Dody Dorn

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Dody Dorn born 20 April 1955 (sometimes credited as Dody J. Dorn) is an Academy Award nominated American film and sound editor best known for working with director Christopher Nolan on several films including the post-modern, deconstructionist masterpiece about amnesia, Memento. Variety's Lisa Nesselson said of Memento, that it is a, "...beautifully structured puzzle..." which "...deconstructs time and space with Einstein-caliber dexterity in the service of a delectably disturbing tale of revenge"; and she noted, "Dody Dorn's editing is top-notch as pic -- scripted, acted and lensed with precision -- smoothly toggles back and forth between sequences in B&W and in color." [1] Dorn has also worked multiple times with director Ridley Scott as well as having edited SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist a stunning documentary film which chronicals the life of a sadomasochistic man who struggles to cope with cystic fibrosis.

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Dody Dorn was born into a film industry family, her father having worked as a set designer and film producer.[2] Dorn attended Hollywood High School and it was there that she decided to pursue a career as a math teacher. [3] But a fateful job working behind the scenes at a movie sound stage led her towards working in the film industry. Dorn worked her way up the food chain (working as a production assistant, script supervisor, assistant location manager, and several other freelance jobs) eventually attaining the position of assistant film editor which she held until 1982. [2] [3] Finding it unusually difficult to move up to picture editing, Dorn made a lateral move to sound editing, gaining great acclaim with films such as James Cameron's The Abyss for which she won the Golden Reel Award for best sound and the film was nominated for a best sound Academy Award.[2] [3] [4] In 1986 she started her own sound company, Sonic Kitchen, but with time, got more and more disenchanted and distracted with the daily business grind. Dorn had begun to lose interest and was compelled to get back to her passion -- feature film picture editing. [2] It was the editing of the unusual documentary cult film, SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist and Memento which brought Dody Dorn's picture editing to the attention of the rest of the world. She has since continued to work with director Christopher Nolan on several films and has repeatedly worked with noted film director, Ridley Scott.

  • "It is still a commonly accepted notion that the editor just "cuts out all the bad bits." I liken editing more to sculpture. I don’t claim to be Michelangelo, but I like to think that when I am watching the dailies projected for the first time, I am seeing the pure essence of the film and that I work toward preserving and presenting that essence in a form that is accessible while still being artful." [3]
  • "There is also a lot of trial and error in the editing room. Even if a director has a clear vision of what he wants, until the images are actually juxtaposed and the rhythm is defined by the editing, you never really know how it will work." [2]
  • "I appreciate invisible editing, but it’s fun when editing can be conspicuous, provided it is adding to the narrative and not done for its own sake." [3]
  • "Editing is making choices. During post-production, I work with the director to mine the best film out of the material that was shot. Leaving no stone unturned and going with my gut instincts, two seemingly diametrically opposed concepts, are techniques that I put to use on every film. That strange combination of hard work and divine inspiration probably means, inevitably, that I have left my stamp on the films I’ve edited." [3]
  • "I see a finished film as a total product and I cannot separate (nor do I want to) the various aspects of the film. The images work in conjunction with the sound and the music and they need to be considered together, in just the same way that the rhythm and juxtaposition of the images need to be considered. I do use my experience in sound all the time. I work with temp sound and music in the AVID from day one. I may sometimes edit without sound for technical reasons, but putting sound in follows very close behind and will definitely affect how I evaluate what I have edited and will often stimulate changes." [2]

  • 2002 - Memento (won) Las Vegas Film Critics Society Film Awards - Sierra Award Best Editing
  • 2003 - Insomnia (nominated) Satellite Awards Golden Satellite Award Best Film Editing

  1. ^ Variety.com - Reviews - "Memento" By Lisa Nesselson (subscription)
  2. ^ a b c d e f MovieMaker Magazine (Archives) "The Thrill of Living on the Edge: A Conversation with Insomnia Editor Dody Dorn" by Jennifer M. Wood
  3. ^ a b c d e f 7/1/2004 - Studio Daily: "A Memento from Dody Dorn" Interviewed by Debra Kaufman
  4. ^ Chain Camera: the filmmakers DODY DORN]

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