publishing, 2000, , p. 433. From 1972 until 1976 she studied education and psychology at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

. Cambas was working as a teacher before she started to work in the film industry. Since the mid 1970s Cambas was active as a film editor. In the beginning she was assistant editor for

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, with whom she worked on films such as ''

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'', '' The Great Outdoors'' or ''

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''. Soon she started to work on her own. Since ''

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'' (1984) she often worked with director

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on films such as ''

City Heat ''City Heat'' is a 1984 American buddy-crime-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds, written by Blake Edwards, and directed by Richard Benjamin. The film was released in North America in December 1984. The pairing of Eastwood and ...

'', ''

The Money Pit ''The Money Pit'' is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as a couple who attempt to renovate a recently purchased house. The film is a remake of the 1948 Cary Grant comedy film '' Mr. ...

'', ''

Little Nikita ''Little Nikita'' is a 1988 American thriller film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier. The film marks the first collaboration between Phoenix and Poitier (the second being ''Sneakers'' in 1992). Plot Je ...

'', ''

My Stepmother Is an Alien ''My Stepmother Is an Alien'' is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, and Alyson Hannigan. Its plot follows Celeste, an extraterrestrial woman sent on a se ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Made in America'', '' Milk Money'', ''

Mrs. Winterbourne ''Mrs. Winterbourne'' is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, and Brendan Fraser. It is loosely based on Cornell Woolrich's novel '' I Married a Dead Man'', which had already been filmed in Hollywood as ...

'', ''

The Shrink Is In ''The Shrink Is In'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Courteney Cox and David Arquette. Plot Samantha is a travel journalist who is still recovering from the break-up with her last boyfriend, when her ps ...

'' or ''

Marci X ''Marci X'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin, written by Paul Rudnick, and starring Lisa Kudrow as Jewish-American Princess Marci Feld, who has to take control of a hip-hop record label, as well as the controv ...

''. Cambas is a member of

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(ACE), where she is a life member in the Board of Directors since 2017.
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'. In: americancinemaeditors.org, 25 November 2017.

Selected filmography

* 1978: '' A Christmas to Remember'' (TV movie) * 1980: ''

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'' * 1980: ''Midlife Crisis'' * 1981: '' Zoot Suit'' * 1982: ''

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'' * 1982: '' Cat People'' * 1983: ''

Surf II ''Surf II'' is a 1984 American comedy film written and directed by Randall M. Badat and starring Eddie Deezen, Linda Kerridge, Eric Stoltz and Jeffrey Rogers. The plot follows two dim-witted surfers attempting to thwart the plans of a mad scienti ...

'' * 1984: ''

'' * 1986: ''

'' * 1987: ''

Light of Day ''Light of Day'' is a 1987 American musical drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands and Joan Jett in her film debut. It was written and directed by Paul Schrader. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman and the cinematogr ...

'' * 1988: ''

'' * 1990: ''

'' * 1991: '' Frankie and Johnny'' * 1992: ''

School Ties ''School Ties'' is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Mandel and starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery, Cole Hauser, Ben Affleck, and Anthony Rapp. Fraser plays the lead role as David ...

'' * 1993: '' Made in America'' * 1994: '' Milk Money'' * 1995: '' Now and Then'' * 1996: ''

'' * 1998: ''

The Pentagon Wars ''The Pentagon Wars'' is a 1998 HBO military comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and based on the book ''The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard'' by Colonel James G. Burton, United States Air Force, about the development of th ...

'' (TV movie) * 1998: '' The Proposition'' * 1998: '' Tourist Trap'' (TV movie) * 1999: '' The Love Letter'' * 2001: ''

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'' (TV movie) * 2001: ''

Laughter on the 23rd Floor ''Laughter on the 23rd Floor'' is a 1993 play by Neil Simon. It focuses on the star and writers of a TV comedy-variety show in the 1950s, inspired by Simon's own early career experience as a junior writer (along with his brother Danny Simon, Danny ...

'' (TV movie) * 2001: ''

'' * 2001: ''

Freddy Got Fingered ''Freddy Got Fingered'' is a 2001 American surreal absurdist screwball black comedy film directed by Tom Green in his feature film directorial debut and written by Green and Derek Harvie. Green stars in the film as a childish slacker who wishes ...

'' * 2003: ''

'' * 2004: ''

The Goodbye Girl ''The Goodbye Girl'' is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Neil Simon and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict. The film, produced by Ray Stark, centers on an o ...

'' (TV movie) * 2006: ''For the Love of a Child'' (TV movie) * 2006: ''

A Little Thing Called Murder ''A Little Thing Called Murder'' is a 2006 comedy-drama television film starring Judy Davis and Jonathan Jackson and directed by Richard Benjamin. Made by Stonemade Entertainment for Lifetime TV, the film was based on a true story of convicted ...

'' (TV movie) * 2006: ''

Relative Strangers ''Relative Strangers'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Greg Glienna. Plot Thirty-four-year-old psychologist Richard Clayton's (Ron Livingston) parents reveal to him that he was adopted. He then sets out to find out who his biological p ...

'' * 2006: ''

The Butterfly Effect 2 ''The Butterfly Effect 2'' is a 2006 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan and Gina Holden. The film is largely unrelated to the 2004 film ...

'' * 2006: ''

Masters of Horror ''Masters of Horror'' is an anthology television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. Origin In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, ...

'' (TV series, episode 2x06 ''Pelts'') * 2006–2008: ''

Men in Trees ''Men in Trees'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series starring Anne Heche as relationship coach Marin Frist, which premiered on September 12, 2006, on ABC. The series is set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska, and concerns ...

'' (TV series, 16 episodes) * 2007: ''

The Trouble with Romance ''The Trouble with Romance'' is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Gene Rhee and starring Kip Pardue, David Eigenberg, Roger Fan Roger Fan (born August 11, 1972) is a Taiwanese-American film, theater, and television actor best known for hi ...

'' * 2008: ''

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'' (TV series, 3 episodes) * 2010: ''

Pretty Little Liars ''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American mystery teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Sara Shepard. Developed by I. Marlene King, the series was broadcast on Freeform between June 8, 2010, and June ...

'' (TV series, episode 1x01) * 2010: ''Rollers'' * 2011: ''

Vietnam in HD ''Vietnam in HD'' (known as ''Vietnam Lost Films'' outside the US) is a 6-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 8 to November 11, 2011 on the History Channel. From the same producers as '' WWII in HD ...

'' (Documentary series, 4 episodes) * 2013: ''Killer Beauty'' (TV movie)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cambas, Jacqueline Living people American Cinema Editors American film editors American women film editors Artists from New York City Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women