Stuart Bass

Stuart Bass, ACE, is an American film and television editor and director.^[1][2] He is best known for his work on the television series The Wonder Years, MacGyver, The Office, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, and A Series of Unfortunate Events.^[3][4]

Stuart Bass
Born	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations	Editor Director Photographer
Years active	1985–present

Life and career

Bass was born in Montreal, Canada. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1978 in Communication Arts and a M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980.^[5] In 2009, The Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine stated that "Stuart Bass Brings a Cinematic Sensibility to Cutting Comedy".^[6] He is a member of American Cinema Editors.^[7] He was a governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences from 2007 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017.^[8] He retired as an editor/director in 2019 and is pursuing fine art photography.

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2009	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series	The Office	[9]
2008	Won			Pushing Daisies: Pie-lette	[10]
	Won	Hollywood Professional Association	Outstanding Editing - Television		[11]
2006	Nominated			Arrested Development	[12]
	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series		[13]
2005	Won	American Cinema Editors	Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
1997	Nominated			Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1994	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming	But... Seriously	[14]
1989	Nominated		Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television	Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Crucible