Sean Gill

American writer and film editor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sean Gill is an American writer and film editor.[1]

Born
Akron, Ohio, United States
OccupationAuthor, editor
NationalityAmerican
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Sean Gill
Born
Akron, Ohio, United States
OccupationAuthor, editor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOberlin College
GenresShort stories, Novels, Non-fiction, Documentary, Reality television
Years active2000s-present
Website
seangillfilms.com
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Education

Gill is a graduate of Oberlin College[2] and Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School.[3] He studied privately with Juan Luis Buñuel.[4]

Television

Gill's television work includes editing episodes of Queer Eye, 12 Hours With, Martha Knows Best, Martha Gets Down and Dirty, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Ink Master, Ink Master: Angels, Tattoo Redo, America's Top Dog, White House Christmas 2022, as well as documentary specials for National Geographic and The Weather Channel.[5] For his work on Queer Eye, he was nominated for 2022 and 2023 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program[6][7][8][9] and the 2022 American Cinema Editors "Eddie" Award for Best Edited Non-Scripted Series.[10][11]

Theater

Gill has written several plays produced in New York City, including Go-Go Killers! (2009),[12] Stage Blood Is Never Enough (2009),[13] and Dreams of the Clockmaker (2010).[14][15] He co-wrote the story to two full-length dance dramas by Rachel Klein, The Tragedy of Maria Macabre (2011)[16] and Symphony of Shadows (2012).[17] Tom Murrin of PAPER described him as "an imaginative, experienced playwright/filmmaker... with apocalyptic vision."[18]

Literary career

Literary awards

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Year Title Award Judge Result Ref.
2015 "You Have Now Eaten Thirty-Four Spiders" storySouth Million Writers Award Nominated [42]
2016 "Beyond the Terminus, Beyond" Sonora Review Fiction Prize Molly Antopol Won [43]
2016 "The Lakes and the Falls" Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest Linda Swanson-Davies & Susan Burmeister-Brown Finalist [44]
2017 "Edifice and Artifice in Buda and Pest" River Styx Microfiction Contest Won [45]
2018 "For Want of a Better Word" Robert and Adele Schiff Award in Fiction, The Cincinnati Review Michael Griffith Won [46]
2019 "The Statement of [REDACTED], Revised" Gail B. Crump Prize for Experimental Fiction, Pleiades Jennifer Maritza McCauley Won [47]
2019 "Dignity and Urgency in Edinburgh and London" Lawrence Foundation Prize, Michigan Quarterly Review Laura Kasischke Won [48]
2021 "The Tainting of the Nook" The Academy for Teachers' "Stories Out of School" Contest, A Public Space Jonathan Lethem Finalist [49]
2021 "The Keepers of the Skull" Witness Literary Awards Bonnie Chau Finalist [50]
2023 "Join Hands" Edinburgh Prize in Flash Fiction, Scottish Arts Trust Zoë Strachan & Louise Welsh 3rd place [51]
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