David Brenner
American film editor (1962-2022) · United States · On the map · Died at 59
David S. Brenner was an American film editor known for being one of director Oliver Stone's "hot shot" group of up-and-coming film editors.
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He attended North Hollywood High School and Stanford University before serving as an apprentice editor on the film Radioactive Dreams (1984), then as an assistant editor to Claire Simpson for his next three films, thereafter becoming an editor. Brenner was elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors and won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He died at home at age 59, leaving his wife, Amber, and three children. His penultimate film, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), is dedicated to his memory.