Editor
Jennifer Lame
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · 17 films
Jennifer Lame (born 1981/1982) is an American film editor. She is known for her work on Manchester by the Sea, Hereditary, Tenet, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the films of Noah Baumbach. In 2023, Lame edited Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. She is a native to Narberth, Pennsylvania, and is married to film producer Craig Shilowich. Jennifer Lame was born in 1981 or 1982 in Philadelphia. Her father is Tony Lame, a former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer as well as KYW-TV. She attended Episcopal Academy and, in 2004, graduated from Wesleyan University. Lame started editing films with Price Check. She has become a recurring collaborator on Noah Baumbach's films, including Frances Ha, While We're Young, Mistress America, The Meyerowitz Stories, and Marriage Story. She also edited Paper Towns, Manchester by the Sea, Tyrel, Hereditary, Midsommar, Tenet, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Oppenheimer. Just before winning her first Oscar, she was named Time's Person of the Week" for her role as a prominent female editor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Lame, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Filmography 17
The Odyssey
2026 · Editor
Oppenheimer
2023 · Editor
On YouTube TV
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · Editor
On Disney Plus
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
2020 · Self
Tenet
2020 · Editor
Marriage Story
2019 · Editor
On Netflix
Tyrel
2018 · Editor
On Plex
Hereditary
2018 · Editor
On Hulu
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017 · Editor
On Netflix
Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Editor
On Amazon MX Player
Mistress America
2015 · Editor
Paper Towns
2015 · Editor
While We're Young
2015 · Editor
On HBO Max
Frances Ha
2013 · Editor
On AMC+
Palimpsest
2013 · Editor
Price Check
2012 · Editor
On Plex
First Winter
2012 · Editor
On Philo