Matthew Friedman is an American film editor and senior lecturer at the AFI Conservatory.[1] He won the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for best feature film editing for his work on Palm Springs,[2] which broke the existing Sundance film sales record by sixty-nine cents.[3] Friedman was nominated for the ACE Eddie the previous year as well for The Farewell,[4][5] his third collaboration with director Lulu Wang,[6]
His credits also include John Tucker Must Die, What Happens in Vegas, Step Up Revolution, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. (edited the second film of Alvin and the Chipmunks; following the retirement of Peter E. Berger)[7] Friedman played the voice of the talking bird in Scary Movie 2.[8]
Friedman is a member of the American Cinema Editors[9] and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[10]
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | John Tucker Must Die | Betty Thomas | |
| 2008 | What Happens in Vegas | Tom Vaughan | |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | James Wong | |
| 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Betty Thomas | |
| 2012 | Step Up Revolution | Scott Speer | |
| 2014 | Posthumous | Lulu Wang | |
| 2015 | Touch | Lulu Wang | Short Film |
| 2018 | Step Sisters | Charles Stone III | |
| 2019 | The Farewell | Lulu Wang | Nominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical |
| 2020 | Life in a Year | Mitja Okorn | |
| 2020 | Palm Springs | Max Barbikow | Won — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical |
| 2021 | The Starling | Theodore Melfi |
