Jacqueline Cambas


Jacqueline C. Cambas is an American film editor.

Life

Jacqueline Cambas was born in New York City. From 1972 until 1976 she studied education and psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Cambas was working as a teacher before she started to work in the film industry.
Since the mid-1970s Cambas was active as a film editor. In the beginning she was assistant editor for Tom Rolf, with whom she worked on films such as Hardcore, The Great Outdoors or Black Rain. Soon she started to work on her own. Since Racing with the Moon she often worked with director Richard Benjamin on films such as City Heat, The Money Pit, Little Nikita, My Stepmother Is an Alien, Downtown, Mermaids, Made in America, Milk Money, Mrs. Winterbourne, The Shrink Is In or Marci X.
Cambas is a member of American Cinema Editors, where she is a life member in the Board of Directors since 2017.

Selected filmography

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1974The Trial of Billy JackTom LaughlinPost-production coordinator
1979HardcorePaul SchraderAssistant film editorFirst collaboration with Paul Schrader
1988The Great OutdoorsHoward DeutchAdditional editor
1989Black RainRidley ScottAdditional editor

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1974I Love You, I Love You NotJames BryanProduction assistant
2006The Butterfly Effect 2John R. LeonettiTitle sequence designerDirect-to-video

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
1977BoogievisionJames BryanFeminist Car PoolerUncredited

YearFilmDirectorRole
1977Billy Jack Goes to WashingtonTom LaughlinPost-production supervisor

TV movies
YearFilmDirector
1978A Christmas to RememberGeorge Englund
1998The Pentagon WarsRichard Benjamin
1998Tourist TrapRichard Benjamin
2001The Sports PagesRichard Benjamin
2001Laughter on the 23rd FloorRichard Benjamin
2004The Goodbye GirlRichard Benjamin
2006For the Love of a ChildDouglas Barr
2006A Little Thing Called MurderRichard Benjamin
2013Killer BeautyJason Sklaver

TV series
YearTitleNotes
2006Masters of Horror1 episode
2006−08Men in Trees16 episodes
2008Life3 episodes
2009WWII in HD10 episodes
2010Pretty Little Liars1 episode
2011Vietnam in HD4 episodes

TV shorts
YearFilmDirector
2010Kick It Up L.A.!