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'''Brent White''' is an American [[film editor]] with credits on feature films dating from 1993 and White has worked on comedy films produced or co-produced by [[Judd Apatow]], and directed by Apatow, [[Adam McKay]] or [[Paul Feig]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=The Man Who Makes the World’s Funniest People Even Funnier|first=Jonah|last=Weiner|date=April 15, 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-man-who-makes-the-worlds-funniest-people-even-funnier.html}}</ref>
'''Brent White''' is an American [[film editor]] with credits on feature films dating from 1993. White has worked on comedy films produced by [[Judd Apatow]], and directed by Apatow, [[Adam McKay]] or [[Paul Feig]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=The Man Who Makes the World's Funniest People Even Funnier|first=Jonah|last=Weiner|date=April 15, 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-man-who-makes-the-worlds-funniest-people-even-funnier.html}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Editing techniques ==
White's work as an editor on the films directed by Apatow and McKay is unusual because of the importance of the actors' improvisations. Eric Melin's review of the film ''Talladega Nights'' (2006) focuses on this aspect of White's editing, <blockquote>the MVP of the movie is most definitely editor Brent White. Just as he did with 2004's ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', White had to choose the best scenes from hours and hours of wildly different takes to fashion together something with a narrative arc that resembles a movie. It can't be easy work, but he had a little more story to work with than he did in the uneven ''Anchorman''. Minor continuity errors be damned, ''Talladega Nights'' is one funny film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Melin |first=Eric |year=2006 |url=http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/editing-and-improvisation-keep-talladega-nights-on-track/ |title=Editing and improvisation keep “Talladega Nights” on track |work=scene-stealers.com website |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5fuYwCJ1M?url=http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/editing-and-improvisation-keep-talladega-nights-on-track/ |archivedate=2009-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref></blockquote>
White's work as an editor on the films directed by Apatow and McKay is unusual because of the importance of the actors' improvisations. Eric Melin's review of the film ''Talladega Nights'' (2006) focuses on this aspect of White's editing, <blockquote>the MVP of the movie is most definitely editor Brent White. Just as he did with 2004's ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', White had to choose the best scenes from hours and hours of wildly different takes to fashion together something with a narrative arc that resembles a movie. It can't be easy work, but he had a little more story to work with than he did in the uneven ''Anchorman''. Minor continuity errors be damned, ''Talladega Nights'' is one funny film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Melin |first=Eric |year=2006 |url=http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/editing-and-improvisation-keep-talladega-nights-on-track/ |title=Editing and improvisation keep "Talladega Nights" on track |work=scene-stealers.com website |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716014033/http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/editing-and-improvisation-keep-talladega-nights-on-track/ |archivedate=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref></blockquote>


