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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.

PRESS

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RESUME

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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.

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