Menke, Sally

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MENKE, Sally

(Sally Jo Menke)

PERSONAL

Born in Mineola, NY. Education: Graduate of Emory University; New York University, degree, film.

Addresses: Office—Local 776, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, 7715 Sunset Blvd., Suite 220, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Film editor and producer.

Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best film editing, Eddie Award nomination, best edited feature film, American Cinema Editors, and Film Award nomination, best editing, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 1994, for Pulp Fiction; San Diego Film Critics Society Award, best editing, 2003, Film Award nomination, best editing, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Sierra Award, best editing, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, 2004, for Kill Bill: Vol. 1.

CREDITS

Film Editor:

(As Sally Jo Menke) Cold Feet, Cinecom International, 1984.

Tom Goes to the Bar, 1986.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, New Line Cinema, 1990.

(Coeditor) The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, 1991.

Reservoir Dogs, Miramax, 1992.

Heaven and Earth, 1993.

Pulp Fiction, Miramax, 1994.

Who Do You Think You're Fooling?, 1994.

"The Man from Hollywood," Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995.

Mulholland Falls, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1996.

Jackie Brown, Buena Vista International/Miramax, 1997.

Nightwatch, 1998.

All the Pretty Horses, 1999.

Daddy and Them, 1999.

Joao mata sete, 2000.

D.C. Smalls, 2001.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (also known as Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One), Miramax, 2003.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Columbia TriStar, 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

All the Pretty Horses, Miramax, 2000.

Film Appearances:

Pulp Fiction: The Facts, 2002.

Television Editor; Movies:

(As Sally Jo Menke) The Congress, 1988.

Television Editor; Specials:

(As Sally Jo Menke) The Vanishing Family—Crisis in Black America, CBS, 1986.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder, BBC, 1994.

Women on Top: Hollywood and Power (documentary), AMC, 2003.

Interviewee, The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, Starz!, 2004.