Jay Cassidy


Jay Cassidy is an American film editor with several credits since 1978.
Cassidy began his career in the 1970s working on documentaries and political advertising. He has had a notable collaboration with Sean Penn, having edited all of the films directed by Penn. Early in his career, Cassidy edited the documentary film High Schools that was directed by Charles Guggenheim; more recently he has edited several documentaries by Guggenheim's son Davis Guggenheim, including An Inconvenient Truth.
Cassidy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and for an ACE Eddie Award for Into the Wild. In 2012, he was nominated for his second Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Silver Linings Playbook, which won the Eddie and the Satellite Award for Best Editing. Cassidy was nominated for a third Academy Award for American Hustle, and again won the Eddie for that film. He had won the Eddie for Best Documentary Editing for An Inconvenient Truth. Both High Schools and An Inconvenient Truth were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and An Inconvenient Truth won the award.
Cassidy has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.
Cassidy received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan circa 1972 and was a photographer for The Michigan Daily and the Michiganensian on campus. In 2006, Cassidy won the 39th Cartoon Caption Contest of The New Yorker magazine.
The Best of May, 1968, a short film directed by Cassidy in 1972, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorCredit
1987Three for the RoadBill L. NortonAssociate producer
1990Frankenstein UnboundRoger CormanAssociate producer

YearFilmDirectorRole
1971The ThornPeter McWilliams

YearFilmDirectorRole
1987NightflyersRobert CollectorSupervising editor
2022AmsterdamDavid O. RussellEditor

YearFilmDirectorRole
1988Remote ControlJeff LiebermanPost-production supervisor
1988Tequila SunriseRobert TownePost-production supervisor

YearFilmDirectorRole
1979HeartlandRichard PearceSound editor
1981WolfenMichael WadleighDialogue editor

YearFilmDirectorRole
1984Roadhouse 66John Mark RobinsonWriter: "Detroit Doll"

YearFilmDirectorRole
1996Albino AlligatorKevin SpaceyThe director wishes to thank
1999The Big KahunaJohn SwanbeckSpecial thanks

Documentaries
YearFilmDirector
1973Jerusalem LivesCharles Guggenheim
1979HR 6161: An Act of CongressCharles Guggenheim
1983High SchoolsCharles Guggenheim
1986The Making of LibertyCharles Guggenheim
2006An Inconvenient TruthDavis Guggenheim
2008A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio FilmDavis Guggenheim
2010Waiting for "Superman"Davis Guggenheim
2011Justin Bieber: Never Say NeverJon M. Chu
2011From the Sky DownDavis Guggenheim

Shorts
YearFilmDirector
1991Norman and the KillerBob Graham

TV movies
YearFilmDirector
1983Love Is ForeverHall Bartlett
1997The HunchbackPeter Medak
2003ThoughtcrimesBreck Eisner

TV documentaries
YearFilmDirector
2001The First YearDavis Guggenheim

TV series
YearTitleNotes
2005Wanted1 episode
20063 lbs1 episode
2016The Night Of1 episode