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Jay Rabinowitz
Editor, Additional Credits
Jay Rabinowitz is an ACE-certified American film editor and commercial editor. He is most frequently associated with the films of Jim Jarmusch and Darren Aronofsky.
Rabinowitz studied at the New York University, where he graduated in 1984 at the undergraduate Cinema Studies program. During the program he learned of a film in pre-production that needed an intern, which turned out to be Jim Jarmusch's Down By Law (1986). He is credited as the assistant editor for several films in the next years, including Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989-edited by Melody London).
Starting with Night on Earth (1991), Rabinowitz has been the editor for seven of Jarmusch's films: Dead Man (1995), Year of the Horse (1997), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), and The Limits of Control (2009). Mr. Rabinowitz' editing for Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000) won best editing awards from the Online Film Critics Society. He was also nominated for the Online Film Critics' award for Mr. Aronofsky's The Fountain (2006).
Rabinowitz studied at the New York University, where he graduated in 1984 at the undergraduate Cinema Studies program. During the program he learned of a film in pre-production that needed an intern, which turned out to be Jim Jarmusch's Down By Law (1986). He is credited as the assistant editor for several films in the next years, including Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989-edited by Melody London).
Starting with Night on Earth (1991), Rabinowitz has been the editor for seven of Jarmusch's films: Dead Man (1995), Year of the Horse (1997), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), and The Limits of Control (2009). Mr. Rabinowitz' editing for Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000) won best editing awards from the Online Film Critics Society. He was also nominated for the Online Film Critics' award for Mr. Aronofsky's The Fountain (2006).
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| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) |
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| 2018 | Robby Müller: Living the Light · as Self |
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| 2024 | IF · as Additional Editing |
| 2021 | Aleph · as Consulting Editor |
| 2020 | Why Is We Americans? · as Consulting Editor |
| 2009 | The Limits of Control · as Music Editor |
| 2005 | Broken Flowers · as Music Editor |
| 2003 | Coffee and Cigarettes · as Music Editor |
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| 2000 | Requiem for a Dream · as Music Editor |
| 1999 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai · as Music Editor |
| 1990 | Alice · as Assistant Sound Editor |
| 1989 | Mystery Train · as Assistant Editor |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie · as Apprentice Sound Editor |
| 1987 | Dead of Winter · as Apprentice Sound Editor |