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David W. Foster

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David W. Foster
David W. Foster is known for The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2025), Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute (2018) and The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014).
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    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 nominations total

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    The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2025)
    The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
    6.9
    TV Special
    • Editor
    • 2025
    Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute (2018)
    Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
    7.8
    TV Special
    • Editor
    • 2018
    Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014)
    The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
    8.6
    TV Special
    • Editor
    • 2014
    Christmas with Andrea Bocelli and Friends: A Grammy Special (2024)
    Christmas with Andrea Bocelli and Friends: A Grammy Special
    TV Special
    • Editor
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Editor

    • Unforgettable Awards 2026 (2026)
      Unforgettable Awards 2026
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2026
    • The Actor Awards (2026)
      The Actor Awards
      6.5
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2026
    • Chelsea Handler in The 31st Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2026)
      The 31st Annual Critics' Choice Awards
      5.5
      TV Special
      • Editor (as David Foster)
      • 2026
    • The 2025 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2025)
      The 2025 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
      3.4
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • A Capitol Fourth (2004)
      A Capitol Fourth
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2022–2025
    • Jon Macks in National Memorial Day Concert (2021)
      National Memorial Day Concert
      7.2
      TV Series
      • editor
      • Editor
      • 2022–2025
    • The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2025)
      The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
      6.9
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • The 30th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2025)
      The 30th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
      6.1
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • Christmas with Andrea Bocelli and Friends: A Grammy Special (2024)
      Christmas with Andrea Bocelli and Friends: A Grammy Special
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • The 9th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (2024)
      The 9th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • The 2024 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2024)
      The 2024 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
      3.4
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Miss USA 2024 (2024)
      Miss USA 2024
      4.9
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Miss Teen USA 2024 (2024)
      Miss Teen USA 2024
      9.2
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Nathan Lane, George Takei, Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez, Shakina, and Sherry Cola in Critics Choice Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television (2024)
      Critics Choice Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television
      7.0
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • The 29th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2024)
      The 29th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
      5.8
      TV Special
      • Editor (as David Foster)
      • 2024

    Editorial Department

    • A Capitol Fourth (2004)
      A Capitol Fourth
      6.2
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • additional editor
      • 2020–2026
    • Jon Macks in National Memorial Day Concert (2021)
      National Memorial Day Concert
      7.2
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • additional editor
      • 2020–2026
    • Spike Lee, Regina Hall, Michael B. Jordan, Chase Infiniti, Tessa Thompson, Ryan Coogler, Teyana Taylor, and Janelle James in Critics Choice 8th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television (2026)
      Critics Choice 8th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television
      TV Special
      • on-line editor
      • 2026
    • Regina King, Kelly Rowland, Tyler Perry, Jay Pharoah, and Cynthia Erivo in Critics Choice 3rd Annual Celebration of Black Cinema (2021)
      Critics Choice 7th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television
      1.8
      TV Special
      • on-line editor
      • 2025
    • Jamie Foxx, America Ferrera, Fantasia Barrino, and Greta Lee in Critics Choice Celebration of Cinema & Television: Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements (2024)
      Critics Choice Celebration of Cinema & Television: Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements
      TV Special
      • on-line editor
      • 2024
    • Jimmy Kimmel in The Oscars (2023)
      The Oscars
      6.4
      TV Special
      • on-line editor
      • 2023
    • Critics Choice 5th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television (2023)
      Critics Choice 5th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television
      9.8
      TV Special
      • on-line editor
      • 2023
    • Global Citizen Live Festival (2021)
      Global Citizen Live Festival
      7.6
      TV Special
      • editor: show opening
      • 2021
    • Caroline & Friends (2018)
      Caroline & Friends
      3.7
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • 2018
    • 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013)
      19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
      6.3
      TV Special
      • editor: tribute and nominee package (as David Foster)
      • 2013
    • Tyrel Jackson Williams, Kelli Berglund, William Brent, and Spencer Boldman in Lab Rats (2012)
      Lab Rats
      6.8
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • 2012
    • Brandon Mychal Smith, Allisyn Snyder, Tiffany Thornton, Sterling Knight, and Doug Brochu in So Random! (2011)
      So Random!
      4.6
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • 2011–2012
    • Rob Nagle and Amber Gainey Meade in Caution Sign (2009)
      Caution Sign
      7.8
      Short
      • composite editor
      • 2009
    • Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan (2004)
      Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
      7.9
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • 2006–2008
    • Your Mama Don't Dance
      3.6
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • 2008

    Visual Effects

    • Captain Power: The Beginning (1990)
      Captain Power: The Beginning
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • video effects editor (as David Foster)
      • 1990
    • Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
      Freddy's Nightmares
      6.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects design editor (as David Foster)
      • 1989–1990
    • Lily Tomlin in Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987)
      Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • video effects editor
      • 1987

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