The editing of ''[[Knocked Up]]'' (2007) was described in a feature article by [[Stephen Rodrick]] in ''The New York Times''. Rodrick emphasizes the many different versions of the film that were created before deciding on the version that was released, "By the end of last month, when the final edit was done, I had seen five or six versions of ''Knocked Up.'' While the arc of the film remained the same, seemingly every line had been traded in and out".<ref>Rodrick, Stephen (2007). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E3DF1F31F934A15756C0A9619C8B63 "Judd Apatow's Family Values"], ''The New York Times'' May 27, 2007; online version retrieved July 9, 2008.</ref>
The editing of ''[[Knocked Up]]'' (2007) was described in a feature article by [[Stephen Rodrick]] in ''The New York Times''. Rodrick emphasizes the many different versions of the film that were created before deciding on the version that was released, "By the end of last month, when the final edit was done, I had seen five or six versions of ''Knocked Up.'' While the arc of the film remained the same, seemingly every line had been traded in and out".<ref>Rodrick, Stephen (2007). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E3DF1F31F934A15756C0A9619C8B63 "Judd Apatow's Family Values"], ''The New York Times'' May 27, 2007; online version retrieved July 9, 2008.</ref>
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[A Simple Favor (film)|A Simple Favor]]'' (2018)
|+ Editor
* ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]'' (2016)
|-
* ''[[Spy (2015 film)|Spy]]'' (2015)
! Year
* ''[[Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues]]'' (2013)
! Film
* ''[[The Heat (film)|The Heat]]'' (2013)
! Director
* ''[[This is 40]]'' (2012)
! Notes
* ''[[Arthur (2011 film)|Arthur]]'' (2011)
|-
* ''[[The Other Guys]]'' (2010)
|1993
* ''[[Funny People]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]'' (2008)
| ''[[Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde]]''
|John Shepphird
* ''[[Knocked Up]]'' (2007)
|
* ''[[Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby]]'' (2006)
|-
* ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' (2005)
|1995
* ''[[Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie]]'' (2004)
| ''[[Fluke (film)|Fluke]]''
* ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]'' (2004)
|[[Carlo Carlei]]
* ''[[The Slaughter Rule]]'' (2002)
|
* ''[[Panic (2000 film)|Panic]]'' (2000)
|-
* ''[[Wildflowers (film)|Wildflowers]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Matilda (1996 film)|Matilda]]'' (1996)
|1996
| ''[[Matilda (1996 film)|Matilda]]''
|[[Danny DeVito]]
* ''[[Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde]]'' (1993)
|
|-
|1999
| ''[[Wildflowers (film)|Wildflowers]]''
|Melissa Painter
|First collaboration with Melissa Painter
|-
|2000
| ''[[Panic (2000 film)|Panic]]''
|[[Henry Bromell]]
|
|-
|2002
| ''[[The Slaughter Rule]]''
|{{ubl|Alex Smith|Andrew J. Smith}}
|
|-
|2004
| ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]''
|[[Adam McKay]]
|First collaboration with Adam McKay
|-
|2005
| ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]''
|[[Judd Apatow]]
|First collaboration with Judd Apatow
|-
|2006
| ''[[Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby]]''
|Adam McKay
|Second collaboration with Adam McKay
|-
|2007
| ''[[Knocked Up]]''
|Judd Apatow
|Second collaboration with Judd Apatow
|-
|2008
| ''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]''
|Adam McKay
|Third collaboration with Adam McKay
|-
|2009
| ''[[Funny People]]''
|Judd Apatow
|Third collaboration with Judd Apatow
|-
|2010
| ''[[The Other Guys]]''
|Adam McKay
|Fourth collaboration with Adam McKay
|-
|2011
| ''[[Arthur (2011 film)|Arthur]]''
|[[Jason Winer]]
|
|-
|2012
| ''[[This Is 40]]''
|Judd Apatow
|Fourth collaboration with Judd Apatow
|-
|rowspan=2| 2013
| ''[[The Heat (film)|The Heat]]''
|[[Paul Feig]]
|First collaboration with Paul Feig
|-
| ''[[Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues]]''
|Adam McKay
|Fifth collaboration with Adam McKay
|-
|2015
| ''[[Spy (2015 film)|Spy]]''
|rowspan=3| Paul Feig
|Second collaboration with Paul Feig
|-
|2016
| ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]''
|Third collaboration with Paul Feig
|-
|2018
| ''[[A Simple Favor (film)|A Simple Favor]]''
|Fourth collaboration with Paul Feig
|-
|rowspan=2| 2019
| ''[[Booksmart]]''
|[[Olivia Wilde]]
|
|-
| ''[[Last Christmas (film)|Last Christmas]]''
|rowspan=2| Paul Feig
|Fifth collaboration with Paul Feig
|-
|2022
| ''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|The School for Good and Evil]]''
|Sixth collaboration with Paul Feig
|-
|2023
| ''[[No Hard Feelings (2023 film)|No Hard Feelings]]''
|[[Gene Stupnitsky]]
|
|-
|2024
| ''[[Jackpot! (film)|Jackpot!]]''
|Paul Feig
|Seventh collaboration with Paul Feig
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1988
| ''[[The Milagro Beanfield War]]''
|[[Robert Redford]]
|Apprentice editor
|First collaboration with Robert Redford
|-
|1989
| ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]''
|[[Edward Zwick]]
|rowspan=2| Assistant editor
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1991
| ''[[Virgin High]]''
|Richard Gabai
|
|-
| ''[[Double Impact]]''
|[[Sheldon Lettich]]
|Additional editing
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1992
| ''[[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot]]''
|[[Roger Spottiswoode]]
|Associate film editor
|
|-
| ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]''
|Robert Redford
|Additional editor
|Second collaboration with Robert Redford
|-
|1993
| ''[[Flashfire (film)|Flashfire]]''
|[[Elliot Silverstein]]
|Associate film editor
|
|-
|1995
| ''[[Home for the Holidays (1995 film)|Home for the Holidays]]''
|[[Jodie Foster]]
|First assistant editor
|
|-
|2005
| ''Steal Me''
|Melissa Painter
|Consulting editor
|Second collaboration with Melissa Painter
|-
|2008
| ''[[The Great Buck Howard]]''
|[[Sean McGinly]]
|Additional editor
|
|-
|2010
| ''[[She's Out of My League]]''
|[[Jim Field Smith]]
|Additional editing
|
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Actor
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Role
|-
|2008
| ''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]''
|Adam McKay
|Therapy Patient
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Thanks
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Role
|-
|2012
| ''[[Ben Banks (film)|Ben Banks]]''
|Bryce Clark
|Very special thanks
|-
|2021
| ''[[Finch (film)|Finch]]''
|[[Miguel Sapochnik]]
|The filmmakers gratefully thank
|}

