
Jennifer Lame
Personal Info
Known for
Editing
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jennifer Lame
Biography
Jennifer Lame (born 1981/1982) is an American film editor. She is known for her work on Manchester by the Sea, Hereditary, Tenet, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the films of Noah Baumbach. In 2023, Lame edited Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. She is a native to Narberth, Pennsylvania, and is married to film producer Craig Shilowich.
Jennifer Lame was born in 1981 or 1982 in Philadelphia. Her father is Tony Lame, a former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer as well as KYW-TV. She attended Episcopal Academy and, in 2004, graduated from Wesleyan University.
Lame started editing films with Price Check. She has become a recurring collaborator on Noah Baumbach's films, including Frances Ha, While We're Young, Mistress America, The Meyerowitz Stories, and Marriage Story. She also edited Paper Towns, Manchester by the Sea, Tyrel, Hereditary, Midsommar, Tenet, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Oppenheimer. Just before winning her first Oscar, she was named Time's Person of the Week" for her role as a prominent female editor.
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Acting
(2020)
Crew
(2025)
Sinners
Thanks
(2023)
Oppenheimer
Editor
(2022)
(2022)
Blonde
Additional Editor
(2022)
Don't Worry Darling
Additional Editor
(2021)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Additional Editor
(2020)
Tenet
Editor
(2019)
Marriage Story
Editor
(2019)
Midsommar
Additional Editor
(2018)
Hereditary
Editor
(2018)
Tyrel
Editor
(2017)
(2016)
Manchester by the Sea
Editor
(2016)
De Palma
Additional Editing
(2015)
While We're Young
Editor
(2015)
Mistress America
Editor
(2015)
Paper Towns
Editor
(2013)
Frances Ha
Editor
(2013)
Palimpsest
Editor
(2012)
Price Check
Editor
(2012)
First Winter
Editor
(2011)
Almost Perfect
Assistant Editor
(2009)
The Lovely Bones
Assistant Editor
(2009)
Sorry, Thanks
Assistant Editor