Brian Berdan
Brian Berdan is a film editor. He was born in Michigan and earned his glider pilot's licence on December 12, 1992. Graduating from UC Berkeley in 1984, Berdan started his career with a job sweeping floors at Studio C, in San Francisco, then moved on to Lucasfilm in the post production division. From there, he began his freelance editing career as an apprentice editor on David Lynch's Blue Velvet. He also trained on Peter Bogdanovich's Noises Off and Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth. It was Stone who gave Berdan his first credit as Editor on the manic and controversial Natural Born Killers. He continued working with Stone on Nixon and U Turn. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet | David Lynch | Apprentice editor | First collaboration with David Lynch |
| 1987 | Three for [the Road (1987 film)|Three for the Road] | Bill L. Norton | Assistant editor | |
| 1987 | Rented Lips | Robert Downey Sr. | Additional editor | |
| 1987 | Cherry 2000 | Steve De Jarnatt | Apprentice film editor | |
| 1990 | Madhouse | Tom Ropelewski | Apprentice editor | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | David Lynch | First assistant film editor | Second collaboration with David Lynch |
| 1992 | Noises Off | Peter Bogdanovich | Additional editor | |
| 1992 | Night and [the City (1992 film)|Night and the City] | Irwin Winkler | Assistant editor | First collaboration with Irwin Winkler |
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: [The Incredible Journey] | Duwayne Dunham | Additional editor | |
| 1993 | Heaven & Earth | Oliver Stone | Associate editor | First collaboration with Oliver Stone |
| 1995 | The [Basketball Diaries (film)|The Basketball Diaries] | Scott Kalvert | Additional editor | |
| 1995 | The Net | Irwin Winkler | Additional editor | Second collaboration with Irwin Winkler |
| 1997 | U Turn | Oliver Stone | Additional editor | Fourth collaboration with Oliver Stone |
| 2002 | Farewell to Harry | Garrett Bennett | Additional editor | |
| 2005 | Domino | Tony Scott | Additional editor | |
| 2017 | Song to Song | Terrence Malick | Additional editor |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Karen Moncrieff | Title designer | |
| 2013 | Devil's Pass | Renny Harlin | Title designer | Fourth collaboration with Renny Harlin |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Oliver Stone | Performer: "Wild Plate Rubs" Writer: "Wild Plate Rubs", "BB Tone" | Uncredited |
| 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | Mark Pellington | Performer: "Lurid" Writer: "Lurid" | |
| 2006 | Crank | Performer: "Satiated" Writer: "Satiated" | ||
| 2007 | Cleaner | Renny Harlin | Performer: "Jim Brown" Writer: "Jim Brown" | |
| 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Performer: "Fight Club" Writer: "Fight Club" |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2004 | Lenny the Wonder Dog | Our particular thanks to |
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Isolation | Bobby Roe | Visual effects | ": "Pacific Northwest" segment |
;Documentaries
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2022 | Nuclear Now | Oliver Stone |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 2021 | JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Oliver Stone | Additional editor |
;Shorts
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2017 | Sun Up, Sun Down | Ghizlane S. Morlot |
;TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1995 | Amanda and the Alien | Jon Kroll |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Year | Duwayne Dunham |
;TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2014 | Rosemary's Baby | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Royals | 1 episode |
| 2017−19 | Happy! | |
| 2021 | JFK: Destiny Betrayed | 4 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989−90 | Twin Peaks | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks | Additional editor | 18 episodes |