;Direct-to-video films

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
|-
|2004
| ''[[Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie]]''
|Adam McKay
|}

;Shorts

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Thanks
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Role
|-
|2006
| ''The Showdown''
|{{ubl|Antony Sestito|Fulvio Sestito}}
|rowspan=2| Special thanks
|-
|2014
| ''The Visitant''
|[[Nicholas Peterson]]
|}

;TV movies

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
|-
|rowspan=2| 1996
| ''Critical Choices''
|[[Claudia Weill]]
|-
| ''Dojo Kids''
|Susan Rohrer
|-
|rowspan=2| 1998
| ''[[The Patron Saint of Liars (film)|The Patron Saint of Liars]]''
|[[Stephen Gyllenhaal]]
|-
| ''[[Mr. Murder (miniseries)|Mr. Murder]]''
|[[Dick Lowry]]
|-
|1999
| ''[[Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (film)|Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years]]''
|[[Lynne Littman]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Role
|-
|1990
| ''Johnny Ryan''
|[[Robert L. Collins]]
|Assistant editor
|-
|1993
| ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]''
|Roger Spottiswoode
|Additional editor
|}

;TV series

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
|1998
| ''[[Mr. Murder (miniseries)|Mr. Murder]]''
|2 episodes
|-
|2000
| ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]''
|5 episodes
|-
|2001
| ''[[All Souls (TV series)|All Souls]]''
|1 episode
|-
|rowspan=2| 2002
| ''[[Undeclared]]''
|2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Job (2001 TV series)|The Job]]''
|1 episode
|-
|2004−05
| ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
|5 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2| 2017
| ''[[SMILF]]''
|1 episode
|-
| ''[[Future Man (TV series)|Future Man]]''
|5 episodes
|-
|2020
| ''[[Love Life (American TV series)|Love Life]]''
|1 episode
|-
|2021
| ''[[The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers]]''
|3 episodes
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2022
| ''[[Welcome to Flatch]]''
|Additional editor
|1 episode
|}

;TV shorts

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
|-
|2003
| ''Life on Parole''
|[[Jon Favreau]]
|}

;TV specials

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
|2002
| [[74th Academy Awards]]
|}


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite news |title=The Man Who Makes the World’s Funniest People Even Funnier |last=Weiner |first=Jonah |date=April 15, 2015 |work=The New York Times |url=http://nyti.ms/1D0L5FW <!--permalink-->}} Feature story about White.
*{{cite news |title=The Man Who Makes the World's Funniest People Even Funnier |last=Weiner |first=Jonah |date=April 15, 2015 |work=The New York Times |url=http://nyti.ms/1D0L5FW <!--permalink-->}} Feature story about White.


==External links==
==External links==
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Brent White
Born
United States
Alma materBrigham Young University
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1988–present
Children4

Brent White is an American film editor with credits on feature films dating from 1993. White has worked on comedy films produced by Judd Apatow, and directed by Apatow, Adam McKay or Paul Feig.[1]

Editing techniques

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White's work as an editor on the films directed by Apatow and McKay is unusual because of the importance of the actors' improvisations. Eric Melin's review of the film Talladega Nights (2006) focuses on this aspect of White's editing,

the MVP of the movie is most definitely editor Brent White. Just as he did with 2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, White had to choose the best scenes from hours and hours of wildly different takes to fashion together something with a narrative arc that resembles a movie. It can't be easy work, but he had a little more story to work with than he did in the uneven Anchorman. Minor continuity errors be damned, Talladega Nights is one funny film.[2]

The editing of Knocked Up (2007) was described in a feature article by Stephen Rodrick in The New York Times. Rodrick emphasizes the many different versions of the film that were created before deciding on the version that was released, "By the end of last month, when the final edit was done, I had seen five or six versions of Knocked Up. While the arc of the film remained the same, seemingly every line had been traded in and out".[3]

Personal life

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White received his bachelor's degree in film production from the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications (Brigham Young University) in 1983.[4] White is married and has four children. He lives in the Los Angeles area.

