Sally Menke
American film editor (1953–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sally JoAnne Menke (December 17, 1953 – September 27, 2010) was an American film editor, who worked in cinema and television.[1][2] Over the span of her 30-year career in film, she accumulated more than 20 feature film credits.
Sally Menke | |
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Born | Sally JoAnne Menke (1953-12-17)December 17, 1953 Mineola, New York, U.S. |
Died | September 27, 2010(2010-09-27) (aged 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Film editor |
Years active | 1980–2010 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
She had a long-time collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino, and edited all of his films until her death in 2010. Menke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds. She also received three British Academy Film Award nominations for her work on Tarantino's Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds.
She was nominated 25 times for several different awards, and won 12 in her thirty-year career.