Craig Alpert
Craig Alpert | |
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| Born | August 16, 1973 |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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Craig Alpert (born August 16, 1973) is an American film editor who has edited two dozen films since 2006. He and fellow editors were nominated for the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy for Deadpool 2 (2018) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020).[1][2] In his career, Alpert has often edited comedy films.[3][4]
Background
[edit | edit source]Alpert was born on August 16, 1973 in Pasadena, California and grew up in Irvine, California. He went to school at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He also had internships in Industrial Light & Magic's editorial department and in Miramax's postproduction department. His first editing job, while still in college, was working as an assistant editor for the film Toy Story 2 (1999). He later worked as additional editor for the films Meet the Fockers (2004) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). His first films as editor were Borat (2006) and Knocked Up (2007).[5]
He edited predominantly comedy films for nearly a decade. For Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), he applied his comedy experience but had to learn to edit for musical, particularly a cappella, performances.[6]
For director James Gunn, he was an additional editor for the film The Suicide Squad (2021), and he later worked with Gunn on Superman (2025), collaborating with editor William Hoy.[3]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2006 | Borat | Edited with Peter Teschner and James Thomas | [7] |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Edited with Brent White | [7] |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | [7] | |
| 2008 | Yes Man | [7] | |
| 2009 | Funny People | Edited with Brent White | [7] |
| 2011 | The Sitter | [7] | |
| 2011 | Your Highness | [7] | |
| 2012 | The Campaign | Edited with Jon Poll | [7] |
| 2014 | Ride Along | [7] | |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | [6] | |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature | [7] | |
| 2016 | The Boss | [8] | |
| 2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Edited with Jamie Gross and Stacey Schroeder | [9] |
| 2017 | Rough Night | [10] | |
| 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Edited with Colin Patton | [11] |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Edited with Dirk Westervelt and Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir | [1] |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Edited with Chris Lebenzon | [12] |
| 2020 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Edited with James Thomas and Michael Giambra | [2] |
| 2022 | The Lost City | [4] | |
| 2022 | The Man from Toronto | [13] | |
| 2023 | Blue Beetle | [14] | |
| 2025 | Superman | Edited with William Hoy | [3] |
| 2025 | The Pickup | [15] | |
| 2025 | Anaconda | Edited with Gregory Plotkin |
Accolades
[edit | edit source]| Year | Film | Editor(s) | Award | Ceremony | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Alpert, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, Dirk Westervelt | American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy | February 1, 2019 | Nominated | [1] |
| 2020 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Alpert, James Thomas, Michael Giambra | April 17, 2021 | Nominated | [2] |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Craig Alpert at IMDb
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