Barry Poltermann

Barry Alan Poltermann (born January 12, 1964) is an American film editor, director, and producer.

Poltermann is known for editing the Sundance Grand Prize winning documentary American Movie (1999) and Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017), which debuted at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Emmy in 2018. He also edited the Sundance Special Jury Prize winning feature, The Pool (2008) and the limited documentary series The Last Movie Stars (2022).

American Movie was named by The New York Times as one of the “1,000 Greatest Movies Ever Made”[1] and the International Documentary Association named it as one of the top 20 documentaries of all time.[2] The Life of Reilly (2007) was Rotten Tomatoes best-reviewed documentary of 2007.[3] I Am Not Alone won Audience Awards at the Toronto International Film Festival, Doc NYC & The American Film Institute's AFI Fest.[4]

Poltermann has edited or story-supervised multiple projects, including American Movie, The Life of Reilly, The Pool, Collapse, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Whirlybird and The Last Movie Stars.

Filmography (selected)

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Aswang Director, Editor Sundance Film Festival
1999 American Movie Editor Winner, Sundance Grand Prize
2007 The Life of Reilly Director, Editor SXSW
2007 The Pool Editor Winner, Sundance Jury Prize
2009 Collapse Editor Toronto Film Festival
2015 Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Editor SXSW
2017 Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Editor Venice Biennale, Emmy Nominee
2019 I Am Not Alone Editor Toronto Film Festival
2020 Whirlybird Story Supervisor Sundance Film Festival
2022 The Last Movie Stars Editor Cannes Film Festival
2023 Wildcat Editor Telluride Film Festival

References

  1. ^ "NY Times "1,000 Greatest Movies Ever Made"". The New York Times. 2003-04-29. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  2. ^ ""Bowling for Columbine Tops Best Documentary List", 12-12-2002". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  3. ^ "Best of Rottentomatoes.com, 2007". Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. ^ Jessica Wong, "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award". CBC News, September 15, 2019.