From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yana Gorskaya
Yana Gorskaya
Yana Gorskaya and directed by Noam Murro.[3] She is set to edit Blitz’s
upcoming documentary about lottery winners.[4]
Gorskaya is also a screenwriter with writing partner
and childhood friend Maia Rossini. They are represented
at Creative Artists Agency.
Personal life
Gorskaya was born in Russia,[4] and emigrated to the
United States with her single mother at the age of six.[2]
She is fluent in Russian, French and Spanish.[3] She cur-
rently resides in Los Angeles, California.[2]
Gorskaya (center) with Sean Welch and Jeffrey Blitz at the
2010 Sundance film festival
Born Russia
References
[1] ^ "Rocket Science Production Notes" (Press
Occupation Film editor
release). Picturehouse. 2007. http://thecia.com.au/
Years active 2002–present reviews/r/images/rocket-science-production-
notes.rtf. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
Yana Gorskaya is a Russian-American film editor. She is [2] ^ Brown, Kimberley (September 1, 2003). "Cut and
best known for her work in the editorial departments of Pace". RealScreen.
the films Spellbound (2002), Rocket Science (2007) and Smart http://www.powertripthemovie.com/archive/
People (2008). press/RealScreen/
RealScreen%20-%20Cut%20and%20Pace.htm.
Career [3]
Retrieved 2009-04-26.
^ "Yana Gorskaya (résumé)" (Press release).
Gorskaya obtained a Bachelor of Arts from New York’s Sheldon Prosnit Agency.
Columbia University and later attended the University http://www.lspagency.net/ed-folder/ed-resumes/
of Southern California (USC) to obtain a Master of Fine Gorskaya%20Resume.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
Arts degree.[1] She was hired to edit her first feature film, [4] ^ Heller, Joel (March 3, 2007). "Yana Gorskaya,
2002’s Spellbound, when director Jeffrey Blitz asked his Editor of SPELLBOUND". DocsThatInspire.com.
former USC mentor Kate Amend if she would recommend http://www.docsthatinspire.com/?p=77. Retrieved
one of her students to work on his documentary film. 2009-04-26.
Amend suggested Gorskaya, who was working as a teach-
ing assistant while completing her MFA; Gorskaya ac-
cepted the offer and put together the final cut of the film, External links
working part-time from 2000–2002.[2] Spellbound was ulti- • Yana Gorskaya at the Internet Movie Database
mately nominated for the Academy Award for Best Docu- Persondata
mentary Feature, and Gorskaya won the American Cine-
Name Gorskaya, Yana
ma Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary.[3] Her
next three features, also documentaries, were In the Name Alternative names
of Love (2003), produced by Sydney Pollack, about Russian Short description
marriage agencies, Sonny Boy (2004), directed by Soleil Date of birth
Moon Frye, focusing on Frye’s relationship with her fa-
Place of birth Russia
ther, and Seeds (2004), about the Seeds of Peace camp in
Maine.[3] Date of death
Gorskaya’s first non-documentary feature was 2007’s Place of death
Rocket Science, with which she worked with Blitz for a sec-
ond time.[1] She then edited the 2008 independent com-
edy film Smart People, which was written by Mark Poirier
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