About | Phillip Schopper

Phillip Schopper began his film career as editor and assistant director of the much loved now classic documentary Heartworn Highways. He has since worked as an editor on projects for networks such as PBS, Bravo, A&E, Netflix, Hulu and HBO. For PBS he edited and directed two films for the American Masters series, Nichols and May: Take Two, and The Lives of Lillian Hellman, and served as supervising editor on Mike Nichols: An American Master. At ABC, he was an editor for the DuPont Award-winning series Hopkins 24/7 and the Emmy-nominated series NYPD 24/7. He has also edited several acclaimed documentaries for HBO, including the Emmy-winning Teddy: In His Own Words and 9/11, Portraits of Resilience, plus the Emmy-nominated Gloria: In Her Own Words, and followed that with Nixon by Nixon, which received three nominations, including Outstanding Editing. More recently he was an editor for the Emmy nominated documentaries Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections, and The Price of Everything, both for HBO, and was also an editor on Netflix's, Return to Space, about America's new space race and an additional editor on the Academy Award nominated short, I Am Ready, Warden.

He currently serves on the New York Committee of American Cinema Editors and lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and son.

Television Credits:

I Am Ready, Warden (additional editor) Amazon Prime 2024 Sheila Nevins exec. producer, ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION: Doc Short Subj.

Almost American (editor) PBS/ITVS 2023-2024 (air TBD), Reuben Atlas, Nina Alvarez, producers

Where is Private Dulaney? (editor) Hulu series, 2022, Joshua Bennet, Maro Chermayeff, Walter Matteson, producers

Return to Space (editor) Netflix 2022, Jimmy Chin, Chai Vasarhelyi, producers

Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections (editor) HBO documentary, 2020, Sara Teale, Simon Ardizzone, dirs. EMMY NOMINATION: Outstanding Investigative Documentary

Dirty Money: “Dirty Gold” (editor) Netflix documentary series, 2020 Alex Gibney producer, Steven Maing, dir.

The Price of Everything (editor) HBO documentary, 2019 Nathaniel Kahn, dir., EMMY NOMINATION: Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary

Somebody Feed Phil (editor) episode “Mexico City” Netflix original series 2017

Hate Rising (editor) HBO documentary 2016, Catherine Tambini, dir.

Mike Nichols: An American Master (supervising editor, graphic designer) PBS American Masters 2016, Elaine May, dir.

San Francisco 2.0 (editor) HBO 2015 - EMMY NOMINATION: Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (editor) HBO documentary 2014 - EMMY NOMINATIONS: Editing Long Form, and Outstanding Historical Programming

All About Ann: Governor Richards and the Lone Star State (co-director, producer, editor) HBO documentary 2014

Gloria: In Her Own Words (editor) HBO documentary 2012 - EMMY NOMINATION: Outstanding Non-Fiction Special

Beyond 9/11 –Portraits of Resilience (editor) Time Magazine, HBO, CNN documentary 2011 EMMY WINNER: New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming - Documentary

Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County (editor) HBO documentary 2010

Teddy: In His Own Words (editor) HBO documentary 2009 – EMMY WINNER: Outstanding Non-Fiction Special

NYPD 24/7 (editor) 2004 ABC, 7 part verite documentary series EMMY NOMINATION: Best Documentary

Boston 24/7 (editor) 2003 ABC 6 part verite documentary series

Hopkins 24/7 (editor) 2002 ABC 6 part verite documentary series, DuPONT AWARD WINNER: Broadcast News Award

Dean Kamen (editor) 2002 National Geographic documentary of the prolific inventor (the Segway, iBot Wheelchair, etc.) and scientific humanitarian

Going Hollywood: The War Years (editor) Bravo documentary on Hollywood during WWII

Life on the Line (editor) 1993 National Geographic documentary profiling the high wire walker, Philippe Petit

The Lives of Lillian Hellman (director, co-writer, editor) 1999 PBS American Masters

Claire Bloom and Shakespeare’s Women (director, editor) 1999 one hour Bravo special featuring the actress’ performances

Nichols And May: Take Two (director, editor) 1996 PBS American Masters

Make Room for Danny (director, editor) 1996 A&E Biography of Danny Thomas

Simple Gifts (segment) A Memory of Christmas Starring Jose Ferrer, -- [director, designer, editor] part of PBS’ long running Christmas Special “Simple Gifts” 1977-1982

Theatrical Feature Films:

The Hunt for Planet B (additional editing), 2021 Nathaniel Kahn, dir. EMMY WINNER: Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

Heartworn Highways Revisited (consulting editor) theatrical documentary of Americana Music,

Body of War (consultant, sequence editor) 2007 theatrical documentary, Phil Donahue, producer , Best Documentary- National Board of Review, Best Documentary Audience Award –Toronto International Film Festival, Best Documentary Audience Award- Hamptons International Film Festival -2007

In the Spirit (associate producer) 1990 theatrical feature starring Elaine May, Peter Falk, Marlo Thomas, Melanie Griffith; (work also included second unit directing, effect design, and additional editing)

Ishtar (artistic Consultant) 1987 theatrical feature starring Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabel Adjani, (work included additional editing, ADR directing, some 2nd unit directing, location scouting, etc.)

Nine to Five (consulted, designed, edited portions of fantasy sequences through R/Greenberg Associates) Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton

Reds (photo color treatment) 1981 theatrical feature starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson (work also included editing theatrical and television trailers and post production consultation)

Heartworn Highways (editor, asst. director) the original 1976 music documentary featuring Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Charlie Daniels et. al. ,

Made for Television Movies or Specials:

Reunion (editor) 1994 Starring Peter Strauss, Marlo Thomas, Frances Sternhagen

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (editor) 1984 Starring Kris Kristofferson, Marlo Thomas

Love, Sex, and Marriage (editor) 1983 Written by and starring Charles Grodin, featuring Marlo Thomas,

Kiss Me Petrucchio (editor) 1981 PBS Special starring Meryl Streep and Raul Julia,

Phillip Schopper, ACE