Pamela Martin (film editor)

Pamela Martin is an American film and television editor with more than twenty-eight feature film credits since the 1990s. She is best known for her works on The Fighter, directed by David O. Russell, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing,^[1] and King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, being nominated at the Satellite Award for Best Editing and earning her second Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing.^[2]

Pamela Martin
Occupation	Film editor

Martin has been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors and she was also a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.

Filmography

Martin's feature film credits as editor are tabulated below.

Year	Film	Director	Other notes
1994	Spanking the Monkey	David O. Russell
1996	Ripper	Phil Parmet	Video game
	Ed's Next Move	John Walsh
	The Substance of Fire	Daniel J. Sullivan	Adapted from a play
1997	The House of Yes	Mark Waters
1998	Slums of Beverly Hills	Tamara Jenkins
2000	Gun Shy	Eric Blakeney
	How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog	Michael Kalesniko
2001	Bubble Boy	Blair Hayes
2002	Warning: Parental Advisory	Mark Waters	Television film
2004	Saved!	Brian Dannelly
2005	Weeds		TV Episode: "You Can't Miss the Bear"
2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
2009	Youth in Revolt	Miguel Arteta
2010	The Fighter	David O. Russell
2012	Ruby Sparks	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
	Hitchcock	Sacha Gervasi
2014	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Miguel Arteta
2016	Free State of Jones	Gary Ross
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
2018	Operation Finale	Chris Weitz
2019	Seberg	Benedict Andrews
2020	Downhill	Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
2021	King Richard	Reinaldo Marcus Green
2024	Bob Marley: One Love
2025	Deliver Me from Nowhere †	Scott Cooper	In post-production

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Award	2011	Best Film Editing	The Fighter	Nominated	[3]
	2022	Best Film Editing	King Richard	Nominated
American Cinema Editors Awards	2007	Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical	Little Miss Sunshine	Nominated
	2010	Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic	The Fighter	Nominated	[4]
	2022	Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic	King Richard	Won
Black Reel Awards	2022	Outstanding Editing	King Richard	Nominated	[5]
Hollywood Critics Association Awards	2022	Best Film Editing	King Richard	Nominated	[6]
Satellite Awards	2022	Best Film Editing	King Richard	Nominated	[7]

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations – Martin has edited Spanking the Monkey (1994) and The Fighter (2010) with director David O. Russell.
• List of film director and editor collaborations – Martin has edited "Battle of the Sexes" (2017), "Ruby Sparks" (2012), and "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.