Jeff Kushner

Jeff Kushner, who has also been credited as Jeffrey Kushner, Jeffrey A. Kushner and Russell Creak, is a film editor, supervising sound editor and educator who has worked in various post production positions since 1987. He also taught film history and sound design at the Los Angeles Film School between 2005 and 2008.

Education

Kushner studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1982.

Selected filmography

Kushner's editing and supervising sound credits include Sling Blade, Frogs for Snakes, Harold & Kumar [Go to White Castle], Drowning Mona and I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.
His dialogue, sound effects, ADR and/or Foley credits include the television shows Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, House, Crossing Jordan and 30 Rock. His feature credits include Unfaithful, Mystery Men, Behind [Enemy Lines (2001 film)|Behind Enemy Lines], and Agent Cody Banks.

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1998	Frogs for Snakes	Amos Poe
1998	Strangeland	John Pieplow
2009	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Bob Gosse	Third collaboration with Bob Gosse

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1997	Reflections of a Sensitive Man	Joe Vinciguerra	Editing services and support
2000	Drowning Mona	Nick Gomez	Associate editor	Second collaboration with Nick Gomez

Year	Film	Director	Role
1994	Shatter Dead	Scooter McCrae	Patrolman

Year	Film	Director	Role
1990	Basket Case 2	Frank Henenlotter	Production assistant
1990	Frankenhooker	Frank Henenlotter	Production assistant

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes	Other notes
1989	The [Unbelievable Truth (film)\|The Unbelievable Truth]	Hal Hartley	Boom operator
1994	Spanking the Monkey	David O. Russell	Sound editor
1994	Hand Gun	Whitney Ransick	Sound designer
1994	The Last Good Time	Bob Balaban	Sound editor
1995	Parallel Sons	John G. Young	Sound
1995	Pharaoh's Army	Robby Henson	Supervising sound editor
1996	Tromeo and Juliet	Lloyd Kaufman	Sound effects editor
1996	Sling Blade	Billy Bob Thornton
1996	Illtown	Nick Gomez		First collaboration with Nick Gomez
1996	The [Last Home Run]	Bob Gosse		First collaboration with Bob Gosse
1997	Niagara, Niagara	Bob Gosse		Second collaboration with Bob Gosse
1997	Hudson River Blues	Neil Cox	Post-production sound
1998	Frogs for Snakes	Amos Poe
1999	Speed of Life	Rob Schmidt
1999	Mystery Men	Kinka Usher	Dialogue editor
1999	Deal of a Lifetime	Paul Levine	Dialogue editor		Uncredited
2000	Drowning Mona	Nick Gomez
2000	Boys and Girls	Robert Iscove	Sound effects editor
2000	Just [One Night (film)\|Just One Night]	Alan Jacobs	Sound effects editor
2000	Labor Pains	Tracy Alexson	Sound effects editor
2001	Save the Last Dance	Thomas Carter	Sound effects editor
2001	Carman: The Champion	Lee Stanley	Sound effects editorial
2001	Killer Bud	Karl T. Hirsch	Sound effects editor
2001	Cats & Dogs	Lawrence Guterman	Sound effects editor
2001	Behind Enemy Lines	John Moore	Dialogue editor
2002	High Crimes	Carl Franklin	Sound effects editor
2002	Unfaithful	Adrian Lyne	Dialogue editor
2003	Agent Cody Banks	Harald Zwart	Sound editor
2003	The In-Laws	Andrew Fleming	Sound effects editor
2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Danny Leiner		First collaboration with Danny Leiner
2005	Nowhere Man	Tim McCann
2005	The Great New Wonderful	Danny Leiner		Second collaboration with Danny Leiner
2009	Balls Out: Gary [the Tennis Coach]	Danny Leiner		Third collaboration with Danny Leiner
2009	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Bob Gosse
2009	The Yankles	David R. Brooks
2010	A Marine Story	Ned Farr	Supervising sound editor
2020	The Last Champion	Glenn Withrow
2022	Double Down South	Tom Schulman	Dialogue editor
2022	Shotgun Wedding	Jason Moore	ADR supervisor

Year	Film	Director	Role
2007	The Jinn	Iris Green	Special thanks

;Direct-to-video films

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
2006	The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	Byron Vaughns	Ninja #2	Voice role

;Documentaries

Year	Film	Director	Role
2011	Vito	Jeffrey Schwarz	Sound designer: Supervising sound editor
2013	I Am Divine	Jeffrey Schwarz	Supervising sound editor

Year	Film	Director	Role
2007	Castle Story">Castle (TV series)">Castle Story	Jeffrey Schwarz	Special thanks

;Shorts

Year	Film	Director
2001	Sluts & Losers

Year	Film	Director	Role
2008	Stargazer	Jax Griffin	Very special thanks
2009	Attack at Zombie High!	Jennifer Sanett	Special thanks

;TV movies

Year	Film	Director	Role
2017	A Midsummer's Nightmare	Gary Fleder	Sound effects editor

;TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Other notes
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Dialogue editor	3 episodes
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dialogue editor	2 episodes
2005−06	House	Foley editor	4 episodes
2006	Conviction	Dialogue editor	4 episodes
2007	30 Rock	Foley editor	2 episodes	Uncredited
2005−07	Desperate Housewives	Foley editor	4 episodes
2005−07	Law & Order	Dialogue editor	6 episodes
2010	Psych	Sound editor	2 episodes
2010	Warehouse 13	Sound editor	5 episodes
2011	Fairly Legal	Supervising sound editor	1 episode
2011	The [Big C (TV series)\|The Big C]	Sound editor	3 episodes	Uncredited
2010−11	Eureka	Sound editor	4 episodes
2012	House of Lies	Sound editor	3 episodes
2015	Castle	Sound effects editor	1 episode
2016	Secrets and Lies	Dialogue editor	9 episodes
2016−17	New Girl	Dialogue editor	2 episodes	Uncredited
2017	Downward Dog	Sound effects editor	1 episode
2017	Orange Is the New Black	Dialogue editor	1 episode
2016−18	Designated Survivor	Dialogue editor	43 episodes
2003−18	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit		105 episodes
2018	Chicago P.D.	ADR editor	1 episode
2018	Chicago Fire	ADR editor	2 episodes
2019	Raising Dion	Supervising ADR editor	9 episodes
2019	Get Shorty	Dialogue editor	7 episodes
2019−20	The Chi	Dialogue editor	15 episodes
2021	The Premise	Dialogue editor	1 episode
2019−24	Young Sheldon		78 episodes