Biography

Scott Stevenson, a native Californian and a graduate of the UCLA Film and Television School, is a Franco-American film editor based in both Paris and Los Angeles. He works in both narrative and unscripted, in French and in English; films he has cut have been to Sundance, Tribeca, Hot Docs and Cannes. In addition to editorial nominations and awards, several of the films he collaborated on have received major recognition: "La Haine" won both the Best Director award in Cannes and the César (the French Oscar) for best film; "Very Semi-Serious" received the News and Doc Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming; "The Staircase" was given a Peabody, a Columbia/DuPont and an IDA award, and "Sin City Law" also took home the IDA award for Best Documentary Series. More recently, "LA 92" was honored by an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, as well as the Television Academy's Honors award, recognizing programs that have inspired social change, and the Netflix series "Flint Town" received multiple "Best Doc Series" nominations.

Scott is a member of American Cinema Editors.
- IMDb mini biography by: Scott Stevenson