Phillip Schopper

Phillip Schopper is an Emmy-award winning film editor.

Early life and education Phillip Schopper was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he began his acting career. He began making films as a child using his parents' 8mm camera.

Schopper later studied at the University of Arizona and American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

His first feature-length film editing project was the 1976 music documentary Heartworn Highways.

In 2014, Schopper co-directed and edited All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State, which was released on HBO. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. A year later, he edited along with Angela Gandini HBO documentary San Francisco 2.0 which was nominated for Long Form Emmy in the same year.

In 2018, Schopper, along with Sabine Krayenbuhl, and Brad Fuller, edited The Price of Everything, an Emmy and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury award nominated film about the contemporary art world.

In 2020, Schopper along with Simon Ardizzone edited Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections which was nominated for Video Source Award and News and Documentary Emmy nominee (for Outstanding Investigative Documentary) in 2021.

Schopper is also a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Filmography Heartworn Highways (1976) The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984) Reunion (1994) The Lives of Lillian Hellman (1998) Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999) San Francisco 2.0 (2015) The Price of Everything (2018) Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections (2020) Return to Space (2022)