Joe Klotz

Joseph Klotz is an American film editor. He started his career as a television editor in New York City. Klotz' first feature film as editor, Let It Snow, won the Best Editing prize at the 1999 Festival of the American Film Institute.^[1] He was nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Precious. Klotz has been selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors.^[2][3]

Joe Klotz
Klotz at the 2025 Tribeca Festival
Born	Joseph Klotz
Alma mater	Syracuse University
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1991-present

Filmography

This filmography is based on the listings at the Internet Movie Database.^[1]

Year	Film	Director	Other notes
1991	Goo	Several	Video
1997	The Bert Fershners T.V. Special	John A. Ferraro	TV movie
1998	The Deep End	Jennifer Atkins	Short
	Dear Jesse	Tim Kirkman	Documentary
	Upright Citizens Brigade	Several	TV series (10 episodes)
1999	Let It Snow	Adam Marcus	American Film Institute - Best Editing
2003	Shelter Island	Geoffrey Schaaf
	Chappelle's Show	Several	TV series (3 episodes)
2004	Down to the Bone	Debra Granik	Additional editor
2005	Junebug	Phil Morrison
	Damage Control	Claudia Frank	TV series (1 episode)
2006	Marvelous	Síofra Campbell
2007	Grace Is Gone	James C. Strouse
	The Living Wake	Sol Tryon
2008	Choke	Clark Gregg
	A Bad Situationist	Sam Seder	Video
2009	Precious	Lee Daniels	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Editing
	The Winning Season	James C. Strouse
	Taking Chances	Talmage Cooley
2010	Rabbit Hole	John Cameron Mitchell
2011	Violet & Daisy	Geoffrey S. Fletcher
	The Art of Getting By	Gavin Wiesen	Consulting editor
2012	The Paperboy	Lee Daniels
	Made in California	Sebastian Mattukat	Short
	Refuge	Síofra Campbell	Short
2013	The Butler	Lee Daniels
	Deep Powder	Mo Ogrodnik
2015	Stockholm, Pennsylvania	Nikole Beckwith
	Happyish	John Cameron Mitchell	TV series (1 episode)
	Z: The Beginning of Everything	Tim Blake Nelson	TV series (1 episode)
2016	The Choice	Ross Katz
2017	The Yellow Birds	Alexandre Moors
2018	Monster	Anthony Mandler
	Irreplaceable You	Stephanie Laing
	To All the Boys I've Loved Before	Susan Johnson
2019	Motherless Brooklyn	Edward Norton
2022	Catherine Called Birdy	Lena Dunham
2023	Day of the Fight	Jack Huston
TBA	Tow	Stephanie Laing