Sean Gill is an Emmy-nominated American writer and film editor.

Education

Gill is a graduate of Oberlin College and

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's Rogue Film School. He studied privately with

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Television

Gill's television work includes editing episodes of '' Queer Eye'', '' 12 Hours With'', '' Martha Knows Best'', ''

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'', '' Ink Master: Angels'', '' Tattoo Redo'', ''

America's Top Dog ''America's Top Dog'' is a television series that premiered on A&E in January 2020. The show is hosted by actor David Koechner and sportscaster Curt Menefee, while Rachel Bonnetta serves as the sideline reporter for the show. The first season ...

'', ''White House Christmas 2022'', as well as documentary specials for ''National Geographic'' and

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. For his work on ''Queer Eye'', he was nominated for the 2022

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for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program and the 2022 American Cinema Editors "Eddie" Award for Best Edited Non-Scripted Series.

Theater

Gill has written several plays produced in

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, including ''Go-Go Killers!'' (2009), ''Stage Blood Is Never Enough'' (2009), and ''Dreams of the Clockmaker'' (2010). He co-wrote the story to two full-length dance dramas by Rachel Klein, ''The Tragedy of Maria Macabre'' (2011) and ''Symphony of Shadows'' (2012).

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of ''PAPER'' described him as "an imaginative, experienced playwright/filmmaker... with apocalyptic vision."

Literary career

Gill's short stories and essays have been published in ''

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Michigan Quarterly Review The ''Michigan Quarterly Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1962 and published at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The quarterly (known as "MQR" for short) publishes art, essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and ...

'', '' The Cincinnati Review'', ''

The Threepenny Review ''The Threepenny Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1980. It is published in Berkeley, California, by founding editor Wendy Lesser. Maintaining a quarterly schedule (March, June, September, December), it offers fiction, memoirs, ...

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Los Angeles Review of Books The ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' (''LARB'' is a literary review magazine covering the national and international book scenes. A preview version launched on Tumblr in April 2011, and the official website followed one year later in April 2012 ...

'', '' Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art'', ''

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'', ''BOMB Magazine'', ''The Common'', ''Joyland'', ''

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'', '' Sonora Review'', ''So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library'', ''Hemingway Shorts: The Literary Journal of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park'', ''

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'', ''Fiction Southeast'', ''failbetter'', ''

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Eclectica Magazine ''Eclectica Magazine'' is one of the oldest surviving online literary publications. History and profile Founded in 1996 by Chris Lott and Tom Dooley, ''Eclectica'' extensive and growing archives contain poetry, fiction, non-fiction, miscellany, t ...

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'', and elsewhere. He is a regular contributor to ''McSweeney's Internet Tendency'', ''Epiphany Magazine'', and ''ZYZZYVA''.

Literary awards

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Sean Living people People from Akron, Ohio Writers from Ohio 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers American film editors American television editors American Cinema Editors Oberlin College alumni Year of birth missing (living people)