Zac Stuart-Pontier is the editor and co-producer of Catfish, a 2010 Sundance Selection, directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, and produced by Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling. Zac is a 2006 graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and a frequent collaborator of Supermarché . He is the editor of NY Export: Opus Jazz, an adaptation of the 1959 Jerome Robbins ballet, directed by Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes , production designed by Ariel Schulman and premiering as part of PBS's "Great Performances" series in March. He is also the editor and co-producer of the documentary Beautiful Darling, directed by James Rasin, premiering at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival and airing on the Sundance Channel in the fall.
Zac was the assistant director and additional editor of Antonio Campos's Afterschool, shot by Jody Lee Lipes and produced by Josh Mond and Sean Durkin of Borderline Films. He has also edited numerous short films, music videos and commercials notably for Citibank, Sperry, Nike, the Shins and Missy Elliot. He writes an award winning bi-weekly column for The River Reporter, a local newspaper in his hometown of Narrowsburg, NY. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Email: zac@zac-edits.com