Craig McKay, born in New York's Hudson Valley, is a feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer. Recognized with two Academy Award nominations for editing Reds and The Silence of the Lambs, and an Emmy Award for editing the NBC miniseries Holocaust, he has edited more than forty films including Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Cop Land and Maid in Manhattan.

His directing credits include Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories for PBS and HBO's The Red Shoes, written by John Guare. Story consultant credits include Bravo's Haiti: Dreams of Democracy, Academy Award-nominated Mandela, and PBS's award-winning Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.

McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker's Lab and is also an executive producer on the award-winning feature length documentary A Normal Life.

He is a member of the DGA, AMPAS, WGAE and Local 700. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.^[1]

Contents 1 Selected filmography 2 Academy Award Nominations 3 Other Awards and Nominations 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Selected filmography

• Holocaust (TV miniseries) (1978)
• Melvin and Howard (1980)
• Reds (1981)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• Something Wild (1986)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• She-Devil (1989)
• Miami Blues (1990)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• Some Mother's Son (1996)
• Cop Land (1997)
• A Map of the World (1999)
• K-PAX (2001)
• Maid in Manhattan (2002)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• Surviving Christmas (2004)
• Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
• Carriers (2007)

[edit] Academy Award Nominations

• 1982 – Reds (nominated) Academy Award Best Editing (with co-editor Dede Allen)
• 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) Academy Award Best Editing

[edit] Other Awards and Nominations

• 1978 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) Emmy Awards Emmy Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series (with co-editors Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Alan Heim and Brian Smedley-Aston)
• 1979 – Holocaust (miniseries) (won) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Episode from a Television Mini-Series
• 1982 – Reds (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (with co-editor Dede Allen)
• 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) BAFTA Film Award - Best Editing
• 1992 – The Silence of the Lambs (nominated) American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Best Edited Feature Film

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Craig McKay at the Internet Movie Database