Kim Roberts (born 1970), A.C.E., is an American filmmaker who has worked primarily on documentaries as a film editor and writer. Roberts has a master's degree in

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production from

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(1996). Her first credit as an editor was for '' Long Night's Journey into Day'' (2000), which was directed by Deborah Hoffmann and Frances Reid and that was nominated for the

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. She was credited as both an editor and writer for ''Great Wall Across the Yangtze'' (2000), which was directed by Ellen Perry. Her work since then and several of her honours are sketched in the filmography below. Roberts was featured in a ''

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'' article on film editing in 2012. She has been selected for membership in the

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, which entitles editors to append "A.C.E." to their film credits.

Selected filmography

This filmography is based on the listing at the

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. For each film, the director(s) and year of release are indicated in parentheses following the title. *(editor) '' Daughter from Danang'' ( Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco - 2002). This film was nominated for the

. *(director, writer, editor) '' Wilderness Survival for Girls'' (2004). *(writer, editor) '' The Fall of Fujimori'' (Ellen Perry - 2005). With Perry and Zack Anderson, Roberts was nominated for Best Documentary Screenplay at the 58th Writers Guild of America Awards. *(editor) '' Autism: The Musical'' (Tricia Regan - 2007). Roberts won the Primetime Emmy for "Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming". *(writer, editor) '' Food, Inc.'' (

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- 2009). This film was nominated for the

. Roberts was nominated for the "Best Editing of a Documentary" at the American Cinema Editors Awards 2010. *(editor) '' Waiting for "Superman"'' (

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- 2010). Roberts was nominated for the "Best Editing of a Documentary" at the American Cinema Editors Awards 2011. *(sound editing) ''Last Call at the Oasis'' (

Jessica Yu Jessica Yu ( zh, c=虞琳敏, p=Yú Línmǐn) is an American director, writer, producer, and film editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject ...

- 2011). Roberts was nominated for "Best Sound Editing of a Documentary" for the Golden Reel Awards of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. *(editor) ''

Inequality for All ''Inequality for All'' is a 2013 documentary film directed by Jacob Kornbluth and narrated by American economist, author and professor Robert Reich. Based on Reich's 2010 book ''Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future'', the film examin ...

'' (

Jacob Kornbluth Jacob Kornbluth is the award-winning director of documentaries ''Inequality for All'', and ''Saving Capitalism'', and feature films ''Haiku Tunnel'', ''Love & Taxes'', and ''The Best Thief in the World''. He was a producer on the TV show ''Years of ...

- 2013). *(writer, editor) '' Merchants of Doubt'' (Kenner - 2014). *(editor) '' The Hunting Ground'' (

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-2015). *(editor) '' Unrest'' (

Jennifer Brea Jennifer Brea is an American documentary filmmaker and activist. Her debut feature, '' Unrest'', premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and received the US Documentary Special Jury Award For Editing. Brea also co-created a virtual reality f ...

- 2017). *(editor, writer) '' The Silence of Others'' ( Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar - 2018). *(editor, director) ''

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'' (Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg - 2019-2021). *(editor) '' The Confession Killer'' (Robert Kenner, Taki Oldham - 2019). *(editor) '' The Fight'' (Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg - 2020).

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