Saar Klein ( he, סער קליין; born 1967) is an Israeli-American film editor and director, who has been nominated for two

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for Best Film Editing for '' The Thin Red Line'' and for '' Almost Famous'', and who received an ACE Eddie Award for editing the latter one.

Early life

Klein was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, to a family of

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

descent. He immigrated to the

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with his parents at the age of 9. In 1989, Klein received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Vassar College in

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.Biographical materials
posted to the web by Skouras, Ltd.; Klein is one of the firm's clients. Retrieved April 23, 2008.

Career

Klein was offered an internship with editor Joe Hutshing on the film ''

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'' (directed by Oliver Stone-1991); his first editing credit (as an apprentice to editors David Brenner and Sally Menke) was for the 1993 film '' Heaven & Earth'' (directed by Oliver Stone). ''The Thin Red Line'', which was nominated for an editing Academy Award, was only his second credit as an editor. Klein shared this credit with Leslie Jones and

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; the film was directed by

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. Klein and Joe Hutshing co-edited ''Almost Famous'' (2000), which was directed by

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. Klein edited '' The Bourne Identity'' (directed by Doug Liman - 2002), which was the first in the series of films based on the novels of Robert Ludlum. Christopher Rouse, who worked as an additional editor on ''The Bourne Identity'', edited the subsequent films that were directed by Paul Greengrass. Klein subsequently co-edited '' The New World'' (2005) (again with director Terrence Malick); Malick's films have typically used several editors. Klein recently edited '' Jumper'' (2008) (with director Doug Liman). Klein has written and directed two short films, ''Nouveau Riche No. 11'' and ''Nouveau Riche No. 34'', which have been shown at several film festivals. His directorial debut film '' Things People Do'' premiered in the Panorama section of the

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in 2014.

Filmography

Editor

* 1995 : ''P.C.H.'' (TV Movie) * 1996 : ''For Which He Stands'' * 1998 : '' The Thin Red Line'' * 1999 : ''

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'' * 2000 : '' Almost Famous'' * 2002 : '' The Bourne Identity'' * 2005 : '' The New World'' * 2008 : '' Jumper'' * 2009 : '' Fighting'' * 2014 : '' After the Fall'' * 2018 : ''

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'' * 2019 : '' The Wolf's Call'' * 2021 : '' Locked Down''

Additional Editor

* 1991 : ''

'' * 1993 : '' Heaven & Earth'' * 1994 : '' The River Wild'' * 1995 : ''

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'' * 1997 : '' U Turn'' * 1997 : ''Sub Down'' * 2006 : ''

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'' * 2008 : '' Cadillac Records'' * 2010 : '' Fair Game'' * 2011 : ''

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'' * 2017 : '' American Made''

Director / Writer

* 2014 : '' After the Fall''

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Saar American film editors American film directors Vassar College alumni Israeli emigrants to the United States Living people 1967 births Israeli Jews