Sam Citron graduated from Boston University where his 16mm comedy short film, Routine, was selected for the permanent archive and is screened annually for introductory film classes. Moving to Los Angeles after graduation, Sam landed assistant film editing jobs with Academy Award winning film editor Anne V. Coates and Academy Award nominee C. Timothy O’Meara. After working as first assistant film editor on two of his films, Academy Award nominated writer-director John Milius hired Sam to edit his Emmy winning mini-series, Rough Riders. Academy Award winning documentary director Davis Guggenheim hired Sam to edit on the feature documentary, The First Year, a winner of the Peabody Award, and then brought Sam in to do additional editing on Waiting for ‘Superman’, short listed for the Academy Awards and named Critic’s Choice and National Board of Review best feature length documentary. …
Awards
2 nominations