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BIOGRAPHY

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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, “The Undeserved” for Brad Coley, 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

DRAMA

5lbs of Pressure (feature) - Lionsgate; Director Phil Allocco; 2023

 Featuring:  Luke Evans, Alex Pettyfer, Rory Culkin

Bliss (feature) - Glass Eye Pix/ Amedeus/Amedeus; Director Joe Maggio; 2022

Confetti (Additional Editing) (feature) - Jagman Prods/Dragon Films; Director Ann Hu; 2020

 Featuring:  Zhu Zhu, Amy Irving

Supermoto (feature) – Incidental Films; Director Joe Maggio; 2016

2016 Fargo Film Festival; 2017 Motorcycle Film Festival; 2018 Rainier Independent Film Fest

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

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

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

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

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

Hatch (feature) - Tilted Window Filmworks/Edgewood Studios; Director Shawn Sweeney, 1998

1999 Berkshire Film Festival; 1999 Vermont International Film Festival

HORROR/THRILLERS

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

Frank The Bastard (feature) – Paladin/Film Buff; Director Brad Coley; 2015

 Featuring:  Rachel Miner, Chris Sarandon, Bill Sadler

2013 Savannah Film Festival

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

Snipes (feature) - Columbia TriStar/Ruffnation Films; Director Richard Murray; 2001

Featuring; Zoȅ 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

DOCUMENTARY

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

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

SHORTS

Quick Feet, Soft Hands (short) - Lovell Films/ ITVS; Director Paul Harrill, 2008

 Featuring:  Greta Gerwig

2008 Nashville Film Festival

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

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

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

 

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.

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

 

sethandersoneditor@gmail.com

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

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