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David Mehlman

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Left on Purpose (2015)
David Mehlman is known for Left on Purpose (2015), True Life (1998) and Tricky Dick (2019).
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      • 8 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Left on Purpose (2015)
    Left on Purpose
    7.6
    • Editor
    • 2015
    True Life (1998)
    True Life
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Editor
    Tricky Dick (2019)
    Tricky Dick
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Editor
    Odessa Steps
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1997

    Credits

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    Editor

    • Let the Devil In (2025)
      Let the Devil In
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (2025)
      One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • The Fall of Diddy (2025)
      The Fall of Diddy
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2024)
      Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story
      7.0
      TV Series
      • editor
      • 2024
    • Nature of the Crime (2024)
      Nature of the Crime
      6.4
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Murder in Big Horn (2023)
      Murder in Big Horn
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • Rufus Jones in Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
      Theodore Roosevelt
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2022
    • Abraham Lincoln (2022)
      Abraham Lincoln
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2022
    • The Me You Can't See (2021)
      The Me You Can't See
      5.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2021
    • Mission Possible (2021)
      Mission Possible
      • Editor
      • 2021
    • Empires of New York (2020)
      Empires of New York
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2020
    • Murder in the Bayou (2019)
      Murder in the Bayou
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Tricky Dick (2019)
      Tricky Dick
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Salt Fat Acid Heat (2018)
      Salt Fat Acid Heat
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Invisible Killers (2018)
      Invisible Killers
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2018

    Sound Department

    • Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009)
      Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • sound designer
      • 2009
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • sound
      • sound recordist
      • 2005–2008
    • Torn from the Flag with English Laurels
      Torn from the Flag: A Film by Klaudia Kovacs
      8.8
      • sound recordist
      • 2007
    • Coma (2007)
      Coma
      7.6
      • sound recordist
      • 2007
    • The World Was Ours (2007)
      The World Was Ours
      8.4
      TV Movie
      • sound recordist
      • 2007
    • The Rape of Europa (2006)
      The Rape of Europa
      7.7
      • additional sound
      • 2006
    • America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero (2006)
      America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero
      TV Movie
      • sound recordist
      • 2006
    • True Life (1998)
      True Life
      7.3
      TV Series
      • sound recordist
      • 2000–2003
    • America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero (2002)
      America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • sound recordist
      • 2002
    • Fight for Your Rights: Aftermath of Terror
      TV Movie
      • sound recordist
      • 2001
    • Lucky Severson, Bob Abernethy, Ryan McFarland, Ted Peters, Wangari Maathai, Jason Mathis, Elbert Peck, Stephen Goldsmith, Natalie Gochnour, Daniel Darger, Janice Heilner, Douglas Vakoch, and Steven J. Dick in Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (1997)
      Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
      8.6
      TV Series
      • sound recordist
      • 2000
    • Big Thinkers (1999)
      Big Thinkers
      TV Series
      • sound recordist
      • 1999
    • Fight for Your Rights: Through My Eyes
      TV Movie
      • sound recordist
      • 1999
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • sound
      • 1985

    Producer

    • Tricky Dick (2019)
      Tricky Dick
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • co-producer
      • 2019
    • Invisible Killers (2018)
      Invisible Killers
      7.8
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • True Life (1998)
      True Life
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2003–2005
    • Lucky Severson, Bob Abernethy, Ryan McFarland, Ted Peters, Wangari Maathai, Jason Mathis, Elbert Peck, Stephen Goldsmith, Natalie Gochnour, Daniel Darger, Janice Heilner, Douglas Vakoch, and Steven J. Dick in Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (1997)
      Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
      8.6
      TV Series
      • segment producer
      • 2000
    • Master Thief: Art of the Heist
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • associate producer
      • 1998
    • Odessa Steps
      Short
      • producer
      • 1997

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