Brent White

Brent White is an American film editor with credits on feature films dating from 1993. White has worked on comedy films produced by Judd Apatow, and directed by Apatow, Adam McKay or Paul Feig.

Education White received his bachelor's degree in film production from the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications (Brigham Young University) in 1983.

Editing techniques White's work as an editor on the films directed by Apatow and McKay is unusual because of the importance of the actors' improvisations. Eric Melin's review of the film Talladega Nights (2006) focuses on this aspect of White's editing, the MVP of the movie is most definitely editor Brent White. Just as he did with 2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, White had to choose the best scenes from hours and hours of wildly different takes to fashion together something with a narrative arc that resembles a movie. It can't be easy work, but he had a little more story to work with than he did in the uneven Anchorman. Minor continuity errors be damned, Talladega Nights is one funny film.

The editing of Knocked Up (2007) was described in a feature article by Stephen Rodrick in The New York Times. Rodrick emphasizes the many different versions of the film that were created before deciding on the version that was released, "By the end of last month, when the final edit was done, I had seen five or six versions of Knocked Up. While the arc of the film remained the same, seemingly every line had been traded in and out".

Personal life White is married and has four children. He lives in the Los Angeles area.

Selected filmography

+ Actor Year Film Director Role2008 Step BrothersAdam McKayTherapy Patient

Direct-to-video films

+ Editor Year Film Director2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieAdam McKay

Shorts

TV movies

+ Editor Year Film Director 1996 Critical ChoicesClaudia Weill Dojo KidsSusan Rohrer 1998 The Patron Saint of LiarsStephen Gyllenhaal Mr. MurderDick Lowry1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsLynne Littman

TV series

TV shorts

+ Editor Year Film Director2003 Life on ParoleJon Favreau

TV specials

+ Editor Year Title2002 74th Academy Awards