Jonathan Oppenheim, the documentary editor behind the seminal ball culture film Paris Is Burning as well as multiple Oscar-nominated titles, has died.
He was 67.Oppenheim died after a battle with brain cancer on Thursday, July 16 while in New York City, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.Born in 1952 in New York City to Oscar-winning actress Judy Holliday and clarinetist, television producer and academic David Oppenheim, Oppenheim began his working life as a painter before making his editing debut with 1980’s Simon, which starred Alan Arkin.
After working as an apprentice editor on Simon, Oppenheim moved up to the assistant film editor …
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