Sally JoAnne Menke[1] [2] was an American film editor with more than 20 film credits since 1984.[3] She had an extended, notable collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino, having edited all of his films. Menke was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Pulp Fiction, of which Variety's Todd McCarty wrote, "Sally Menke's editing reps the definition of precision died from suspected heat exhaustion she was , 56."[4]| (December 17, 1953 – September 27, 2010) |
Early and personal life
Menke was born in Mineola, New York, the daughter of Charlotte, a teacher, and Dr. Warren Wells Menke, a professor of management at Clemson University.[1] Menke was a graduate of the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Film Program. She earned a bachelor of fine arts in film in 1977.[5] Menke was married to director Dean Parisot in 1986 and the couple had two children, Lucas and Isabella.[1][5]
Career
Menke's early career saw her edit documentaries for CBS.[5] She worked on many films in the 1990s, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Heaven & Earth and Mulholland Falls.[6][7]
Menke met Quentin Tarantino when he held interviews for an editor.[8] Tarantino sent her the script for Reservoir Dogs and she said that she thought it was "amazing".[8] Menke was hiking in Canada when she decided to call and see if she got the job and was told that she had been successful.[8] Menke went on to work with Tarantino on everything that he has done;[8] Tarantino has been quoted as saying, "The best collaborations are the director-editor teams, where they can finish each other's sentences," and that Menke was his "only, truly genuine collaborator."[9] Menke was later elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.[10]
Menke's final editing credit was on the 2010 thriller Peacock, directed by Michael Lander.[7]
Death
Menke had gone hiking the morning of September 27, 2010 with a friend and her dog.[2] Menke's friend left her after an hour. When Menke failed to come home, her friends alerted the police.[11] Search dogs, a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter, and officers from patrol units spent hours in Griffith Park searching for her.[12] Her locked car was found in a Griffith Park parking lot.[11] Menke's body was found at the bottom of a ravine near 5600 block of Green Oak Drive on September 28, 2010.[11] Menke's dog was found alive and sitting next to her body.[2][12] No cause of death was immediately reported, and it is unclear whether the extreme heat – 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius) in downtown Los Angeles on September 27 – was a factor.[11][13]Sally's last interview was recorded a few days before her death with M2 Entertainment. It can be listened to at the following link.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-1-editor-sally-menke/id400457665?i=88477344
Filmography
Awards and nominations
- 1995 – Pulp Fiction (nominated) – Academy Award – "Best Film Editing"[14]
- 1995 – Pulp Fiction (nominated) – American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Award – "Best Edited Feature Film"
- 1995 – Pulp Fiction (nominated) – BAFTA Film Award – "Best Editing"[15]
- 2003 – Kill Bill: Vol 1 (won) – San Diego Film Critics Society Awards – "Best Editing"
- 2004 – Kill Bill: Vol 1 (nominated) – BAFTA Film Award – "Best Editing"[16]
- 2004 – Kill Bill: Vol 1 (won) – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards – Sierra Award for "Best Editing"
- 2005 – Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (nominated) – American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Award – "Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)"
- 2005 – Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (nominated) – Online Film Critics Society OFCS Award – "Best Editing"
- 2010 – Inglourious Basterds (nominated) – Academy Award – "Best Film Editing"[17]
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