Jay Cassidy is an American film editor with dozens of credits since 1978. Cassidy began his career in the 1970s working on documentaries and political advertising. He has had a notable collaboration with Sean Penn, having edited all of the films directed by Penn. Early in his career, Cassidy edited the documentary film High Schools (1983) that was directed by Charles Guggenheim; more recently he has edited several documentaries by Guggenheim's son Davis Guggenheim, including An Inconvenient Truth (2006). Cassidy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and for an ACE Eddie Award for Into the Wild (directed by Sean Penn - 2007). In 2012, he was nominated for his second Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Silver Linings Playbook, which won the Eddie and the Satellite Award for Best Editing. Cassidy was nominated for a third Academy Award for American Hustle (directed by David O. Russell—2013) and again won the Eddie for that film. He had won the Eddie for Best Documentary Editing for An Inconvenient Truth (directed by Davis Guggenheim—2006). Both High Schools and An Inconvenient Truth were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and An Inconvenient Truth won the award. Cassidy has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. Cassidy received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan circa 1972 and was a photographer for The Michigan Daily and the Michiganensian on campus. In 2006, Cassidy won the 39th Cartoon Caption Contest of The New Yorker magazine. The Best of May, 1968, a short film directed by Cassidy in 1972, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Cassidy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Editor, also producer
- 49 on MovieCove · 58 credits in all
Known for
What are Jay Cassidy's films like?
Across their 42 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 4 · Earnest 37
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 18 · Dark 19
A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 5
Gentle 3 · Charged 20 · Intense 19
Steady 14 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 2
Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 3
Casual 9 · Engaged 28 · Full focus 5
Easy watch 9 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 15
Resolved 24 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 6
Moods and endings
- Happy12
- Bittersweet12
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous13
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jay Cassidy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).
- Foxcatcher (2014) · editor · free
- The Indian Runner (1991) · editor · free
- The Pledge (2001) · editor · free
- Johnny Got His Gun (2008) · editor · free
- Wolfen (1981) · dialogue editor · free
- Brainscan (1994) · editor · free
- Tequila Sunrise (1988) · post production supervisor · free
- Seeking Justice (2011) · editor · free
- Albino Alligator (1996) · editor · free
- Urban Legend (1998) · editor · free
- The Last Face (2016) · editor · free
- Roadhouse 66 (1984) · editor · free
- +1 more
- Lionsgate+, show their 3 titles on Lionsgate+
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Sony Pictures Core, show their 2 titles on Sony Pictures Core
- ViX, show their 2 titles on ViX
- Cinemax, show their title on Cinemax
- Qello Concerts, show their title on Qello Concerts
- ScreenPix, show their title on ScreenPix
- Shout! TV, show their title on Shout! TV
Subscription and free streaming for Jay Cassidy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
58 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Verity(2026)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Poetic License (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Killer Heat(2024)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Burial(2023)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Amsterdam(2022)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
A Star Is Born(2018)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Last Face(2016)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Night Of(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Joy(2015)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Foxcatcher(2014)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Fury(2014)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
American Hustle(2013)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Silver Linings Playbook(2012)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
From the Sky Down(2011)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Seeking Justice(2011)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Conviction(2010)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Waiting for Superman(2010)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Brothers(2009)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Johnny Got His Gun(2008)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Into the Wild(2007)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
An Inconvenient Truth(2006)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
First Snow(2006)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Thoughtcrimes(2003)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Tuck Everlasting(2002)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
September 11(2002)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The First Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Pledge(2001)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Gossip(2000)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Big Kahuna(1999)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Urban Legend(1998)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Replacement Killers(1998)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Albino Alligator(1996)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Crossing Guard(1995)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Brainscan(1994)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Bodies, Rest & Motion(1993)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
The Indian Runner(1991)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Frankenstein Unbound(1990)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Tequila Sunrise(1988)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Fright Night Part 2(1988)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Aloha Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Nightflyers(1987)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Three for the Road(1987)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Roadhouse 66(1984)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Love Is Forever(1983)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Waltz Across Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The End of August (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Wolfen(1981)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all filmsHR 6161: An Act of Congress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Thorn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Cinema Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Best of May, 1968 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 57 titles, 56 of them dated from 1971 to 2026.
Biggest box office
A Star Is Born (2018)
Highest rated
Into the Wild (2007)
Most popular right now
Verity (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy from 6 major nominations, 2008–2019.
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Editing
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or a Movie
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Film Editing
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Editing
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Film Editing
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Film Editing
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jay Cassidy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 48; across their 42 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th16
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
20 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Universally Panned2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser20
- Broadly Agreed10
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 42 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jay Cassidy's work okay for kids?
Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jay Cassidy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jay Cassidy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sean Penn shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Sean PennShared titles: The Last Face (2016), Into the Wild (2007), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), The Pledge (2001), The Crossing Guard (1995), The Indian Runner (1991)See all 6 shared titles with Sean Penn
- David O. RussellShared titles: Amsterdam (2022), Joy (2015), American Hustle (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012)See all 4 shared titles with David O. Russell
- Davis GuggenheimShared titles: From the Sky Down (2011), Waiting for Superman (2010), An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Gossip (2000)See all 4 shared titles with Davis Guggenheim
Writers
- Miguel Tejada-FloresShared titles: Fright Night Part 2 (1988), Three for the Road (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Miguel Tejada-Flores
- Tim MetcalfeShared titles: Fright Night Part 2 (1988), Three for the Road (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Metcalfe
Actors
- Bradley CooperShared titles: A Star Is Born (2018), Joy (2015), American Hustle (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Bradley Cooper
- Jennifer LawrenceShared titles: Joy (2015), American Hustle (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Jennifer Lawrence
- Alan RuckShared titles: The Burial (2023), Three for the Road (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Ruck
- Jurnee SmollettShared titles: The Burial (2023), Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jurnee Smollett
Composers and cinematographers
- Michael BrookShared titles: From the Sky Down (2011), Into the Wild (2007), An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Albino Alligator (1996)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Brook
- Daniel PembertonShared titles: Amsterdam (2022), Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Pemberton
- Emmanuel LubezkiShared titles: Amsterdam (2022), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Emmanuel Lubezki
- Matthew LibatiqueShared titles: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020), A Star Is Born (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Libatique
Producers
- Jonathan GordonShared titles: Joy (2015), American Hustle (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Gordon
- Megan EllisonShared titles: Joy (2015), Foxcatcher (2014), American Hustle (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Megan Ellison
- Jeffrey SudzinShared titles: Brainscan (1994), Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993), Fright Night Part 2 (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Jeffrey Sudzin
- Herb JaffeShared titles: Fright Night Part 2 (1988), Nightflyers (1987), Three for the Road (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Herb Jaffe