BIOGRAPHY
SETH E ANDERSON
Seth Anderson has edited feature length and short films to much acclaim. His work as editor on “Speed for Thespians” helped earn the film an Academy Award nomination in the Best Short Film category. Anderson has edited numerous features including Emmy nominee “TikTok, Boom”, for Shalini Kantayya, “5lbs of Pressure” for Lionsgate, horror film “Mercy” for Netflix and ”Paper Soldiers” for Universal Pictures. He has also edited television, including series for NBC, ABC, and Discovery. He edited “Gina, an Actress Age 29,” which won Best Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001. A graduate of NYU, Anderson’s first film job was working as an apprentice editor for Ang Lee on “Sense and Sensibility.”
He lives in the New York area.
SETH ANDERSON EDITOR
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SELECTED FILM CREDITS
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DRAMA
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5lbs of Pressure (feature) - Lionsgate; Director Phil Allocco; 2024
Featuring: Luke Evans, Alex Pettyfer, Rory Culkin
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Bliss (feature) - IndustryWorks/Glass Eye Pix; Director Joe Maggio; 2024
2024 Slamdance Film Festival
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Confetti (Additional Editing) (feature) - Jagman Prods/Dragon Films; Director Ann Hu; 2020
Featuring: Zhu Zhu, Amy Irving
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Supermoto (feature) – Incidental Films; Director Joe Maggio; 2016
2016 Fargo Film Festival; 2017 Motorcycle Film Festival; 2018 Rainier Independent Film Fest
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The Last Rites of Joe May (feature) – Tribeca Films/Steppenwolf Films; Director Joe Maggio; 2011
Featuring: Dennis Farina, Gary Cole, Chelcie Ross, Meredith Droeger
2011 Tribeca Film Festival, 2011 Nantucket Film Festival, 2011 Chicago International Film Festival; Winner Best Feature BMA
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Paper Covers Rock (feature) - IFC Films/Concrete Films; Director Joe Maggio; 2007
2008 SXSW Film Festival; 2008 Mill Valley Film Festival; 2008 Woodstock Film Festival; Winner Best Feature & Audience Award 2009 Ashland Film Festival
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The Undeserved (feature) - IFC Films; Director Brad Coley; 2005
Featuring: Frank Wood, Paul Sado, James Martinez, David Chandler
2005 Mill Valley Film Festival, 2006 Nantucket Film Festival; 2006 Denver Film Festival
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A Jersey Tale (feature) - Lionsgate /Pawnshop Pictures; Director Michael Tolajian; 2003
2003 Tribeca Film Fest; 2003 NY Latino Film Fest; 2003 Urbanworld Film Fest; 2003 Boston Film Fest; 2003 AFFMA Film Fesl; 2003 Denver Film Festival
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Milk & Honey (feature) - Wellspring/P-Kino Films; Director Joe Maggio; 2002
2003 Sundance Film Festival; 2003 Tribeca Film Fest; 2003 Philadelphia International Film Festival; 2003 Atlanta Film Festival
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Hatch (feature) - Tilted Window Filmworks/Edgewood Studios; Director Shawn Sweeney, 1998
1999 Berkshire Film Festival; 1999 Vermont International Film Festival
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HORROR/THRILLERS
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Mercy (feature) – Netflix/XYZ Films; Director Chris Sparling; 2016
Featuring: James Wolk, Caitlan FitzGerald, Tom Lipinski
2016 Los Angeles Film Festival, Film4 Frightfest 2016, Best Editing 2016 Rhode Island Int Film Festival, 2016 Buffalo International Film Festival
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Frank The Bastard (feature) – Paladin/Film Buff; Director Brad Coley; 2015
Featuring: Rachel Miner, Chris Sarandon, Bill Sadler
2013 Savannah Film Festival
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Don’t Go In The Woods (Additional Editing) (feature) - Brooklyn Hazelhurst; Director Vincent D’Onofrio; 2010
2010 Sarasota Film Festival, 2010 Woodstock Film Festival
Bitter Feast (feature) - Dark Sky Films/Glass Eye Pix; Director Joe Maggio; 2010
Featuring: James LeGros, Joshua Leonard, Mario Batali
2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, 2010 Woodstock Film Festival, 2010 Chicago International Film Festival
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Snipes (feature) - Columbia TriStar/Ruffnation Films; Director Richard Murray; 2001
Featuring; ZoÈ… Saldana, Dean Winters, Frank Vincent, and Nelly
2001 Toronto Film Festival; Best Independent Feature 2002 Philadelphia International Film Festival; 2002 Gen Art Film Festival; 2002 Pan-African Film Festival
