Tom Cross (Editing)

Tom Cross is an American television and film editor. He is known for his collaborations with Damien Chazelle, including Whiplash (2014), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, as well as La La Land (2016) and First Man (2018). Tom has a Vietnamese mother, Mrs. Loc Vo—a painter originally from Hue—and his father is Jim Cross. In 1993, he graduated with a degree in visual arts from Purchase College, New York State. He began his career in 1997 as an assistant editor, contributing to such diverse projects as We Own the Night (2007), Crazy Heart (2009), The Switch (2010), and the Primetime Emmy Award-winning drama series Deadwood. He came to worldwide prominence in 2015 when he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing, BAFTA Award for Best Editing and Academy Award for Best Editing (among other honors) for his work on the acclaimed film Whiplash (2014). and...Read More