Stuart Bass

Stuart Bass
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • Editor
  • Director
  • Photographer
Years active1985–present

Stuart Bass, ACE, is an American film and television editor and director.[1][2] He is best known for his work on the television series The Wonder Years, MacGyver, The Office, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, and A Series of Unfortunate Events.[3][4]

Life and career

Bass was born in Montreal, Canada. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1978 in Communication Arts and a M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980.[5] In 2009, The Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine stated that "Stuart Bass Brings a Cinematic Sensibility to Cutting Comedy".[6] He is a member of American Cinema Editors.[7] He was a governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences from 2007 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017.[8] He retired as an editor/director in 2019 and is pursuing fine art photography.

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2009 Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series The Office [9]
2008 Won Pushing Daisies: Pie-lette [10]
Won Hollywood Professional Association Outstanding Editing - Television [11]
2006 Nominated Arrested Development [12]
Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series [13]
2005 Won American Cinema Editors Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
1997 Nominated Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1994 Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming But... Seriously [14]
1989 Nominated Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Crucible

References

  1. ^ "Stuart Bass, A.C.E." emmys.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  2. ^ "Netflix organises virtual Q&A session for Indian editing community with Emmy Award-winning editor Stuart Bass". animationxpress.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  3. ^ "CinemaEditor The Television Issue" (PDF). americancinemaeditors.org. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  4. ^ "ART OF THE CUT, editing "A Series of Unfortunate Events"". provideocoalition.com. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  5. ^ "Alumnus Stuart Bass Wins Emmy". commarts.wisc.edu. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  6. ^ "Fixing Television, One Show at a Time". cinemontage.org. November 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  7. ^ "ACE Active Member Directory". americancinemaeditors.org. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  8. ^ "Television Academy Adds 11 to Board of Governors". yahoo.com. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  9. ^ "Awards & Nominations". emmys.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  10. ^ "Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera) - 2008". emmys.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  11. ^ "2008 HPA Awards". hpaonline.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  12. ^ "Hollywood Post Alliance Award Nominees Announced". studiodaily.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  13. ^ "2006 Emmy nominations list – part 2". variety.com. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  14. ^ "OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT - informational programming - 1994". emmys.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.