Jonathan Oppenheim (film editor)
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November 10, 1952
Jonathan Oppenheim | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jonathan Louis Oppenheim November 10, 1952 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 16, 2020 (aged 67) New York City, U.S |
| Resting place | Mount Carmel Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television editor, producer, writer |
| Spouse | Josie Oppenheim |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | David Oppenheim Judy Holliday |
Jonathan Louis Oppenheim (November 10, 1952 – July 16, 2020) was an American film and television editor, producer, and writer.
The son of Judy Holliday, an actress, and David Oppenheim, a clarinetist and television producer, Oppenheim was mainly employed on documentary films. He was known for his work on The Oath (2010) and Paris Is Burning (1990).[1][2][3] He edited over 24 films as well as being a story consultant and writer on many others.[4] Oppenheim was a fellow, and a continual and long term mentor and advisor, at the Sundance Institute's Documentary Edit and Story Laboratory.[4][5]
He was married to Josie Oppenheim, a psychoanalyst who was a relative of Stella Adler, and they had one daughter.[6][7]
Oppenheim died from brain cancer on July 16, 2020, aged 67.[8] He was interred at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens.[9]
The Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award commemorates him.[5]
Partial filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Streetwise | Associate editor |
| 1990 | Paris Is Burning | Editor |
| 1998 | Arguing the World | Editor |
| 2001 | Children Underground | Coeditor |
| 2004 | Out of the Shadow | Editor, coproducer |
| 2009 | Strongman | Coeditor |
| 2010 | The Oath | Editor, coproducer |
