STEVE JACKS
VFX Editor. Artist.
ALL ABOUT STEVE.
I believe in collaboration, communication, and rhythm. I can see cuts in my mind before they happen, and pacing has always come naturally to me. My passion for film started at the drive-in movies with my dad in Pittsburgh, PA, and took root editing on an old Compaq computer in my parents' basement. Self-taught, I worked my way up from Post PA on M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening to Apprentice Editor on Won't Back Down, and eventually into a career as an Assistant Film Editor and VFX Editor on major motion pictures and television. In 2019 I moved to Los Angeles to work on The Mandalorian, where I live with my wife Rebecca and our two cats, Louie and Penny.
My proudest credits include the Academy Award-winning I, Tonya, where I worked as both First Assistant Editor and VFX Editor to free up my editor's focus on her Oscar-nominated cut, and Deepwater Horizon, where I liaised between VFX and Editorial across 900 VFX shots. Since 2019 I've been with The Mandalorian, growing into the very rewarding role of Lead VFX Editor across three seasons and three spinoff projects, including a feature film, and running a department that has tracked as many as 5,000 VFX shots at once. As a kid, I was in my backyard filming homemade lightsaber duels and rigging up my own special effects. Now I get to do the same thing, just on a much bigger scale, for some of the biggest movies and shows in Hollywood.
SOFTWARE/SKILLS:
EDITORIAL: Avid Media Composer / Adobe Premiere Pro
VISUAL EFFECTS: Adobe After Effects / Avid Effect Editor / Adobe Photoshop
ENCODING/UPLOADING: DaVinci Resolve / Adobe Media Encoder / Compressor / Aspera
DATABASE MANAGEMENT: FileMaker Pro / Google Docs / Microsoft Word & Excel
ARTWORK.
Long before I was cutting film, I was drawing. Here's a look at some of my sketches and artwork over the years — follow along on Instagram @sketchbook_steve.
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PRESS
RESUME
VFX EDITOR
THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU (feature, Lucasfilm) 2024-26
SKELETON CREW (series, Lucasfilm) 2023-24
AHSOKA S01 (series, Lucasfilm) 2022-23
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT (series, Lucasfilm) 2020-21
THE MANDALORIAN S01-03 (series, Lucasfilm) 2019-2022
HAPPY! S02 (series, UCP/Syfy) 2019
HAPPY! S01 (series, UCP/Syfy) 2018
I, TONYA (feature, Miramax) 2017
DEEPWATER HORIZON (feature, Lionsgate) 2016
• Interim VFX Editor
ASSistant EDITOR - FEATURES
NOELLE (Disney) 2018
I, TONYA (Miramax) 2017
THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US (Fox) 2016-2017
DEEPWATER HORIZON (Lionsgate) 2015-2016
DIRTY GRANDPA (Lionsgate) 2015
MORTDECAI (Lionsgate) 2014
TOUCHED WITH FIRE (Roadside Attractions) 2013
LOW DOWN (Epoch) 2013
ST. VINCENT (TWC) 2013
THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE (Lionsgate) 2012-2013
FRANK THE BASTARD (Paladin) 2012
EL CIELO ES AZUL (Tetê Films) 2012
WON’T BACK DOWN (Fox/Walden) 2011
RETURN (Fork Films) 2010
FORECLOSURE (Rot & Decay Films) 2010
AWARDS & HONORS
WINNER: Best Product Integration
NYC 48hr/Designer Visions Film Project 2012
PERSPECTIVE, editor
WINNER: Audience Award
NYC 48hr Film Project 2012
FREE BIKE, editor
WINNER: Critic's Pick Award
La Jolla Fashion Film Festival 2011
"TO THE TOP" by JORDAN GALLAND, editor
PICTURE EDITOR
AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD
(feature, Giving Films) 2018
OLIVIA (short) 2014
THE STAR CATCHER (book trailer) 2013
SKYLANDERS: SWAP FORCE
(Activision, animation) 2013
SUPER GRANNIES BRIDGE CLUB (trailer) 2013
COFFEE TO GO (short) 2013
NAOMI CAMPBELL for NUMERO RUSSIA (web) 2013
DITMARS ANGELS (web-series) 2013
PERSPECTIVE (short) 2012
GIZMODO: THE GADGET TESTERS (pilot, BBC, uncredited) 2012
FREE BIKE (short) 2012
“EYES WIDE OPEN" by Rival Schools
(music video) 2011
“TO THE TOP” by Jordan Galland
(music video) 2011
REMNANT (short) 2006
ASSISTANT EDITOR - TV
SHADES OF BLUE: S01, eps 1-2 (NBC) 2015
GIZMODO: THE GADGET TESTERS
(BBC America, pilot, un-scripted) 2012
NY NANNIES (VH1, pilot, un-scripted) 2012
DATES FROM HELL(Discovery ID, un-scripted) 2012
THE WORST COOKS IN AMERICA, S03: eps 1-8
(Food Network, un-scripted) 2012
OTHER NOTABLE EXPERIENCE
POST PRODUCTION PA
THE NEXT THREE DAYS (Lionsgate) 2009-2010
WE ARE THE WORLD FOR HAITI: 25th ANNIVERSARY (AEG, music video) 2010
GOING THE DISTANCE (New Line Cinema) 2009
THE HAPPENING (20th Century Fox) 2007-2008
THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH (Groundswell) 2006
EDUCATION
Point Park University
B.A. Cinema & Digital Arts
Concentration in Editing & Sound Design
Get in touch.
E-mail me information about your upcoming project and let's collaborate!