Selected filmography

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Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1993 Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde John Shepphird
1995 Fluke Carlo Carlei
1996 Matilda Danny DeVito
1999 Wildflowers Melissa Painter First collaboration with Melissa Painter
2000 Panic Henry Bromell
2002 The Slaughter Rule
  • Alex Smith
  • Andrew J. Smith
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Adam McKay First collaboration with Adam McKay
2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Judd Apatow First collaboration with Judd Apatow
2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Adam McKay Second collaboration with Adam McKay
2007 Knocked Up Judd Apatow Second collaboration with Judd Apatow
2008 Step Brothers Adam McKay Third collaboration with Adam McKay
2009 Funny People Judd Apatow Third collaboration with Judd Apatow
2010 The Other Guys Adam McKay Fourth collaboration with Adam McKay
2011 Arthur Jason Winer
2012 This Is 40 Judd Apatow Fourth collaboration with Judd Apatow
2013 The Heat Paul Feig First collaboration with Paul Feig
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Adam McKay Fifth collaboration with Adam McKay
2015 Spy Paul Feig Second collaboration with Paul Feig
2016 Ghostbusters Third collaboration with Paul Feig
2018 A Simple Favor Fourth collaboration with Paul Feig
2019 Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Last Christmas Paul Feig Fifth collaboration with Paul Feig
2022 The School for Good and Evil Sixth collaboration with Paul Feig
2023 No Hard Feelings Gene Stupnitsky
2024 Jackpot! Paul Feig Seventh collaboration with Paul Feig
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1988 The Milagro Beanfield War Robert Redford Apprentice editor First collaboration with Robert Redford
1989 Glory Edward Zwick Assistant editor
1991 Virgin High Richard Gabai
Double Impact Sheldon Lettich Additional editing
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Roger Spottiswoode Associate film editor
A River Runs Through It Robert Redford Additional editor Second collaboration with Robert Redford
1993 Flashfire Elliot Silverstein Associate film editor
1995 Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster First assistant editor
2005 Steal Me Melissa Painter Consulting editor Second collaboration with Melissa Painter
2008 The Great Buck Howard Sean McGinly Additional editor
2010 She's Out of My League Jim Field Smith Additional editing
Actor
Year Film Director Role
2008 Step Brothers Adam McKay Therapy Patient
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
2012 Ben Banks Bryce Clark Very special thanks
2021 Finch Miguel Sapochnik The filmmakers gratefully thank
Direct-to-video films
Editor
Year Film Director
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Adam McKay
Shorts
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
2006 The Showdown
  • Antony Sestito
  • Fulvio Sestito
 Special thanks
2014 The Visitant Nicholas Peterson
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1996 Critical Choices Claudia Weill
Dojo Kids Susan Rohrer
1998 The Patron Saint of Liars Stephen Gyllenhaal
Mr. Murder Dick Lowry
1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Lynne Littman
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1990 Johnny Ryan Robert L. Collins Assistant editor
1993 And the Band Played On Roger Spottiswoode Additional editor
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1998 Mr. Murder 2 episodes
2000 Freaks and Geeks 5 episodes
2001 All Souls 1 episode
2002 Undeclared 2 episodes
The Job 1 episode
2004−05 Desperate Housewives 5 episodes
2017 SMILF 1 episode
Future Man 5 episodes
2020 Love Life 1 episode
2021 The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers 3 episodes
Editorial department
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Welcome to Flatch Additional editor 1 episode
TV shorts
Editor
Year Film Director
2003 Life on Parole Jon Favreau
TV specials
Editor
Year Title
2002 74th Academy Awards

References

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  1. ^ Weiner, Jonah (April 15, 2015). "The Man Who Makes the World's Funniest People Even Funnier". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Melin, Eric (2006). "Editing and improvisation keep "Talladega Nights" on track". scene-stealers.com website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
  3. ^ Rodrick, Stephen (2007). "Judd Apatow's Family Values", The New York Times May 27, 2007; online version retrieved July 9, 2008.
  4. ^ "Alumni Updates: Class of 1980-89". Brigham Young University, College of Fine Arts and Communications. August 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.

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