Stuart Bass
American film and television editor
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Stuart Bass, ACE, is an American film and television editor and director.[1][2] He is best known for his work on the television series The Wonder Years, MacGyver, The Office, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, and A Series of Unfortunate Events.[3][4]
Life and career
Bass was born in Montreal, Canada. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1978 in Communication Arts and a M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980.[5] In 2009, The Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine stated that "Stuart Bass Brings a Cinematic Sensibility to Cutting Comedy".[6] He is a member of American Cinema Editors.[7] He was a governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences from 2007 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017.[8] He retired as an editor/director in 2019 and is pursuing fine art photography.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | The Office | [9] |
| 2008 | Won | Pushing Daisies: Pie-lette | [10] | ||
| Won | Hollywood Professional Association | Outstanding Editing - Television | [11] | ||
| 2006 | Nominated | Arrested Development | [12] | ||
| Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | [13] | ||
| 2005 | Won | American Cinema Editors | Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television | ||
| 1997 | Nominated | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | |||
| 1994 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming | But... Seriously | [14] |
| 1989 | Nominated | Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television | Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Crucible | ||