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DOCUMENTARY
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TikTok,BOOM (feature) – PBS "Independent Lens", Campfire Studios/OliveHill; Director Shalini Kantayya; 2022
Emmy Nominee 2023 Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary, 2022 Sundance Film Festival, 2022 SXSW Film Festival, HOT DOCS 2022, CPH:DOX 2022
Gary From Omaha (feature) – Incidental Films; Director Joe Maggio; 2022
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Voices Beyond the Wall: Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capitol of the World (documentary) – Vision Video/Stories Matter Media; Director Brad Coley; Executive Producer James Franco; 2016
2017 Miami International Film Festival, 2017 San Francisco Latino Film Festival, 2017 Covellite Film Festival,
2017 Boston Latino Film Festival, Interfaith Award 2017 St Louis Int Film Festival
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SHORTS
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Quick Feet, Soft Hands (short) - Lovell Films/ ITVS; Director Paul Harrill, 2008
Featuring: Greta Gerwig
2008 Nashville Film Festival
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Gina, An Actress, Age 29 (short) - Lovell Films; Madstone Films; Director Paul Harrill, 2001; Producer; Jessica Levin and Mary Jane Skalski
Best Short 2001 Sundance Film Festival; 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival; 2001 New Directors/New Films; Tennessee Independent Spirit Award; 2001 Nashville Independent Film Festival
The Four Questions (short) - Lost Tribe Productions; Director Myles Reiff 2000
2001 New York Independent International Film & Video Festival; Flying Low on the Radar Fest
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Speed for Thespians (short) - Lester Films; Director Kalman Apple 1999
Nominee - Best Live Action Short Film, 2002 Academy Awards; Best of Fest Honorable Mention, 2000 Dances with Films Festival; Best Short, 2000 Stony Brook Film Festival
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The Last Day (short) Last Day Productions; Director Angie Day, 1998
Hand on the Pump (short) - Outer Boroughs Entertainment; Director Brian Ash; 1997
Winner Jury Prize, FilmVideo 98; 1998 New York Underground Film Festival
The Other Also (short) - True Fiction Pictures; Director Hal Hartley; 1997
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COMEDY
Paper Soldiers (feature) - Universal Pictures/Roc-A-Fella; Director Dave Daniels & Damon Dash; 2002 Featuring; Kevin Hart, Jay-Z, Beanie Siegal, Jason Cerbone, Angie Martinez, Michael Rappaport.
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Double Parked (feature) - Castle Hill/Fierce Films; Director Stephen Kinsella; 1999
Winner Moviemaker Breakthrough Award, 2000 Slamdance Film Festival; 2000 Santa Barbara International Film Festival; 2000 Maryland Film Festival
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SELECTED ASSISTANT EDITOR CREDITS
The Opponent (feature) - Trimark Video/Lions Gate/Think Tank; Director EugeneJarecki; 2000
2000 AFI Film Festival
Mexico City (feature) - Abandon Entertainment/Curb Entertainment; Director Richard Shepard 2000
Maryam (feature) - Streetlight Productions; Director Ramin Serry 2000
2000 Los Angles Independent Film Festival; 2000 Nantucket Film Festival
Oxygen (feature) - Unapix Films; Director Richard Sheperd 1998
1999 GenArt Film Festival
Three Seasons (feature) - October Films; DirectorTony Bui
Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award 1999 Sundance Film Festival
The Book of Life (featurette) - True Fiction Pictures; Director Hal Hartley; 1998
1998 New York Film Festival; 1998 Toronto Film Festival
Henry Fool (feature) - True Fiction Pictures; Director Hal Hartley; 1997
1997 Cannes Film Festival; 1997 Toronto Film Festival
The Rocking Horse Winner (short) - Dir: Michael Almereyda 1997
Scrapple (feature) - Sweetwater Productions;Director Chris Hanson; 1997
1998 GenArt Film Festival; 1998 Slamdance Film Festival
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SELECTED SOUND CREDITS
Sense & Sensibility (feature) - Columbia Pictures; Director Ang Lee; 1995.
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Info:
Motion Picture Editors Guild Local 700
RHODE ISLAND FF
2016
BEST EDITING
MERCY-Best Editing 2016 Rhode Island Int Film Festival
ACADAMY AWARDS
2002
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
SPEED FOR THESPIANS- Nominee Best Live Action Short, 2002 Acadamy Awards
Sundance
FILM FEST
2001
BEST SHORT
GINA, AN ACTRESS, AGE 29- Best Short 2001 Sundance Film Festival