Cara Silverman

Cara Ruth Silverman (September 24, 1959 - September 22, 2014) was an American film editor.^[1]

Cara Silverman
Born	(1959-09-24)September 24, 1959 New York, United States
Died	September 22, 2014(2014-09-22) (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Film editor

Born in New York City, Silverman received a degree in political science from American University, then took an internship at WNET in New York. She began her career as an assistant editor on projects such as The Bonfire of the Vanities, Cape Fear and A Bronx Tale, then secured her first solo project with Party Girl.

Silverman frequently collaborated with several directors: John Whitesell (See Spot Run, Malibu's Most Wanted), Mark Rosman (A Cinderella Story, The Perfect Man), Ken Kwapis (He's Just Not That Into You, Big Miracle) and James Gunn (Super, Movie 43).

Silverman was busy working on several projects shortly before her death on September 22, 2014, two days before her 55th birthday.^[2]

Selected filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1995	Party Girl	Daisy von Scherler Mayer	First collaboration with Daisy von Scherler Mayer
	Jeffrey	Christopher Ashley
1997	Touch	Paul Schrader
1998	Permanent Midnight	David Veloz
1999	The Best Man	Malcolm D. Lee
2001	Head over Heels	Mark Waters
	See Spot Run	John Whitesell	First collaboration with John Whitesell
2002	The Guru	Daisy von Scherler Mayer	Second collaboration with Daisy von Scherler Mayer
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	John Whitesell	Second collaboration with John Whitesell
2004	A Cinderella Story	Mark Rosman	First collaboration with Mark Rosman
2005	The Perfect Man		Second collaboration with Mark Rosman
2008	Keith	Todd Kessler
2009	The Greatest	Shana Feste
	He's Just Not That Into You	Ken Kwapis	First collaboration with Ken Kwapis
2010	Super	James Gunn	First collaboration with James Gunn
2012	Big Miracle	Ken Kwapis	Second collaboration with Ken Kwapis
2013	Movie 43	James Gunn	Second collaboration with James Gunn	"Beezel" segment
2014	Always Woodstock	Rita Merson

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1988	Dracula's Widow	Christopher Coppola	Assistant editor
	The Prince of Pennsylvania	Ron Nyswaner	First assistant editor: New York
1989	Second Sight	Joel Zwick	Assistant editor
1990	The Handmaid's Tale	Volker Schlöndorff	First assistant editor
	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Brian De Palma	First assistant film editor
1991	Cape Fear	Martin Scorsese	First assistant editor
1993	A Bronx Tale	Robert De Niro	Associate editor
	For Love or Money	Barry Sonnenfeld	Assistant editor
2007	The Babysitters	David Ross	Additional editor

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
2010	The Four-Faced Liar	Jacob Chase	Special thanks
2012	I Do	Glenn Gaylord

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
2014	Divide & Conquer	Bryan Gordon

TV pilots

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1995	Blown Sideways Through Life	Christopher Ashley

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1995−96	Central Park West	6 episodes
2007	Tell Me You Love Me	4 episodes
2010	Outsourced	1 episode
2014	The Assets
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